Toray Pan Pacific Open Tennis Tournament 2004

Jul. 3, 2003

Toray Pan Pacific Open Tennis Tournament 2004

Tournament Outline

Tournament Name

Toray Pan Pacific Open Tennis Tournament
WTA Tour
(Toray Pan Pacific Tennis)

Sponsor

Toray Industries, Inc.

Support

Tokyo Broadcasting System, Inc.(TBS)
SAISON CARD

Sanctioned by

WTA Tour
International Tennis Federation (ITF)
The Asian Tennis Federation (ATF)
Japan Tennis Association (JTA)

Planned &
Organized by

U.N.O., Inc.

Operations

Japan Tennis Association
Japan Ladies Tennis Federation

Tournament Site

Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium

Schedule

Qualifying: January 31(Sat) - February 2(Mon)
Main Draw: February 3(Tue) - February 8(Sun)

Court Surface

Toray Spuckturf TS-5

10.

Prize Money

Total US$1,300,000

11.

Television

TBS JNN Network covering 28 local stations (provisional)
February 7(Sat) Semi finals
February 8(Sun) Finals

12.

Draw Sizes

Main Draw - Singles 28draw
Main Draw - Doubles 16draw
Qualifying - Singles 32draw
Qualifying - Doubles 8draw

13.

Scoring System

The best of three sets with ITF official tie-break system

14.

Point

Singles

Round point
winner	275
finalist	193
semi-finalist	124
quarter finalist	69
R16	38
R32	1
QLFR	17
Q3	9.5
Q2	5.25
Q1	1

Quality point
1	100
2	75
3	66
4	55
5	50
6to10	43
11to16	35
17to25	23
26to35	15
36to50	10

Doubles

Round point
winner	275
finalist	193
semi-finalist	124
quarter finalist	69
R16	1
QLFR	17

Quality point
3to5	100
6to10	75
11to20	66
21to30	55
31to50	50

15.

Home Page

http://www.toray-ppo.co.jp
(corresponds to handy phone web)
This homepage covers the ticket information, presents and other information throughout the year.
The result of the matches, scorse, order of play, and other campaigns will be posted throughout the year. During the tournament, result of the day and order of play will be posted in real-time, in addition to the post match interviews.

Match Schedule

Main Draw (Draw : Singles 28 / Doubles 16)

Date

Time

Round
Number of Matches

Feb. 3(Tue)

Open 10:00 am
Start 11:00 am

Singles	1st RD	7
Doubles	1st RD	3

Feb. 4(Wed)

Singles	1st RD	5
Singles	2nd RD	2
Doubles	1st RD	5

Feb. 5(Thu)

Singles	2nd RD	6
Doubles	Quarterfinals	3

Feb. 6(Fri)

Open 11:30 am
Start 1:00 pm

Singles	Quarterfinals	4
Doubles	Quarterfinals	1

Feb. 7(Sat)

Singles	Semifinals	2
Doubles	Semifinals	2

Feb. 8(Sun)

Singles	Finals	1
Doubles	Finals	1

* The above schedule is subject to change due to operational issues as well as the WTA Tour restrictions.

Qualifying (Singles 32 draw, Doubles)

Date

Time

Round
Number of Matches

Jan. 31(Sat)

Open 9:30 am
Start 10:00 am

Singles

1st RD

Feb. 1(Sun)

Singles

2nd RD

Feb. 2(Mon)

Start : 10:30 a.m.

Singles	Finals	4
Doubles	(provisional)

*Admission possible only for Jan. 31 and Feb. 1.
* Admission Free(admission ticket required).

Advance Ticket Sales Starts on Monday, Sept. 23rd.

Advance Ticket Prices (incl. Tax)

Seat	Feb. 3(Tue) - Feb. 5(Thur)	Feb. 6(Fri)	Feb. 7(Sat) - Feb. 8(Sun)
Arena Special	10,000 yen	15,000 yen	15,000 yen
Arena	6,000 yen	9,000 yen	12,000 yen
SS	-	9,000 yen	12,000 yen
S	6,000 yen	6,000 yen	8,000 yen
A	-	4,500 yen	6,000 yen
Free(no seat assigned)	3,000 yen	3,500 yen	4,000 yen

*Tickets at the door will be priced at an additional 500 yen.

Arena Box	Feb. 3(Tue) - Feb.8(Sun)
4 seats with 8 complimentary tournament programs	250,000 yen
2 seats with 4 complimentary tournament programs	140,000 yen

* season ticket

On site seat plan

Feb.3 - Feb. 5	Feb. 6 - Feb. 8

Advance Tickets are available at the following ticket agencies.

TORAY PAN PACIFIC OPEN TENNIS TICKET CENTER	(03)5229-0288
TICKET PIA
CN PLAYGUIDE
LAWSON TICKET
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JR EAST MIDORI NO MADOGUCHI

"A Path to Toray PPO" - Wild Card

Toray Pan Pacific Tennis, the only Tier I tournament in Asia, is in partnership with Japan Tennis Association to support young players to reach the world stage.
A Wild Card will be newly applied to the winner of 2004 All Japan Indoor Tennis Championships for Toray PPO 2005.

Winner of All Japan Tennis Championships >>> 2004 Toray PPO Main Draw Wild Card
(Nov. 16(Sun) - 23(Sun), 2003)

Winner of International Ladies Sutama Open >>> 2004 Toray PPO Qualifying Wild Card
(Oct. 28(Mon) - Nov. 3(Sun), 2003)

Winner of All Japan Indoor Tennis Championships >>> 2005 Toray PPO
(Mar. 3(Mon) - 9(Sun), 2004)

Development of players to the world stage is an action policy of Japan Tennis Association. The opportunity to play in this Tier I tournament, next to Grand Slams, provides a principal goal for Japanese young tennis players.

What is Toray Pan Pacific Tennis ?

Toray Pan Pacific Tennis belongs to Tier I category of WTA Tour. It is the largest tournament in Asia, with the prize money US$1,300,000.

WTA Tour Tournament Category (Year 2003)

Winners of Tier I tournaments in 2002 and 2003

Tournament	2002	2003
Toray Pan Pacific Tennis	Martina Hingis	Lindsay Davenport
Pacific Life Open	Daniela Hantuchova	Kim Clijsters
Nasdaq-100 Open	Serena Williams	Serena Williams
Family Circle Cup	Iva Majoli	Justine Henin-Hardenne
German Ladies	Justine Henin-Hardenne	Justine Henin-Hardenne
Masters, Rome	Serena Williams	Kim Clijsters
Rogers AT&T	Amelie Mauresmo
Kremlin Cup	Magdalena Maleeva
Swisscom Challenge	Patty Schnyder

Winners of past Toray Pan Pacific Tennis

Manuela Maleeva	1984, 1985
Pam Shriver	1988
Gabriela Sabatini	1987, 1991, 1992
Martina Navratilova	1989, 1993
Steffi Graf	1986, 1990, 1994
Kimiko Date	1995
Iva Majoli	1996
Martina Hingis	1997, 1999, 2000, 2002
Lindsay Davenport	1998, 2001, 2003

PR Schedule

Official Homepage (corresponds to cellular phone web)

http://www.toray-ppo.co.jp

For the ticket information, please contact:

Toray Pan Pacific Tennis Ticket Center at 03-5229-0288

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