2022 Toray Pan Pacific Open Explained

Date:	19 – 25 September
Edition:	37th
Draw:	28S / 16D
Surface:	Hard / outdoor
Location:	Tokyo, Japan
Venue:	Ariake Coliseum
Champs:	Liudmila Samsonova
Champd:	Gabriela Dabrowski / Giuliana Olmos
Main Name:	Pan Pacific Open
Before Year:	2019

The 2022 Toray Pan Pacific Open was a professional women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 37th edition of the Pan Pacific Open, and part of the WTA 500 tournaments of the 2022 WTA Tour. It took place at the Ariake Coliseum in Tokyo, Japan. It was the first event since 2019, with the 2020 and 2021 events cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[1]

Champions

Singles

See main article: 2022 Toray Pan Pacific Open – Singles.

• Liudmila Samsonova def. Zheng Qinwen 7–5, 7–5

This is Samsonova's third singles title of the season and fourth of her career.

Doubles

See main article: 2022 Toray Pan Pacific Open – Doubles.

• Gabriela Dabrowski / Giuliana Olmos def. Nicole Melichar-Martinez / Ellen Perez 6–4, 6–4

Points and prize money

Point distribution

Event					Round of 16	Round of 32	width=85		width=85		width=85
Singles	470	305	185	100	55	1	25	13	1
Doubles					1

Singles main draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank	Seeds
Spain	Paula Badosa	4	1
France	Caroline Garcia	10	2
Spain	Garbiñe Muguruza	12	3
	Veronika Kudermetova	13	4
Brazil	Beatriz Haddad Maia	18	5
Czech Republic	Karolína Plíšková	20	6
United States	Alison Riske-Amritraj	23	7
Kazakhstan	Elena Rybakina	25	8

• Rankings are as of September 12, 2022 ^[2]

Other entrants

The following players received wild cards into the main singles draw:

• Mai Hontama
• Yuki Naito
• Elena Rybakina

The following player used a protected ranking to enter the main draw:

• Sofia Kenin

The following players received entry from the singles qualifying draw:

• Fernanda Contreras Gómez
• Despina Papamichail
• Ellen Perez
• Rina Saigo
• Isabella Shinikova
• You Xiaodi

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

• Sorana Cîrstea → replaced by Daria Saville
• Daria Kasatkina → replaced by Wang Xinyu
• Yulia Putintseva → replaced by Wang Qiang
• Aryna Sabalenka → replaced by Claire Liu

During the tournament

• Naomi Osaka (abdominal pain)

Retirements

• Daria Saville (torn ACL)

Doubles main draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank^1	Seed
	Veronika Kudermetova	Belgium	Elise Mertens	7	1
Canada	Gabriela Dabrowski	Mexico	Giuliana Olmos	19	2
United States	Desirae Krawczyk		Demi Schuurs	28	3
United States	Nicole Melichar-Martinez	Australia	Ellen Perez	29	4

• Rankings are as of September 12, 2022

Other entrants

The following pair received a wildcard into the doubles main draw:

• Misaki Doi / Kurumi Nara

The following pair received entry as alternates:

• Mai Hontama / Yuki Naito

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

• Beatriz Haddad Maia / Zhang Shuai → replaced by Mai Hontama / Yuki Naito
• Xu Yifan / Yang Zhaoxuan → replaced by Miyu Kato / Wang Xinyu

Notes and References

1. Web site: Toray Pan Pacific Open Tennis. wtatennis.com.
2. Web site: 2022 TORAY PAN PACIFIC OPEN ENTRY LIST FEATURING BADOSA, SABALENKA, KASATKINA AND OSAKA. tennisuptodate.com.