All Japan Championships

The All Japan Tennis Championships (Japanese: 全日本テニス選手権) is a Japanese tennis tournament that was founded in 1922 (there had been another Japanese championships held once in 1915). The All Japan championships was an international event (although in many years there were few overseas competitors) but after the Japan Open began, the All Japan championships became a national event, it's currently sponsored by Mitsubishi Electric company.[1]

All Japan Championships
Tournament information
Founded1922
LocationTokyo
Japan
VenueAriake Tennis Forest Park
SurfaceHard
Websitejta-tennis.or.jp/alljapan

History

A Japanese championships was first held in 1915 when the British player G. A. Roper beat his compatriot H. C. M. Horne in the final in four sets. The event was held on the grounds of the Kobe Club in Mirume. The entries were few, as the native players of Tokyo and Yokohama wanted the meeting held in Tokyo, but that was impossible, as the Kobe club was the only club affiliated to the Lawn Tennis Association.[2]

The All-Japan Championships was first played in 1922 in Tokyo (a few months after the Japanese Tennis Association was formed) as a men's only tournament.[3] In 1924, a women's event was added to the programme.[3] The tournament has been mainly played in Tokyo throughout its long run but has also been staged in other cities such as Osaka in 1933, 1935, 1937, 1939. Following World War II, the event was sometimes known as the Japan International Championships until 1972.

The All-Japan championships continues to this day[4][5] but is a national event for Japanese players only, whilst the Japan Open took over the mantle as the Japan international event from 1972 onwards.

