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
Founded1973 (1973)
Editions36 (2019)
LocationTokyo (1973–2018; 2022–present)
Osaka (2019)
Japan
VenueTokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium (1984–2007)
Ariake Coliseum (2008–17, 2022–present)
Arena Tachikawa Tachihi (2018)
Utsubo Tennis Center (2019)
CategoryTier II (1990-1992)
Tier I (1993-2008)
Premier 5 (2005-2013)
Premier (2014-2019)
WTA 500 (2022-present)
SurfaceCarpet / indoor (1984–2007)
Hard / outdoor (2008–17, 2019–)
Hard / indoor (2018)
Draw28M / 24Q / 16D
Prize money$780,637 (2022)
Websitetoray-ppo.co.jp
Current champions (2023)
Singles Veronika Kudermetova
DoublesNorway Ulrikke Eikeri
Estonia 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. 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 United States Billie Jean King United States Nancy Richey Gunter 7–6, 5–7, 6–3
1974 Japan Kazuko Sawamatsu United States Wendy Overton 6–4, 7–5
1975 Australia Margaret Court Australia Evonne Goolagong Cawley 6–7, 6–1, 7–6
1976 Netherlands Betty Stöve Australia Margaret Court 1–6, 6–4, 6–3
1977 United Kingdom Virginia Wade United States Martina Navratilova 7–5, 5–7, 6–4
1978 United Kingdom Virginia Wade (2) Netherlands Betty Stöve 6–4, 7–6
1979 United States Billie Jean King (2) Australia Evonne Goolagong Cawley 6–4, 7–5
1980 United States Billie Jean King (3) United States Terry Holladay 7–5, 6–4
1981 United States Ann Kiyomura West Germany Bettina Bunge 6–4, 7–5
1982 West Germany Bettina Bunge United States Barbara Potter 7–6, 6–2
1983 United States Lisa Bonder United States Andrea Jaeger 6–2, 5–7, 6–1
1984 Bulgaria Manuela Maleeva West Germany Claudia Kohde-Kilsch 3–6, 6–4, 6–4
1985 Bulgaria Manuela Maleeva (2) United States Bonnie Gadusek 7–6(7–2), 3–6, 7–5
1986 West Germany Steffi Graf Bulgaria Manuela Maleeva 6–4, 6–2
1987 Argentina Gabriela Sabatini Bulgaria Manuela Maleeva 6–4, 7–6(8–6)
1988 United States Pam Shriver Czechoslovakia Helena Suková 7–5 6–1
1989 United States Martina Navratilova United States Lori McNeil 6–7(3–7), 6–3, 7–6(7–5)
  Tier II tournament  
1990 West Germany Steffi Graf (2) Spain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 6–1, 6–2
1991 Argentina Gabriela Sabatini (2) United States Martina Navratilova 2–6, 6–2, 6–4
1992 Argentina Gabriela Sabatini (3) United States Martina Navratilova 6–2, 4–6, 6–2
  Tier I tournament  
1993 United States Martina Navratilova (2) Latvia Larisa Savchenko-Neiland 6–2, 6–2
1994 Germany Steffi Graf (3) United States Martina Navratilova 6–2, 6–4
1995 Japan Kimiko Date United States Lindsay Davenport 6–1, 6–2
1996 Croatia Iva Majoli Spain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 6–4, 6–1
1997 Switzerland Martina Hingis Germany Steffi Graf w/o
1998 United States Lindsay Davenport Switzerland Martina Hingis 6–3, 6–3
1999 Switzerland Martina Hingis (2) South Africa Amanda Coetzer 6–2, 6–1
2000 Switzerland Martina Hingis (3) France Sandrine Testud 6–3, 7–5
2001 United States Lindsay Davenport (2) Switzerland Martina Hingis 6–7(4–7), 6–4, 6–2
2002 Switzerland Martina Hingis (4) United States Monica Seles 7–6(8–6), 4–6, 6–3
2003 United States Lindsay Davenport (3) United States Monica Seles 6–7(6–8), 6–1, 6–2
2004 United States Lindsay Davenport (4) Bulgaria Magdalena Maleeva 6–4, 6–1
2005 Russia Maria Sharapova United States Lindsay Davenport 6–1, 3–6, 7–6(7–5)
2006 Russia Elena Dementieva Switzerland Martina Hingis 6–2, 6–0
2007 Switzerland Martina Hingis (5) Serbia Ana Ivanovic 6–4, 6–2
2008 Russia Dinara Safina Russia Svetlana Kuznetsova 6–1, 6–3
  Premier 5 tournament  
2009 Russia Maria Sharapova (2) Serbia Jelena Janković 5–2 ret.
2010 Denmark Caroline Wozniacki Russia Elena Dementieva 1–6, 6–2, 6–3
2011 Poland Agnieszka Radwańska Russia Vera Zvonareva 6–3, 6–2
2012 Russia Nadia Petrova Poland Agnieszka Radwańska 6–0, 1–6, 6–3
2013 Czech Republic Petra Kvitová Germany Angelique Kerber 6–2, 0–6, 6–3
  Premier tournament  
2014 Serbia Ana Ivanovic Denmark Caroline Wozniacki 6–2, 7–6(7–2)
2015 Poland Agnieszka Radwańska (2) Switzerland Belinda Bencic 6–2, 6–2
2016 Denmark Caroline Wozniacki (2) Japan Naomi Osaka 7–5, 6–3
2017 Denmark Caroline Wozniacki (3) Russia Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 6–0, 7–5
2018 Czech Republic Karolína Plíšková Japan Naomi Osaka 6–4, 6–4
2019 Japan Naomi Osaka Russia Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 6–2, 6–3
2020-2021No competition (due to COVID-19 pandemic)
  WTA 500  
2022 Liudmila Samsonova China Zheng Qinwen 7–5, 7–5
2023 Veronika Kudermetova United States Jessica Pegula 7–5, 6–1

