1998 Japan Open Tennis Championships

1998 Japan Open Tennis Championships
Date	13 – 19 April
Edition	25th
Surface	Hard / outdoor
Location	Tokyo, Japan
Venue	Ariake Coliseum
Champions
Men's Singles
Andrei Pavel[1]
Women's Singles
Ai Sugiyama[2]
Men's Doubles
Sébastien Lareau / Daniel Nestor[1]
Women's Doubles
Naoko Kijimuta / Nana Miyagi[2]

The 1998 Japan Open Tennis Championships was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at the Ariake Coliseum in Tokyo in Japan that was part of the International Series Gold of the 1998 ATP Tour and of Tier III of the 1998 WTA Tour. The tournament was held from April 13 through April 19, 1998.

Winners

Men's Singles

Andrei Pavel defeated Byron Black, 6–3, 6–4.^[1]

• It was Pavel's 1st title of the year and the 1st of his career.

Women's Singles

Ai Sugiyama defeated Corina Morariu, 6–3, 6–3.^[2]

• It was Sugiyama's 3rd title of the year and the 7th of her career.

Men's Doubles

Sébastien Lareau / Daniel Nestor defeated Olivier Delaître / Stefano Pescosolido, 6–3, 6–4.^[1]

• It was Lareau's 1st title of the year and the 6th of his career. It was Nestor's 1st title of the year and the 9th of his career.

Women's Doubles

Naoko Kijimuta / Nana Miyagi defeated Amy Frazier / Rika Hiraki, 6–3, 4–6, 6–4.^[2]

• It was Kijimuta's only title of the year and the 5th of her career. It was Miyagi's 2nd title of the year and the 9th of her career.

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