Japan Open Tennis Championships

The AIG Japan Open Tennis Championships is a tennis tournament held in Ariake Tennis Forest Park with its center court Ariake Coliseum, located in Kōtō, Tokyo, Japan. It holds both a men's and women's tournament. On the women's side the tournament has been held since 1973 and has had famous champions such as Kimiko Date (4 victories from 1992 to 1996), Ai Sugiyama, Monica Seles and Maria Sharapova (twice).

[edit] Past finals

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
1989	Aaron Krickstein	Carl-Uwe Steeb	6-3, 6-2
1990	Ivan Lendl	Boris Becker	4-6, 6-3, 7-6
1991	Stefan Edberg	Derrick Rostagno	6-3, 1-6, 6-2
1992	Ivan Lendl	Henrik Holm	7-6(7), 6-4
1993	Ivan Lendl	Todd Martin	6-4, 6-4
1994	Goran Ivanisevic	Michael Chang	6-4, 6-4
1995	Michael Chang	Mark Philippoussis	6-3, 6-4
1996	Pete Sampras	Richey Reneberg	6-4, 7-5
1997	Richard Krajicek	Lionel Roux	6-2, 3-6, 6-1
1998	Andrei Pavel	Byron Black	6-3, 6-4
1999	Nicolas Kiefer	Wayne Ferreira	7-6(5), 7-5
2000	Sjeng Schalken	Nicolás Lapentti	6-4, 3-6, 6-1
2001	Lleyton Hewitt	Michel Kratochvil	6-4, 6-2
2002	Kenneth Carlsen	Magnus Norman	7-6(6), 6-3
2003	Rainer Schüttler	Sébastien Grosjean	7-6(5), 6-2
2004	Jiří Novák	Taylor Dent	5-7, 6-1, 6-3
2005	Wesley Moodie	Mario Ancic	1-6, 7-6(7), 6-4
2006	Roger Federer	Tim Henman	6-3, 6-3

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
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 Tanasugarn	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 ret.
2006	Marion Bartoli	Aiko Nakamura	2-6, 6-2, 6-2