See main article: 2014 Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships. Rohan Bopanna and Édouard Roger-Vasselin were the defending champions, but chose not to participate together. Bopanna played alongside Leander Paes, but lost in the quarterfinals to Ivan Dodig and Marcelo Melo. Roger-Vasselin teamed up with Daniele Bracciali, but lost in the first round to Dodig and Melo.
Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Michał Przysiężny won the title, defeating Dodig and Melo in the final, 6–3, 6–7(3–7), [10–5].
