Japan Open (tennis)

Rakuten Japan Open
Founded	1972
Location	Tokyo Japan
Venue	Ariake Coliseum
Surface	Hard / Outdoors
Official website
ATP World Tour
Category	500 series (2009–) International Series Gold (1998–2008) Championship Series (1990–97) Grand Prix circuit (1972–1989)
Draw	32S / 24Q / 16D
Prize Money	US$1,100,000
WTA Tour
Category	Tier III (−2008)
Draw	32M / 32Q / 16D
Prize Money	US$175,000

The Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships is a tennis tournament held in Ariake Tennis Forest Park with its center court Ariake Coliseum, located in Kōtō, Tokyo, Japan. Held since 1972, the championship includes men's singles and doubles competitions. Until 2008 it was a joint tournament for both men and women, but since 2008 Ariake Coliseum has hosted another women's tournament, Toray Pan Pacific Open. On the women's side the tournament was held since 1979 and had famous champions such as Kimiko Date (4 victories between 1992 to 1996), Ai Sugiyama, Monica Seles and Maria Sharapova (twice).

Prior to the advent of the ATP Tour, the Japan Open was known as the Tokyo Outdoor Grand Prix and was part of the Grand Prix tennis tour between 1972 and 1989.

Past finals

Men's singles

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
1972	Toshiro Sakai	Jun Kuki	6–3, 6–3
1973	Ken Rosewall	John Newcombe	6–1, 6–4
1974	John Newcombe	Ken Rosewall	3–6, 6–2, 6–3
1975	Raúl Ramírez	Manuel Orantes	6–4, 7–5, 6–3
1976	Roscoe Tanner	Corrado Barazzutti	6–3, 6–2
1977	Manuel Orantes	Kim Warwick	6–2, 6–1
1978	Adriano Panatta	Pat Du Pré	6–3, 6–3
1979	Terry Moor	Pat Du Pré	3–6, 7–6, 6–2
1980	Ivan Lendl	Eliot Teltscher	3–6, 6–4, 6–0
1981	Balázs Taróczy	Eliot Teltscher	6–3, 1–6, 7–6
1982	Jimmy Arias	Dominique Bedel	6–2, 2–6, 6–4
1983	Eliot Teltscher	Andrés Gómez	7–5, 3–6, 6–1
1984	David Pate	Terry Moor	6–3, 7–5
1985	Scott Davis	Jimmy Arias	6–1, 7–6
1986	Ramesh Krishnan	Johan Carlsson	6–3, 6–1
1987	Stefan Edberg	David Pate	7–6, 6–4
1988	John McEnroe	Stefan Edberg	6–2, 6–2
1989	Stefan Edberg	Ivan Lendl	6–3, 2–6, 6–4
1990	Stefan Edberg	Aaron Krickstein	6–4, 7–5
1991	Stefan Edberg	Ivan Lendl	6–1, 7–5, 6–0
1992	Jim Courier	Richard Krajicek	6–4, 6–4, 7–6
1993	Pete Sampras	Brad Gilbert	6–2, 6–2, 6–2
1994	Pete Sampras	Michael Chang	6–4, 6–2
1995	Jim Courier	Andre Agassi	6–3, 6–4
1996	Pete Sampras	Richey Reneberg	6–4, 7–5
1997	Richard Krajicek	Lionel Roux	6–2, 3–6, 6–1
1998	Andrei Pavel	Byron Black	6–3, 6–4
1999	Nicolas Kiefer	Wayne Ferreira	7–6(7–5), 7–5
2000	Sjeng Schalken	Nicolás Lapentti	6–4, 3–6, 6–1
2001	Lleyton Hewitt	Michel Kratochvil	6–4, 6–2
2002	Kenneth Carlsen	Magnus Norman	7–6(8–6), 6–3
2003	Rainer Schüttler	Sébastien Grosjean	7–6(7–5), 6–2
2004	Jiří Novák	Taylor Dent	5–7, 6–1, 6–3
2005	Wesley Moodie	Mario Ančić	1–6, 7–6(9–7), 6–4
2006	Roger Federer	Tim Henman	6–3, 6–3
2007	David Ferrer	Richard Gasquet	6–1, 6–2
2008	Tomáš Berdych	Juan Martín del Potro	6–1, 6–4
2009	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	Mikhail Youzhny	6–3, 6–3
2010	Rafael Nadal	Gaël Monfils	6–1, 7–5
2011	Andy Murray	Rafael Nadal	3–6, 6–2, 6–0
2012	Kei Nishikori	Milos Raonic	7–6(7–5), 3–6, 6–0
2013	Juan Martín del Potro	Milos Raonic	7–6(7–5), 7–5
2014	Kei Nishikori	Milos Raonic	7–6(7–5), 4–6, 6–4
2015	Stan Wawrinka	Benoît Paire	6–2, 6–4

