Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships 2014

Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships 2014
date	September 29, 2014 - October 5, 2014
Edition	42
navigation	2013  ◄  2014  ►  2015
ATP World Tour
venue	Tokyo Japan
Tournament number	329
category	World Tour 500
Tournament type	Free place tournament
Game surface	Hard court
draw	32E / 16Q / 16D / 4DQ
Prize money	US $ 1,228,825
Website	Official website
Last year's winner (individual)	Juan Martín del Potro
Last year's winner (double)	Rohan Bopanna Édouard Roger-Vasselin
Winner (singles)	Kei Nishikori
Winner (doubles)	Pierre-Hugues Herbert Michał Przysiężny
Tournament director	Nao Kawatei
Tournament supervisor	Tom Barnes Carlos Sanches
Last direct assumption	Gilles Mueller (69)
As of October 5, 2014

The 2014 Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships was a tennis tournament held in Tokyo from September 29th to October 5th, 2014 . It was part of the 2014 ATP World Tour and was played outdoors on hard courts. In the same week the China Open was played in Beijing , which, like the Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships, belongs to the ATP World Tour 500 category .

Defending champion in singles was Juan Martín del Potro , in doubles the duo Rohan Bopanna and Édouard Roger-Vasselin .

The field of participants in the individual competition consisted of 32 players, that of the doubles competition consisted of 16 pairs.

qualification

Qualification for the 2014 Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships took place on September 27th and 28th, 2014. Four qualifying places in the individual competition and one place in the doubles competition were played, which entitle them to participate in the main draw of the tournament.

→ Main article : Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships 2014 / Qualification

The following players had passed the qualification and played in the main field of the tournament:

Qualifiers	Qualifiers doubles	Lucky Loser Doubles
Pierre-Hugues Herbert	Jamie Delgado Gilles Muller	Pierre-Hugues Herbert Michał Przysiężny
Hiroki Moriya
Michał Przysiężny
Rajeev Ram

Prize money and world ranking points

At the Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships 2014, the following prize money and world ranking points were paid out or credited for reaching the respective round. Players who entered the main field from qualification received the specified qualification points in addition to those for reaching the respective round. Otherwise the amounts are not to be understood as cumulative. The amounts for the double competition apply per player.

singles round Points Prize money victory 500 $ 296,850 final 300 $ 133,830 Semifinals 180 $ 63,395 Quarter finals 90 $ 30,580 Round of 16 45 $ 15,600 First round 0 $ 8,580

Qualification individual round Points Prize money Qualifier 20th Qualifying round 10 $ 965 1 round 0 $ 535

Double round Points Prize money victory 500 $ 87,700 final 300 $ 39,550 Semifinals 180 $ 18,650 Quarter finals 90 $ 9,020 First round 0 $ 4,630

Qualification doubles round Points Prize money Qualifier 45 Qualifying round 25th $ 0 First round 0 $ 0

singles

Seeding list

No. player Round reached 01.  Stanislas Wawrinka 1 round 02.  David Ferrer 1 round 03.  Milos Raonic final 04th  Kei Nishikori victory

No. player Round reached 05.  Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 1 round 06th  Roberto Bautista Agut 1 round 07th  Kevin Anderson Round of 16 08th.  Oleksandr Dolhopolov 1 round