Doubles

Year Champions Runners-up Score
1984 West Germany Claudia Kohde-Kilsch
Czechoslovakia Helena Suková
Australia Elizabeth Sayers-Smylie
France Catherine Tanvier
6–4, 6–4
1985 West Germany Claudia Kohde-Kilsch (2)

Czechoslovakia Helena Suková (2)

Netherlands Marcella Mesker
Australia Elizabeth Sayers-Smylie
6–0, 6–4
1986 West Germany Bettina Bunge
West Germany Steffi Graf
Bulgaria Katerina Maleeva
Bulgaria Manuela Maleeva
6–1, 6–7(4–7), 6–2
1987 United States Anne White

United States Robin White

Bulgaria Katerina Maleeva
Bulgaria Manuela Maleeva-Fragnière
6–1, 6–2
1988 United States Pam Shriver
Czechoslovakia Helena Suková (3)
United States Gigi Fernández
United States Robin White
4–6, 6–2, 7–6(7–5)
1989 United States Katrina Adams
United States Zina Garrison
United States Mary Joe Fernández
West Germany Claudia Kohde-Kilsch
6–3, 3–6, 7–6(7–5)
  Tier II tournament  
1990 United States Gigi Fernández
Australia Elizabeth Sayers-Smylie
Australia Jo-Anne Faull
Australia Rachel McQuillan
6–2, 6–2
1991 United States Kathy Jordan
Australia Elizabeth Sayers-Smylie (2)
United States Mary Joe Fernández
United States Robin White
4–6, 6–0, 6–3
1992 Spain Arantxa Sánchez
Czechoslovakia Helena Suková (4)
United States Martina Navratilova
United States Pam Shriver
7–5, 6–1
  Tier I tournament  
1993 United States Martina Navratilova
Czech Republic Helena Suková (5)
United States Lori McNeil
Australia Rennae Stubbs
6–4, 6–3
1994 Australia Elizabeth Sayers-Smylie (3)
United States Pam Shriver
Netherlands Manon Bollegraf
United States Martina Navratilova
6–3, 3–6, 7–6(7–3)
1995 United States Gigi Fernández (2)
Belarus Natasha Zvereva
United States Lindsay Davenport
Australia Rennae Stubbs
6–0, 6–3
1996 United States Gigi Fernández (3)

Belarus Natasha Zvereva (2)

