Japan Open Tennis Championships

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AIG Japan Open

Location	Tokyo Japan
Surface	Hard / Outdoors
Official website
ATP Tour
Category	International Series Gold
Draw	48S / 24Q / 16D
Prize Money	US$832,000
Sony Ericsson WTA Tour
Tier	Tier III
Draw	32M / 32Q / 16D
Prize Money	US$175,000

The AIG Japan Open Tennis Championships is a tennis tournament held in Ariake Tennis Forest Park with its center court Ariake Coliseum, located in Kōtō, Tokyo, Japan. It holds both a men's and women's tournament. On the women's side the tournament has been held since 1973 and has had famous champions such as Kimiko Date (4 victories from 1992 to 1996), Ai Sugiyama, Monica Seles and Maria Sharapova (twice).

This tournament is sponsor by American International Group since 2001.

1 Past finals
- 1.1 Men's singles
- 1.2 Women's singles
2 External links

[edit] Past finals

[edit] Men's singles

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

[edit] Women's singles

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