Past finals

Men's singles

Year Champion Runner-up Score
1915[a] United Kingdom G.A. Roper United Kingdom H.C.M. Horne 6–1, 7–5, 9–11, 6–4[2]
1922 Japan Masanosuke Fukuda[6] Japan Yoshiro Ohta 6–2, 6–2, 7–5
1923 Japan Takeichi Harada[6] Japan Teizo Toba 5–7, 6–3, 5–7, 6–2, 6–2
1924 Japan Tsumio Tawara[6] Japan Ryuki Miki 2–6, 4–6, 7–5, 6–1, 8–6
1925 Japan Tsumio Tawara (2)[6] Japan Ryuki Miki 6–4, 4–6, 4–6, 6–4, 7–5
1926 Japan Yoshiro Ota[6] Japan Ryuki Miki 6–2, 6–4, 2–6, 6–4
1927 Japan Tamio Abe[6] Japan Koichiro Ishii 2–6, 7–5, 6–2, 8–6
1928 Japan Hajime Makino[6] Empire of Japan Jiro Sato 4–6, 7–5, 8–6, 6–0
1929 Japan Takeichi Harada[6] Empire of Japan Jiro Sato 6–3, 6–3, 6–2
1930 Empire of Japan Jiro Sato[6] Japan Hyotaro Sato 6–4, 8–6, 6–2
1931 Japan Takeo Kuwabara[6] Japan Eikichi Itoh 6–2, 6–4, 4–6, 6–3
1932 Japan Ryosuke Nunoi[6] Empire of Japan Jiro Sato 5-7, 6–2, 2–6, 6–4, 6–1
1933 Japan Hideo Nishimura[6] Japan Jiro Fujikura 6–1, 6–4, 3–6, 6–2
1934 Japan Jiro Yamagishi[6] Japan Hideo Nishimura 6–0, 6–3, 6–1
1935 Japan Jiro Yamagishi (2)[6] Czech Republic Roderich Menzel 7–5, 6–2, 6–2
1936 Japan Jiro Yamagishi (3)[6] Japan Akimasa Miura 6–4, 4–6, 3–6, 7–5, 6–0
1937 Nazi Germany Gottfried von Cramm[6] Japan Jiro Yamagishi 7–9, 6–4, 6–4, 6–4
1938 Japan Jiro Yamagishi (4)[6] Japan Tetsuo Takamuku 6–4, 6–3, 5-7, 6–2
1939 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Franjo Punčec[6] Japan Fumiteru Nakano 4–6, 6–2, 6–2, 6–3
1940 Japan Haruo Kodera[6] Japan Nakahara Shiken 6–8, 1–6, 6–2, 6–3, 6–4
1941 Not held
1942 Japan Tamotsu Washimi[6] Japan Shin Tanabe 6–1, 6–0, 6–1
1943–45 Not held
1946 Japan Goro Fujikura[6] Japan Michihiko Kawazoe 6–4, 3–6, 6–3, 6–3
1947 Japan Fumiteru Nakano[6] Japan Goro Fujikura 4–6, 3–6, 7–5, 6–4, 6–0
1948 Japan Fumiteru Nakano (2)[6] Japan Goro Fujikura 6–4, 8–6, 6–3
1949 Japan Jiro Kumamaru[6] Japan Goro Fujikura 6–4, 6–2, 6–3
1950 Japan Jiro Kumamaru (2)[6] Japan Goro Fujikura 6–0, 5–7, 6–4, 6–0
1951 Japan Jiro Kumamaru (3)[6] United States Arthur Larsen 6–4, 6–3, 6–1
1952 Japan Jiro Kumamaru (4)[6] Japan Kosei Kamo 6–3, 6–4, 6–3
1953 Japan Kosei Kamo[6] Japan Ayato Kamo 6–3, 6–2, 6–3
1954 Japan Atsushi Miyagi[6] Japan Kosei Kamo 4–6, 6–2, 6–3, 3–6, 6–3
1955 Japan Atsushi Miyagi (2)[6] Japan Yoshio Yoshimura 6–1, 9–7, 11–9
1956 Japan Kosei Kamo (2)[6] Japan Atsushi Miyagi 7–5, 6–0, 7–5
1957 Japan Atsushi Miyagi (3)[6] Japan Yoshihisa Shibata 6–3, 6–1, 6–3
1958 United States Ham Richardson[6] United States Alex Olmedo 6–2, 6–1, 6–1
1959 United States Barry MacKay[6] Japan Atsushi Miyagi 6–2, 6–3, 6–3
1960 Japan Atsushi Miyagi (4)[6] Japan Takeo Hanna 6–4, 6–2, 2–6, 6–1
1961 Japan Osamu Ishiguro[6] Japan Isao Watanabe 6–4, 6–3, 6–1
1962 Sweden Ulf Schmidt[6] Japan Osamu Ishiguro 6–4, 2–6, 3–6, 6–0, 6–4
1963 Japan Osamu Ishiguro (2)[6] Japan Kosei Kamo 6–4, 6–3, 6–1
1964 Japan Koji Watanabe[6] Japan Mitsuru Motoi 6–4, 2–6, 3–6, 6–0, 6–4
1965 Japan Osamu Ishiguro (3)[6] Japan Keishiro Yanagi 6–4, 8–6, 6–2
1966 Japan Ichizo Konishi[6] Japan Koji Watanabe 7–5, 6–3, 4–6, 1–6, 6–4
1967 Japan Koji Watanabe (2)[6] Japan Keishiro Yanagi 5–7, 6–4, 6–0, 2–6, 6–4
1968 Japan Koji Watanabe (3) Japan Osamu Ishiguro 6–3, 6–4, 4–6, 6–4[7]
1969 Japan Isao Kobayashi Japan Ichizo Konishi 7–5, 8–6, 6–1[7]
1970 Italy Martin Mulligan Japan Jun Kuki 6–2, 6–3, 7–5[8]
1971 Japan Jun Kamiwazumi Japan Toshiro Sakai 6–4, 4–6, 6–4, 6–2[7]
