2014 Dunlop World Challenge

The 2014 Dunlop World Challenge was a professional tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts. It was the 7th edition of the tournament which was part of the 2014 ATP Challenger Tour and the 2014 ITF Women's Circuit, offering a total of $75,000+H for women and $40,000+H for men in prize money respectively. It took place in Toyota, Japan, on 17–23 November 2014.

2014 Dunlop World Challenge
Date	17–23 November
Edition	7th
Category	ATP Challenger Tour (men) ITF Women's Circuit (women)
Prize money	$40,000+H (men) $75,000+H (women)
Surface	Carpet (indoor)
Location	Toyota, Aichi, Japan
Venue	Sky Hall Toyota
Champions
Men's singles
Go Soeda
Women's singles
An-Sophie Mestach
Men's doubles
Toshihide Matsui / Yasutaka Uchiyama
Women's doubles
Eri Hozumi / Makoto Ninomiya

Men's entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
JPN	Tatsuma Ito	103	1
JPN	Go Soeda	116	2
RUS	Alexander Kudryavtsev	122	3
JPN	Yūichi Sugita	126	4
AUS	James Duckworth	132	5
JPN	Hiroki Moriya	146	6
AUS	Luke Saville	158	7
JPN	Yoshihito Nishioka	164	8

• ¹ Rankings as of 10 November 2014

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

• Sho Katayama
• Hiroki Kondo
• Arata Onozawa
• Yusuke Watanuki

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Mikhail Elgin
• Gong Maoxin
• Shintaro Imai
• Nam Ji-sung

The following player received entry into the singles main draw as a lucky loser:

• Hiroyasu Ehara

The following player received entry from a protected ranking:

• Greg Jones

Women's entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
THA	Luksika Kumkhum	96	1
JPN	Kimiko Date-Krumm	115	2
JPN	Misaki Doi	122	3
BEL	An-Sophie Mestach	125	4
JPN	Misa Eguchi	127	5
JPN	Eri Hozumi	144	6
JPN	Hiroko Kuwata	152	7
CHN	Xu Yifan	183	8

• ¹ Rankings as of 10 November 2014

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

• Miyu Kato
• Ksenia Lykina
• Mari Tanaka
• Yuuki Tanaka

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Kanae Hisami
• Tori Kinard
• Ayaka Okuno
• Akiko Omae

The following player received entry into the singles main draw as a lucky loser:

• Yuka Higuchi

The following player received entry from a protected ranking:

• Chang Kai-chen

Champions

Men's singles

Main article: 2014 Dunlop World Challenge – Men's singles

• Go Soeda def. Tatsuma Ito 6–4, 7–5

Women's singles

Main article: 2014 Dunlop World Challenge – Women's singles

• An-Sophie Mestach def. Shuko Aoyama 6–1, 6–1

Men's doubles

Main article: 2014 Dunlop World Challenge – Men's doubles

• Toshihide Matsui / Yasutaka Uchiyama def. Bumpei Sato / Yang Tsung-hua 7–6^(8–6), 6–2

Women's doubles

Main article: 2014 Dunlop World Challenge – Women's doubles

• Eri Hozumi / Makoto Ninomiya def. Shuko Aoyama / Junri Namigata 6–3, 7–5

External links

• Official website (in Japanese)
• 2014 Dunlop World Challenge at ITFtennis.com