The Toray Pan Pacific Open Tennis Tournament (東レ パン・パシフィック・オープン・テニストーナメント?) is a WTA Tour affiliated professional tennis tournament for women, held every year since 1984 in Tokyo, Japan. It is classified on the WTA Tour as a Tier I tournament since 1993. The event has traditionally been played on indoor carpet at the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium, but the 2008 event took place from September 15–21 on outdoor hard courts at the Ariake Coliseum. Martina Hingis holds the record for most singles wins with five. Toray Industries sponsors this Tournament.
The 2013 tournament will be the last edition of this tournament, with an event in Wuhan, China to act as its replacement from 2014 onwards.
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