South Africa Mariaan de Swardt
Romania Irina Spîrlea
7–6(9–7), 6–3
1997 United States Lindsay Davenport
Belarus Natasha Zvereva (3)
United States Gigi Fernández
Switzerland Martina Hingis
6–4, 6–3
1998 Switzerland Martina Hingis
Croatia Mirjana Lučić-Baroni
United States Lindsay Davenport
Belarus Natasha Zvereva
7–5, 6–4
1999 United States Lindsay Davenport (2)
Belarus Natasha Zvereva (4)
Switzerland Martina Hingis
Czech Republic Jana Novotná
6–2, 6–3
2000 Switzerland Martina Hingis (2)
France Mary Pierce
France Alexandra Fusai
France Nathalie Tauziat
6–4, 6–1
2001 United States Lisa Raymond
Australia Rennae Stubbs
Russia Anna Kournikova
Uzbekistan Iroda Tulyaganova
7–6(7–5), 2–6, 7–6(8–6)
2002 United States Lisa Raymond (2)
Australia Rennae Stubbs (2)
Belgium Els Callens
Italy Roberta Vinci
6–1, 6–1
2003 Russia Elena Bovina
Australia Rennae Stubbs (3)
United States Lindsay Davenport
United States Lisa Raymond
6–3, 6–4
2004 Zimbabwe Cara Black
Australia Rennae Stubbs (4)
Russia Elena Likhovtseva
Bulgaria Magdalena Maleeva
6–0, 6–1
2005 Slovakia Janette Husárová
Russia Elena Likhovtseva
United States Lindsay Davenport
United States Corina Morariu
6–4, 6–3
2006 United States Lisa Raymond (3)
Australia Samantha Stosur
Zimbabwe Cara Black
Australia Rennae Stubbs
6–2, 6–1
2007 United States Lisa Raymond (4)
Australia Samantha Stosur (2)
United States Vania King
Australia Rennae Stubbs
7–6(8–6), 3–6, 7–5
2008 United States Vania King
Russia Nadia Petrova
United States Lisa Raymond
Australia Samantha Stosur
6–1, 6–4
  Premier 5 tournament  
2009 Russia Alisa Kleybanova
Italy Francesca Schiavone
Slovakia Daniela Hantuchová

Japan Ai Sugiyama

6–4, 6–2
2010 Czech Republic Iveta Benešová
Czech Republic Barbora Strýcová
Israel Shahar Pe'er
China Peng Shuai
6–4, 4–6, [10–8]
2011 United States Liezel Huber
United States Lisa Raymond (5)
Argentina Gisela Dulko
Italy Flavia Pennetta
7–6(7–4), 0–6, [10–6]
2012 United States Raquel Kops-Jones
United States Abigail Spears
Germany Anna-Lena Grönefeld
Czech Republic Květa Peschke
6–1, 6–4
2013 Zimbabwe Cara Black (2)
India Sania Mirza
Chinese Taipei Chan Hao-Ching
United States Liezel Huber
4–6, 6–0, [11–9]
  Premier tournament  
2014 Zimbabwe Cara Black (3)
India Sania Mirza (2)
Spain Garbiñe Muguruza
Spain Carla Suárez Navarro
6–2, 7–5
2015 Spain Garbiñe Muguruza
Spain Carla Suárez Navarro
Chinese Taipei Chan Hao-ching
Chinese Taipei Latisha Chan
7–5, 6–1
2016 India Sania Mirza (3)
Czech Republic Barbora Strýcová (2)
China Liang Chen
China Yang Zhaoxuan
6–1, 6–1
2017 Slovenia Andreja Klepač
Spain María José Martínez Sánchez
Australia Daria Gavrilova
Russia Daria Kasatkina
6–3, 6–2
2018 Japan Miyu Kato
Japan Makoto Ninomiya
Czech Republic Andrea Sestini Hlaváčková
Czech Republic Barbora Strýcová
6–4, 6–4
2019 Chinese Taipei Chan Hao-ching
Chinese Taipei Latisha Chan
Chinese Taipei Hsieh Su-wei
Chinese Taipei Hsieh Yu-chieh
7–5, 7–5
2020-2021no competition (due to COVID-19 pandemic)
  WTA 500  
2022 Canada Gabriela Dabrowski
Mexico Giuliana Olmos
United States Nicole Melichar-Martinez
Australia Ellen Perez
6–4, 6–4
2023 Norway Ulrikke Eikeri
Estonia Ingrid Neel
Japan Eri Hozumi
Japan Makoto Ninomiya
3–6, 7–5, [10–5]

See also

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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