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.

Japan Women's Open Tennis
Current event 2024 Japan Women's Open
WTA Tour
Founded2009
Editions13 (2024)
LocationOsaka (2009–2014, 2023-)
Tokyo (2015–2017)
Hiroshima (2018–2019)
Japan
VenueUtsubo Tennis Center (2009-2014, 2023-)
Ariake Tennis Forest Park (2015-2017)
Regional Park Tennis Stadium (2018-2019)
SurfaceHard / outdoors
Websitejapanopentennis.com
Current champions (2024)
SinglesNetherlands Suzan Lamens
DoublesJapan Ena Shibahara
Germany Laura Siegemund
WTA Tour
CategoryInternational
(2009-2019)
WTA 250
(2023–current)
Draw32S / 24Q / 16D
Prize moneyUS$267,082 (2024)

Past finals

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Singles

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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

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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

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References

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  1. ^ a b "花キューピットオープン2020の開催中止について". Hana-cupid Japan Women’s Open(花キューピットオープン) (in Japanese). Retrieved 2022-05-22.
  2. ^ a b "花キューピットオープン2021の開催中止について". Hana-cupid Japan Women’s Open(花キューピットオープン) (in Japanese). Retrieved 2022-05-22.