2024 Japan Women's Open | |
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Date | 14–20 October |
Edition | 13th |
Category | WTA 250 |
Draw | 32S / 16D |
Surface | Hard |
Location | Osaka, Japan |
Venue | Utsubo Tennis Center |
Champions | |
Singles | |
Suzan Lamens | |
Doubles | |
Ena Shibahara / Laura Siegemund |
The 2024 Japan Women's Open (also known as the Kinoshita Group Japan Open for sponsorship purposes) was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the thirteenth edition of the Japan Women's Open, and part of the WTA 250 tournaments of the 2024 WTA Tour. It was held at the Utsubo Tennis Center in Osaka, Japan, from 14 to 20 October 2024. [1]
Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
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BEL | Elise Mertens | 30 | 3 |
CZE | Marie Bouzková | 42 | 4 |
ARM | Elina Avanesyan | 47 | 5 |
BUL | Viktoriya Tomova | 48 | 6 |
FRA | Diane Parry | 50 | 7 |
ITA | Elisabetta Cocciaretto | 54 | 8 |
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
The following player received entry using a protected ranking:
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
The following player received entry as lucky losers:
Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
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CAN | Gabriela Dabrowski | NZL | Erin Routliffe | 5 | 1 |
USA | Sofia Kenin | USA | Bethanie Mattek-Sands | 47 | 2 |
JPN | Ena Shibahara | GER | Laura Siegemund | 49 | 3 |
ESP | Cristina Bucșa | ROU | Monica Niculescu | 61 | 4 |
The following teams received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
The following pair received entry as alternates:
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