Kangaroo Cup

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
2024 Kangaroo Cup
ITF Women's Tour
Event name	Kangaroo Cup International Ladies Open Tennis
Location	Gifu, Japan
Venue	Nagaragawa Tennis Plaza, Gifu Memorial Center
Category	ITF Women's Circuit
Surface	Hard
Draw	32S/32Q/16D
Prize money	$100,000

Past finals

Singles

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
2025	Zhang Shuai	Mananchaya Sawangkaew	6–3, 6–4
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

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
2025	Momoko Kobori Ayano Shimizu	Emina Bektas Lily Miyazaki	6–1, 6–2
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