Pan Pacific Open

The Pan Pacific Open, currently sponsored by Toray Industries, is a women's outdoor hardcourt tennis tournament held annually in Tokyo, Japan.^[1] It is a WTA 500-level tournament.^[2]

Toray Pan Pacific Open Tennis Tournament
2023 Toray Pan Pacific Open
Tournament information
Founded	1973; 50 years ago (1973)
Editions	36 (2019)
Location	Tokyo (1973–2018; 2022–present) Osaka (2019) Japan
Venue	Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium (1984–2007) Ariake Coliseum (2008–17, 2022–present) Arena Tachikawa Tachihi (2018) Utsubo Tennis Center (2019)
Category	Tier II (1990-1992) Tier I (1993-2008) Premier 5 (2005-2013) Premier (2014-2019) WTA 500 (2022-present)
Surface	Carpet / indoor (1984–2007) Hard / outdoor (2008–17, 2019–) Hard / indoor (2018)
Draw	28M / 24Q / 16D
Prize money	$780,637 (2022)
Website	toray-ppo.co.jp
Current champions (2023)
Singles	Veronika Kudermetova
Doubles	Ulrikke Eikeri Ingrid Neel

History

The tournament was first held in 1973 as the Toray Sillook Championships. In 1976, the name was changed to the Sillook Open in Tokyo.^[3] In 1982 it was renamed the TV Championships and in 1983, it changed yet again to the Queens Grand Prix.^{[citation needed]} Its current name, the Pan Pacific Open, was designated in 1984 and had traditionally been played on indoor carpet at the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium. In 2008, the event moved to outdoor hard courts at the Ariake Coliseum.^[4]

It was classified as a Tier I tournament from 1993 through 2008. Then, it became a Premier 5 tournament in 2009 until it was downgraded to a Premier event from the 2014 edition onwards, with the Wuhan Open in Wuhan, China acting as its replacement in the Premier category. Martina Hingis holds the record for most singles titles with five.

Past finals

 