1972 Japan Jun Kamiwazumi (2) Japan Kenichi Hirai 6–4, 7–5, 6–3
1973 Japan Jun Kamiwazumi (3) Japan Toshiro Sakai 6–4, 6–2, 8–6
1974 Japan Toshiro Sakai Japan Kenichi Hirai 6–3, 6–2, 6–3
1975 Japan Toshiro Sakai (2) Japan Kenichi Hirai 6–4, 4–6, 2–6, 6–2, 6–2
1976 United States Gene Mayer Japan Yukio Kato 6–2, 6–1, 6–1
1977 Japan Tsuyoshi Fukui Japan Ryuki Yamamoto 6–2, 6–0, 6–0
1978 Japan Tsuyoshi Fukui (2) Japan Tetsu Kuramitsu 7–6, 3–6, 6–2, 1–6, 6–1
1979 Japan Tsuyoshi Fukui (3) Japan Jun Kuki 4–6, 2–6, 6–4, 7–6, 6–0
1980 Japan Jun Kuki Japan Jun Kamiwazumi 6–3, 6–4, 6–1
1981 Japan Tsuyoshi Fukui (4) Japan Jun Kuki 6–0, 6–3, 6–3
1982 Japan Shigeyuki Nishio Japan Jun Kuki 6–7, 6–4, 6–4, 6–3
1983 Japan Tsuyoshi Fukui (5) Japan Shinichi Sakamoto 6–4, 6–1, 4–6, 6–2
1984 Japan Shinichi Sakamoto Japan Shigeyuki Nishio 7–5, 6–2, 6–4
1985 Japan Tsuyoshi Fukui (6) Japan Shozo Shiraishi 6–2, 6–3, 7–6(5)
1986 Japan Shozo Shiraishi Japan Soichi Nakamura 6–3, 6–4
1987 Japan Shigeyuki Nishio (2) Japan Eiji Takeuchi 7–6(5), 6–4, 4–6, 7–6(4)
1988 Japan Tsuyoshi Fukui (7) Japan Shozo Shiraishi 6–4, 6–0, 5–7, 7–5
1989 Japan Hidehiko Tanizawa Japan Tsuyoshi Fukui 6–4, 6–3, 6–3
1990 United States Joseph Russell Japan Eduardo Furusho 4–6, 6–3, 6–3, 7–5
1991 Japan Yasufumi Yamamoto Japan Toshihisa Tsuchihashi 6–3, 6–4, 3–6, 5–7, 6–1
1992 Japan Yasufumi Yamamoto (2) Japan Ryuso Tsujino 6–4, 3–6, 7–6(6), 6–1
1993 Japan Kentaro Masuda Japan Ryuso Tsujino 2–6, 6–4, 6–3, 6–3
1994 Japan Kentaro Masuda (2) South Korea Kim Bong-soo 6–7(2), 6–1, 6–4
1995 Japan Hideki Kaneko Japan Kotaro Miyachi 6–3, 7–5
1996 Japan Takao Suzuki Japan Gouichi Motomura 4–6, 6–1, 6–3
1997 Japan Takao Suzuki (2) Japan Kentaro Masuda 6–4, 6–2
1998 Japan Yaoki Ishii Japan Kotaro Miyachi 6–1, 6–2
1999 Japan Gouichi Motomura Japan Satoshi Iwabuchi 6–1, 6–3
2000 Japan Gouichi Motomura (2) South Korea Kwon Oh-hee 5–7, 7–6(4), 6–2
2001 Japan Takahiro Terachi Japan Yaoki Ishii 6-4, 6–2
2002 Japan Gouichi Motomura (3) Japan Takao Suzuki 4–6, 6–1, 4–1 ret.
2003 Japan Gouichi Motomura (4) Japan Takahiro Terachi 4–6, 6–4, 6–4, 6–4
2004 Japan Takahiro Terachi (2) South Korea Kwon Hyung Tae 7–5, 6–1, 6–1
2005 Japan Satoshi Iwabuchi Japan Go Soeda 6–2, 1–6, 7–6(6)
2006 Japan Satoshi Iwabuchi (2) Japan Toshihide Matsui 6–1, 4–6, 7–5
2007 Japan Takao Suzuki (3) South Korea Kwon Oh-hee 6–2, 6–2
2008 Japan Go Soeda Japan Tatsuma Ito 6–7(2), 6–3, 6–4
2009 Japan Go Soeda (2) Japan Yūichi Sugita 6–3, 7–6(3)
2010 Japan Yūichi Sugita Japan Takao Suzuki 6–1, 6–3
2011 Japan Hiroki Moriya Japan Tatsuma Ito 5–7, 6–2, 7–6(2)
2012 Japan Yūichi Sugita (2) Japan Tatsuma Ito 6–4, 6–3
2013 Japan Tatsuma Ito Japan Yoshihito Nishioka 6–3, 6–3
2014 Japan Hiroyasu Ehara Japan Yūichi Sugita 7–6(7), 6–4
2015 Japan Yasutaka Uchiyama Japan Go Soeda 7–6(6), 6–4
2016 Japan Yosuke Watanuki Japan Yasutaka Uchiyama 6–2, 6–4
2017 Japan Yusuke Takahashi Japan Hiroyasu Ehara 0–6, 6–4, 7–5
2018 Japan Tatsuma Ito (2) Japan Renta Tokuda 6–3, 6–0
2019 Japan Rio Noguchi Japan Yuta Shimizu 6–3, 6–4
2020 Japan Naoki Nakagawa Japan Masamichi Imamura 6–1, 6–2
2021 Japan Yuta Shimizu Japan Shintaro Imai 6–3, 6–4
2022 Japan Shintaro Imai Japan Shuichi Sekiguchi 7–5, 4–6, 6–3
2023 Japan Renta Tokuda Japan Hikaru Shiraishi 6–2, 6–2
2024 Japan Masamichi Imamura Japan Kokoro Isomura 7–6(6), 6–4[9]

