2024 Japan Women's Open

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2024 Japan Women's Open
Date14–20 October
Edition13th
Category WTA 250
Draw32S / 16D
Surface Hard
Location Osaka, Japan
Venue Utsubo Tennis Center
2023 Champions
Singles
Flag of the United States.svg Ashlyn Krueger
Doubles
Flag of Germany.svg Anna-Lena Friedsam / Flag of Ukraine.svg Nadiia Kichenok
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The 2024 Japan Women's Open (also known as the Kinoshita Group Japan Open Tennis Championships for sponsorship purposes) is a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It is the thirteenth edition of the Japan Women's Open, and part of the WTA 250 tournaments of the 2024 WTA Tour. It is held at the Utsubo Tennis Center in Osaka, Japan, from 14 to 20 October 2024. [1]

Contents

Champions

Singles

Doubles

Singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of Poland.svg  POL Magdalena Fręch 271
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  CAN Leylah Fernandez 282
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  BEL Elise Mertens 303
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Marie Bouzková 424
Flag of Armenia.svg  ARM Elina Avanesyan 475
Flag of Bulgaria.svg  BUL Viktoriya Tomova 486
Flag of France.svg  FRA Diane Parry 507
Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Elisabetta Cocciaretto 548

Other entrants

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:

Withdrawals

Doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerCountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  CAN Gabriela Dabrowski Flag of New Zealand.svg  NZL Erin Routliffe 51
Flag of the United States.svg  USA Sofia Kenin Flag of the United States.svg  USA Bethanie Mattek-Sands 472
Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Ena Shibahara Flag of Germany.svg  GER Laura Siegemund 493
Flag of Spain.svg  ESP Cristina Bucșa Flag of Romania.svg  ROU Monica Niculescu 614

Other entrants

The following teams received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

The following pair received entry as alternates:

Withdrawals

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References

  1. "Kinoshita Group Japan Open Tennis Championships Overview". wtatennis.com.
  1. Withdrew from the entry list (using protected ranking) and received wildcard.