Japan Open Tennis 2026: Draw, Quarter-Finals, Schedule and How to Watch
- 🔑 The Japan Open in Tokyo is down to eight singles players as of Saturday, Oct. 3, 2026 (JST). All four quarter-finals are Sunday, Oct. 4 at Ariake Coliseum, the first at 11 a.m. JST (10 p.m. Eastern Saturday) and the rest following in order, per the ATP’s official order of play.
- Only two seeds remain: No. 1 Carlos Alcaraz, the defending champion, and No. 8 Valentin Vacherot. Seeds 2 through 7 are out, four of the eight quarter-finalists came through qualifying or as a special exempt, and no American or Japanese man is left in singles. No odds or win probabilities are used.
- The Alcaraz-Shapovalov and Munar-Jacquet winners meet in one semi-final on Monday, Oct. 5 from 2 p.m. JST (1 a.m. ET); the Lehecka-Vallejo and Vacherot-Fils winners meet in the other. The doubles final is Tuesday, Oct. 6 at 2 p.m. JST, and the singles final is not before 6 p.m. JST (5 a.m. ET).
- For US viewers, check Tennis Channel and ATP’s own listings. US TV listings we saw show Tennis Channel and its app on the later rounds, and the ATP points viewers to its Tennis TV streaming service, but we could not confirm the US channel on Tennis Channel’s own schedule or an ATP broadcast page.
- Kei Nishikori’s career ended Thursday, Oct. 1 with a 6-4, 6-4 first-round loss to Frances Tiafoe. A separate ceremony honoring him was announced in June for the final day, Tuesday, Oct. 6 at Ariake Coliseum. It is planned, not confirmed, and the announcement we found gave no start time.
The Kinoshita Group Japan Open in Tokyo is down to eight singles players, and all four quarter-finals are scheduled for Sunday, Oct. 4 (Japan time), with the first starting at 11 a.m. JST, which is 10 p.m. Eastern on Saturday, Oct. 3. This guide is pinned to Saturday, Oct. 3, 2026 (JST): the round of 16 is finished and the quarter-finals have not started, so every match from here is a fixture, not a result. It covers the men’s ATP 500 only.
Who is left in the Japan Open singles draw?
Eight men remain: Carlos Alcaraz, Denis Shapovalov, Jaume Munar, Kyrian Jacquet, Jiri Lehecka, Adolfo Daniel Vallejo, Valentin Vacherot and Arthur Fils, and only two of them, Alcaraz (the No. 1 seed and defending champion) and Vacherot (No. 8), were seeded. Here is how the round of 16 ended, per the ATP’s results (the first four on Saturday, Oct. 3, the last four on Friday, Oct. 2):
| Match | Score |
|---|---|
| Alcaraz d. Arnaldi | 7-6, 6-1 |
| Shapovalov d. Tabilo | 7-5, 3-6, 6-4 |
| Lehecka d. Humbert | 5-7, 6-4, 6-4 |
| Vallejo d. Berrettini | 7-6, 6-1 |
| Fils d. Tiafoe | 6-3, 7-5 |
| Vacherot d. Tsitsipas | 4-6, 7-6, 6-4 |
| Jacquet d. Darderi | 6-3, 7-6 |
| Munar d. Faria | 6-1, 6-1 |
Four of the eight came through qualifying or as a special exempt: Fils, Munar and Vallejo as qualifiers, Jacquet as a special exempt. Fils also won this title in 2024. Seeds 2 through 7 are all out: Frances Tiafoe (2) lost to Fils in the round of 16, and Taylor Fritz, Rafael Jódar, Brandon Nakashima, Casper Ruud and Tommy Paul lost in the first round. No American or Japanese man is left in singles.
What are the Japan Open quarter-final matchups and start times?
