DATE: September 12 - September 18, 2016
SURFACE: Carpet
PRIZE MONEY: $226,750
FIELD SIZE: 32
DEFENDING CHAMPION: Yanina Wickmayer
Seeds:
1 DOI, Misaki
2 WICKMAYER, Yanina
3 PUTINTSEVA, Yulia
4 LARSSON, Johanna
5 BRENGLE, Madison
6 ZHANG, Shuai
7 MCHALE, Christina
8 BONDARENKO, Kateryna
The Tournament:
Coming during the first week of the WTA calendar's Far East leg in the fall is the Japan Women's Open Tennis at Osaka's Utsubo Tennis Center.
Samantha Stosur, who two years later would triumph at the US Open, captured the inaugural edition in 2009 and became the tournament's first two-time champion in 2013 and three-time champion in 2014. The event made headlines in 2010 for featuring the oldest-known final in WTA history, with then-33-year-old Tamarine Tanasugarn beating 40-year-old Japanese native Kimiko Date-Krumm. And at the 2012 staging, Heather Watson became the first British WTA titlist since Sara Gomer won Aptos in 1988. Src: WTA
The Players:
Misaki Doi is the top seed and heads a field containing defending champion Yanina Wickmayer.
About Osaka
Osaka is a large port city and commercial center on the Japanese island of Honshu. It's known for its modern architecture, nightlife and hearty street food. The 16th-century shogunate Osaka Castle, which has undergone several restorations, is its main historical landmark. It's surrounded by a moat and park with plum, peach and cherry-blossom trees. Sumiyoshi-taisha is among Japan’s oldest Shinto shrines. Src: Wiki
Tourism Guide:
SURFACE: Carpet
PRIZE MONEY: $226,750
FIELD SIZE: 32
DEFENDING CHAMPION: Yanina Wickmayer
Seeds:
1 DOI, Misaki
2 WICKMAYER, Yanina
3 PUTINTSEVA, Yulia
4 LARSSON, Johanna
5 BRENGLE, Madison
6 ZHANG, Shuai
7 MCHALE, Christina
8 BONDARENKO, Kateryna
The Tournament:
Coming during the first week of the WTA calendar's Far East leg in the fall is the Japan Women's Open Tennis at Osaka's Utsubo Tennis Center.
Samantha Stosur, who two years later would triumph at the US Open, captured the inaugural edition in 2009 and became the tournament's first two-time champion in 2013 and three-time champion in 2014. The event made headlines in 2010 for featuring the oldest-known final in WTA history, with then-33-year-old Tamarine Tanasugarn beating 40-year-old Japanese native Kimiko Date-Krumm. And at the 2012 staging, Heather Watson became the first British WTA titlist since Sara Gomer won Aptos in 1988. Src: WTA
The Players:
Misaki Doi is the top seed and heads a field containing defending champion Yanina Wickmayer.
About Osaka
Osaka is a large port city and commercial center on the Japanese island of Honshu. It's known for its modern architecture, nightlife and hearty street food. The 16th-century shogunate Osaka Castle, which has undergone several restorations, is its main historical landmark. It's surrounded by a moat and park with plum, peach and cherry-blossom trees. Sumiyoshi-taisha is among Japan’s oldest Shinto shrines. Src: Wiki
Tourism Guide:
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