2023 Toray Pan Pacific Open

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2023 Toray Pan Pacific Open
Date25 September – 1 October
Edition38th
Category WTA 500
Draw28S / 16D
Prize money$780,637
Surface Hard / outdoor
Location Tokyo, Japan
Venue Ariake Coliseum
Champions
Singles
Flag placeholder.svg Veronika Kudermetova
Doubles
Flag of Norway.svg Ulrikke Eikeri / Flag of Estonia.svg Ingrid Neel
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The 2023 Toray Pan Pacific Open was a professional women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 38th edition of the Pan Pacific Open, and part of the WTA 500 tournaments of the 2023 WTA Tour. It took place at the Ariake Coliseum in Tokyo, Japan from 25 September to 1 October 2023. [1]

Contents

Champions

Singles

Doubles

Points and prize money

Point distribution

EventW F SF QF Round of 16Round of 32 Q Q2 Q1
Singles47030518510055125131
Doubles1

Singles main draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerRankSeeds
Flag of Poland.svg  POL Iga Świątek 21
Flag of the United States.svg  USA Jessica Pegula 42
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  KAZ Elena Rybakina 53
Flag of Greece.svg  GRE Maria Sakkari 94
Flag of France.svg  FRA Caroline Garcia 115
Daria Kasatkina 136
Liudmila Samsonova 177
Veronika Kudermetova 198

Other entrants

The following players received wild cards into the main singles draw:

The following players received entry from the singles qualifying draw:

The following players 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 291
Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Shuko Aoyama Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Ena Shibahara 302
Flag of Mexico.svg  MEX Giuliana Olmos Flag of Brazil.svg  BRA Luisa Stefani 343
Flag of the United States.svg  USA Nicole Melichar-Martinez Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Ellen Perez 414

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

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References

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  2. "WTA Entry List 2023 Toray Pan Pacific Open including Swiatek, Pegula, Rybakina, Garcia and Sakkari". tennisuptodate.com.