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The Utsubo Tennis Center is a tennis

Tennis

Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...

complex situated in the Utsubo Park

Utsubo Park

is a large public, urban park, situated at Utsubo-Hommachi in Nishi-ku, Osaka, Japan.The park was constructed at the site of a former air field of United States Army, so the land is long rectangle shape characteristic of a runway...

, Nishi-ku, Osaka

Nishi-ku, Osaka

is one of 24 wards of Osaka, Japan. It is in the west of central Osaka , and is generally flat. 80% of the area was destroyed by bombing in World War II, and was not regenerated until the mid 1960s....

, Japan

Japan

Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

. The complex is the host of the annual WTA Tour stop, the HP Open

HP Open

The HP Open is a professional women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. The event is affiliated with the Women's Tennis Association , and is an International-level tournament on the WTA Tour...

(WTA International tournaments

WTA International tournaments

The International Tournaments is the new category for tennis tournaments of Women's Tennis Association from the 2009 WTA Tour. Tournaments are replacing Tier III and Tier IV events...

). The stadium court has a capacity of 5,000 people, second court has a capacity of 500 people.

External links

Utsubo Tennis Center, wikimapia

Utsubo Tennis Center (Official page in Japanese language)

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