WTA Tokyo (Kōtō)

This article deals with the women's tournament in Tokyo, for the men's tournament see ATP Tokyo .

Japan Women's Open Tennis
WTA tour
venue	Tokyo (Kōtō) Japan
First run	1973
Last event	2017
category	WTA International
Tournament type	Free place tournament
Game surface	Hard court
draw	32E / 32Q / 16D
Prize money	US $ 226,750
Center Court	10,000 spectators
As of September 17, 2017

The WTA Tokyo (Kōtō) (officially: Japan Women's Open Tennis ) was a women's tennis tournament of the WTA Tour , which was held in the Tokyo district of Kōtō . The tournament took place for the first time from 1973 to 1976 and again from 1979 to 2008. It returned to Tokyo in 2015 after having been held in Osaka between 2009 and 2014 . The tournament was held in Ariake Tennis no Mori Kōen , 2017 for the last time for the time being. 2018 will be played in Hiroshima instead .

A WTA tournament also held in Tokyo is the WTA Tokyo (category Premier 5).

Winners list

singles

year	Winner	Final opponent	Result
1973	Evonne Goolagong	Helga Masthoff	6: 3, 6: 4
1974	Maria Bueno	Katja Ebbinghaus	3: 6, 6: 4, 6: 3
1975	Kazuko Sawamatsu	Ann Kiyomura	6: 2, 3: 6, 6: 1
1976	Wendy Turnbull	Michele Gurdal	6: 1, 6: 1
1977–1978 there was no tournament!
1979	Betsy Nagelsen	Naoko Satō	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 Arraya	Pilar Vásquez	3: 6, 6: 4, 6: 0
1983	Etsuko Inoue	Shelley Solomon	6: 2, 5: 7, 6: 1
1984	Lilian Drescher	Shawn Foltz	6: 4, 6: 2
1985	Gabriela Sabatini	Linda Gates	6: 3, 6: 4
1986	Helen Kelesi	Bettina Fulco	6: 2, 6: 2
1987	Katerina Maleewa	Barbara Gerken	6: 2, 6: 3
↓ Category: Tier V ↓
1988	Patty Fendick	Stephanie Deer	6: 3, 7: 5
1989	Kumiko Okamoto	Elizabeth Smylie	6: 4, 6: 2
↓ Category: Tier IV ↓
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
↓ Category: Tier III ↓
1993	Kimiko Date	Stephanie Rottier	6: 1, 6: 3
1994	Kimiko Date	Amy Frazier	7: 5, 6: 0
1995	Amy Frazier	Kimiko Date	7: 6, 7: 5
1996	Kimiko Date	Amy Frazier	7: 5, 6: 4
1997	Ai Sugiyama	Amy Frazier	4: 6, 6: 4, 6: 4
1998	Ai Sugiyama	Corina Morariu	6: 3, 6: 3
1999	Amy Frazier	Ai Sugiyama	6: 2, 6: 2
2000	Julie Halard-Decugis	Amy Frazier	5: 7, 7: 5, 6: 4
2001	Monica Seles	Tamarine Tanasu yarn	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 5
2004	Maria Sharapova	Mashona Washington	6-0, 6-1
2005	Nicole Vaidišová	Tatiana Golovin	7: 6 4 , 3: 2 problem
2006	Marion Bartoli	Aiko Nakamura	2: 6, 6: 2, 6: 2
2007	Virginie Razzano	Venus Williams	4: 6, 7: 6 7 , 6: 4
2008	Caroline Wozniacki	Kaia Kanepi	6: 2, 3: 6, 6: 1
In 2009–2014 the tournament did not take place in Tokyo! (see WTA Ōsaka )
2015	Yanina Wickmayer	Magda Linette	4: 6, 6: 3, 6: 3
2016	Christina McHale	Kateřina Siniaková	3: 6, 6: 4, 6: 4
2017	Sarina Dijas	Miyu Kato	6: 2, 7: 5

