1998 Japan Open Tennis Championships – Women's Doubles

1998 Japan Open Tennis Championships
1997 champions   Alexia Dechaume-Balleret
Rika Hiraki
Champions   Naoko Kijimuta
Nana Miyagi
Runners-up   Amy Frazier
Rika Hiraki
Final score   6–3, 4–6, 6–4
Events
Singles   men   women
Doubles   men   women

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

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

Contents

Seeds

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

  1. Naoko Kijimuta / Nana Miyagi (Champions)
  2. Amy Frazier / Rika Hiraki (Final)
  3. Catherine Barclay / Lori McNeil (First Round)
  4. Kristine Kunce / Corina Morariu (Semifinals)

Draw

Key

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

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