# Japan Open — Title History

Source: https://tennis-db.com/tournaments/318/japan-open/history
Tour: ATP
Current official name: Kinoshita Group Japan Open Tennis Championships
Also known as: Japan Open Tennis Championships, Tokyo Open, Rakuten Japan Open

The Japan Open is Tokyo's ATP tournament and is played on hard courts at Ariake Tennis Park.

Category presentation: Arrows show an edition's recorded category and documented modern equivalent; unresolved editions keep their recorded category.
Details: https://tennis-db.com/glossary#category-equivalence

## Summary
- Total editions: 52
- First edition: 1972
- Latest edition: 2025

## Upcoming edition
This edition is scheduled in TennisDB. Because no final is recorded yet, it is kept separate from the outcome history.

- [Japan Open 2026](https://tennis-db.com/tournaments/318/japan-open?season=2026)

## Most titles
- Stefan Edberg: 4 (1991, 1990, 1989, 1987)
- Pete Sampras: 3 (1996, 1994, 1993)
- Jim Courier: 2 (1995, 1992)
- Kei Nishikori: 2 (2014, 2012)
- Ken Rosewall: 2 (1973, 1972)

## Champions by year
| Season | Champion | Runner-up | Score | Category |
| ---: | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| 2025 | Carlos Alcaraz | Taylor Fritz | 6-4 6-4 | ATP 500 |
| 2024 | Arthur Fils | Ugo Humbert | 5-7 7-6(6) 6-3 | ATP 500 |
| 2023 | Ben Shelton | Aslan Karatsev | 7-5 6-1 | ATP 500 |
| 2022 | Taylor Fritz | Frances Tiafoe | 7-6(3) 7-6(2) | ATP 500 |
| 2019 | Novak Djokovic | John Millman | 6-3 6-2 | ATP 500 |
| 2018 | Daniil Medvedev | Kei Nishikori | 6-2 6-4 | ATP 500 |
| 2017 | David Goffin | Adrian Mannarino | 6-3 7-5 | ATP 500 |
| 2016 | Nick Kyrgios | David Goffin | 4-6 6-3 7-5 | ATP 500 |
| 2015 | Stan Wawrinka | Benoit Paire | 6-2 6-4 | ATP 500 |
| 2014 | Kei Nishikori | Milos Raonic | 7-6(5) 4-6 6-4 | ATP 500 |
| 2013 | Juan Martin del Potro | Milos Raonic | 7-6(5) 7-5 | ATP 500 |
| 2012 | Kei Nishikori | Milos Raonic | 7-6(5) 3-6 6-0 | ATP 500 |
| 2011 | Andy Murray | Rafael Nadal | 3-6 6-2 6-0 | ATP 500 |
| 2010 | Rafael Nadal | Gael Monfils | 6-1 7-5 | ATP 500 |
| 2009 | Jo-Wilfried Tsonga | Mikhail Youzhny | 6-3 6-3 | ATP 500 |
| 2008 | Tomas Berdych | Juan Martin del Potro | 6-1 6-4 | International Series Gold -> ATP 500 |
| 2007 | David Ferrer | Richard Gasquet | 6-1 6-2 | International Series Gold -> ATP 500 |
| 2006 | Roger Federer | Tim Henman | 6-3 6-3 | ATP International Series Gold -> ATP 500 |
| 2005 | Wesley Moodie | Mario Ancic | 1-6 7-6(7) 6-4 | ATP International Series Gold -> ATP 500 |
| 2004 | Jiri Novak | Taylor Dent | 5-7 6-1 6-3 | International Series Gold -> ATP 500 |
| 2003 | Rainer Schuettler | Sebastien Grosjean | 7-6(5) 6-2 | ATP International Series Gold -> ATP 500 |
| 2002 | Kenneth Carlsen | Magnus Norman | 7-6(6) 6-3 | ATP International Series Gold -> ATP 500 |
| 2001 | Lleyton Hewitt | Michel Kratochvil | 6-4 6-2 | ATP International Series Gold -> ATP 500 |
| 2000 | Sjeng Schalken | Nicolas Lapentti | 6-4 3-6 6-1 | ATP International Series Gold -> ATP 500 |
| 1999 | Nicolas Kiefer | Wayne Ferreira | 7-6(5) 7-5 | ATP Championship Series -> ATP 500 |
| 1998 | Andrei Pavel | Byron Black | 6-3 6-4 | ATP Championship Series -> ATP 500 |
| 1997 | Richard Krajicek | Lionel Roux | 6-2 3-6 6-1 | Championship Series -> ATP 500 |
| 1996 | Pete Sampras | Richey Reneberg | 6-4 7-5 | Championship Series -> ATP 500 |
| 1995 | Jim Courier | Andre Agassi | 6-4 6-3 | ATP Championship Series -> ATP 500 |
| 1994 | Pete Sampras | Michael Chang | 6-4 6-2 | ATP Championship Series -> ATP 500 |
| 1993 | Pete Sampras | Brad Gilbert | 6-2 6-2 6-2 | ATP Championship Series -> ATP 500 |
| 1992 | Jim Courier | Richard Krajicek | 6-4 6-4 7-6(3) | ATP Championship Series -> ATP 500 |
| 1991 | Stefan Edberg | Ivan Lendl | 6-1 7-5 6-0 | ATP Championship Series -> ATP 500 |
| 1990 | Stefan Edberg | Aaron Krickstein | 6-4 7-5 | ATP Championship Series -> ATP 500 |
| 1989 | Stefan Edberg | Ivan Lendl | 6-3 2-6 6-4 | ATP 250 |
| 1988 | John McEnroe | Stefan Edberg | 6-2 6-2 | ATP 250 |
| 1987 | Stefan Edberg | David Pate | 7-6 6-4 | ATP 250 |
| 1986 | Ramesh Krishnan | Johan Carlsson | 6-3 6-1 | ATP 250 |
| 1985 | Scott Davis | Jimmy Arias | 6-1 7-6 | ATP 250 |
| 1984 | David Pate | Terry Moor | 6-3 7-5 | ATP 250 |
| 1983 | Eliot Teltscher | Andres Gomez | 7-5 3-6 6-1 | ATP 250 |
| 1982 | Jimmy Arias | Dominique Bedel | 6-2 2-6 6-4 | ATP 250 |
| 1981 | Balazs Taroczy | Eliot Teltscher | 6-3 1-6 7-6 | ATP 250 |
| 1980 | Ivan Lendl | Eliot Teltscher | 3-6 6-4 6-0 | ATP 250 |
| 1979 | Terry Moor | Pat Dupre | 3-6 7-6 6-2 | ATP 250 |
| 1978 | Adriano Panatta | Pat Dupre | 6-3 6-3 | ATP 250 |
| 1977 | Manuel Orantes | Kim Warwick | 6-2 6-1 | ATP 250 |
| 1976 | Roscoe Tanner | Corrado Barazzutti | 6-3 6-2 | ATP 250 |
| 1975 | Raul Ramirez | Manuel Orantes | 6-4 7-5 6-3 | ATP 250 |
| 1974 | Rod Laver | Juan Gisbert | 5-7 6-2 6-0 | ATP 250 |
| 1973 | Ken Rosewall | John Newcombe | 6-1 6-4 | ATP 250 |
| 1972 | Ken Rosewall | Fred Stolle | 7-5 6-3 6-3 | ATP 250 |

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Data source: TennisDB (tennis-db.com)