Bencic Wins Pan Pacific Open, earns 10th WTA title in Tokyo

Belinda Bencic defeated Linda Noskova 6-2, 6-3 on Sunday at Ariake Coliseum in Tokyo to win the Pan Pacific Open, claiming her 10th WTA title and her second of the 2025 season. The Swiss closed out the WTA 500 final in one hour and 22 minutes, breaking Noskova three times en route to a straight-sets victory.

Bencic, the world number 13, steadied herself after an energy-sapping run to the final that included consecutive three-set wins in the quarterfinal and semifinal. She saved a match point to overcome Karolina Muchova in a 3-6, 7-5, 7-5 quarterfinal and then beat Sofia Kenin 7-6, 3-6, 6-2 in a two hour and 16 minute semifinal. Noskova reached the final with comparatively little court time late in the week, advancing when Anna Kalinskaya retired from their quarterfinal and when Elena Rybakina withdrew before their semifinal.

The final opened with Bencic asserting control on serve and securing an early break to take the first set comfortably. In the second set Noskova battled back into contention, but Bencic held a six-deuce service game to move ahead and produced a decisive break in the eighth game to pull away. Bencic finished the match with a drive volley and a forehand winner.