The 2023 Japan Women's Open (also known as the Kinoshita Group Japan Open for sponsorship purposes) was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the twelfth edition of the Japan Women's Open, and part of the WTA 250 tournaments of the 2023 WTA Tour. It was held at the Utsubo Tennis Center in Osaka, Japan, from 11 to 17 September 2023. This was the first edition of the tournament since 2019, when it was held in Hiroshima. The 2020 and 2021 editions were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, while the 2022 edition was cancelled for financial reasons. Unseeded Ashlyn Krueger won the singles title.
Finals
Singles
Ashlyn Krueger defeated Zhu Lin 6–3, 7–6(8–6)
Doubles
Anna-Lena Friedsam / Nadiia Kichenok defeated Anna Kalinskaya / Yulia Putintseva 7–6(7–3), 6–3
Singles main-draw entrants
Seeds Country Player Rank1 Seed Zhu Lin441Tatjana Maria472Wang Xinyu533Linda Fruhvirtová564Nadia Podoroska705Yulia Putintseva786Nao Hibino817Kateryna Baindl838 Rankings are as of 28 August 2023
Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: Misaki Doi Mai Hontama Moyuka Uchijima
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: Alexandra Eala Arianne Hartono Elizabeth Mandlik Ankita Raina Himeno Sakatsume Valeria Savinykh
Withdrawals Tamara Korpatsch → replaced by Viktorija Golubic Peyton Stearns → replaced by Ashlyn Krueger Lesia Tsurenko → replaced by Panna Udvardy
Doubles main-draw entrants Seeds Country Player Country Player Rank1 SeedLatisha ChanZhu Lin1271Eri HozumiMakoto Ninomiya1432Naiktha BainsMaia Lumsden1813Alicia BarnettOlivia Nicholls1924 1 Rankings are as of 28 August 2023
Other entrants The following teams received wildcards into the doubles main draw: Natsumi Kawaguchi / Momoko Kobori Yuki Naito / Moyuka Uchijima
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