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Japan Women's Open Tennis | |||||||||
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Tournament information | |||||||||
Founded | 2009 | ||||||||
Editions | 11 (2019) | ||||||||
Location | Osaka (2009–2014, 2023-) Tokyo (2015–2017) Hiroshima (2018–2019) Japan | ||||||||
Venue | Utsubo Tennis Center (2009-2014, 2023-) Ariake Tennis Forest Park (2015-2017) Regional Park Tennis Stadium (2018-2019) | ||||||||
Surface | Hard / outdoors | ||||||||
Website | jta-tennis.or.jp | ||||||||
Current champions (2023) | |||||||||
Singles | Ashlyn Krueger | ||||||||
Doubles | Anna-Lena Friedsam Nadiia Kichenok | ||||||||
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The Japan Women's Open Tennis is a professional women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. The event is affiliated with the Women's Tennis Association (WTA), and is an International-level tournament on the WTA Tour. As successor to the Japan Open (where men and women played simultaneously, up to 2008) the event was held in women-only form for the first time in 2009, and was the second tournament of the season held in Japan: the Pan Pacific Open, a Premier 5 tournament, was held two weeks before. In 2015, the event was moved from Osaka to Tokyo and in 2018 to Hiroshima, before returning to Osaka in 2023 after a three year hiatus.
Location | Year | Champion | Runner-up | Score |
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Osaka | 2023 | Ashlyn Krueger | Zhu Lin | 6–3, 7–6(8–6) |
2022 | no competition (due to financial crisis) | |||
2021 | no competition (due to COVID-19 pandemic) [1] [2] | |||
2020 | ||||
Hiroshima | 2019 | Nao Hibino | Misaki Doi | 6–3, 6–2 |
2018 | Hsieh Su-wei | Amanda Anisimova | 6–2, 6–2 | |
Tokyo | 2017 | Zarina Diyas | Miyu Kato | 6–2, 7–5 |
2016 | Christina McHale | Kateřina Siniaková | 3–6, 6–4, 6–4 | |
2015 | Yanina Wickmayer | Magda Linette | 4–6, 6–3, 6–3 | |
Osaka | 2014 | Samantha Stosur (3) | Zarina Diyas | 7–6(9–7), 6–3 |
2013 | Samantha Stosur (2) | Eugenie Bouchard | 3–6, 7–5, 6–2 | |
2012 | Heather Watson | Chang Kai-chen | 7–5, 5–7, 7–6(7–4) | |
2011 | Marion Bartoli | Samantha Stosur | 6–3, 6–1 | |
2010 | Tamarine Tanasugarn | Kimiko Date-Krumm | 7–5, 6–7(7–4), 6–1 | |
2009 | Samantha Stosur | Francesca Schiavone | 7–5, 6–1 |
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