Pan Pacific Open Explained

Toray Pan Pacific Open Tennis Tournament
Logo Size:	200px
Editions:	36 (2019)
City:	Tokyo (1973–2018; 2022–present) Osaka (2019)
Country:	Japan
Venue:	Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium (1984–2007) Ariake Coliseum (2008–17, 2022–present) Arena Tachikawa Tachihi (2018) Utsubo Tennis Center (2019)
Tier:	Tier II (1990-1992) Tier I (1993-2008) Premier 5 (2005-2013) Premier (2014-2019) WTA 500 (2022-present)
Surface:	Carpet / indoor (1984–2007) Hard / outdoor (2008–17, 2019–) Hard / indoor (2018)
Draw:	28M / 24Q / 16D
Prize Money:	$780,637 (2022)
Website:	toray-ppo.co.jp
Singles:	Veronika Kudermetova
Doubles:	Ulrikke Eikeri Ingrid Neel

The Pan Pacific Open, currently sponsored by Toray Industries, is a women's outdoor hardcourt tennis tournament held annually in Tokyo, Japan.^[1] It is a WTA 500-level tournament.^[2]

History

The tournament was first held in 1973 as the Toray Sillook Championships. In 1976, the name was changed to the Sillook Open in Tokyo.^[3] In 1982 it was renamed the TV Championships and in 1983, it changed yet again to the Queens Grand Prix. Its current name, the Pan Pacific Open, was designated in 1984 and had traditionally been played on indoor carpet at the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium. In 2008, the event moved to outdoor hard courts at the Ariake Coliseum.^[4]

It was classified as a Tier I tournament from 1993 through 2008. Then, it became a Premier 5 tournament in 2009 until it was downgraded to a Premier event from the 2014 edition onwards, with the Wuhan Open in Wuhan, China acting as its replacement in the Premier category. Martina Hingis holds the record for most singles titles with five.

Past finals

Singles

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
1973	Billie Jean King	Nancy Richey Gunter	7–6, 5–7, 6–3
1974		Wendy Overton	6–4, 7–5
1975		Evonne Goolagong Cawley	6–7, 6–1, 7–6
1976			1–6, 6–4, 6–3
1977			7–5, 5–7, 6–4
1978	Virginia Wade (2)		6–4, 7–6
1979	Billie Jean King (2)	Evonne Goolagong Cawley	6–4, 7–5
1980	Billie Jean King (3)		7–5, 6–4
1981			6–4, 7–5
1982			7–6, 6–2
1983			6–2, 5–7, 6–1
1984			3–6, 6–4, 6–4
1985	Manuela Maleeva (2)		7–6^(7–2), 3–6, 7–5
1986			6–4, 6–2
1987			6–4, 7–6^(8–6)
1988			7–5 6–1
1989			6–7^(3–7), 6–3, 7–6^(7–5)
↓ Tier II tournament ↓
1990	Steffi Graf (2)	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	6–1, 6–2
1991	Gabriela Sabatini (2)	Martina Navratilova	2–6, 6–2, 6–4
1992	Gabriela Sabatini (3)	Martina Navratilova	6–2, 4–6, 6–2
↓ Tier I tournament ↓
1993	Martina Navratilova (2)		6–2, 6–2
1994	Steffi Graf (3)	Martina Navratilova	6–2, 6–4
1995	Kimiko Date	Lindsay Davenport	6–1, 6–2
1996	Iva Majoli	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	6–4, 6–1
1997	Martina Hingis	Steffi Graf	w/o
1998	Lindsay Davenport	Martina Hingis	6–3, 6–3
1999	Martina Hingis (2)	Amanda Coetzer	6–2, 6–1
2000	Martina Hingis (3)	Sandrine Testud	6–3, 7–5
2001	Lindsay Davenport (2)	Martina Hingis	6–7^(4–7), 6–4, 6–2
2002	Martina Hingis (4)	Monica Seles	7–6^(8–6), 4–6, 6–3
2003	Lindsay Davenport (3)	Monica Seles	6–7^(6–8), 6–1, 6–2
2004	Lindsay Davenport (4)		6–4, 6–1
2005	Maria Sharapova	Lindsay Davenport	6–1, 3–6, 7–6^(7–5)
2006	Elena Dementieva		6–2, 6–0
2007	Martina Hingis (5)	Ana Ivanovic	6–4, 6–2
2008	Dinara Safina	Svetlana Kuznetsova	6–1, 6–3
↓ Premier 5 tournament ↓
2009	Maria Sharapova (2)	Jelena Janković	5–2 ret.
2010	Caroline Wozniacki	Elena Dementieva	1–6, 6–2, 6–3
2011	Agnieszka Radwańska	Vera Zvonareva	6–3, 6–2
2012	Nadia Petrova	Agnieszka Radwańska	6–0, 1–6, 6–3
2013	Petra Kvitová	Angelique Kerber	6–2, 0–6, 6–3
↓ Premier tournament ↓
2014	Ana Ivanovic	Caroline Wozniacki	6–2, 7–6^(7–2)
2015	(2)	Belinda Bencic	6–2, 6–2
2016	(2)	Naomi Osaka	7–5, 6–3
2017	(3)	Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova	6–0, 7–5
2018		Naomi Osaka	6–4, 6–4
2019	Naomi Osaka	Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova	6–2, 6–3
2020-2021	No competition (due to COVID-19 pandemic)
↓ WTA 500 ↓
2022	Liudmila Samsonova	Zheng Qinwen	7–5, 7–5
2023	Veronika Kudermetova	Jessica Pegula	7–5, 6–1

