Japan Womens Open Tennis 2018

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2018 Japan Women’s Open Tennis Facts

Date	September 10 – 16
Edition	10th
Category	WTA International
Draw	32S / 16D
Prize money	$250,000
Surface	Hard
Location	Hiroshima, Japan
Venue	Regional Park Tennis Stadium

Champions

• Singles
  Chinese Taipei Hsieh Su-wei
• Doubles
  Japan Eri Hozumi / China Zhang Shuai

Japan Women’s Open Tennis Facts

Founded	2009
Editions	10 (2018)
Location	Osaka, Japan (2009–2014) Tokyo, Japan (2015–2017) Hiroshima, Japan (2018–)
Venue	Regional Park Tennis Stadium (2018-) Ariake Tennis Forest Park(2015-2017) Utsubo Tennis Center(2009-2014)
Surface	Hard / outdoors
Draw	32M / 32Q / 16D
Prize money	$250,000

 

Prize Money

Points

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

Prize money

Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 321	Q	Q2	Q1
Singles	$43,000	$21,400	$11,300	$5,900	$3,310	$2,925	$1,005	$730	$530
Doubles2	$12,300	$6,400	$3,435	$1,820	$960	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Schedule

2018 Japan Women’s Open starts from September 10 – 16, 2018, Regional Park Tennis Stadium

Players List

Singles

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
CHN	Zhang Shuai	34	1
TPE	Hsieh Su-wei	43	2
KAZ	Yulia Putintseva	50	3
CHN	Wang Qiang	52	4
AUS	Ajla Tomljanović	58	5
KAZ	Zarina Diyas	60	6
CHN	Zheng Saisai	63	7
POL	Magda Linette	68	8

Wildcards

• Misaki Doi
• Nao Hibino
• Miyu Kato

Protected ranking:

Mandy Minella

Qualifying draw:

• Amanda Anisimova
• Priscilla Hon
• Arina Rodionova
• Zhang Yuxuan

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

• Ana Bogdan → replaced by Fiona Ferro
• Jennifer Brady → replaced by Jana Fett
• Aliaksandra Sasnovich → replaced by Duan Yingying
• Stefanie Vögele → replaced by Magdalena Fręch

Retirements

Yulia Putintseva (lower back injury)

Doubles

Seeds

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
JPN	Miyu Kato	JPN	Makoto Ninomiya	80	1
JPN	Eri Hozumi	CHN	Zhang Shuai	94	2
JPN	Shuko Aoyama	CHN	Duan Yingying	121	3
SUI	Viktorija Golubic	SWE	Johanna Larsson	123	4

Wildcards

• Miharu Imanishi / Alicja Rosolska
• Hiroko Kuwata / Chihiro Muramatsu

Withdrawals

During the tournament

• Priscilla Hon (gastrointestinal illness)

Draws

Japan Women’s Open Tennis Results 2018

Past Champions

Singles

Location	Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
Hiroshima	2018	Hsieh Su-wei	Amanda Anisimova	6–2, 6–2
Tokyo	2017	Zarina Diyas	Miyu Kato	6–2, 7–5
	2016	Christina McHale	Kateřina Siniaková	3–6, 6–4, 6–4
	2015	Yanina Wickmayer	Magda Linette	4–6, 6–3, 6–3
Osaka	2014	Samantha Stosur (3)	Zarina Diyas	7–6(9–7), 6–3
	2013	Samantha Stosur (2)	Eugenie Bouchard	3–6, 7–5, 6–2
	2012	Heather Watson	Chang Kai-chen	7–5, 5–7, 7–6(7–4)
	2011	Marion Bartoli	Samantha Stosur	6–3, 6–1
	2010	Tamarine Tanasugarn	Kimiko Date-Krumm	7–5, 6–7(7–4), 6–1
	2009	Samantha Stosur	Francesca Schiavone	7–5, 6–1

Doubles

Location	Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
Hiroshima	2018	Eri Hozumi Zhang Shuai (2)	Miyu Kato Makoto Ninomiya	6–2, 6–4
Tokyo	2017	Shuko Aoyama (3) Yang Zhaoxuan	Monique Adamczak Storm Sanders	6–0, 2–6, [10–5]
	2016	Shuko Aoyama (2) Makoto Ninomiya	Jocelyn Rae Anna Smith	6–3, 6–3
	2015	Chan Hao-ching Chan Yung-jan	Misaki Doi Kurumi Nara	6–1, 6–2
Osaka	2014	Shuko Aoyama Renata Voráčová	Lara Arruabarrena Tatjana Maria	6–1, 6–2
	2013	Kristina Mladenovic Flavia Pennetta	Samantha Stosur Zhang Shuai	6–4, 6–3
	2012	Raquel Kops-Jones Abigail Spears	Kimiko Date-Krumm Heather Watson	6–1, 6–4
	2011	Kimiko Date-Krumm Zhang Shuai	Vania King Yaroslava Shvedova	7–5, 3–6, [11–9]
	2010	Chang Kai-chen Lilia Osterloh	Shuko Aoyama Rika Fujiwara	6–0, 6–3
	2009	Chuang Chia-jung Lisa Raymond	Chanelle Scheepers Abigail Spears	6–2, 6–4