2023 Japan Women's Open

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2023 Japan Women's Open
Date11–17 September
Edition12th
Category WTA 250
Draw32S / 16D
Prize money $259,303
Surface Hard
Location Osaka, Japan
Venue Utsubo Tennis Center
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 2023 Japan Women's Open (also known as the Kinoshita Group Japan Open Tennis Championships for sponsorship purposes) was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the twelfth edition of the Japan Women's Open, and part of the WTA 250 tournaments of the 2023 WTA Tour. It was held at the Utsubo Tennis Center in Osaka, Japan, from 11 to 17 September 2023. [1] This was the first edition of the tournament since 2019, when it was held in Hiroshima. The 2020 and 2021 editions were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, while the 2022 edition was cancelled for financial reasons. [2]

Contents

Champions

Singles

Doubles

Singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  CHN Zhu Lin 441
Flag of Germany.svg  GER Tatjana Maria 472
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  CHN Wang Xinyu 533
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Linda Fruhvirtová 564
Flag of Argentina.svg  ARG Nadia Podoroska 705
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  KAZ Yulia Putintseva 786
Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Nao Hibino 817
Flag of Ukraine.svg  UKR Kateryna Baindl 838

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

Withdrawals

Doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerCountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  TPE Latisha Chan Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  CHN Zhu Lin 1271
Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Eri Hozumi Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Makoto Ninomiya 1432
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  GBR Naiktha Bains Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  GBR Maia Lumsden 1813
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  GBR Alicia Barnett Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  GBR Olivia Nicholls 1924

Other entrants

The following teams received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

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References

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  2. "Kinoshita Group Japan Open Tennis Championships, Osaka". grandslamhistory.com.
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