Japan Open 1997 (tennis) / women

This article shows the women's results at the 1997 Japan Open (tennis) ; for the results of the men see Japan Open 1997 (tennis) / men .

Japan Open 1997
date	April 14, 1997 - April 20, 1997
Edition	23
navigation	1996  ◄  1997  ►  1998
WTA tour
venue	Tokyo Japan
Tournament number	405
category	WTA Tier III
Tournament type	Free place tournament
Game surface	Hard court
draw	30E / 32Q / 16D / 8Q
Prize money	US $ 164,250
Last year's winner (individual)	Kimiko Date
Last year's winner (double)	Kimiko Date Ai Sugiyama
Winner (singles)	Ai Sugiyama
Winner (doubles)	Alexia Dechaume-Balleret Rika Hiraki
As of August 6, 2016

The 1997 Japan Open was a women's tennis tournament in Tokyo . The hard court tournament was part of the 1997 WTA Tour and took place from April 14th to 20th, 1997.

singles

Seeding list

No. Player Round reached 01. 02.  Kimberly Po Semifinals 03.  Amy Frazier final 04th  Ai Sugiyama victory 05.  Wang Shi-ting Quarter finals

No. Player Round reached 06th  Naoko Sawamatsu Quarter finals 07th  Naoko Kijimuta Round of 16 08th.  Tamarine Tanasu yarn 1 round 09.  Annabel Ellwood Semifinals

Explanation of symbols

Q = qualifier WC = wildcard LL = Lucky Loser ITF = qualified via ITF ranking

ALT = replacement (alternate) PR = Protected Ranking SE = Special Exempt

r = retired d = disqualification where = walkover

Results

First round

Round of 16

Quarter finals

Semifinals

final

9

A. Ellwood

6th

3

6th

R. Hiraki

6th

5

6th

R. Hiraki

0

6th

4th

R. Grande

1

7th

3

9

A. Ellwood

6th

6th

Q

J. Lee

4th

6th

6th

Q

J. Lee

1

4th

LL

M. Miyauchi

6th

3

3

Q

J. Lee

6th

6th

M. Saeki

6th

6th

M. Saeki

3

1

8th

T. Tanasugarn

3

4th

9

A. Ellwood

2

3

3

A. Frazier

6th

6th

3

A. Frazier

6th

6th

Q

Y. Hosoki

1

2

3

A. Frazier

6th

6th

A. Glass

1

1

r

Y. Yoshida

4th

3

Y. Yoshida

6th

4th

3

A. Frazier

7th

7th

N. Miyagi

0

2

6th

N. Sawamatsu

6th

6th

M. Endo

6th

6th

M. Endo

1

6th

4th

LL

J. Chi

3

4th

6th

N. Sawamatsu

6th

4th

6th

6th

N. Sawamatsu

6th

6th

3

A. Frazier

6th

4th

4th

7th

N. Kijimuta

6th

6th

4th

A. Sugiyama

4th

6th

6th

LL

E.-h. Kim

3

2

7th

N. Kijimuta

4th

6th

S.-h. park

3

2

C. Morariu

6th

7th

C. Morariu

6th

6th

C. Morariu

6th

2

A. Dechaume-Balleret

4th

0

4th

A. Sugiyama

7th

6th

M. Tu

6th

6th

M. Tu

2

2

G. Helgeson-Nielsen

3

5

4th

A. Sugiyama

6th

6th

4th

A. Sugiyama

6th

7th

4th

A. Sugiyama

5

6th

6th

5

S.-t. Wang

6th

6th

2

K. Po

7th

4th

1

WC

H. Inoue

1

1

5

S.-t. Wang

6th

6th

Q

O. Tatarkova

3

1

K. Kschwendt

2

4th

K. Kschwendt

6th

6th

5

S.-t. Wang

6th

3

3

J. Watanabe

7th

4th

6th

2

K. Po

4th

6th

6th

Q

N. Vaidyanathan

5

6th

0

J. Watanabe

2

2

2

K. Po

6th

6th

Double

Seeding list

No. pairing Round reached 01.  Naoko Kijimuta Nana Miyagi   Semifinals 02.  Amy Frazier Kimberly Po   Quarter finals 03.  Alexia Dechaume-Balleret Rika Hiraki   victory 04th  Janet Lee Wang Shi-ting   Quarter finals

Explanation of symbols

Q = qualifier WC = wildcard LL = Lucky Loser ITF = qualified via ITF ranking

ALT = replacement (alternate) PR = Protected Ranking SE = Special Exempt

r = retired d = disqualification where = walkover

Results

First round

Quarter finals

Semifinals

final

1

N. Kijimuta N. Miyagi

6th

6th

H. Mochizuki K. Takuma

3

1

1

N. Kijimuta N. Miyagi

6th

6th

R. Grande G. Helgeson-Nielsen

6th

6th

6th

R. Grande G. Helgeson-Nielsen

4th

3

S.-h. Park T. Tanasugarn

2

7th

3

1

N. Kijimuta N. Miyagi

6th

1

3

3

A. Dechaume-Balleret R. Hiraki

6th

6th

3

A. Dechaume-Balleret R. Hiraki

3

6th

6th

T. Hotta Y. Yamagishi

1

2

3

A. Dechaume-Balleret R. Hiraki

6th

6th

M. Saeki Y. Yoshida

6th

6th

M. Saeki Y. Yoshida

2

1

Q

H. Inoue, M. Inoue

1

3

3

A. Dechaume-Balleret R. Hiraki

6th

6th

S. Asagoe A. Sugiyama

7th

6th

K.-A. Guse C. Morariu

4th

2

S. Haas O. Tatarkova

5

1

S. Asagoe A. Sugiyama

6th

6th

A. Ellwood K. Kschwendt

2

3

4th

J. Lee S.-t. Wang

3

3

4th

J. Lee S.-t. Wang

6th

6th

S. Asagoe A. Sugiyama

4th

3

K.-A. Guse C. Morariu

6th

6th

K.-A. Guse C. Morariu

6th

6th

M. Tu N. Vaidyanathan

1

3

K.-A. Guse C. Morariu

4th

6th

6th

Y. Hosoki K. Nagatomi

5

3

2

A. Frazier K. Po

6th

2

2

2

A. Frazier K. Po

7th

6th

Web links

• Japan Open 1997 (women) as PDF (English) on the WTA homepage
• Japan Open 1997 (women) (English) on the ITF website