All four quarter-finals are at Ariake Coliseum on Sunday, Oct. 4: Munar vs. Jacquet starts at 11 a.m. JST, Alcaraz vs. Shapovalov is not before 1 p.m., Vacherot vs. Fils is not before 4 p.m., and Lehecka vs. Vallejo follows. Japan times are from the ATP’s official order of play; the Eastern conversions are ours (Tokyo is 13 hours ahead of Eastern Daylight Time; subtract three more hours for Pacific). “NB” means not before.
| Match | JST | ET |
|---|---|---|
| Munar-Jacquet | 11 a.m. | Sat 10 p.m. |
| Alcaraz-Shapovalov | NB 1 p.m. | NB Sun 12 a.m. |
| Vacherot-Fils | NB 4 p.m. | NB Sun 3 a.m. |
| Lehecka-Vallejo | Follows | Follows |
The draw sheet pairs the Alcaraz-Shapovalov winner with the Munar-Jacquet winner in one semi-final, and the Lehecka-Vallejo winner with the Vacherot-Fils winner in the other.
When are the semi-finals and the final, and what time is that in the US?
The singles semi-finals are Monday, Oct. 5 from 2 p.m. JST (1 a.m. ET), and the singles final is Tuesday, Oct. 6, not before 6 p.m. JST (5 a.m. ET), after the doubles final at 2 p.m. JST (1 a.m. ET). Through Sunday, sessions start at 11 a.m. and 4 p.m. JST, which is 10 p.m. and 3 a.m. ET.
| Round | JST | ET |
|---|---|---|
| Semi-finals (Mon) | 2 p.m. | Mon 1 a.m. |
| Doubles final (Tue) | 2 p.m. | Tue 1 a.m. |
| Singles final (Tue) | NB 6 p.m. | NB Tue 5 a.m. |
How can I watch the Japan Open in the US?
Check Tennis Channel and ATP’s own listings: US TV listings we saw show Tennis Channel and its app carrying the later rounds, and the ATP points viewers to its Tennis TV streaming service, but we could not confirm the US channel on Tennis Channel’s own schedule or an ATP broadcast page. Tennis TV lists 46 matches for the event and does not say what US subscribers get. Most play falls overnight Eastern, so replays may be the practical option.
How does the Japan Open work, and what is at stake?
It is a 32-player ATP 500 on outdoor hard courts, singles are best-of-three tie-break sets, and the champion earns 500 ranking points and $437,955. Doubles has 16 teams, two tie-break sets with no-ad scoring and a 10-point match tie-break at one set all, per the tournament’s fact sheet. The total purse is $2,342,275. Singles prize money and points, per the ATP:
| Round | Points | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| Champion | 500 | $437,955 |
| Finalist | 330 | $235,685 |
| Semi-finalist | 200 | $125,605 |
| Quarter-finalist | 100 | $64,170 |
| Round of 16 | 50 | $34,255 |
| Round of 32 | 0 | $18,270 |
Who is left in the Japan Open doubles draw?
Four teams are in the doubles semi-finals: Hijikata/Uesugi (wild cards), Arribagé/Olivetti (No. 2 seeds), Bolelli/Vavassori (No. 1 seeds) and Krajicek/Mektić (No. 4 seeds). Rinky Hijikata and Kaito Uesugi beat defending champions Hugo Nys and Édouard Roger-Vasselin 6-4, 6-4 to get there. The ATP lists Hijikata/Uesugi vs. Arribagé/Olivetti on the Kinoshita Group Show Court on Sunday, Oct. 4 at 2:30 p.m. JST (1:30 a.m. ET); we could not confirm when the other semi-final is scheduled. Austin Krajicek is the only American still in either draw.
What is happening with Kei Nishikori’s farewell?
Kei Nishikori’s career ended Thursday, Oct. 1, when he lost 6-4, 6-4 to Frances Tiafoe in the first round, his last professional match. The former world No. 4, 2014 US Open finalist and two-time Japan Open champion (2012, 2014) was honored on court afterward, according to Japanese press reports. Separately, a June 26 announcement carried by Japanese media said a ceremony honoring him was planned for the final day, Tuesday, Oct. 6, at Ariake Coliseum, with no start time given. Treat that as planned, not confirmed, until it happens.
Who has won the Japan Open before?
Alcaraz won the 2025 title, beating Fritz 6-4, 6-4 on his tournament debut, and Stefan Edberg holds the record with four titles (1987, 1989, 1990 and 1991). The event began in 1972, and this is the 52nd edition, per the ATP. Fils (2024), Ben Shelton (2023) and Fritz (2022) won the three editions before Alcaraz, so Americans took the title in 2022 and 2023. Jimmy Arias, at 18 (1982), is the youngest champion and Ken Rosewall, at 38 (1973), the oldest. Nishikori is the last Japanese champion (2014).
