Misaki Doi (age 32 / Japan) has been selected to enter, as wild card, the qualification for the Toray Pan Pacific Open Tennis Tournament 2023 by its Executive Committee (headquartered in Tokyo’s Minato ward and led by Tournament Director Yutaka NAKAGAWA). The qualification is scheduled to be start on Saturday, September 23. As she has already declared retirement, this will be her last tournament as a professional tennis player.
Misaki Doi has made a name for herself in tennis since her junior days. She has also achieved a number of successes in doubles with Kurumi Nara, who retired in 2006 and became an ambassador for this tournament. She turned pro in December 2008, with a career-high singles ranking of No.30 which she reached on October 10, 2016. She has been a regular contender of this tournament, and most recently, in 2019, she made it to the quarterfinals in singles, and in the semifinals in the doubles.
She will take part in the special talk show and autographing session this year, and the tournament plans to hold a retirement ceremony for her. We hope that many tennis fans will come and see Doi's final heroic performance.
Further details will be posted on the official website (www.toray-ppo.com) as soon as they are finalized.
*World ranking as of August 14, 2023
Profile: Misaki Doi
Nationality: |
Japan (JPN) |
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World ranking:
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300th |
Date of birth: |
April 29, 1991(32 years old) |
Height: |
159m |
Style of play: |
Left-handed (two-handed backhand) |
Major results: |
Singles
2019 Hana-Cupid Japan Women's Open Tennis Championships (Hiroshima),runner-up
2016 Taiwan Open (Kaohsiung), runner-up
2015 Luxembourg, winner
Doubles
2019 Hana-Cupid Japan Women's Open Tennis Championships (Hiroshima),winner (with Nao Hibino)
2015 Japan Women’s Open, runner-up(with Kurumi Nara)
2014 Istanbul, winner (with Elina Svitolina) |
Outline of the Tournament
■Tournament: |
TORAY PAN PACIFIC OPEN TENNIS TOURNAMENT 2023
(TORAY PAN PACIFIC OPEN TENNIS 2023) |
■Schedule: |
Main Draw: Monday, Sept. 25 - Sunday, October 1
Qualification: Saturday, Sept. 23 ~ Sunday, Sept. 24 |
■Venue: |
Ariake Coliseum and Ariake Tennis Forest Park (hard court)
Address: 2-2-22 Ariake, Koto-ku, Tokyo
Access: 8 min. walk from ‘Ariake Station’ or ‘Ariake Tennis no Mori Station’ on the Yurikamome Line, or ‘Kokusai Tenjijo Station’ on the Rinkai Line |
■Draw Size: |
Main Draw: Singles 28 / Doubles 16
Qualification: Singles 24 |
■Prize money: |
US$780,637 (TBC) |
■Surface: |
Hard court (outdoors, TBC) |
■Cumulative attendance: |
1,393,873 persons (between 1984 and 2022) |
■Organizer: |
Toray Pan Pacific Open Tennis Executive Committee |
■Host broadcaster: |
WOWOW All main draw singles matches throughout the week |
■Title sponsor: |
Toray Industries, Inc. |
■Official health partner: |
Hologic |
■Official airline sponsor: |
Turkish Airlines |
■Official sponsor: |
SAP, FILA |
■Tournament supporter: |
e-Plus |
■Special support: |
Japan Tennis Association—JTA (TBC) |
■Support: |
Tokyo Metropolitan Government
WOWWOW |
■Sanction: |
Women's Tennis Association—WTA
International Tennis Federation—ITF |
■Cooperation: |
Japan Ladies Tennis Federation—JLTF
Japan Tennis Industry Association—JTIA |
■Official website: |
www.toray-ppo.com |