Agnieszka Radwańska, winner of the 2011 singles

Singles

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
1973	Billie Jean King	Nancy Richey Gunter	7–6, 5–7, 6–3
1974	Kazuko Sawamatsu	Wendy Overton	6–4, 7–5
1975	Margaret Court	Evonne Goolagong Cawley	6–7, 6–1, 7–6
1976	Betty Stöve	Margaret Court	1–6, 6–4, 6–3
1977	Virginia Wade	Martina Navratilova	7–5, 5–7, 6–4
1978	Virginia Wade (2)	Betty Stöve	6–4, 7–6
1979	Billie Jean King (2)	Evonne Goolagong Cawley	6–4, 7–5
1980	Billie Jean King (3)	Terry Holladay	7–5, 6–4
1981	Ann Kiyomura	Bettina Bunge	6–4, 7–5
1982	Bettina Bunge	Barbara Potter	7–6, 6–2
1983	Lisa Bonder	Andrea Jaeger	6–2, 5–7, 6–1
1984	Manuela Maleeva	Claudia Kohde-Kilsch	3–6, 6–4, 6–4
1985	Manuela Maleeva (2)	Bonnie Gadusek	7–6^(7–2), 3–6, 7–5
1986	Steffi Graf	Manuela Maleeva	6–4, 6–2
1987	Gabriela Sabatini	Manuela Maleeva	6–4, 7–6^(8–6)
1988	Pam Shriver	Helena Suková	7–5 6–1
1989	Martina Navratilova	Lori McNeil	6–7^(3–7), 6–3, 7–6^(7–5)
↓  Tier II tournament  ↓
1990	Steffi Graf (2)	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	6–1, 6–2
1991	Gabriela Sabatini (2)	Martina Navratilova	2–6, 6–2, 6–4
1992	Gabriela Sabatini (3)	Martina Navratilova	6–2, 4–6, 6–2
↓  Tier I tournament  ↓
1993	Martina Navratilova (2)	Larisa Savchenko-Neiland	6–2, 6–2
1994	Steffi Graf (3)	Martina Navratilova	6–2, 6–4
1995	Kimiko Date	Lindsay Davenport	6–1, 6–2
1996	Iva Majoli	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	6–4, 6–1
1997	Martina Hingis	Steffi Graf	w/o
1998	Lindsay Davenport	Martina Hingis	6–3, 6–3
1999	Martina Hingis (2)	Amanda Coetzer	6–2, 6–1
2000	Martina Hingis (3)	Sandrine Testud	6–3, 7–5
2001	Lindsay Davenport (2)	Martina Hingis	6–7^(4–7), 6–4, 6–2
2002	Martina Hingis (4)	Monica Seles	7–6^(8–6), 4–6, 6–3
2003	Lindsay Davenport (3)	Monica Seles	6–7^(6–8), 6–1, 6–2
2004	Lindsay Davenport (4)	Magdalena Maleeva	6–4, 6–1
2005	Maria Sharapova	Lindsay Davenport	6–1, 3–6, 7–6^(7–5)
2006	Elena Dementieva	Martina Hingis	6–2, 6–0
2007	Martina Hingis (5)	Ana Ivanovic	6–4, 6–2
2008	Dinara Safina	Svetlana Kuznetsova	6–1, 6–3
↓  Premier 5 tournament  ↓
2009	Maria Sharapova (2)	Jelena Janković	5–2 ret.
2010	Caroline Wozniacki	Elena Dementieva	1–6, 6–2, 6–3
2011	Agnieszka Radwańska	Vera Zvonareva	6–3, 6–2
2012	Nadia Petrova	Agnieszka Radwańska	6–0, 1–6, 6–3
2013	Petra Kvitová	Angelique Kerber	6–2, 0–6, 6–3
↓  Premier tournament  ↓
2014	Ana Ivanovic	Caroline Wozniacki	6–2, 7–6^(7–2)
2015	Agnieszka Radwańska (2)	Belinda Bencic	6–2, 6–2
2016	Caroline Wozniacki (2)	Naomi Osaka	7–5, 6–3
2017	Caroline Wozniacki (3)	Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova	6–0, 7–5
2018	Karolína Plíšková	Naomi Osaka	6–4, 6–4
2019	Naomi Osaka	Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova	6–2, 6–3
2020-2021	No competition (due to COVID-19 pandemic)
↓  WTA 500  ↓
2022	Liudmila Samsonova	Zheng Qinwen	7–5, 7–5
2023	Veronika Kudermetova	Jessica Pegula	7–5, 6–1

