The Japan Women's Open, currently sponsored by the Kinoshita Group (formerly Japan Women's Open Tennis), is a professional women's tennis tournament played annually on outdoor hardcourts in Osaka, Japan. 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

LocationYearChampionRunner-upScore
Osaka2025Canada Leylah FernandezCzech Republic Tereza Valentová6–0, 5–7, 6–3
2024Netherlands Suzan LamensAustralia Kimberly Birrell6–3, 6–3
2023United States Ashlyn KruegerChina Zhu Lin6–3, 7–6(8–6)
2022no competition (due to financial crisis)[citation needed]
2021no competition (due to COVID-19 pandemic)
2020
Hiroshima2019Japan Nao HibinoJapan Misaki Doi6–3, 6–2
2018Chinese Taipei Hsieh Su-weiUnited States Amanda Anisimova6–2, 6–2
Tokyo2017Kazakhstan Zarina DiyasJapan Miyu Kato6–2, 7–5
2016United States Christina McHaleCzech Republic Kateřina Siniaková3–6, 6–4, 6–4
2015Belgium Yanina WickmayerPoland Magda Linette4–6, 6–3, 6–3
Osaka2014Australia Samantha Stosur (3)Kazakhstan Zarina Diyas7–6(9–7), 6–3
2013Australia Samantha Stosur (2)Canada Eugenie Bouchard3–6, 7–5, 6–2
2012United Kingdom Heather WatsonChinese Taipei Chang Kai-chen7–5, 5–7, 7–6(7–4)
2011France Marion BartoliAustralia Samantha Stosur6–3, 6–1
2010Thailand Tamarine TanasugarnJapan Kimiko Date-Krumm7–5, 6–7(7–4), 6–1
2009Australia Samantha StosurItaly Francesca Schiavone7–5, 6–1

Doubles

LocationYearChampionsRunners-upScore
Osaka2025France Kristina Mladenovic (2) United States Taylor TownsendAustralia Storm Hunter United States Desirae Krawczyk6–4, 2–6, [10–5]
2024Japan Ena Shibahara Germany Laura SiegemundSpain Cristina Bucșa Romania Monica Niculescu3–6, 6–2, [10–2]
2023Germany Anna-Lena Friedsam Ukraine Nadiia KichenokAnna Kalinskaya Kazakhstan Yulia Putintseva7–6(7–3), 6–3
2022no competition (due to financial crisis)[citation needed]
2021no competition (due to COVID-19 pandemic)
2020
Hiroshima2019Japan Misaki Doi Japan Nao HibinoUnited States Christina McHale Russia Valeria Savinykh3–6, 6–4, [10–4]
2018Japan Eri Hozumi China Zhang Shuai (2)Japan Miyu Kato Japan Makoto Ninomiya6–2, 6–4
Tokyo2017Japan Shuko Aoyama (3) China Yang ZhaoxuanAustralia Monique Adamczak Australia Storm Sanders6–0, 2–6, [10–5]
2016Japan Shuko Aoyama (2) Japan Makoto NinomiyaUnited Kingdom Jocelyn Rae United Kingdom Anna Smith6–3, 6–3
2015Chinese Taipei Chan Hao-ching Chinese Taipei Chan Yung-janJapan Misaki Doi Japan Kurumi Nara6–1, 6–2
Osaka2014Japan Shuko Aoyama Czech Republic Renata VoráčováSpain Lara Arruabarrena Germany Tatjana Maria6–1, 6–2
2013France Kristina Mladenovic Italy Flavia PennettaAustralia Samantha Stosur China Zhang Shuai6–4, 6–3
2012United States Raquel Kops-Jones United States Abigail SpearsJapan Kimiko Date-Krumm United Kingdom Heather Watson6–1, 6–4
2011Japan Kimiko Date-Krumm China Zhang ShuaiUnited States Vania King Kazakhstan Yaroslava Shvedova7–5, 3–6, [11–9]
2010Chinese Taipei Chang Kai-chen United States Lilia OsterlohJapan Shuko Aoyama Japan Rika Fujiwara6–0, 6–3
2009Chinese Taipei Chuang Chia-jung United States Lisa RaymondSouth Africa Chanelle Scheepers United States Abigail Spears6–2, 6–4

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