Women's singles

Year Champion Runner-up Score
1924 Japan T. Kuroi[6]
1925 Japan T. Kuroi (2)[6]
1926 Japan S. Hayama[6]
1927 Japan T. Moriwaki[6]
1928 Japan S. Toda[6]
1929 Japan R. Takiguchi[6]
1930 Japan T. Kobayishi[6]
1931 Japan T. Kobayishi (2)[6]
1932 Japan K. Minami[6]
1933 Japan M. Hayashi[6]
1934 Japan M. Hayashi (2)[6]
1935 Japan T. Nakano[6]
1936 Japan S. Toda (2)[6]
1937 Nazi Germany Marie-Louise Horn[6]
1938 Japan T. Kizen[6]
1939 Japan J. Kamo[6]
1940 Japan S. Sawada[6]
1941 Not held
1942 Japan M. Yamakawa[6]
1943–45 Not held
1946 Japan Sachiko Kamo[6]
1947 Japan Sachiko Kamo (2)[6]
1948 Japan Sachiko Kamo (3)[6]
1949 Japan Sachiko Kamo (4)[6]
1950 Japan Sachiko Kamo (5)[6]
1951 Japan Sachiko Kamo (6)[6]
1952 Japan Reiko Miyagi[6]
1953 Japan Sachiko Kamo (7)[6]
1954 Japan Reiko Miyagi (2)[6]
1955 Japan Sachiko Kamo (8)[6]
1956 Japan Reiko Miyagi (3)[6]
1957 Japan Reiko Miyagi (4)[6]
1958 Japan Reiko Miyagi (5)[6]
1959 Japan Reiko Miyagi (6)[6]
1960 Japan Reiko Miyagi (7)[6]
1961 Japan Reiko Miyagi (8)[6]
1962 Japan Reiko Miyagi (9)[6]
1963 Japan Reiko Miyagi (10)[6]
1964 Germany H. Schretz[6]
1965 Japan Kazuko Kuramatsu[6]
1966 Japan Yohko Obata[6]
1967 Japan Kazuko Sawamatsu[6]
1968 Japan Kazuko Sawamatsu (2)[6]
1969 Japan Kazuko Sawamatsu (3)[6]
1970[10] Japan Kazuko Sawamatsu (4) United States Kathy Harter 6–3, 7–5.
1971 Japan Kimiyo Hatanaka South Korea Duk-Hee Lee 9–7, 4–6, 9–7
1972 Japan Kazuko Sawamatsu (5) Czechoslovakia Alena Palmeová-West 6–3, 6–0
1973
1974
1975
1976
1977
1978
1979
1980
1981
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024

