Japan Open: men's singles champions

ATP 500 · Hard · Ariake Coliseum, Tokyo

Carlos Alcaraz won the 2026 title, beating Jiri Lehecka 7-6(4) 6-4 in the final. Our archive has 51 editions since 1972; Stefan Edberg has won it most often, 4 times.

Most titles

Stefan Edberg41987, 1989, 1990, 1991
Pete Sampras31993, 1994, 1996
Ken Rosewall21972, 1973
Jim Courier21992, 1995
Kei Nishikori22012, 2014
Carlos Alcaraz22025, 2026

Titles by country

United States15
Australia5
Spain5
Sweden4
Netherlands2
Czechia2
Switzerland2
France2

Youngest and oldest champions

Youngest: Jimmy Arias, 18 in 1982
Oldest: Ken Rosewall, 38 in 1973

Age when the tournament began.

Every final

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
2026	Carlos Alcaraz	Jiri Lehecka	7-6(4) 6-4	Draw
2025	Carlos Alcaraz	Taylor Fritz	6-4 6-4	Draw
2024	Arthur Fils	Ugo Humbert	5-7 7-6(6) 6-3	Draw
2023	Ben Shelton	Aslan Karatsev	7-5 6-1	Draw
2022	Taylor Fritz	Frances Tiafoe	7-6(3) 7-6(2)	Draw
2019	Novak Djokovic	John Millman	6-3 6-2	Draw
2018	Daniil Medvedev	Kei Nishikori	6-2 6-4	Draw
2017	David Goffin	Adrian Mannarino	6-3 7-5	Draw
2016	Nick Kyrgios	David Goffin	4-6 6-3 7-5	Draw
2015	Stan Wawrinka	Benoit Paire	6-2 6-4	Draw
2014	Kei Nishikori	Milos Raonic	7-6(5) 4-6 6-4	Draw
2013	Juan Martin del Potro	Milos Raonic	7-6(5) 7-5	Draw
2012	Kei Nishikori	Milos Raonic	7-6(5) 3-6 6-0	Draw
2011	Andy Murray	Rafael Nadal	3-6 6-2 6-0	Draw
2010	Rafael Nadal	Gael Monfils	6-1 7-5	Draw
2009	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	Mikhail Youzhny	6-3 6-3	Draw
2008	Tomas Berdych	Juan Martin del Potro	6-1 6-4	Draw
2007	David Ferrer	Richard Gasquet	6-1 6-2	Draw
2006	Roger Federer	Tim Henman	6-3 6-3	Draw
2005	Wesley Moodie	Mario Ancic	1-6 7-6(7) 6-4	Draw
2004	Jiri Novak	Taylor Dent	5-7 6-1 6-3	Draw
2002	Kenneth Carlsen	Magnus Norman	7-6(6) 6-3	Draw
2001	Lleyton Hewitt	Michel Kratochvil	6-4 6-2	Draw
2000	Sjeng Schalken	Nicolas Lapentti	6-4 3-6 6-1	Draw
1999	Nicolas Kiefer	Wayne Ferreira	7-6(5) 7-5	Draw
1998	Andrei Pavel	Byron Black	6-3 6-4	Draw
1997	Richard Krajicek	Lionel Roux	6-2 3-6 6-1	Draw
1996	Pete Sampras	Richey Reneberg	6-4 7-5	Draw
1995	Jim Courier	Andre Agassi	6-4 6-3	Draw
1994	Pete Sampras	Michael Chang	6-4 6-2	Draw
1993	Pete Sampras	Brad Gilbert	6-2 6-2 6-2	Draw
1992	Jim Courier	Richard Krajicek	6-4 6-4 7-6(3)	Draw
1991	Stefan Edberg	Ivan Lendl	6-1 7-5 6-0	Draw
1990	Stefan Edberg	Aaron Krickstein	6-4 7-5	Draw
1989	Stefan Edberg	Ivan Lendl	6-3 2-6 6-4	Draw
1988	John McEnroe	Stefan Edberg	6-2 6-2	Draw
1987	Stefan Edberg	David Pate	7-6 6-4	Draw
1986	Ramesh Krishnan	Johan Carlsson	6-3 6-1	Draw
1985	Scott Davis	Jimmy Arias	6-1 7-6	Draw
1984	David Pate	Terry Moor	6-3 7-5	Draw
1983	Eliot Teltscher	Andres Gomez	7-5 3-6 6-1	Draw
1982	Jimmy Arias	Dominique Bedel	6-2 2-6 6-4	Draw
1981	Balazs Taroczy	Eliot Teltscher	6-3 1-6 7-6	Draw
1980	Ivan Lendl	Eliot Teltscher	3-6 6-4 6-0	Draw
1979	Terry Moor	Pat Dupre	3-6 7-6 6-2	Draw
1977	Manuel Orantes	Kim Warwick	6-2 6-1	Draw
1976	Roscoe Tanner	Corrado Barazzutti	6-3 6-2	Draw
1975	Raul Ramirez	Manuel Orantes	6-4 7-5 6-3	Draw
1974	John Newcombe	Ken Rosewall	3-6 6-2 6-3	Draw
1973	Ken Rosewall	John Newcombe	6-1 6-4	Draw
1972	Ken Rosewall	Fred Stolle	7-5 6-3 6-3	Draw

Finals of the tour-level event in our match archive, matched by tournament across name changes. Every champion is checked against an independent record; a year where the two disagree is left out until it is resolved, and a missing year means the event was not held or is not in the archive.