What should I check before the quarter-finals start?
Check the ATP’s order of play before play on Sunday, Oct. 4 (JST), because “not before” times can slide and the draw changes with every result. This page is pinned to Saturday, Oct. 3, 2026 and reports no quarter-final results. The semi-finals, both finals and Nishikori’s planned ceremony are all still ahead.
How we verified this
✅ The round-of-16 results were checked against three independent sources on Saturday, Oct. 3, 2026, at about 10:30 p.m. JST. The ATP’s official results page, the raw match table of an independent results database and the tournament’s draw sheet on a public encyclopedia agree on the winner and every set score in all eight round-of-16 matches. The two matches that were still unfinished earlier in the day, Berrettini vs. Vallejo and Humbert vs. Lehecka, are now complete and are reported as results. The quarter-finals had not started when we checked, so they appear only as fixtures.
⚠️ Some automated page summaries conflicted with the raw tables, and we followed the raw tables. A summary of the ATP draw page gave a different second-set score for Shapovalov’s match, and a summary of the results database gave different scores for two Saturday matches. The raw tables and the draw sheet matched the ATP results page, so we used those. Tie-break numbers also differed between sources in our earlier research (Alcaraz vs. Arnaldi, Munar vs. Fritz), so this page gives set scores only.
✅ Quarter-final start times come from the ATP’s official order of play for Sunday, Oct. 4, read on Oct. 3. It lists Munar vs. Jacquet starting at 11 a.m., Alcaraz vs. Shapovalov not before 1 p.m., Vacherot vs. Fils not before 4 p.m., Lehecka vs. Vallejo to follow, and a doubles semi-final at 2:30 p.m. on the Kinoshita Group Show Court. A results database lists the same first three slots in European time, which match once converted, but we published the ATP’s times only. The Eastern conversions are ours (Japan time minus 13 hours, because Tokyo is 13 hours ahead of Eastern Daylight Time). Semi-final and final-day times come from the ATP’s tournament page, which matched the other previews we read earlier.
✅ Prize money, ranking points, records and past champions were cross-checked. The singles prize money and points match between the ATP’s tournament page and a tennis news site’s preview, and the draw format comes from the tournament’s own fact sheet. The champions list, Edberg’s four titles and Nishikori’s 2012 and 2014 titles match a public encyclopedia’s champions table; the youngest and oldest champion ages are from the ATP’s records note. Amounts are in US dollars.
⚠️ The US broadcaster is not confirmed on a primary page. Tennis Channel’s own schedule and an ATP broadcast page could not be read. A US TV-listings tracker, with times in Eastern, lists Tennis Channel and the Tennis Channel app for the Japan Open’s quarter-finals and semi-finals; a streaming guide says only to check Tennis Channel; the ATP’s page points to its Tennis TV service. Two overseas outlets also name ESPN-family coverage for the US, but we could not corroborate that and left it out. Listings can change, so the page tells readers to check Tennis Channel and ATP’s own listings.
⚠️ Nishikori’s final-day ceremony is planned, not confirmed. The June 26 announcement was carried by Japanese media and gave no start time, and we found no later update. His 6-4, 6-4 loss to Tiafoe on Oct. 1 is consistent across the ATP, a major sports network and the encyclopedia’s draw sheet; the on-court tribute afterward is from Japanese press reports. We give no date for his retirement announcement because sources differ.
⚠️ Doubles coverage is limited. The four semi-finalists and the quarter-final result against the defending champions come from the ATP’s doubles report and the encyclopedia’s draw sheet, which agree. We could not find when the second doubles semi-final is scheduled.
⚠️ The event was still in progress at write time. Quarter-final results arrive from Sunday, Oct. 4 (JST), and “not before” times can slide, so the page reports no result beyond the round of 16.
✅ No betting odds, spreads, or win-probability models appear anywhere on this page. There are no picks, no head-to-head tips and no prediction-market content.