1997 Japan Open Tennis Championships – Women's Singles

1997 Japan Open Tennis Championships
1996 champion   Kimiko Date
Champion   Ai Sugiyama
Runner-up   Amy Frazier
Final score   4–6, 6–4, 6–4
Events
Singles   men   women
Doubles   men   women

Kimiko Date was the defending champion but did not compete that year.

Ai Sugiyama won in the final 4–6, 6–4, 6–4 against Amy Frazier.

Contents

Seeds

A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated. The top two seeds received a bye to the second round.

  1. n/a
  2. Kimberly Po (Semifinals)
  3. Amy Frazier (Final)
  4. Ai Sugiyama (Champion)
  1. Shi-Ting Wang (Quarterfinals)
  2. Naoko Sawamatsu (Quarterfinals)
  3. Naoko Kijimuta (Second Round)
  4. Tamarine Tanasugarn (First Round)
  5. Annabel Ellwood (Semifinals)

Draw

Key

Final

Final
3   Amy Frazier 6 4 4
4   Ai Sugiyama 4 6 6

Section 1

First Round   Second Round   Quarterfinals   Semifinals
 
    9   A Ellwood 6 3 6  
    R Hiraki 6 5 6         R Hiraki 0 6 4  
    R Grande 1 7 3       9   A Ellwood 6 6    
Q   J Lee 4 6 6       Q   J Lee 1 4    
LL   M Miyauchi 6 3 3     Q   J Lee 6 6  
    M Saeki 6 6           M Saeki 3 1    
8   T Tanasugarn 3 4         9   A Ellwood 2 3  
3   A Frazier 6 6         3   A Frazier 6 6  
Q   Y Hosoki 1 2       3   A Frazier 6 6    
    A Glass 1 1 r         Y Yoshida 4 3    
    Y Yoshida 6 4         3   A Frazier 7 7  
    N Miyagi 0 2         6   N Sawamatsu 6 6    
    M Endo 6 6           M Endo 1 6 4
LL   J Chi 3 4       6   N Sawamatsu 6 4 6  
6   N Sawamatsu 6 6    

Section 2

First Round   Second Round   Quarterfinals   Semifinals
7   N Kijimuta 6 6    
LL   E-H Kim 3 2       7   N Kijimuta 4 6    
    S-H Park 3 2           C Morariu 6 7    
    C Morariu 6 6             C Morariu 6 2    
    A Dechaume-Balleret 4 0         4   A Sugiyama 7 6    
    M Tu 6 6           M Tu 2 2  
    G Helgeson-Nielsen 3 5       4   A Sugiyama 6 6    
4   A Sugiyama 6 7         4   A Sugiyama 5 6 6
5   S-T Wang 6 6         2   K Po 7 4 1
WC   H Inoue 1 1       5   S-T Wang 6 6    
Q   E Tatarkova 3 1           K Kschwendt 2 4    
    K Kschwendt 6 6         5   S-T Wang 6 3 3
    J Watanabe 7 4 6       2   K Po 4 6 6  
Q   N Vaidyanathan 5 6 0         J Watanabe 2 2  
    2   K Po 6 6    
 

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