# Kinoshita Group Japan Open Tennis Championships — Title History

Source: https://tennis-db.com/tournaments/318/kinoshita-group-japan-open-tennis-championships/history
Tour: ATP

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

## Most titles
- Stefan Edberg: 4
- Pete Sampras: 3
- Jim Courier: 2
- Kei Nishikori: 2
- Ken Rosewall: 2

## Champions by year
| Season | Champion | Runner-up | Score |
| ---: | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| 2026 | ? | ? |  |
| 2025 | Carlos Alcaraz | Taylor Fritz | 6-4 6-4 |
| 2024 | Arthur Fils | Ugo Humbert | 5-7 7-6(6) 6-3 |
| 2023 | Ben Shelton | Aslan Karatsev | 7-5 6-1 |
| 2022 | Taylor Fritz | Frances Tiafoe | 7-6(3) 7-6(2) |
| 2019 | Novak Djokovic | John Millman | 6-3 6-2 |
| 2018 | Daniil Medvedev | Kei Nishikori | 6-2 6-4 |
| 2017 | David Goffin | Adrian Mannarino | 6-3 7-5 |
| 2016 | Nick Kyrgios | David Goffin | 4-6 6-3 7-5 |
| 2015 | Stan Wawrinka | Benoit Paire | 6-2 6-4 |
| 2014 | Kei Nishikori | Milos Raonic | 7-6(5) 4-6 6-4 |
| 2013 | Juan Martin del Potro | Milos Raonic | 7-6(5) 7-5 |
| 2012 | Kei Nishikori | Milos Raonic | 7-6(5) 3-6 6-0 |
| 2011 | Andy Murray | Rafael Nadal | 3-6 6-2 6-0 |
| 2010 | Rafael Nadal | Gael Monfils | 6-1 7-5 |
| 2009 | Jo-Wilfried Tsonga | Mikhail Youzhny | 6-3 6-3 |
| 2008 | Tomas Berdych | Juan Martin 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 Ancic | 1-6 7-6(7) 6-4 |
| 2004 | Jiri Novak | Taylor Dent | 5-7 6-1 6-3 |
| 2003 | Rainer Schuettler | Sebastien 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 | Nicolas 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(3) |
| 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 | Andres Gomez | 7-5 3-6 6-1 |
| 1982 | Jimmy Arias | Dominique Bedel | 6-2 2-6 6-4 |
| 1981 | Balazs Taroczy | Eliot Teltscher | 6-3 1-6 7-6 |
| 1980 | Ivan Lendl | Eliot Teltscher | 3-6 6-4 6-0 |
| 1979 | Terry Moor | Pat Dupre | 3-6 7-6 6-2 |
| 1978 | Adriano Panatta | Pat Dupre | 6-3 6-3 |
| 1977 | Manuel Orantes | Kim Warwick | 6-2 6-1 |
| 1976 | Roscoe Tanner | Corrado Barazzutti | 6-3 6-2 |
| 1975 | Raul Ramirez | Manuel Orantes | 6-4 7-5 6-3 |
| 1974 | John Newcombe | Ken Rosewall | 3-6 6-2 6-3 |
| 1973 | Ken Rosewall | John Newcombe | 6-1 6-4 |
| 1972 | Ken Rosewall | Fred Stolle | 7-5 6-3 6-3 |

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