1998 Japan Open Tennis Championships – Women's Singles

1998 Japan Open Tennis Championships
1997 champion   Ai Sugiyama
Champion   Ai Sugiyama
Runner-up   Corina Morariu
Final score   6–3, 6–3
Events
Singles   men   women
Doubles   men   women

Ai Sugiyama was the defending champion and won in the final 6–3, 6–3 against Corina Morariu.

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. Ai Sugiyama (Champion)
  2. Naoko Sawamatsu (Quarterfinals)
  3. Tamarine Tanasugarn (Second Round)
  4. Amy Frazier (Semifinals)
  1. Corina Morariu (Final)
  2. Shi-Ting Wang (Semifinals)
  3. Miho Saeki (First Round)
  4. Yuka Yoshida (Second Round)

Draw

Key

Final

Final
1   Ai Sugiyama 6 6  
5   Corina Morariu 3 3  

Section 1

First Round   Second Round   Quarterfinals   Semifinals
 
    1   A Sugiyama 6 6    
    N Miyagi 6 3 7         S-T Wang 3 2    
    L Osterloh 0 6 6       1   A Sugiyama 4 6 6  
Q   S de Beer 4 4             E de Lone 6 1 1  
    E de Lone 6 6           E de Lone 6 2 6
    N Kijimuta 1 6 1     8   Y Yoshida 3 6 2  
8   Y Yoshida 6 4 6       1   A Sugiyama 6 6  
3   T Tanasugarn 4 7 6       6   S-T Wang 3 2  
    E-H Kim 6 5 0     3   T Tanasugarn 2 3    
    M-R Jeon 4 1           L McNeil 6 6    
    L McNeil 6 6             L McNeil 6 4 1
Q   S Hisamatsu 2 2         6   S-T Wang 4 6 6  
    R Hiraki 6 6           R Hiraki 3 2  
WC   S Asagoe 6 3 1     6   S-T Wang 6 6    
6   S-T Wang 3 6 6  

Section 2

First Round   Second Round   Quarterfinals   Semifinals
7   M Saeki 6 2    
    G Helgeson-Nielsen 7 6           G Helgeson-Nielsen 3 2    
WC   S Obata 5 1           N Pratt 6 6    
    N Pratt 7 6             N Pratt 2 6 2  
    K Kunce 7 4 1       4   A Frazier 6 4 6  
Q   M Endo 6 6 6     Q   M Endo 0 1  
Q   Y-J Choi 4 2       4   A Frazier 6 6    
4   A Frazier 6 6         4   A Frazier 6 6 4
5   C Morariu 6 6         5   C Morariu 4 7 6
    S-H Park 4 2       5   C Morariu 6 6    
    M Shaughnessy 3 6 6         M Shaughnessy 3 2    
    J Lee 6 2 4       5   C Morariu 7 6  
    H Inoue 6 6         2   N Sawamatsu 5 3    
    S Noorlander 4 1           H Inoue 6 4 6
    2   N Sawamatsu 4 6 7  
 

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