Japan Women's Open Explained

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				6–3, 6–3
				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				6–3, 6–2
				6–2, 6–2
Tokyo				6–2, 7–5
				3–6, 6–4, 6–4
				4–6, 6–3, 6–3
Osaka		Samantha Stosur (3)		7–6(9–7), 6–3
		Samantha Stosur (2)		3–6, 7–5, 6–2
				7–5, 5–7, 7–6(7–4)
				6–3, 6–1
		Tamarine Tanasugarn		7–5, 6–7(7–4), 6–1
				7–5, 6–1

Doubles

Location	Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
Osaka				3–6, 6–2, [10–2]
				7–6(7–3), 6–3
2022		no competition (due to financial crisis)
2021		no competition (due to COVID-19 pandemic)
2020
Hiroshima				3–6, 6–4, [10–4]
		Eri Hozumi Zhang Shuai (2)		6–2, 6–4
Tokyo				6–0, 2–6, [10–5]
		Shuko Aoyama (2) Makoto Ninomiya	Jocelyn Rae Anna Smith	6–3, 6–3
				6–1, 6–2
Osaka				6–1, 6–2
				6–4, 6–3
				6–1, 6–4
				7–5, 3–6, [11–9]
				6–0, 6–3
				6–2, 6–4

See also

• Japan Open
• Pan Pacific Open

Notes and References

1. Web site: 花キューピットオープン2020の開催中止について . 2022-05-22 . Hana-cupid Japan Women’s Open（花キューピットオープン） . ja.
2. Web site: 花キューピットオープン2021の開催中止について . 2022-05-22 . Hana-cupid Japan Women’s Open（花キューピットオープン） . ja.