Pan Pacific Open

Last Updated: October 2, 2023

The Pan Pacific Open is a WTA 500 tennis tournament that is played on outdoor hard courts in Tokyo, Japan.

The tournament has a long history on the WTA Tour with the inaugural event being played in 1976.

The tournament was held in Osaka in 2019 but made a return to Tokyo in 2022 after no tournaments were played in 2020 or 2021.

Pan Pacific Open

Pan Pacific Open 2023

Location:	Tokyo, Japan
Tour Level:	WTA 500
Court Surface:	Outdoor Hard Courts
Draw Size:	Singles: 32, Doubles 16
Prize Money:	$780,637

Dates

The 2023 Toray Pan Pacific Open tennis tournament in Tokyo was held from the 25th of September to the 1st of October 2023.

The 2023 tournament was played in the same week as the WTA 250 tournament in Ningbo, China as well as the ATP Tournaments in Nur-Sultan, Beijing, Braga, Bogota, Charleston, and Orleans.

Players

The official entry list for the 2023 WTA Tokyo tennis tournament has now been released and below is a selection of top WTA players who participated in the singles tournament in 2023, with Iga Swiatek and Jessica Pegula the top two seeds.

Iga Swiatek
Jessica Pegula
Himeno Sakatsume
Caroline Garcia
Maria Sakkari
Daria Kasatkina
Veronika Kudermetova
Ekkaterina Alexandrova
Donna Vekic
Hibino Nao
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
Petra Martic

Schedule

Below is the schedule for the 2023 singles and doubles tournaments in Tokyo, with the doubles final being played on Saturday, the 30th of September 2023, and the singles final on Sunday, the 1st of October 2023.

Day	Date	Singles	Doubles
Monday – Day 1	25th of September 2023	1st Round Matches	–
Tuesday – Day 2	26th of September 2023	1st Round Matches	1st Round Matches
Wednesday – Day 3	27th of September 2023	2nd Round Matches	1st Round Matches
Thursday – Day 4	28th of September 2023	2nd Round Matches	Quarterfinals
Friday – Day 5	29th of September 2023	Quarterfinals	Semifinals
Saturday – Day 6	30th of September 2023	Semifinals	Finals
Sunday – Day 7	1st of October 2023	Finals	–

Draw

The singles draw for the 2023 WTA Tokyo tennis tournament was made on Saturday, the 23rd of September at 2:00 p.m., with the draws available to view on the WTA Tour website (see links below).

Singles Qualifying: View Draw

Singles: View Draw

Doubles: View Draw

Prize Money and Points

The total financial commitment (including prize money) for the 2023 WTA Pan Pacific Open was $780,637, with the prize money and points being split as follows.

Women’s Singles

The winner of the women’s singles event in 2023 received $120,150 (2022: $116,340) and 470 WTA ranking points, while the runner-up won $74,161 (2022: $71,960) and 305 WTA ranking points.

Players losing in the first round in 2023 received $8,310 (2022: $8,080) and 1 WTA ranking point.

Performance	$	WTA Point(s)
Winner	$120,150	470
Finalist	$74,161	305
Semifinalist	$43,323	185
Quarterfinalist	$21,075	100
2nd Round	$11,500	55
1st Round	$8,310	1

Women’s Doubles

The winners of the women’s doubles event in 2023 received $40,100 (2022: $39,000) and 470 points, while the runners-up won $24,300 (2022: $23,700) and 305 points.

Teams losing in the 1st round in 2023 received $4,350 (2022: $4,200) and 1 point.

Performance	$ – Per Team	WTA Points
Winners	$40,100	470
Finalists	$24,300	305
Semifinalists	$13,900	185
Quarterfinalists	$7,200	100
1st Round	$4,350	1

Past Winners (Singles)

Veronika Kudermetova is the current champion in the singles after beating Jessica Pegula 7-5, 6-1 in the 2023 Singles Final – see match highlights below.

Martina Hingis currently holds the record for most singles titles with five to her name (1997, 1999, 2000, 2002, and 2007).