Men's doubles

Year Champion Runner-up Score
1922 Japan Kawazuma Ryuzo
Japan Tamio Abe
Empire of Japan Masanosuke Fukuda
Japan Mi Ogino
6–2, 6–4, 6–4
1923 Japan Kawazuma Ryuzo (2)
Japan Tamio Abe (2)
Japan Takeichi Harada
Japan Iwao Aoki
6–4, 6–3, 3–6, 6–4
1924 Japan Takashi Ukegawa
Japan Iwao Aoki
Japan Tamio Abe
Japan Kawajiri Makoto
6–4, 6–4, 6–0
1925 Japan Tamio Abe (3)
Japan Kawajiri Makoto
Japan Tomonaga
Japan Kobayashi
1–6, 6–3, 6–1, 6–3
1926 Japan Hisataka Aikawa
Japan Kengo Aso
Japan Tamio Abe
Japan Kawajiri Makoto
6–4, 6–4, 2–6, 7–5
1927 Empire of Japan Masanosuke Fukuda
Japan Tamio Abe (4)
Japan Hyotaro Sato
Japan Ryoji Kobayashi
2–6, 6–2, 6–3, 6–3
1928 Japan Masakazu Yamagishi
Japan Hikoshichi Shimura
Japan Masuo Uehara
Japan Toshio Kojiro
6–3, 6–4, 6–1
1929 Japan Takeichi Harada
Japan Ichiya Kumagae
Japan Masakazu Yamagishi
Japan Hikoshichi Shimura
6–2, 6–4, 6–3
1930 Japan Masakazu Yamagishi (2)
Japan Hikoshichi Shimura (2)
Japan Ryosuke Nunoi
Japan Takeo Kuwabara
4–6, 6–4, 6–3, 6–4
1931 Japan Masakazu Yamagishi (3)
Japan Yasuo Murakami
Japan Hyotaro Sato
Japan Mi Kawaji
1–6, 6–3, 7–5, 1–6, 6–2
1932 Empire of Japan Jiro Sato
Japan Mi Kawaji
Japan Hideo Nishimura
Japan Rezo Murakami
8–6, 6–4, 6–2
1933 Japan Hideo Nishimura
Japan Jiro Yamagishi
Empire of Japan Jiro Sato
Japan Ryosuke Nunoi
Def.
1934 Japan Hideo Nishimura (2)
Japan Jiro Yamagishi (2)
Japan Masayoshi Takahashi
Japan Rezo Murakami
6–0, 6–2, 6–1
1935 Japan Jiro Yamagishi (3)
Japan Rezo Murakami
Czech Republic Roderich Menzel
Czech Republic Ladislav Hecht
2–6, 5–7, 6–3, 6–4, 6–4
1936 Japan Jiro Yamagishi (4)
Japan Rezo Murakami (2)
Japan Tamio Abe
Japan Mi Kawaji
14–12, 6–2, 6–2
1937 Nazi Germany Gottfried von Cramm
Nazi Germany Henner Henkel
Japan Jiro Yamagishi
Japan Rezo Murakami
8–10, 6–2, 11–13, 6–2, 6–4
1938 Japan Jiro Yamagishi (5)
Japan Yasuo Tsuruta
Japan Fumiteru Nakano
Japan Takeo Matsumoto
2–6, 6–1, 6–2, 8–6
1939 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Franjo Punčec
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Franjo Kučković
Japan Haruo Horikoshi
Japan Kenzo Uhara
7–5, 6–3, 6–3
1940 Japan Yasuo Murakami (2)
Japan Haruo Horikoshi
Japan Yasuo Tsuruta
Japan Fujiyo Yamagata
7–9, 6–8, 6–3, 6–2, 6–4
1941 Not held
1942 Japan Yasuo Murakami (3)
Japan Haruo Horikoshi (2)
Japan Shin Tanabe
Japan Osamu Okada
6–3, 7–5, 9–11, 6–4
1943–45 Not held
1946 Japan Goro Fujikura
Japan Yasuo Tsuruta (2)
Japan Jiro Yamagishi
Japan Shin Tanabe
7–5, 6–4, 6–4
1947 Japan Goro Fujikura (2)
Japan Yasuo Tsuruta (3)
Japan Taneda
Japan Yoshiichiro Okinaka
7–5, 4–6, 7–5, 6–3
1948 Japan Shin Tanabe
Japan Osamu Okada
Japan Goro Fujikura
Japan Yasuo Tsuruta
6–4, 6–3, 5–7, 7–5
1949 Japan Fumiteru Nakano
Japan Kenzo Uhara
Japan Shin Tanabe
Japan Osamu Okada
6–3, 6–4, 2–6, 6–0
1950 Japan Haruo Horikoshi (3)
Japan Yatsuro Mizuki
Japan Goro Fujikura
Japan Yasuo Tsuruta
5–7, 6–4, 7–5, 2–6, 6–2
1951 Japan Jiro Sumikumu
United States Arthur Larsen
Japan Fumiteru Nakano
Japan Goro Fujikura
8–6, 3–6, 6–0, 6–0
1952 Japan Fumiteru Nakano
Japan Jiro Sumikumu (2)
Japan Haruo Horikoshi
Japan Yatsuro Mizuki
6–1, 8–6, 7–9, 6–1
1953 Japan Rezo Murakami (3)
Japan Kenzo Uhara (2)
Japan Yasumine Kuramitsu
Japan Masanobu Kimura
5–7, 1–6, 6–4, 6–2, 6–3
1954 Japan Kosei Kamo
Japan Atsushi Miyagi
Japan Yatsuro Mizuki
Japan Ayato Kamo
7–5, 6–3, 9–7
1955 Japan Kosei Kamo (2)
Japan Atsushi Miyagi (2)
Japan Tetsuo Aoki
Japan Hiroshi Uchida
6–0, 6–4, 6–0
1956 Japan Ayato Kamo
Japan Kosei Kamo (3)
Japan Tadashi Matsuura
Japan Yasunori Nakamura
9–7, 8–6, 6–4
