Venus Williams has won the inaugural WTA Taiwan Open after defeating world number 62 Misaki Doi in straight sets.

The world number 12 American was first seed for the event and lived up to the billing as she dominated a plucky Doi 6-4 6-2.

Williams said she was honoured to headline the return of women's tennis to Taiwan, and hinted her sister, world number one Serena, might make the trip next time.

"It's wonderful to have women's tennis here. It's been too long, it's the first time in 22 years," the 35-year-old said.

"It's my first time in Taiwan, so thank you for making me feel so welcome and thank you for making me feel at home.

"I might invite my sister to come here and play next time."

Second seed Doi cruised to the final dropping just 14 games on the way, but she would win just six in the match against Williams.

The 13-time grand slam winner looked dominant from the start as Doi struggled to come to terms with her serve.

  First title of the year, Asia is very lucky for me! Thank you to all the fans and the Taiwan open tournament.#sograteful A photo posted by Venus Williams (@venuswilliams) on Feb 14, 2016 at 1:26am PST

The American won 67 per cent of points on her first serve and saves six out of nine break points on the occasions Doi was able to get into Williams' serve.

Doi showed resilience of her own saving six break points, but that was not enough for her to avoid being broken six times throughout the match as Williams powered home in the second set.

Williams took an early break in the second set after comfortably keeping her distance from Doi in the first.

But Doi fought back to 2-2 before Williams stepped up a gear and left the Japanese star in her wake.

Williams cruised through the next four games to seal the win and her 49th career title.