The Kangaroo Cup is a tournament for professional female tennis players played on outdoor hard courts. The event is classified as a $100,000 ITF Women's Circuit tournament[1] and has been held in Gifu, Japan, since 1997.

Kangaroo Cup
Current event 2024 Kangaroo Cup
ITF Women's Tour
Event nameKangaroo Cup International Ladies Open Tennis
LocationGifu, Japan
VenueNagaragawa Tennis Plaza, Gifu Memorial Center
CategoryITF Women's Circuit
SurfaceHard
Draw32S/32Q/16D
Prize money$100,000

Past finals

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Singles

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Year Champion Runner-up Score
2024   Moyuka Uchijima   Arina Rodionova 6–3, 6–3
2023   Himeno Sakatsume   Katie Boulter 7–5, 6–3
2020–22
Tournament cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2019   Zarina Diyas   Liang En-shuo 6–0, 6–2
2018   Kurumi Nara   Moyuka Uchijima 6–2, 7–6(7–4)
2017   Magdaléna Rybáriková   Zhu Lin 6–2, 6–3
2016   Hiroko Kuwata   Wang Qiang 6–2, 2–6, 6–4
2015   Zheng Saisai   Naomi Osaka 3–6, 7–5, 6–4
2014   Tímea Babos   Ekaterina Bychkova 6–1, 6–2
2013   An-Sophie Mestach   Wang Qiang 1–6, 6–3, 6–0
2012   Kimiko Date-Krumm   Noppawan Lertcheewakarn 6–1, 5–7, 6–3
2011   Sachie Ishizu   Emily Webley-Smith 6–1, 6–3
2010   Karolína Plíšková   Sun Shengnan 6–3, 3–6, 6–3
2009   Aiko Nakamura   Tomoko Yonemura 6–1, 6–4
2008   Tamarine Tanasugarn   Kimiko Date-Krumm 4–6, 7–5, 6–2
2007   Chan Yung-jan   Ayumi Morita 6–3, 6–1
2006   Erika Takao   Aiko Nakamura 6–1, 5–7, 6–1
2005   Saori Obata   Shiho Hisamatsu 6–1, 2–6, 6–4
2004   Ana Ivanovic   Jeon Mi-ra 6–4, 2–6, 7–5
2003   Shinobu Asagoe   Saori Obata 6–4, 6–1
2002   Julie Pullin   Shinobu Asagoe 4–6, 6–4, 6–3
2001   Alicia Molik   Bryanne Stewart 6–2, 6–3
2000   Tamarine Tanasugarn   Shinobu Asagoe 7–5, 6–4
1999   Wang Shi-ting   Park Sung-hee 6–7, 7–5, 6–2
1998   Misumi Miyauchi   Park Sung-hee 6–3, 6–4
1997   Kerry-Anne Guse   Jeon Mi-ra 7–5, 7–5

Doubles

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Year Champions Runners-up Score
2024   Liang En-shuo
  Tang Qianhui
  Kimberly Birrell
  Rebecca Marino
6–0, 6–3
2023   Han Na-lae
  Jang Su-jeong
  Lee Ya-hsuan
  Wu Fang-hsien
7–6(7–3), 2–6, [10–8]
2020–22
Tournament cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2019   Duan Yingying
  Han Xinyun
  Akiko Omae
  Peangtarn Plipuech
6–3, 4–6, [10–4]
2018   Rika Fujiwara
  Yuki Naito
  Ksenia Lykina
  Emily Webley-Smith
7–5, 6–4
2017   Eri Hozumi
  Miyu Kato
  Katy Dunne
  Julia Glushko
6–4, 6–2
2016   Eri Hozumi
  Miyu Kato
  Hiroko Kuwata
  Ayaka Okuno
6–1, 6–2
2015   Wang Yafan
  Xu Yifan
  An-Sophie Mestach
  Emily Webley-Smith
6–2, 6–3
2014   Jarmila Gajdošová
  Arina Rodionova
  Misaki Doi
  Hsieh Shu-ying
6–3, 6–3
2013   Luksika Kumkhum
  Erika Sema
  Nao Hibino
  Riko Sawayanagi
6–4, 6–3
2012   Jessica Pegula
  Zheng Saisai
  Chan Chin-wei
  Hsu Wen-hsin
6–4, 3–6, [10–4]
2011   Chan Hao-ching
  Chan Yung-jan
  Noppawan Lertcheewakarn
  Erika Sema
6–2, 6–3
2010   Erika Sema
  Tomoko Yonemura
  Ksenia Lykina
  Melanie South
6–3, 2–6, [10–7]
2009   Sophie Ferguson
  Aiko Nakamura
  Misaki Doi
  Kurumi Nara
6–2, 6–1
2008   Kimiko Date-Krumm
  Kurumi Nara
  Melanie South
  Nicole Thijssen
6–1, 6–7(8–10), [10–7]
2007   Ayumi Morita
  Ai Sugiyama
  Kumiko Iijima
  Seiko Okamoto
6–1, 3–6, 6–0
2006   Chan Chin-wei
  Hsieh Su-wei
  Chan Yung-jan
  Chuang Chia-jung
7–6(7–5), 3–6, 7–5
2005   Rika Fujiwara
  Saori Obata
  Ryōko Fuda
  Seiko Okamoto
6–1, 6–2
2004   Cho Yoon-jeong
  Jeon Mi-ra
  Chuang Chia-jung
  Wynne Prakusya
7–6(7–4), 6–2
2003   Rika Fujiwara
  Saori Obata
  Shinobu Asagoe
  Nana Miyagi
1–6, 7–5, 6–3
2002   Cho Yoon-jeong
  Evie Dominikovic
  Shinobu Asagoe
  Rika Fujiwara
6–2, 6–2
2001   Kim Eun-ha
  Wynne Prakusya
  Julie Pullin
  Lorna Woodroffe
1–6, 6–4, 7–6(7–2)
2000   Shinobu Asagoe
  Yuka Yoshida
  Surina De Beer
  Esmé de Villiers
6–3, 6–1
1999   Chae Kyung-yee
  Cho Yoon-jeong
  Shiho Hisamatsu
  Nana Miyagi
6–2, 4–6, 6–2
1998   Catherine Barclay
  Kerry-Anne Guse
  Cho Yoon-jeong
  Park Sung-hee
7–6, 6–4
1997   Saori Obata
  Kaoru Shibata
  Shinobu Asagoe
  Yasuko Nishimata
6–3, 7–5

References

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  1. ^ "Kangaroo Cup International Ladies Open Tennis 2024". www.itftennis.com. Retrieved 12 November 2024.
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