Japan Open 1998 (tennis) / women

This article shows the women's results at the 1998 Japan Open (tennis) ; for the results of the men see Japan Open 1998 (tennis) / men .

Japan Open 1998
date	11.4.1998 - 19.4.1998
Edition	24
navigation	1997  ◄  1998  ►  1999
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)	Ai Sugiyama
Last year's winner (double)	Alexia Dechaume Rika Hiraki
Winner (singles)	Ai Sugiyama
Winner (doubles)	Naoko Kijimuta Nana Miyagi
As of August 6, 2016

The 1998 Japan Open was a women's tennis tournament in Tokyo . The hard court tournament was part of the WTA Tour 1998 and took place from April 11th to 19th, 1998.

singles

Seeding list

No. Player Round reached 01.  Ai Sugiyama victory 02.  Naoko Sawamatsu Quarter finals 03.  Tamarine Tanasu yarn Round of 16 04th  Amy Frazier Semifinals

No. Player Round reached 05.  Corina Morariu final 06th  Wang Shi-ting Semifinals 07th  Miho Saeki 1 round 08th.  Yuka Yoshida Round of 16

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

1

A. Sugiyama

6th

6th

N. Miyagi

6th

3

7th

N. Miyagi

3

2

L. Osterloh

0

6th

6th

1

A. Sugiyama

4th

6th

6th

Q

S. De Beer

4th

4th

E. de Lone

6th

1

1

E. de Lone

6th

6th

E. de Lone

6th

2

6th

N. Kijimuta

1

6th

1

8th

Y. Yoshida

3

6th

2

8th

Y. Yoshida

6th

4th

6th

1

A. Sugiyama

6th

6th

3

T. Tanasugarn

4th

7th

6th

6th

S.-t. Wang

3

2

E.-h. Kim

6th

5

0

3

T. Tanasugarn

2

3

M.-r. Jeon

4th

1

L. McNeil

6th

6th

L. McNeil

6th

6th

L. McNeil

6th

4th

1

Q

S. Hisamatsu

2

2

6th

S.-t. Wang

4th

6th

6th

R. Hiraki

6th

6th

R. Hiraki

3

2

WC

S. Asagoe

6th

3

1

6th

S.-t. Wang

6th

6th

6th

S.-t. Wang

3

6th

6th

1

A. Sugiyama

6th

6th

7th

M. Saeki

6th

2

5

C. Morariu

3

3

G. Helgeson-Nielsen

7th

6th

G. Helgeson-Nielsen

3

2

WC

S. Obata

5

1

N. Pratt

6th

6th

N. Pratt

7th

6th

N. Pratt

2

6th

2

K. Kunce

7th

4th

1

4th

A. Frazier

6th

4th

6th

Q

M. Endo

6th

6th

6th

Q

M. Endo

0

1

Q

Y.-j. Choi

4th

2

4th

A. Frazier

6th

6th

4th

A. Frazier

6th

6th

4th

A. Frazier

6th

6th

4th

5

C. Morariu

6th

6th

5

C. Morariu

4th

7th

6th

S.-h. park

4th

2

5

C. Morariu

6th

6th

M. Shaughnessy

3

6th

6th

M. Shaughnessy

3

2

J. Lee

6th

2

4th

5

C. Morariu

7th

6th

H. Inoue

6th

6th

2

N. Sawamatsu

5

3

S. Noorlander

4th

1

H. Inoue

6th

4th

6th

2

N. Sawamatsu

4th

6th

7th

Double

Seeding list

No. pairing Round reached 01.  Naoko Kijimuta Nana Miyagi   victory 02.  Amy Frazier Rika Hiraki   final 03.  Catherine Barclay Lori McNeil   1 round 04th  Kristine Kunce Corina Morariu   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

Quarter finals

Semifinals

final

1

N. Kijimuta N. Miyagi

6th

7th

E.-h. Kim T. Tanasugarn

3

5

1

N. Kijimuta N. Miyagi

7th

5

7th

S. De Beer G. Helgeson-Nielsen

6th

2

7th

S. De Beer G. Helgeson-Nielsen

5

7th

6th

S. Obata K. Shibata

3

6th

6th

1

N. Kijimuta N. Miyagi

6th

6th

4th

K. Kunce C. Morariu

6th

5

6th

4th

K. Kunce C. Morariu

4th

3

Q

G. Biggs T. Hotta

2

7th

4th

4th

K. Kunce C. Morariu

6th

6th

WC

A. Morigami K. Nagatomi

2

6th

0

E. de Lone N. Pratt

4th

1

E. de Lone N. Pratt

6th

2

6th

1

N. Kijimuta N. Miyagi

6th

4th

6th

LL

R. Otakeyama Y. Sasano

1

4th

2

A. Frazier R. Hiraki

3

6th

4th

J. Lee S.-t. Wang

6th

6th

J. Lee S.-t. Wang

7th

5

5

M.-r. Jeon S. Noorlander

5

7th

6th

M.-r. Jeon S. Noorlander

6th

7th

7th

3

C. Barclay L. McNeil

7th

6th

4th

M.-r. Jeon S. Noorlander

2

3

H. Inoue, M. Inoue

2

4th

2

A. Frazier R. Hiraki

6th

6th

S. Asagoe S.-h. park

6th

6th

S. Asagoe S.-h. park

2

5

Y.-j. Cho Y.-j. Choi

3

2

2

A. Frazier R. Hiraki

6th

7th

2

A. Frazier R. Hiraki

6th

6th

Web links

• Japan Open 1998 (women) as PDF (English) on the WTA homepage
• Japan Open 1998 (women) (English) on the ITF website