Japan Open (tennis)
Kinoshita Group Japan Open | |||||||||
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Tournament information | |||||||||
Founded | 1915[1] | ||||||||
Location | Tokyo, Japan | ||||||||
Venue | Ariake Coliseum Musashino Forest Sports Plaza (2018) | ||||||||
Surface | Hard / outdoors (1915–1972, 1976–1977, 1982–2017, 2019–) Clay / outdoors (1973–1975, 1978–1981) Hard / indoors (2018) | ||||||||
Website | japanopentennis.com | ||||||||
Current champions (2024) | |||||||||
Men's singles | France Arthur Fils | ||||||||
Men's doubles | United Kingdom Julian Cash United Kingdom Lloyd Glasspool | ||||||||
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The Japan Open (currently sponsored by Kinoshita Group) is a men's tennis tournament held in Ariake Tennis Forest Park with its center court Ariake Coliseum, located in Koto, Tokyo. It has been held since 1972. In 2018, the venue switched to the Musashino Forest Sports Plaza as the Ariake Coliseum was renovated for the tennis events at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[2] The championship includes men's singles and doubles competitions. The "All-Japan Championships" was founded in 1922 (there had been another Japanese championships held once in 1915). Before 1972, the All-Japan championships was an international event (although in many years there were few overseas competitors) but after the Japan Open began, the All-Japan championships became a national event.
History
A Japanese championships was first held in 1915 when the British player G. A. Roper beat his compatriot H. C. M. Horne in the final in four sets. The event was held on the grounds of the Kobe Club in Mirume. The entries were few, as the native players of Tokyo and Yokohama wanted the meeting held in Tokyo, but that was impossible, as the Kobe club was the only club affiliated to the Lawn Tennis Association.[3] The All-Japan Championships was first played in 1922 in Tokyo (a few months after the Japanese Tennis Association was formed) as a men's only tournament.[4] In 1924, a women's event was added to the programme.[4] The tournament has been mainly played in Tokyo throughout its long run but has also been staged in other cities such as Osaka in 1933, 1935, 1937, 1939. Following World War II, the event was sometimes known as the Japan International Championships until 1972. The Japan Open was first held in 1972 as a minor ATP event and from 1973 was part of the Grand Prix tennis tour. The Japan Open was known as the "Tokyo Outdoor Grand Prix" between 1973 and 1989. From 1990 it was part of the ATP Tour. From 1979 until 2008, the Japan Open was a joint tournament for both men and women. This is no longer the case in the aftermath of the Ariake Coliseum hosting another women's professional tournament, the Pan Pacific Open. On the women's side, the Japan Open was held until 2014 on the WTA Tour, and then it was downgraded to a $100,000+H ITF Women's Circuit event. In 2019, the women's event was discontinued. The men's event is part of the ATP Tour 500 series level of tournaments The All-Japan championships continues to this day[5][6] but is a national event for Japanese players only, whilst the Japan Open took over the mantle as the Japan international event from 1972 onwards.
Past finals
Men's singles
Women's singles
Men's doubles
Women's doubles
See also
- Pan Pacific Open – women's tournament (since 1973)
- Japan Women's Open – women's tournament (since 2009)
- Category:National and multi-national tennis tournaments
Notes
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Tournaments: Japan International - Japan Open Championships". The Tennis Base. Madrid, Spain: Tennismem SL. Archived from the original on 15 May 2023. Retrieved 24 September 2023.
- ↑ Gatto, Luigi (11 May 2018). "ATP 500 of Tokyo to switch venue". Tennis World USA. Retrieved 28 September 2018.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Lawn tennis". The Evening Post (Wellington). 9 October 1915. Retrieved 21 October 2024.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "About JTA". Japanese Tennis Association. Retrieved 21 October 2024.
- ↑ "Noguchi and Hondama claim All Japan Tennis Championship titles at Tokyo 2020 test event". Inside The Games. Retrieved 21 October 2024.
- ↑ "Haruka Kaji Wins First Singles Titke at All Japan Tennis Championships". Shimadzu Corporation. Retrieved 21 October 2024.
- ↑ 7.00 7.01 7.02 7.03 7.04 7.05 7.06 7.07 7.08 7.09 7.10 7.11 7.12 7.13 7.14 7.15 7.16 7.17 7.18 7.19 7.20 7.21 7.22 7.23 7.24 7.25 7.26 7.27 7.28 7.29 7.30 7.31 7.32 7.33 7.34 7.35 7.36 7.37 7.38 7.39 7.40 7.41 7.42 7.43 7.44 7.45 7.46 7.47 7.48 7.49 7.50 7.51 7.52 7.53 7.54 7.55 7.56 7.57 7.58 7.59 7.60 7.61 7.62 7.63 7.64 7.65 7.66 7.67 7.68 7.69 7.70 7.71 7.72 7.73 7.74 7.75 7.76 7.77 7.78 7.79 7.80 7.81 7.82 7.83 Robertson, Max (1974). The Encyclopedia of Tennis. New York: Viking Press. p. 272.
- ↑ Barrett, John; Tingay, Lance; West, Peter (1971). "National Tournaments". World of Tennis 1971 : a BP yearbook. London, England: Queen Anne Press. p. 287. ISBN 978-0-362-00091-7.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 "楽天ジャパンオープン2020の開催中止について". Rakuten Japan Open (in 日本語). 18 June 2020. Archived from the original on 26 June 2022. Retrieved 7 July 2022.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 "楽天ジャパンオープン2021の開催中止について". Rakuten Japan Open (in 日本語). 2 July 2021. Archived from the original on 2 August 2022. Retrieved 7 July 2022.
- ↑ Barrett, John; Tingay, Lance; West, Peter (1971). "National Tournaments". World of Tennis 1971 : a BP yearbook. London, England: Queen Anne Press. p. 287. ISBN 978-0-362-00091-7.