1998_Japan_Open_Tennis_Championships_–_Women's_doubles

1998 Japan Open Tennis Championships – Women's doubles

1998 Japan Open Tennis Championships – Women's doubles

1998 tennis event results

Alexia Dechaume-Balleret and Rika Hiraki were the defending champions but only Hiraki competed that year with Amy Frazier.

Quick Facts Women's doubles, Final ...

Frazier and Hiraki lost in the final 6–3, 4–6, 6–4 against Naoko Kijimuta and Nana Miyagi.

Seeds

Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.

  1. Japan Naoko Kijimuta / Japan Nana Miyagi (champions)
  2. United States Amy Frazier / Japan Rika Hiraki (final)
  3. Australia Catherine Barclay / United States Lori McNeil (first round)
  4. Australia Kristine Kunce / United States Corina Morariu (semifinals)

Draw

Key

First round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
1 Japan N Kijimuta
Japan N Miyagi 		6 7  
  South Korea E-H Kim
Thailand T Tanasugarn 		3 5   1 Japan N Kijimuta
Japan N Miyagi 		7 5 7
  South Africa S de Beer
United States G Helgeson-Nielsen 		6 2 7   South Africa S de Beer
United States G Helgeson-Nielsen 		5 7 6
  Japan S Obata
Japan K Shibata 		3 6 6 1 Japan N Kijimuta
Japan N Miyagi 		6 6  
4 Australia K Kunce
United States C Morariu 		6 5 6 4 Australia K Kunce
United States C Morariu 		4 3  
Q Australia G Biggs
Japan T Hotta 		2 7 4 4 Australia K Kunce
United States C Morariu 		6 6  
WC Japan A Morigami
Japan K Nagatomi 		2 6 0   United States E deLone
Australia N Pratt 		4 1  
  United States E deLone
Australia N Pratt 		6 2 6 1 Japan Naoko Kijimuta
Japan Nana Miyagi 		6 4 6
LL Japan R Kawamata
Japan Y Sasano 		1 4   2 United States Amy Frazier
Japan Rika Hiraki 		3 6 4
  Chinese Taipei J Lee
Chinese Taipei S-T Wang 		6 6     Chinese Taipei J Lee
Chinese Taipei S-T Wang 		7 5 5
  South Korea M-R Jeon
Netherlands S Noorlander 		5 7 6   South Korea M-R Jeon
Netherlands S Noorlander 		6 7 7
3 Australia C Barclay
United States L McNeil 		7 6 4   South Korea M-R Jeon
Netherlands S Noorlander 		2 3  
  Japan H Inoue
Japan M Inoue 		2 4   2 United States A Frazier
Japan R Hiraki 		6 6  
  Japan S Asagoe
South Korea S-H Park 		6 6     Japan S Asagoe
South Korea S-H Park 		2 5  
  South Korea Y-J Cho
South Korea Y-J Choi 		3 2   2 United States A Frazier
Japan R Hiraki 		6 7  
2 United States A Frazier
Japan R Hiraki 		6 6  
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