1998 Japan Open Tennis Championships – Women's Doubles

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

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.

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

Q = Qualifier WC = Wild Card LL = Lucky Loser

Alt = Alternate SE = Special Exempt PR = Protected Ranking

w/o = Walkover r = Retired d = Defaulted

	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

External links

• 1998 Japan Open Tennis Championships Women's Doubles Draw