Rakuten Japan Open
Location	Tokyo  Japan
Venue	Ariake Coliseum
Surface	Hard / Outdoors
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ATP World Tour
Category	500 series (2009–) International Series Gold (1998–2008) Championship Series (1990–97)
Draw	48S / 24Q / 16D
Prize Money	US$832,000
Sony Ericsson WTA Tour
Category	Tier III (-2008)
Draw	32M / 32Q / 16D
Prize Money	US$175,000

The Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships^[1] is a tennis tournament held in Ariake Tennis Forest Park with its center court Ariake Coliseum, located in Kōtō, Tokyo, Japan. The championship includes both men's and women's, as well as singles and doubles competitions. On the women's side the tournament has been held since 1972 and has had famous champions such as Kimiko Date (4 victories between 1992 to 1996), Ai Sugiyama, Monica Seles and Maria Sharapova (twice).

[edit] Past finals

[edit] Men's singles

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
2009	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	Mikhail Youzhny	6–3, 6–3
2008	Tomáš Berdych	Juan Martín del Potro	6–1, 6–4
2007	David Ferrer	Richard Gasquet	6–1, 6–2
2006	Roger Federer	Tim Henman	6–3, 6–3
2005	Wesley Moodie	Mario Ančić	1–6, 7–6(7), 6–4
2004	Jiří Novák	Taylor Dent	5–7, 6–1, 6–3
2003	Rainer Schüttler	Sébastien Grosjean	7–6(5), 6–2
2002	Kenneth Carlsen	Magnus Norman	7–6(6), 6–3
2001	Lleyton Hewitt	Michel Kratochvil	6–4, 6–2
2000	Sjeng Schalken	Nicolás Lapentti	6–4, 3–6, 6–1
1999	Nicolas Kiefer	Wayne Ferreira	7–6(5), 7–5
1998	Andrei Pavel	Byron Black	6–3, 6–4
1997	Richard Krajicek	Lionel Roux	6–2, 3–6, 6–1
1996	Pete Sampras	Richey Reneberg	6–4, 7–5
1995	Jim Courier	Andre Agassi	6–4, 6–3
1994	Pete Sampras	Michael Chang	6–4, 6–2
1993	Pete Sampras	Brad Gilbert	6–2, 6–2, 6–2
1992	Jim Courier	Richard Krajicek	6–4, 6–4, 7–6
1991	Stefan Edberg	Ivan Lendl	6–1, 7–5, 6–0
1990	Stefan Edberg	Aaron Krickstein	6–4, 7–5
1989	Stefan Edberg	Ivan Lendl	6–3, 2–6, 6–4
1988	John McEnroe	Stefan Edberg	6–2, 6–2
1987	Stefan Edberg	David Pate	7–6, 6–4
1986	Ramesh Krishnan	Johan Carlsson	6–3, 6–1
1985	Scott Davis	Jimmy Arias	6–1, 7–6
1984	David Pate	Terry Moor	6–3, 7–5
1983	Eliot Teltscher	Andrés Gómez	7–5, 3–6, 6–1
1982	Jimmy Arias	Dominique Bedel	6–2, 2–6, 6–4
1981	Balázs Taróczy	Eliot Teltscher	6–3, 1–6, 7–6
1980	Ivan Lendl	Eliot Teltscher	3–6, 6–4, 6–0
1979	Terry Moor	Pat Du Pré	3–6, 7–6, 6–2
1978	Adriano Panatta	Pat Du Pré	6–3, 6–3
1977	Manuel Orantes	Kim Warwick	6–2, 6–1
1976	Roscoe Tanner	Corrado Barazzutti	6–3, 6–2
1975	Raúl Ramírez	Manuel Orantes	6–4, 7–5, 6–3
1974	Rod Laver	Ken Rosewall	5–7, 6–2, 6–0
1973	Ken Rosewall	John Newcombe	6–1, 6–4
1972	Toshiro Sakai	Jun Kuki	6–3, 6–3

