2014 Japan Women's Open Explained

The 2014 Japan Women's Open was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the sixth edition of the Japan Women's Open, and part of the WTA International tournaments of the 2014 WTA Tour. It was held at the Utsubo Tennis Center in Osaka, Japan, from October 6 through October 12, 2014.

Points and prize money

Point distribution

Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 32	width=85	Q	width=85	Q3	width=85	Q2	width=85	Q1
Singles	280	180	110	60	30	1	18	14	10	1
Doubles					1

Prize money

Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 32^1	width=85	Q3	width=85	Q2	width=85	Q1
Singles	$43,000	$21,400	$11,300	$5,900	$3,310	$1,925	$1,005	$730	$530
Doubles *	$12,300	$6,400	$3,435	$1,820	$960

_{¹ Qualifiers prize money is also the Round of 32 prize money}

• per team

Singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank^1	Seed
Australia	Samantha Stosur	21	1
	Madison Keys	32	2
Ukraine	Elina Svitolina	33	3
	CoCo Vandeweghe	38	4
Kazakhstan	Zarina Diyas	39	5
United Kingdom	Heather Watson	47	6
	Christina McHale	52	7
	Lauren Davis	55	8

• Rankings are as of September 29, 2014

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

• Kristina Mladenovic
• Naomi Osaka
• Risa Ozaki

The following player received entry using a protected ranking into the singles main draw:

• Tatjana Maria

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Shuko Aoyama
• Ana Bogdan
• Chan Yung-jan
• Hiroko Kuwata

The following player received entry as a lucky loser:

• Miharu Imanishi

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

• Kimiko Date-Krumm → replaced by Erika Sema
• Casey Dellacqua (lower leg injury) → replaced by Tatjana Maria
• Julia Görges → replaced by Misa Eguchi
• Kurumi Nara (respiratory illness) → replaced by Miharu Imanishi
• Paula Ormaechea → replaced by Bethanie Mattek-Sands
• Alison Van Uytvanck → replaced by Sachia Vickery

Retirements

• Jarmila Gajdošová (left ankle sprain)
• Madison Keys (right rib injury)

Doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank^1	Seed
	Chan Hao-ching		Chan Yung-jan	59	1
Poland	Klaudia Jans-Ignacik	France	Kristina Mladenovic	79	2
	Lisa Raymond	Australia	Samantha Stosur	84	3
	Darija Jurak		Megan Moulton-Levy	114	4

• ¹ Rankings are as of September 29, 2014

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

• Kyōka Okamura / Kotomi Takahata
• Naomi Osaka / Risa Ozaki

Champions

Singles

See main article: 2014 Japan Women's Open – Singles. Samantha Stosur def. Zarina Diyas, 7–6^(9–7), 6–3

• It was Stosur's 1st title of the year, her 3rd title at the HP Open, and the 6th title of her career.

Doubles

See main article: 2014 Japan Women's Open – Doubles. Shuko Aoyama / Renata Voráčová def. Lara Arruabarrena / Tatjana Maria, 6–1, 6–2