Japan Women's Open
Tennis tournament
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 WTA 250 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.
Past finals
Singles
Location
Year
Champion
Runner-up
Score
Osaka
2024
Suzan Lamens
Kimberly Birrell
6–3, 6–3
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
Doubles
Location
Year
Champions
Runners-up
Score
Osaka
2024
Ena Shibahara Laura Siegemund
Cristina Bucșa Monica Niculescu
3–6, 6–2, [10–2]
2023
Anna-Lena Friedsam Nadiia Kichenok
Anna Kalinskaya Yulia Putintseva
7–6(7–3) , 6–3
2022
no competition (due to financial crisis)
2021
no competition (due to COVID-19 pandemic )[ 1] [ 2]
2020
Hiroshima
2019
Misaki Doi Nao Hibino
Christina McHale Valeria Savinykh
3–6, 6–4, [10–4]
2018
Eri Hozumi Zhang Shuai (2)
Miyu Kato Makoto Ninomiya
6–2, 6–4
Tokyo
2017
Shuko Aoyama (3) Yang Zhaoxuan
Monique Adamczak Storm Sanders
6–0, 2–6, [10–5]
2016
Shuko Aoyama (2) Makoto Ninomiya
Jocelyn Rae Anna Smith
6–3, 6–3
2015
Chan Hao-ching Chan Yung-jan
Misaki Doi Kurumi Nara
6–1, 6–2
Osaka
2014
Shuko Aoyama Renata Voráčová
Lara Arruabarrena Tatjana Maria
6–1, 6–2
2013
Kristina Mladenovic Flavia Pennetta
Samantha Stosur Zhang Shuai
6–4, 6–3
2012
Raquel Kops-Jones Abigail Spears
Kimiko Date-Krumm Heather Watson
6–1, 6–4
2011
Kimiko Date-Krumm Zhang Shuai
Vania King Yaroslava Shvedova
7–5, 3–6, [11–9]
2010
Chang Kai-chen Lilia Osterloh
Shuko Aoyama Rika Fujiwara
6–0, 6–3
2009
Chuang Chia-jung Lisa Raymond
Chanelle Scheepers Abigail Spears
6–2, 6–4
See also
References
2009–2020 2011–2020 2013–2020 2014–2020 2015–2020 2016–2020 2019–2020 2020 Defunct