Founded 2009 Surface Hard / outdoors | Editions 8 (2016) Draw 32M / 32Q / 16D | |
Location Osaka, Japan (2009–2014)
Tokyo, Japan (2015–) Venue Ariake Tennis Forest Park (2015-)
Utsubo Tennis Center (2009-2014) | ||
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. 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 Five tournament, was held two weeks before. In 2015, the event was moved from Osaka to Tokyo.
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