Men's Tennis:
Japan Open, Singles Champions by Year

Full list of singles winners, year by year, of the Japan Open for men, including champions, runner-ups and finals results of each tournament edition.

Summary and Data /
Champions by Year /
Surfaces:
= Hard
/
= Clay
Categories:
500
= ATP 500

* the current ATP 250, 500 and 1000 started in 1990 and their names changed through the years.

Men's Tennis: Japan Open, Singles Champions by Year

Year
Champion
Runner-up
500
2023
Ben Shelton
Aslan Karatsev
7-5, 6-1
500
2022
Taylor Fritz
Frances Tiafoe
7-6(7-3), 7-6(7-2)
2021
Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2020
Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
500
2019
Novak Djokovic
John Millman
6-3, 6-2
500
2018
Daniil Medvedev
Kei Nishikori
6-2, 6-4
Year
Champion
Runner-up
500
2017
David Goffin
Adrian Mannarino
6-3, 7-5
500
2016
Nick Kyrgios
David Goffin
4-6, 6-3, 7-5
500
2015
Stan Wawrinka
Benoît Paire
6-2, 6-4
500
2014
Kei Nishikori
Milos Raonic
7-6(7-5), 4-6, 6-4
500
2013
Juan Martín del Potro
Milos Raonic
7-6(7-5), 7-5
500
2012
Kei Nishikori
Milos Raonic
7-6(7-5), 3-6, 6-0
Year
Champion
Runner-up
500
2011
Andy Murray
Rafael Nadal
3-6, 6-2, 6-0
500
2010
Rafael Nadal
Gaël Monfils
6-1, 7-5
500
2009
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
Mikhail Youzhny
6-3, 6-3
500
2008
Tomáš Berdych
Juan Martín del Potro
6-1, 6-4
500
2007
David Ferrer
Richard Gasquet
6-1, 6-2
500
2006
Roger Federer
Tim Henman
6-3, 6-3
Year
Champion
Runner-up
500
2005
Wesley Moodie
Mario Ančić
1-6, 7-6(9-7), 6-4
500
2004
Jiří Novák
Taylor Dent
5-7, 6-1, 6-3
500
2003
Rainer Schüttler
Sébastien Grosjean
7-6(7-5), 6-2
500
2002
Kenneth Carlsen
Magnus Norman
7-6(8-6), 6-3
500
2001
Lleyton Hewitt
Michel Kratochvil
6-4, 6-2
500
2000
Sjeng Schalken
Nicolás Lapentti
6-4, 3-6, 6-1
Year
Champion
Runner-up
500
1999
Nicolas Kiefer
Wayne Ferreira
7-6(7-5), 7-5
500
1998
Andrei Pavel
Byron Black
6-3, 6-4
500
1997
Richard Krajicek
Lionel Roux
6-2, 3-6, 6-1
500
1996
Pete Sampras
Richey Reneberg
6-4, 7-5
500
1995
Jim Courier
Andre Agassi
6-3, 6-4
500
1994
Pete Sampras
Michael Chang
6-4, 6-2
Year
Champion
Runner-up
500
1993
Pete Sampras
Brad Gilbert
6-2, 6-2, 6-2
500
1992
Jim Courier
Richard Krajicek
6-4, 6-4, 7-6
500
1991
Stefan Edberg
Ivan Lendl
6-1, 7-5, 6-0
500
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
Year
Champion
Runner-up
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
Andrés Gómez
7-5, 3-6, 6-1
1982
Jimmy Arias
Dominique Bedel
6-2, 2-6, 6-4
Year
Champion
Runner-up
1981
Balázs Taróczy
Eliot Teltscher
6-3, 1-6, 7-6
1980
Ivan Lendl
Eliot Teltscher
3-6, 6-4, 6-0
1979
Terry Moor
Pat DuPré
3-6, 7-6, 6-2
1978
Adriano Panatta
Pat DuPré
6-3, 6-3
1977
Manuel Orantes
Kim Warwick
6-2, 6-1
1976
Roscoe Tanner
Corrado Barazzutti
6-3, 6-2
Year
Champion
Runner-up
1975
Raúl Ramírez
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


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