Japan Women's Open

Japan Women's Open Tennis
Tournament information
Founded	2009
Location	Osaka, Japan (2009–2014) Tokyo, Japan (2015–)
Venue	Ariake Tennis Forest Park
Surface	Hard / Outdoors
Draw	32M/32Q/16D
Prize money	$250,000
Website	jw-open.jp
Current champions
Women's singles	Yanina Wickmayer
Women's doubles	Chan Hao-ching Chan Yung-jan

The Japan Women's Open Tennis is a professional women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. The event is affiliated with the Women's Tennis Association (WTA), and is an International-level tournament on the WTA Tour. The event was held for the first time in 2009, and was the second tournament of the season held in Japan: the Pan Pacific Open, a $2 million Premier tournament, was held two weeks before. From 2015, the event is moving from Osaka to Tokyo.

Past finals

Singles

Location	Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
Tokyo	2015	Yanina Wickmayer	Magda Linette	4–6, 6–3, 6–3
Osaka	2014	Samantha Stosur (3)	Zarina Diyas	7–6(9–7), 6–3
	2013	Samantha Stosur (2)	Eugenie Bouchard	3–6, 7–5, 6–2
	2012	Heather Watson	Chang Kai-chen	7–5, 5–7, 7–6(7–4)
	2011	Marion Bartoli	Samantha Stosur	6–3, 6–1
	2010	Tamarine Tanasugarn	Kimiko Date-Krumm	7–5, 6–7(7–4), 6–1
	2009	Samantha Stosur	Francesca Schiavone	7–5, 6–1

Doubles

Location	Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
Tokyo	2015	Chan Hao-ching Chan Yung-jan	Misaki Doi Kurumi Nara	6–1, 6–2
Osaka	2014	Shuko Aoyama Renata Voráčová	Lara Arruabarrena Tatjana Maria	6–1, 6–2
	2013	Kristina Mladenovic Flavia Pennetta	Samantha Stosur Zhang Shuai	6–4, 6–3
	2012	Raquel Kops-Jones Abigail Spears	Kimiko Date-Krumm Heather Watson	6–1, 6–4
	2011	Kimiko Date-Krumm Zhang Shuai	Vania King Yaroslava Shvedova	7–5, 3–6, [11–9]
	2010	Chang Kai-chen Lilia Osterloh	Shuko Aoyama Rika Fujiwara	6–0, 6–3
	2009	Chuang Chia-jung Lisa Raymond	Chanelle Scheepers Abigail Spears	6–2, 6–4

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