Double

year	Winners	Final opponents	Result
1974	Ann Kiyomura Kazuko Sawamatsu	Kimiyo Hatanaka Janet Young	4: 6, 6: 4, 6: 0
1975	Ann Kiyomura Kazuko Sawamatsu	Kayoko Fukuoka Kiyoko Nomura	6: 2, 6: 3
1976–1978 there was no tournament!
1979	Betsy Nagelsen Penny Johnson	Yu Liqiao Chen Chuan	3: 6, 6: 4, 7: 6
1980	Dana Gilbert Peanut Louie	Nerida Gregory Marie Pinterova	7: 5, 7: 6
1981	Claudia Monteiro Pat Medado	Barbara Jordan Roberta McCallum	6: 3, 3: 6, 6: 2
1982	Laura duPont Barbara Jordan	Naoko Satō Brenda Remilton	6: 2, 6: 7, 6: 1
1983	Chris O'Neil Pam Whytcross	Helena Manset Micki Schillig	6: 3, 7: 5
1984	Betsy Nagelsen Candy Reynolds	Emilse Longo Adriana Villagrán	6: 3, 6: 2
1985	Belinda Cordwell Julie Richardson	Laura Gildemeister Beth Lord	6: 4, 6: 4
1986	Sandy Collins Sharon Walsh-Pete	Susan Mascarin Betsy Nagelsen	6: 1, 6: 2
1987	Kathy Jordan Betsy Nagelsen	Sandy Collins Sharon Walsh-Pete	6: 3, 7: 5
↓ Category: Tier V ↓
1988	Gigi Fernández Robin White	Lea Antonoplis Barbara Gerken	6: 1, 6: 4
1989	Jill Hetherington Elizabeth Smylie	Ann Henricksson Beth Lord	6: 1, 6: 3
↓ Category: Tier IV ↓
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	Amy Frazier Rika Hiraki	Kimiko Date Stephanie Deer	5: 7, 7: 6 5 , 6: 0
↓ Category: Tier III ↓
1993	Egg Iida Maya Kidowaki	Li Fang Kyōko 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	Kyōko Nagatsuka Ai Sugiyama	6: 7 5 , 6: 4, 7: 6 5
1996	Kimiko Date Ai Sugiyama	Amy Frazier Kimberly Po	7: 6, 6: 7, 6: 3
1997	Alexia Dechaume-Balleret Rika Hiraki	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	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	Svetlana Kuznetsova Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	6: 4, 4: 6, 6: 4
2003	Marija Sharapova Tamarine Tanasu yarn	Ansley Cargill Ashley Harkleroad	7: 6 1 , 6: 0
2004	Shinobu Asagoe Katarina Srebotnik	Jennifer Hopkins Mashona Washington	6: 1, 6: 4
2005	Gisela Dulko Marija Kirilenko	Shinobu Asagoe María Vento-Kabchi	7: 5, 4: 6, 6: 3
2006	Vania King Jelena Kostanić	Chuang Chia-jung Chan Yung-jan	7: 6 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 Eraković	Ayumi Morita Aiko Nakamura	4: 6, 7: 5, [10: 6]
In 2009–2014 the tournament did not take place in Tokyo! (see WTA Ōsaka )
↓ Category: International ↓
2015	Chan Hao-ching Chan Yung-jan	Misaki Doi Kurumi Nara	6: 1, 6: 2
2016	Shūko Aoyama Makoto Ninomiya	Jocelyn Rae Anna Smith	6: 3, 6: 3
2017	Shūko Aoyama Yang Zhaoxuan	Monique Adamczak Storm Sanders	6: 0, 2: 6, [10: 5]

Individual evidence

1. ↑ WTA 2018 Calendar, Tokyo International event moves to Hiroshima. In: tennisworldusa.org. July 28, 2017, accessed September 12, 2018 .