1957 Japan Atsushi Miyagi (3)
Japan Yoshihisa Shibata
Japan Kaname Kobayashi
Japan Hiroshi Saito
6–3, 6–1, 6–1
1958 United States Ham Richardson
United States Alex Olmedo
Japan Atsushi Miyagi
Japan Yoshihisa Shibata
6–2, 6–2, 6–4
1959 United States Barry MacKay
United States Myron Franks
Japan Atsushi Miyagi
Japan Yoshihisa Shibata
6–2, 8–6, 6–3
1960 Japan Atsushi Miyagi (4)
Japan Yoshihisa Shibata (2)
Japan Osamu Ishiguro
Japan Masao Nagasaki
6–4, 7–5, 2–6, 3–6, 6–2
1961 Japan Michio Fujii
Japan Kazunari Hirano
Japan Ichizo Konishi
Japan Tatsuji Ishii
6–2, 7–5, 2–6, 6–2
1962 Japan Osamu Ishiguro
Japan Michio Fujii (2)
Japan Seikichi Kan
Japan Keishiro Yanagi
6–3, 6–2, 6–0
1963 Japan Jo Furuta
Japan Ryoichi Mori
Japan Kosei Kamo
Japan Osamu Ishiguro
7–9, 6–3, 16–14, 6–2
1964 Japan Osamu Ishiguro (2)
Japan Isao Watanabe
Japan Ichizo Konishi
Japan Koji Watanabe
6–3, 6–4, 6–3
1965 Japan Osamu Ishiguro (3)
Japan Koji Watanabe
Japan Hiromi Arimoto
Japan Junzo Kawamori
3–6, 6–3, 6–3, 10–8
1966 Japan Koji Watanabe (2)
Japan Isao Watanabe (2)
Japan Osamu Ishiguro
Japan Michio Fujii
11–9, 6–4, 6–3
1967 Japan Koji Watanabe (3)
Japan Isao Watanabe (3)
Japan Yuji Tezuka
Japan Hidesaburo Kuromatsu
5–7, 6–2, 6–4, 6–1
1968 Japan Koji Watanabe (4)
Japan Junzo Kawamori
Japan Ryoichi Mori
Japan Hideji Utsuhara
6–3, 6–2, 6–2
1969 Japan Isao Kobayashi
Japan Isao Watanabe (4)
Japan Jun Kamiwazumi
Japan Kenichi Hirai
4–6, 4–6, 6–1, 6–1, 6–3
1970 Japan Junzo Kawamori (2)
Japan Takeshi Koura
Italy Martin Mulligan
M. Kaimo
6–4, 6–3, 7–9, 6–3
1971 Japan Jun Kamiwazumi
Japan Toshiro Sakai
Japan Ryoichi Mori
Japan Hideji Utsuhara
6–1, 10–8, 6–3
1972 Japan Jun Kamiwazumi (2)
Japan Toshiro Sakai (2)
Japan Jun Kuki
Japan Kenichi Hirai
6–3, 6–4, 13–11
1973 Japan Jun Kamiwazumi (3)
Japan Toshiro Sakai (3)
Japan Kenichi Hirai
Japan Kiyoshi Tanabe
6–3, 9–8, 6–4
1974 Japan Toshiro Sakai (4)
Japan Kenichi Hirai
Japan Yukio Kato
Japan Masataka Ota
6–1, 6–4, 6–2
1975 Japan Toshiro Sakai (5)
Japan Kenichi Hirai (2)
Japan Akinori Hosono
Japan Etsuo Uchiyama
6–4, 6–4, 6–4
1976 Japan Toshiro Sakai (6)
Japan Kenichi Hirai (3)
Japan Tetsu Kuramitsu
Japan Kinichi
6–3, 4–6, 1–6, 6–4, 6–3
1977 Japan Tetsu Kuramitsu
Japan Kinichi
Japan Shinya Tamura
Japan Yasuaki Kanai
6–4, 6–3, 6–3
1978 Japan Susumu Motomura
Japan Etsuo Uchiyama
Japan Ryuki Yamamoto
Japan Shinichi Sakamoto
6–3, 3–6, 4–6, 6–4, 6–2
1979 Japan Shigeyuki Nishio
Japan Shinichi Sakamoto
Japan Kiyoshi Tanabe
Japan Ryoichi Mori
7–5, 6–4, 7–6
1980 Japan Jun Kamiwazumi (4)
Japan Tsuyoshi Fukui
Japan Kenichi Hirai
Japan Shinya Tamura
6–0, 6–3, 1–6, 2–6, 6–4
1981 Japan Kenichi Hirai (4)
Japan Shinichi Sakamoto (2)
Japan Hiroyuki Baba
Japan Ikichiro Nakanishi
6–0, 6–7, 7–6, 6–1
1982 Japan Kenichi Hirai (5)
Japan Shinichi Sakamoto (3)
Japan Jun Kamiwazumi
Japan Tsuyoshi Fukui
7–6, 7–5, 6–2
1983 Japan Jun Kamiwazumi (5)
Japan Kenichi Hirai (6)
Japan Tsuyoshi Fukui
Japan Shinya Tamura
6–4, 7–5, 7–5
1984 Japan Shigeyuki Nishio (2)
Japan Shinichi Sakamoto (4)
Japan Hitoshi Shirato
United States Joel Bailey
6–3, 6–2, 7–5
1985 Japan Toru Yonezawa
United States Joel Bailey
Japan Tsuyoshi Fukui
Japan Shinya Tamura
6–2, 7–5
1986 Japan Eiji Takeuchi
Japan Hitoshi Shirato
Japan Shozo Shiraishi
Japan Shinichi Sakamoto
6–3, 6–2
1987 Japan Eiji Takeuchi (2)
Japan Hitoshi Shirato (2)
Japan Shinichi Sakamoto
Japan Shigeyuki Nishio
2–6, 7–5, 6–2, 6–4
1988 Japan Shinichi Sakamoto (5)
Japan Shigeyuki Nishio (3)
Japan Takayoshi Shibuya
Japan Takeshi Murakami
4–6, 6–2, 3–6, 6–3, 9–7
1989 Japan Kenichi Kiyomiya
Japan Yosikazu Okada