[edit] Men's doubles

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
1973	Mal Anderson Ken Rosewall	Colin Dibley Allan Stone	7–5, 7–5
1974	WEA - not completed
1975	Brian Gottfried Raúl Ramírez	Juan Gisbert Sr. Manuel Orantes	7–6, 6–4
1976	Bob Carmichael Ken Rosewall	Ismail El Shafei Brian Fairlie	6–4, 6–4
1977	Geoff Masters Kim Warwick	Colin Dibley Chris Kachel	6–2, 7–6
1978	Ross Case Geoff Masters	Željko Franulović Buster Mottram	6–2, 4–6, 6–1
1979	Colin Dibley Pat Du Pré	Rod Frawley Francisco González	3–6, 6–1, 6–1
1980	Ross Case Jaime Fillol	Terry Moor Eliot Teltscher	6–3, 3–6, 6–4
1981	Heinz Günthardt Balázs Taróczy	Larry Stefanki Robert Van't Hof	3–6, 6–2, 6–1
1982	Sherwood Stewart Ferdi Taygan	Tim Gullikson Tom Gullikson	6–1, 3–6, 7–6
1983	Sammy Giammalva Jr. Steve Meister	Tim Gullikson Tom Gullikson	6–4, 6–7, 7–6
1984	David Dowlen Nduka Odizor	Mark Dickson Steve Meister	6–7, 6–4, 6–3
1985	Scott Davis David Pate	Sammy Giammalva Jr. Greg Holmes	7–6, 6–7, 6–3
1986	Matt Anger Ken Flach	Jimmy Arias Greg Holmes	6–2, 6–3
1987	Paul Annacone Kevin Curren	Andrés Gómez Anders Järryd	6–4, 7–6
1988	John Fitzgerald Johan Kriek	Steve Denton David Pate	6–4, 6–7, 6–4
1989	Ken Flach Robert Seguso	Kevin Curren David Pate	7–6, 7–6
1990	Mark Kratzmann Wally Masur	Kent Kinnear Brad Pearce	3–6, 6–3, 6–4
1991	Stefan Edberg Todd Woodbridge	John Fitzgerald Anders Järryd	6–4, 5–7, 6–4
1992	Kelly Jones Rick Leach	John Fitzgerald Anders Järryd	0–6, 7–5, 6–3
1993	Ken Flach Rick Leach	Glenn Michibata David Pate	2–6, 6–3, 6–4
1994	Henrik Holm Anders Järryd	Sébastien Lareau Patrick McEnroe	7–5, 6–1
1995	Mark Knowles Jonathan Stark	John Fitzgerald Anders Järryd	6–3, 3–6, 7–6
1996	Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde	Mark Knowles Rick Leach	6–2, 6–3
1997	Martin Damm Daniel Vacek	Justin Gimelstob Patrick Rafter	2–6, 6–2, 7–6
1998	Sébastien Lareau Daniel Nestor	Olivier Delaître Stefano Pescosolido	6–3, 6–4
1999	Jeff Tarango Daniel Vacek	Wayne Black Brian MacPhie	4–3, RET.
2000	Mahesh Bhupathi Leander Paes	Michael Hill Jeff Tarango	6–4, 6–7, 6–3
2001	Rick Leach David Macpherson	Paul Hanley Nathan Healey	1–6, 7–6, 7–6
2002	Jeff Coetzee Chris Haggard	Jan-Michael Gambill Graydon Oliver	7–6, 6–4
2003	Justin Gimelstob Nicolas Kiefer	Scott Humphries Mark Merklein	6–7, 6–3, 7–6
2004	Jared Palmer Pavel Vízner	Jiří Novák Petr Pala	5–1, RET.
2005	Satoshi Iwabuchi Takao Suzuki	Simon Aspelin Todd Perry	5–4, 5–4
2006	Ashley Fisher Tripp Phillips	Paul Goldstein Jim Thomas	6–2, 7–5
2007	Jordan Kerr Robert Lindstedt	Frank Dancevic Stephen Huss	6–4, 6–4
2008	Mikhail Youzhny Mischa Zverev	Lukáš Dlouhý Leander Paes	6–3, 6–4
2009	Julian Knowle Jürgen Melzer	Ross Hutchins Jordan Kerr	6–2, 5–7, [10–8]

[edit] Women's singles

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
2008	Caroline Wozniacki	Kaia Kanepi	6–2, 3–6, 6–1
2007	Virginie Razzano	Venus Williams	4–6, 7–6(7), 6–4
2006	Marion Bartoli	Aiko Nakamura	2–6, 6–2, 6–2
2005	Nicole Vaidišová	Tatiana Golovin	7–6(4), 3–2 ret.
2004	Maria Sharapova	Mashona Washington	6–0, 6–1
2003	Maria Sharapova	Anikó Kapros	2–6, 6–2, 7–6(5)
2002	Jill Craybas	Silvija Talaja	2–6, 6–4, 6–4
2001	Monica Seles	Tamarine Tanasugarn	6–3, 6–2
2000	Julie Halard-Decugis	Amy Frazier	5–7, 7–5, 6–4
1999	Amy Frazier	Ai Sugiyama	6–2, 6–2
1998	Ai Sugiyama	Corina Morariu	6–3, 6–3
1997	Ai Sugiyama	Amy Frazier	4–6, 6–4, 6–4
1996	Kimiko Date	Amy Frazier	7–5, 6–4
1995	Amy Frazier	Kimiko Date	7–6, 7–5
1994	Kimiko Date	Amy Frazier	7–5, 6–0
1993	Kimiko Date	Stephanie Rottier	6–1, 6–3
1992	Kimiko Date	Sabine Appelmans	7–5, 3–6, 6–3
1991	Lori McNeil	Sabine Appelmans	2–6, 6–2, 6–1
1990	Catarina Lindqvist	Elizabeth Smylie	6–3, 6–2
1989	Kumiko Okamoto	Elizabeth Smylie	6–4, 6–2
1988	Patty Fendick	Stephanie Rehe	6–3, 7–5
1987	Katerina Maleeva	Barbara Gerken	6–2, 6–3
1986	Helen Kelesi	Bettina Fulco-Villella	6–2, 6–2
1985	Gabriela Sabatini	Linda Gates	6–3, 6–4
1984	Lilian Kelaidis	Shawn Foltz	6–4, 6–2
1983	Etsuko Inoue	Shelley Solomon	6–2, 5–7, 6–1
1982	Laura Gildemeister	Pilar Vasquez	3–6, 6–4, 6–0
1981	Marie Pinterova	Pam Casale	2–6, 6–4, 6–1
1980	Mariana Simionescu	Nerida Gregory	6–4, 6–4
1979	Betsy Nagelsen	Naoko Sato	6–1, 3–6, 6–3

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Official website