TORAY PAN PACIFIC OPEN TENNIS TOURNAMENT 2008

Sep. 13, 2007

2008 Tournament / the 25th anniversary
TORAY PAN PACIFIC OPEN TENNIS TOURNAMENT 2008

Celebrating its 25th anniversary, the date and site of “Toray Pan Pacific Tennis” will be changed in 2008 and beyond.

Sony Ericsson WTA Tour has been advancing the reform named “Roadmap 2010”, for the growth of tennis in future as one of the key sports in the world.
Accordingly, our traditional “spring indoor” tournament is to be held in “fall, outdoor” with the implementation of the reform.

For long period of time, Toray Pan Pacific Tennis is known familiarly as a big sports event in Japan at the tennis season opening. From 2008 and beyond, our tournament will be significant for the latter half of the year to pursue the year-end champion.

Players will perform the dazzling matches more than ever. At the same time, we will step up our efforts to make our tournament more attractive to be held in “fall” at “Ariake (Tokyo)”, in the most appropriate season for outdoor sports.

At the same time, we promise continuing efforts to respond to meet the expectations of tennis fans, players, and everyone involved.

We look forward to your continues support and cooperation.

Toray Industries, Inc.
Toray Pan Pacific Tennis Executive Committee

Toray Pan Pacific Tennis Schedule
Toray Pan Pacific Tennis Information
Toray y Pan Pacific Tennis Records
Toray Pan pacific Tennis Past Winners

Tournament Outline

1.	Tournament Name :	- Sony Ericsson WTA Tour - Toray Pan Pacific Open Tennis Tournament (Toray Pan Pacific Tennis)
2.	Sponsor :	Toray Industries, Inc.
3.	Support :	Tokyo Broadcasting System, Inc.(TBS), CREDIT SAISON CO., LTD.
4.	Sanctioned by :	Sony Ericsson WTA Tour (Tier I), International Tennis Federation (ITF), The Asian Tennis Federation (ATF), Japan Tennis Association (JTA)
5.	Tournament Organized by :	U.N.O, Inc.
6.	Operations :	Japan Tennis Association, Japan Ladies Tennis Federation
7.	Tournament Site :	Ariake Colosseum, Ariake Tennis Forest Park's Courts (Outddor)
8.	Schedule :	Qualifying: September 13 (Sat) - 15 (Mon), 2008 Main Draw: September 16 (Tue) - 21 (Sun), 2008
9.	Court Surface :	Hard Court
10.	Prize Money :	Total US$1,340,000
11.	Television :	TBS JNN Network covering 28 local stations (provisional), September 20 (Sat) / Semi finals September 21 (Sun) / Finals
12.	Draw Sizes :	Main Draw - Singles 28 Main Draw - Doubles 16 Qualifying - Singles 32
13.	Scoring System :	The best of three sets with ITF official tie-break system
14	Advance Tickets:	Advance Tickets on sale from mid March TORAY PPO TENNIS TICKET CENTER Tournament Official Webpage (corresponds to mobile phone web) TICKET PIA e+ LAWSON TICKET CN PLAY GUIDE
15	Official Website:	http://www.toray-ppo.co.jp(corresponds to mobile phone web) Information of Toray PPO and other world tennis tournaments are available throughout a year. Motion picture, wall paper, ticket information will be available as free of charge with your address registration (free of charge)

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