Doubles

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
1984	Claudia Kohde-Kilsch   Helena Suková	Elizabeth Sayers-Smylie   Catherine Tanvier	6–4, 6–4
1985	Claudia Kohde-Kilsch (2)   Helena Suková (2)	Marcella Mesker   Elizabeth Sayers-Smylie	6–0, 6–4
1986	Bettina Bunge   Steffi Graf	Katerina Maleeva   Manuela Maleeva	6–1, 6–7^(4–7), 6–2
1987	Anne White   Robin White	Katerina Maleeva   Manuela Maleeva-Fragnière	6–1, 6–2
1988	Pam Shriver   Helena Suková (3)	Gigi Fernández   Robin White	4–6, 6–2, 7–6^(7–5)
1989	Katrina Adams   Zina Garrison	Mary Joe Fernández   Claudia Kohde-Kilsch	6–3, 3–6, 7–6^(7–5)
↓  Tier II tournament  ↓
1990	Gigi Fernández   Elizabeth Sayers-Smylie	Jo-Anne Faull   Rachel McQuillan	6–2, 6–2
1991	Kathy Jordan   Elizabeth Sayers-Smylie (2)	Mary Joe Fernández   Robin White	4–6, 6–0, 6–3
1992	Arantxa Sánchez   Helena Suková (4)	Martina Navratilova   Pam Shriver	7–5, 6–1
↓  Tier I tournament  ↓
1993	Martina Navratilova   Helena Suková (5)	Lori McNeil   Rennae Stubbs	6–4, 6–3
1994	Elizabeth Sayers-Smylie (3)   Pam Shriver	Manon Bollegraf   Martina Navratilova	6–3, 3–6, 7–6^(7–3)
1995	Gigi Fernández (2)   Natasha Zvereva	Lindsay Davenport   Rennae Stubbs	6–0, 6–3
1996	Gigi Fernández (3)   Natasha Zvereva (2)	Mariaan de Swardt   Irina Spîrlea	7–6^(9–7), 6–3
1997	Lindsay Davenport   Natasha Zvereva (3)	Gigi Fernández   Martina Hingis	6–4, 6–3
1998	Martina Hingis   Mirjana Lučić-Baroni	Lindsay Davenport   Natasha Zvereva	7–5, 6–4
1999	Lindsay Davenport (2)   Natasha Zvereva (4)	Martina Hingis   Jana Novotná	6–2, 6–3
2000	Martina Hingis (2)   Mary Pierce	Alexandra Fusai   Nathalie Tauziat	6–4, 6–1
2001	Lisa Raymond   Rennae Stubbs	Anna Kournikova   Iroda Tulyaganova	7–6^(7–5), 2–6, 7–6^(8–6)
2002	Lisa Raymond (2)   Rennae Stubbs (2)	Els Callens   Roberta Vinci	6–1, 6–1
2003	Elena Bovina   Rennae Stubbs (3)	Lindsay Davenport   Lisa Raymond	6–3, 6–4
2004	Cara Black   Rennae Stubbs (4)	Elena Likhovtseva   Magdalena Maleeva	6–0, 6–1
2005	Janette Husárová   Elena Likhovtseva	Lindsay Davenport   Corina Morariu	6–4, 6–3
2006	Lisa Raymond (3)   Samantha Stosur	Cara Black   Rennae Stubbs	6–2, 6–1
2007	Lisa Raymond (4)   Samantha Stosur (2)	Vania King   Rennae Stubbs	7–6^(8–6), 3–6, 7–5
2008	Vania King   Nadia Petrova	Lisa Raymond   Samantha Stosur	6–1, 6–4
↓  Premier 5 tournament  ↓
2009	Alisa Kleybanova   Francesca Schiavone	Daniela Hantuchová   Ai Sugiyama	6–4, 6–2
2010	Iveta Benešová   Barbora Strýcová	Shahar Pe'er   Peng Shuai	6–4, 4–6, [10–8]
2011	Liezel Huber   Lisa Raymond (5)	Gisela Dulko   Flavia Pennetta	7–6^(7–4), 0–6, [10–6]
2012	Raquel Kops-Jones   Abigail Spears	Anna-Lena Grönefeld   Květa Peschke	6–1, 6–4
2013	Cara Black (2)   Sania Mirza	Chan Hao-Ching   Liezel Huber	4–6, 6–0, [11–9]
↓  Premier tournament  ↓
2014	Cara Black (3)   Sania Mirza (2)	Garbiñe Muguruza   Carla Suárez Navarro	6–2, 7–5
2015	Garbiñe Muguruza   Carla Suárez Navarro	Chan Hao-ching   Latisha Chan	7–5, 6–1
2016	Sania Mirza (3)   Barbora Strýcová (2)	Liang Chen   Yang Zhaoxuan	6–1, 6–1
2017	Andreja Klepač   María José Martínez Sánchez	Daria Gavrilova   Daria Kasatkina	6–3, 6–2
2018	Miyu Kato   Makoto Ninomiya	Andrea Sestini Hlaváčková   Barbora Strýcová	6–4, 6–4
2019	Chan Hao-ching   Latisha Chan	Hsieh Su-wei   Hsieh Yu-chieh	7–5, 7–5
2020-2021	no competition (due to COVID-19 pandemic)
↓  WTA 500  ↓
2022	Gabriela Dabrowski   Giuliana Olmos	Nicole Melichar-Martinez   Ellen Perez	6–4, 6–4
2023	Ulrikke Eikeri   Ingrid Neel	Eri Hozumi   Makoto Ninomiya	3–6, 7–5, [10–5]

See also

• Japan Open
• Japan Women's Open

References

1. Ronald, Issy (2022-09-22). "Naomi Osaka pulls out of Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo due to illness on Thursday". CNN. Retrieved 2023-05-24.
2. "Toray Pan Pacific Open Tennis | Join us 2022 – WTA Official". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 2023-05-24.
3. "Koobit". www.koobit.com. Retrieved 2023-05-24.
4. "Tokyo's Pan Pacific Open moved to September". Reuters. April 12, 2007.

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