Men's doubles

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
1973	Mal Anderson Ken Rosewall	Colin Dibley Allan Stone	7–5, 7–5
1974	Not completed due to weather.
1975	Brian Gottfried Raúl Ramírez	Juan Gisbert Sr. Manuel Orantes	7–6, 6–4
1976	Bob Carmichael Ken Rosewall	Ismail El Shafei Brian Fairlie	6–4, 6–4
1977	Geoff Masters Kim Warwick	Colin Dibley Chris Kachel	6–2, 7–6
1978	Ross Case Geoff Masters	Željko Franulović Buster Mottram	6–2, 4–6, 6–1
1979	Colin Dibley Pat Du Pré	Rod Frawley Francisco González	3–6, 6–1, 6–1
1980	Ross Case Jaime Fillol	Terry Moor Eliot Teltscher	6–3, 3–6, 6–4
1981	Heinz Günthardt Balázs Taróczy	Larry Stefanki Robert Van't Hof	3–6, 6–2, 6–1
1982	Sherwood Stewart Ferdi Taygan	Tim Gullikson Tom Gullikson	6–1, 3–6, 7–6
1983	Sammy Giammalva Jr. Steve Meister	Tim Gullikson Tom Gullikson	6–4, 6–7, 7–6
1984	David Dowlen Nduka Odizor	Mark Dickson Steve Meister	6–7, 6–4, 6–3
1985	Scott Davis David Pate	Sammy Giammalva Jr. Greg Holmes	7–6, 6–7, 6–3
1986	Matt Anger Ken Flach	Jimmy Arias Greg Holmes	6–2, 6–3
1987	Paul Annacone Kevin Curren	Andrés Gómez Anders Järryd	6–4, 7–6
1988	John Fitzgerald Johan Kriek	Steve Denton David Pate	6–4, 6–7, 6–4
1989	Ken Flach Robert Seguso	Kevin Curren David Pate	7–6, 7–6
1990	Mark Kratzmann Wally Masur	Kent Kinnear Brad Pearce	3–6, 6–3, 6–4
1991	Stefan Edberg Todd Woodbridge	John Fitzgerald Anders Järryd	6–4, 5–7, 6–4
1992	Kelly Jones Rick Leach	John Fitzgerald Anders Järryd	0–6, 7–5, 6–3
1993	Ken Flach Rick Leach	Glenn Michibata David Pate	2–6, 6–3, 6–4
1994	Henrik Holm Anders Järryd	Sébastien Lareau Patrick McEnroe	7–5, 6–1
1995	Mark Knowles Jonathan Stark	John Fitzgerald Anders Järryd	6–3, 3–6, 7–6
1996	Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde	Mark Knowles Rick Leach	6–2, 6–3
1997	Martin Damm Daniel Vacek	Justin Gimelstob Patrick Rafter	2–6, 6–2, 7–6
1998	Sébastien Lareau Daniel Nestor	Olivier Delaître Stefano Pescosolido	6–3, 6–4
1999	Jeff Tarango Daniel Vacek	Wayne Black Brian MacPhie	4–3, ret.
2000	Mahesh Bhupathi Leander Paes	Michael Hill Jeff Tarango	6–4, 6–7, 6–3
2001	Rick Leach David Macpherson	Paul Hanley Nathan Healey	1–6, 7–6, 7–6
2002	Jeff Coetzee Chris Haggard	Jan-Michael Gambill Graydon Oliver	7–6, 6–4
2003	Justin Gimelstob Nicolas Kiefer	Scott Humphries Mark Merklein	6–7, 6–3, 7–6
2004	Jared Palmer Pavel Vízner	Jiří Novák Petr Pála	5–1, ret.
2005	Satoshi Iwabuchi Takao Suzuki	Simon Aspelin Todd Perry	5–4, 5–4
2006	Ashley Fisher Tripp Phillips	Paul Goldstein Jim Thomas	6–2, 7–5
2007	Jordan Kerr Robert Lindstedt	Frank Dancevic Stephen Huss	6–4, 6–4
2008	Mikhail Youzhny Mischa Zverev	Lukáš Dlouhý Leander Paes	6–3, 6–4
2009	Julian Knowle Jürgen Melzer	Ross Hutchins Jordan Kerr	6–2, 5–7, [10–8]
2010	Eric Butorac Jean-Julien Rojer	Andreas Seppi Dmitry Tursunov	6–3, 6–2
2011	Andy Murray Jamie Murray	František Čermák Filip Polášek	6–1, 6–4
2012	Alexander Peya Bruno Soares	Leander Paes Radek Štěpánek	6–3, 7–6(7–5)
2013	Rohan Bopanna Édouard Roger-Vasselin	Jamie Murray John Peers	7–6(7–5), 6–4
2014	Pierre-Hugues Herbert Michał Przysiężny	Ivan Dodig Marcelo Melo	6–3, 6–7(3–7), [10–5]
2015	Raven Klaasen Marcelo Melo	Juan Sebastián Cabal Robert Farah	7–6(7–5), 3–6, [10–7]