Doubles

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
1984	Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Helena Suková	Elizabeth Sayers-Smylie Catherine Tanvier	6–4, 6–4
1985	Claudia Kohde-Kilsch (2) Helena Suková (2)	Marcella Mesker Elizabeth Sayers-Smylie	6–0, 6–4
1986	Bettina Bunge Steffi Graf	Katerina Maleeva Manuela Maleeva	6–1, 6–7^(4–7), 6–2
1987	Anne White Robin White	Katerina Maleeva Manuela Maleeva-Fragnière	6–1, 6–2
1988	Pam Shriver Helena Suková (3)	Gigi Fernández Robin White	4–6, 6–2, 7–6^(7–5)
1989	Katrina Adams Zina Garrison	Mary Joe Fernández Claudia Kohde-Kilsch	6–3, 3–6, 7–6^(7–5)
↓ Tier II tournament ↓
1990	Gigi Fernández Elizabeth Sayers-Smylie	Jo-Anne Faull Rachel McQuillan	6–2, 6–2
1991	Kathy Jordan Elizabeth Sayers-Smylie (2)	Mary Joe Fernández Robin White	4–6, 6–0, 6–3
1992	Arantxa Sánchez Helena Suková (4)	Martina Navratilova Pam Shriver	7–5, 6–1
↓ Tier I tournament ↓
1993	Martina Navratilova Helena Suková (5)	Lori McNeil Rennae Stubbs	6–4, 6–3
1994	Elizabeth Sayers-Smylie (3) Pam Shriver	Manon Bollegraf Martina Navratilova	6–3, 3–6, 7–6^(7–3)
1995	Gigi Fernández (2) Natasha Zvereva	Lindsay Davenport Rennae Stubbs	6–0, 6–3
1996	Gigi Fernández (3) Natasha Zvereva (2)	Mariaan de Swardt Irina Spîrlea	7–6^(9–7), 6–3
1997	Lindsay Davenport Natasha Zvereva (3)	Gigi Fernández Martina Hingis	6–4, 6–3
1998	Martina Hingis Mirjana Lučić-Baroni	Lindsay Davenport Natasha Zvereva	7–5, 6–4
1999	Lindsay Davenport (2) Natasha Zvereva (4)	Martina Hingis Jana Novotná	6–2, 6–3
2000	Martina Hingis (2) Mary Pierce	Alexandra Fusai Nathalie Tauziat	6–4, 6–1
2001	Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs	Anna Kournikova Iroda Tulyaganova	7–6^(7–5), 2–6, 7–6^(8–6)
2002	Lisa Raymond (2) Rennae Stubbs (2)	Els Callens Roberta Vinci	6–1, 6–1
2003	Elena Bovina Rennae Stubbs (3)	Lindsay Davenport Lisa Raymond	6–3, 6–4
2004	Cara Black Rennae Stubbs (4)	Elena Likhovtseva Magdalena Maleeva	6–0, 6–1
2005	Janette Husárová Elena Likhovtseva	Lindsay Davenport Corina Morariu	6–4, 6–3
2006	Lisa Raymond (3) Samantha Stosur	Cara Black Rennae Stubbs	6–2, 6–1
2007	Lisa Raymond (4) Samantha Stosur (2)	Vania King Rennae Stubbs	7–6^(8–6), 3–6, 7–5
2008	Vania King Nadia Petrova	Lisa Raymond Samantha Stosur	6–1, 6–4
↓ Premier 5 tournament ↓
2009	Alisa Kleybanova Francesca Schiavone	Daniela Hantuchová Ai Sugiyama	6–4, 6–2
2010	Iveta Benešová Barbora Strýcová	Shahar Pe'er Peng Shuai	6–4, 4–6, [10–8]
2011	Liezel Huber Lisa Raymond (5)	Gisela Dulko Flavia Pennetta	7–6^(7–4), 0–6, [10–6]
2012	Raquel Kops-Jones Abigail Spears	Anna-Lena Grönefeld Květa Peschke	6–1, 6–4
2013	Cara Black (2) Sania Mirza	Chan Hao-Ching Liezel Huber	4–6, 6–0, [11–9]
↓ Premier tournament ↓
2014	Cara Black (3) Sania Mirza (2)	Garbiñe Muguruza Carla Suárez Navarro	6–2, 7–5
2015	Garbiñe Muguruza Carla Suárez Navarro	Chan Hao-ching Latisha Chan	7–5, 6–1
2016	Sania Mirza (3) Barbora Strýcová (2)	Liang Chen Yang Zhaoxuan	6–1, 6–1
2017	Andreja Klepač	Daria Gavrilova Daria Kasatkina	6–3, 6–2
2018	Miyu Kato	Andrea Sestini Hlaváčková Barbora Strýcová	6–4, 6–4
2019	Chan Hao-ching Latisha Chan	Hsieh Su-wei Hsieh Yu-chieh	7–5, 7–5
2020-2021	no competition (due to COVID-19 pandemic)
↓ WTA 500 ↓
2022	Gabriela Dabrowski Giuliana Olmos	Nicole Melichar-Martinez Ellen Perez	6–4, 6–4
2023	Ulrikke Eikeri Ingrid Neel	Eri Hozumi Makoto Ninomiya	3–6, 7–5, [10–5]