Japan Takayoshi Shibuya
Japan Takeshi Murakami
6–4, 6–4, 6–4
1990 United States Joseph Russell
United States Joel Bailey (2)
Japan Hidemaru Fujita
Japan Masaru Suizu
5–7, 6–1, 6–7(8), 7–6(6), 6–4
1991 Japan Eduardo Furusho
Japan Tetsuya Sato
Japan Ryuso Tsujino
Japan Natsuki Harada
6–4, 6–3, 6–3
1992 Japan Tetsuya Sato (2)
Japan Toshiyuki Mori
United States Joseph Russell
Japan Toru Yonezawa
6–1, 4–6, 6–4, 6–4
1993 Japan Tetsuya Sato (3)
Japan Takao Suzuki
Japan Ryuso Tsujino
Japan Haruo Nakano
6–3, 3–6, 7–5, 2–6, 6–3
1994 Japan Hiroyasu Sato
Japan Masafumi Komada
Japan Haruo Nakano
Japan Tetsuya Sato
7–5, 6–4
1995 Japan Gouichi Motomura
Japan Tetsuya Sato (4)
Japan Takao Suzuki
Japan Satoshi Iwabuchi
7–6(6), 6–2
1996 Japan Gouichi Motomura (2)
Japan Thomas Shimada
Japan Takao Suzuki
Japan Satoshi Iwabuchi
6–4, 6–2
1997 Japan Satoshi Iwabuchi
Japan Takao Suzuki
Japan Yaoki Ishii
Japan Mitsuru Takada
6–3, 6–4
1998 Japan Hiroki Ishii
Japan Ryuso Tsujino
Japan Yaoki Ishii
Japan Tetsuya Chaen
6–3, 6–3
1999 Japan Satoshi Iwabuchi (2)
Japan Thomas Shimada (2)
Japan Hideki Kaneko
Japan Takahiro Terachi
6–1, 6–0
2000 Japan Satoshi Iwabuchi (3)
Japan Mitsuru Takada
Japan Michihisa Onoda
Japan Hideki Kaneko
1–6, 6–3, 6–4
2001 Japan Yaoki Ishii
Japan Akira Matsushita
Japan Hiroki Kondo
Japan Thomas Shimada
6–4, 6–2
2002 Japan Satoshi Iwabuchi (4)
Japan Mitsuru Takada (2)
Japan Jun Kato
Japan Thomas Shimada
7–6(4), 7–6(5), 6–4
2003 Japan Takahiro Terachi
Japan Thomas Shimada (3)
Japan Jun Kato
Japan Kentaro Masuda
6–4, 7–6(4), 6–4
2004 Japan Hiroyasu Sato (2)
Japan Reimi
Japan Tasuku Iwami
Japan Go Soeda
7–5, 6–4
2005 Japan Satoshi Iwabuchi (5)
Japan Toshihide Matsui
Japan Tasuku Iwami
Japan Go Soeda
6–4, 3–6, 6–3
2006 Japan Yaoki Ishii (2)
Japan Hiroki Kondo
Japan Reimi
Japan Hiroyasu Sato
6–4, 6–2
2007 Japan Satoshi Iwabuchi (6)
Japan Toshihide Matsui (2)
Japan Yusuke Iwahashi
Japan Tomohiro Mori
6–3, 7–6(3)
2008 Japan Satoshi Iwabuchi (7)
Japan Toshihide Matsui (3)
Japan Tatsuma Ito
South Korea Kwon Oh-hee
6–4, 6–3
2009 Japan Satoshi Iwabuchi (8)
Japan Toshihide Matsui (4)
Japan Tasuku Iwami
Japan Go Soeda
2–6, 7–6(3), 6–2
2010 Japan Tasuku Iwami
Japan Hiroki Kondo (2)
Japan Fumiaki Kita
Japan Takuto Niki
6–2, 6–2
2011 Japan Tatsuma Ito
Japan Hiroki Kondo (3)
Japan Yasutaka Uchiyama
Japan Yūichi Sugita
6–3, 7–5
2012 Japan Yasutaka Uchiyama
Japan Shota Tagawa
Japan Tatsuma Ito
Japan Hiroki Kondo
7–6(3), 6–3
2013 Japan Sho Katayama
Japan Bumpei Sato
Japan Hiroyasu Ehara
Japan Koichi Sano
6–2, 6–4
2014 Japan Takuto Niki
Japan Yuya Kibi
Japan Bumpei Sato
Japan Sho Katayama
7–5, 6–3
2015 Japan Yusuke Watanuki
Japan Yosuke Watanuki
Japan Koichi Sano
Japan Arata Onozawa
6–2, 6–1
2016 Japan Hiromasa Oku
Japan Katsumi Nagao
Japan Yusuke Watanuki
Japan Yosuke Watanuki
6–3, 6–4
2017 Japan Hiroyasu Ehara
Japan Sho Katayama
Japan Soichiro Moritani
Japan Kento Takeuchi
6–2, 6–4
2018 Japan Takuto Niki (2)
Japan Shintaro Imai
Japan Yuta Shimizu
Japan Shinji Hazawa
6–2, 7–6(5)
2019 Japan Takuto Niki (3)
Japan Shintaro Imai (2)
Japan Yuta Shimizu
Japan Shinji Hazawa
7–6(3), 7–6(9)
2020 Not held due to COVID-19 pandemic
2021 Japan Kaito Uesugi
Japan Toshihide Matsui (5)
Japan Yuta Shimizu
Japan Shinji Hazawa
6–1, 7–6(3)
2022 Japan Kaito Uesugi (2)
Japan Toshihide Matsui (6)
Japan Takuto Niki
Japan Takeru Yuzuki
6–3, 6–4
2023 Japan Taisei Ichikawa
Japan Seita Watanabe
Japan Ryotaro Taguchi
Japan Shinji Hazawa
6–3, 6–2
2024 Japan Takeru Yuzuki
Japan Seita Watanabe (2)
Japan Kaito Uesugi
Japan Masakatsu Noguchi
6–4, 6–7(8), [10–3][11]

