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.

The Japan Open has crowned its men's singles champion in 50 editions, in which a total of 43 players have won at least one title. The first champion was Ken Rosewall in 1973 and the most recent was Arthur Fils in 2024.

The last 10 editions of this tournament were won by 10 different players.

Among the players that won titles, the most successful in the Japan Open is Stefan Edberg with 4 trophies.

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
2024
Arthur Fils
Ugo Humbert
5-7, 7-6(8-6), 6-3
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
Year
Champion
Runner-up
500
2018
Daniil Medvedev
Kei Nishikori
6-2, 6-4
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
Year
Champion
Runner-up
500
2012
Kei Nishikori
Milos Raonic
7-6(7-5), 3-6, 6-0
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
Year
Champion
Runner-up
500
2006
Roger Federer
Tim Henman
6-3, 6-3
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
Year
Champion
Runner-up
500
2000
Sjeng Schalken
Nicolás Lapentti
6-4, 3-6, 6-1
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
Year
Champion
Runner-up
500
1994
Pete Sampras
Michael Chang
6-4, 6-2
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
Year
Champion
Runner-up
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
Andrés Gómez
7-5, 3-6, 6-1
Year
Champion
Runner-up
1982
Jimmy Arias
Dominique Bedel
6-2, 2-6, 6-4
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
Year
Champion
Runner-up
1976
Roscoe Tanner
Corrado Barazzutti
6-3, 6-2
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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