Explanation of symbols

Q = qualifier WC = wildcard LL = Lucky Loser ITF = qualified via ITF ranking

ALT = replacement (alternate) PR = Protected Ranking SE = Special Exempt

r = retired d = disqualification where = walkover

Results

First round

Round of 16

Quarter finals

Semifinals

final

1

S. Wawrinka

5

2

WC

T. Itō

7th

6th

WC

T. Itō

3

3

B. Becker

7th

4th

B. Becker

6th

6th

J. Nieminen

5

1

r

B. Becker

4th

6th

6th

Q

P.-H. Herbert

4th

4th

J. Sock

6th

1

4th

A. Golubev

6th

6th

A. Golubev

3

6th

5

J. Sock

6th

6th

J. Sock

6th

1

7th

8th

O. Dolhopolov

4th

1

B. Becker

6th

0

6 2

4th

K. Nishikori

6th

6th

4th

K. Nishikori

4th

6th

7th

I. Dodig

3

4th

4th

K. Nishikori

6th

7th

WC

G. Soeda

4th

2

D. Young

4th

6 4

D. Young

6th

6th

4th

K. Nishikori

6th

6th

Q

R. Ram

5

7th

4th

J. Chardy

4th

2

J. Chardy

7th

5

6th

J. Chardy

6th

6th

D. Thiem

6 5

4th

7th

K. Anderson

4th

4th

7th

K. Anderson

7th

6th

4th

K. Nishikori

7th

4th

6th

5

J.-W. Tsonga

6th

5

6 9

3

M. Raonic

6 5

6th

4th

Q

M. Przysiężny

4th

7th

7th

Q

M. Przysiężny

4th

6 5

WC

T. Daniel

6 2

7th

5

D. Istomin

6th

7th

D. Istomin

7th

6 5

7th

D. Istomin

6 8

3

É. Roger Vasselin

5

1

r

3

M. Raonic

7th

6th

J. Melzer

7th

4th

J. Melzer

4th

3

B. Tomic

6 3

3

3

M. Raonic

6th

6th

3

M. Raonic

7th

6th

3

M. Raonic

6th

6th

6th

R. Bautista Agut

6th

6 7

1r

G. Simon

1

4th

G. Simon

4th

7th

2

G. Simon

4th

7th

6th

F. Delbonis

3

4th

G. Muller

6th

6 1

3

G. Muller

6th

6th

G. Simon

7th

6th

Q

H. Moriya

6 4

2

S. Johnson

6 4

1

S. Johnson

7th

6th

S. Johnson

4th

6th

6th

M. Granollers

4th

6th

6th

M. Granollers

6th

3

4th

2

D. Ferrer

6th

4th

4th

Double

Seeding list

No. pairing Round reached 01.  Bob Bryan Mike Bryan   1 round 02.  Ivan Dodig Marcelo Melo   final 03.  Marcel Granollers Marc López   Semifinals 04th  Eric Butorac Raven Klaasen   Semifinals

Explanation of symbols

Q = qualifier WC = wildcard LL = Lucky Loser ITF = qualified via ITF ranking

ALT = replacement (alternate) PR = Protected Ranking SE = Special Exempt

r = retired d = disqualification where = walkover

Results

First round

Quarter finals

Semifinals

final

1

B. Bryan M. Bryan

6th

3

[4]

LL

P.-H. Herbert M. Przysiężny

4th

6th

[10]

LL

P.-H. Herbert M. Przysiężny

6th

6th

J. Murray J. Peers

6th

5

[10]

J. Murray J. Peers

4th

2

S. Johnson J. Sock

3

7th

[7]

LL

P.-H. Herbert M. Przysiężny

4th

7th

[10]

4th

E. Butorac R. Klaasen

6th

6th

4th

E. Butorac R. Klaasen

6th

6 2

[7]

D. Inglot F. Mergea

4th

2

4th

E. Butorac R. Klaasen

6th

6th

PR

J. Chardy J. Melzer

6th

7th

PR

J. Chardy J. Melzer

2

0

S. Lipsky R. Ram

4th

6 6

LL

P.-H. Herbert M. Przysiężny

6th

6 3

[10]

M. Fyrstenberg T. Huey

2

4th

2

I. Dodig M. Melo

3

7th

[5]

WC

K. Nishikori Y. Uchiyama

6th

6th

WC

K. Nishikori Y. Uchiyama

Q

J. Delgado G. Muller

2

1

3

M. Granollers, M. López

w.

O.

3

M. Granollers, M. López

6th

6th

3

M. Granollers, M. López

5

3

WC

T. Itō G. Soeda

1

6 7

2

I. Dodig M. Melo

7th

6th

R. Bopanna L. Paes

6th

7th

R. Bopanna L. Paes

3

2

D. Bracciali É. Roger Vasselin

6 2

4th

2

I. Dodig M. Melo

6th

6th

2

I. Dodig M. Melo

7th

6th

Web links and sources

• Official homepage of the tournament
• Tournament schedule single on the ATP homepage
• Tournament schedule doubles on the ATP homepage
• Tournament schedule for individual qualifications on the ATP homepage