Women's doubles

Year Champion Runner-up Score
1924
1925
1926
1927
1928
1929
1930
1931
1932
1933
1934
1935
1936
1937
1938
1939
1940
1941 Not held
1942
1943–45 Not held
1946
1947
1948
1949
1950
1951
1952
1953
1954
1955
1956
1957
1958
1959
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970
1971
1972
1973
1974
1975
1976
1977
1978
1979
1980
1981
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020 Not held due to COVID-19 pandemic
2021
2022
2023
2024

Mixed doubles

Year Champion Runner-up Score
1935 Japan Tamio Abe
Japan
Japan Hyotaro Sato
Japan
1936 Japan Yasuo Murakami
Japan
Japan Yoshioka
Japan
1937 Japan Ryuki Miki
Japan
Japan Tamio Abe
Japan
1938 Japan Tamio Abe (2)
Japan
Empire of Japan Mi Kawaji
Japan
Def.
1939 Japan Kenzo Uhara
Japan
Empire of Japan Murayama
Japan
1940 Japan Yasuo Murakami (2)
Japan
Empire of Japan Haruo Horikoshi
Japan
1941–45 Not held
1946 Japan Yatsuro Mizuki
Japan
Japan Kenzo Uhara
Japan
1947 Japan Kenzo Uhara (2)
Japan
Japan Goro Fujikura
Japan
1948 Japan Yatsuro Mizuki (2)
Japan
Japan Yasuo Tsuruta
Japan
1949 Japan Kosei Kamo
Japan
Japan Yasuo Tsuruta
Japan
1950 Japan Kosei Kamo (2)
Japan
Empire of Japan Mi Kawaji
Japan
1951 Japan Kenzo Uhara (3)
Japan
Japan Kosei Kamo
Japan
1952 Japan Kenzo Uhara (4)
Japan
Japan Jiro Yamagishi
Japan
1953 Japan Kenzo Uhara (5)
Japan
Japan Norichika Watanabe
Japan
1954 Japan Kenzo Uhara (6)
Japan
Japan Kosei Kamo
Japan
1955 Japan Kosei Kamo (3)
Japan
Japan Kenzo Uhara
Japan
1956 Japan Kosei Kamo (4)
Japan
Japan Kenzo Uhara
Japan
1957 Japan Yoshihisa Shibata
Japan
Japan Kaname Kobayashi
Japan
1958 Japan Kenzo Uhara (7)
Japan
Japan Yuji Takayama
Japan
1959 Japan Kenzo Uhara (8)
Japan
Japan Takayoshi Saigo
Japan
1960 Japan Michihiro Suzuki
Japan
Japan Kenzo Uhara
Japan
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970
1971
1972
1973
1974
1975
1976
1977
1978
1979
1980
1981
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015 ret.
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020– Not held due to COVID-19 pandemic, no signal of resumption

Notes

  1. ^ This tournament was not the same tournament that began in 1922

References

  1. ^ "大会概要". jta-tennis.or.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 22 July 2025.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. ^ a b "Lawn tennis". The Evening Post (Wellington). 9 October 1915. Retrieved 21 October 2024.
  3. ^ a b "About JTA". Japanese Tennis Association. Retrieved 21 October 2024.
  4. ^ "Noguchi and Hondama claim All Japan Tennis Championship titles at Tokyo 2020 test event". Inside The Games. Retrieved 21 October 2024.
  5. ^ "Haruka Kaji Wins First Singles Titke at All Japan Tennis Championships". Shimadzu Corporation. 13 November 2023. Retrieved 21 October 2024.
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax ay az ba bb bc bd be bf bg bh bi bj bk bl bm bn bo bp bq br bs bt bu bv bw bx by bz ca cb cc cd ce cf Robertson, Max (1974). The Encyclopedia of Tennis. New York: Viking Press. p. 272.
  7. ^ a b c "Tournaments: Japan International - Japan Open Championships". The Tennis Base. Madrid, Spain: Tennismem SL. Archived from the original on 15 May 2023. Retrieved 24 September 2023.
  8. ^ Barrett, John; Tingay, Lance; West, Peter (1971). "National Tournaments". World of Tennis 1971 : a BP yearbook. London, England: Queen Anne Press. p. 287. ISBN 978-0-362-00091-7.
  9. ^ "歴代決勝記録 - 男子シングルス" (PDF) (in Japanese). Retrieved 18 July 2025.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  10. ^ Barrett, John; Tingay, Lance; West, Peter (1971). "National Tournaments". World of Tennis 1971 : a BP yearbook. London, England: Queen Anne Press. p. 287. ISBN 978-0-362-00091-7.
  11. ^ "歴代決勝記録 - 男子ダブルス" (PDF) (in Japanese). Retrieved 19 July 2025.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)