Women's singles

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
1979	Betsy Nagelsen	Naoko Sato	6–1, 3–6, 6–3
1980	Mariana Simionescu	Nerida Gregory	6–4, 6–4
1981	Marie Pinterova	Pam Casale	2–6, 6–4, 6–1
1982	Laura Gildemeister	Pilar Vasquez	3–6, 6–4, 6–0
1983	Etsuko Inoue	Shelley Solomon	6–2, 5–7, 6–1
1984	Lilian Kelaidis	Shawn Foltz	6–4, 6–2
1985	Gabriela Sabatini	Linda Gates	6–3, 6–4
1986	Helen Kelesi	Bettina Fulco-Villella	6–2, 6–2
1987	Katerina Maleeva	Barbara Gerken	6–2, 6–3
1988	Patty Fendick	Stephanie Rehe	6–3, 7–5
1989	Kumiko Okamoto	Elizabeth Smylie	6–4, 6–2
1990	Catarina Lindqvist	Elizabeth Smylie	6–3, 6–2
1991	Lori McNeil	Sabine Appelmans	2–6, 6–2, 6–1
1992	Kimiko Date	Sabine Appelmans	7–5, 3–6, 6–3
1993	Kimiko Date (2)	Stephanie Rottier	6–1, 6–3
1994	Kimiko Date (3)	Amy Frazier	7–5, 6–0
1995	Amy Frazier	Kimiko Date	7–6, 7–5
1996	Kimiko Date (4)	Amy Frazier	7–5, 6–4
1997	Ai Sugiyama	Amy Frazier	4–6, 6–4, 6–4
1998	Ai Sugiyama (2)	Corina Morariu	6–3, 6–3
1999	Amy Frazier (2)	Ai Sugiyama	6–2, 6–2
2000	Julie Halard-Decugis	Amy Frazier	5–7, 7–5, 6–4
2001	Monica Seles	Tamarine Tanasugarn	6–3, 6–2
2002	Jill Craybas	Silvija Talaja	2–6, 6–4, 6–4
2003	Maria Sharapova	Anikó Kapros	2–6, 6–2, 7–6(7–5)
2004	Maria Sharapova (2)	Mashona Washington	6–0, 6–1
2005	Nicole Vaidišová	Tatiana Golovin	7–6(7–4), 3–2 ret.
2006	Marion Bartoli	Aiko Nakamura	2–6, 6–2, 6–2
2007	Virginie Razzano	Venus Williams	4–6, 7–6(9–7), 6–4
2008	Caroline Wozniacki	Kaia Kanepi	6–2, 3–6, 6–1

Women's doubles

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
1979– 1989	not available
1990	Kathy Jordan Elizabeth Smylie	Hu Na Michelle Jaggard	6–0, 3–6, 6–1
1991	Amy Frazier Maya Kidowaki	Yone Kamio Akiko Kijimuta	6–2, 6–4
1992	Rika Hiraki Amy Frazier (2)	Kimiko Date Stephanie Rehe	7–5, 6–7, 6–0
1993	Ei Iida Maya Kidowaki	Li Fang Kyoko Nagatsuka	6–2, 4–6, 6–4
1994	Mami Donoshiro Ai Sugiyama	Yayuk Basuki Nana Miyagi	6–4, 6–1
1995	Miho Saeki Yuka Yoshida	Kyoko Nagatsuka Ai Sugiyama	6–7, 6–4, 7–6
1996	Kimiko Date Ai Sugiyama (2)	Amy Frazier Kimberly Po	7–6, 6–7, 6–3
1997	Alexia Dechaume-Balleret Rika Hiraki (2)	Kerry-Anne Guse Corina Morariu	6–4, 6–2
1998	Naoko Kijimuta Nana Miyagi	Amy Frazier Rika Hiraki	6–3, 4–6, 6–4
1999	Corina Morariu Kimberly Po	Catherine Barclay Kerry-Anne Guse	6–3, 6–2
2000	Julie Halard-Decugis Corina Morariu (2)	Tina Križan Katarina Srebotnik	6–1, 6–2
2001	Liezel Huber Rachel McQuillan	Janet Lee Wynne Prakusya	6–2, 6–0
2002	Shinobu Asagoe Nana Miyagi (2)	Svetlana Kuznetsova Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	6–4, 4–6, 6–4
2003	Maria Sharapova Tamarine Tanasugarn	Ansley Cargill Ashley Harkleroad	7–6(7–1), 6–0
2004	Shinobu Asagoe (2) Katarina Srebotnik	Jennifer Hopkins Mashona Washington	6–1, 6–4
2005	Gisela Dulko Maria Kirilenko	Shinobu Asagoe María Vento-Kabchi	7–5, 4–6, 6–3
2006	Vania King Jelena Kostanić	Chan Yung-jan Chuang Chia-jung	7–6(7–2), 5–7, 6–2
2007	Sun Tiantian Yan Zi	Chuang Chia-jung Vania King	1–6, 6–2, [10–6]
2008	Jill Craybas Marina Erakovic	Ayumi Morita Aiko Nakamura	4–6, 7–5, [10–6]

External links

• Official website
• Association of Tennis Professionals tournament profile