1998 Japan Open Tennis Championships – Women's Singles

Women's Singles
1998 Japan Open Tennis Championships
1997 Champion Japan Ai Sugiyama
Champion Japan Ai Sugiyama
Runner-up United States Corina Morariu
Final score 63, 63

Ai Sugiyama was the defending champion and won in the final 63, 63 against Corina Morariu.

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. Japan Ai Sugiyama (Champion)
  2. Japan Naoko Sawamatsu (Quarterfinals)
  3. Thailand Tamarine Tanasugarn (Second Round)
  4. United States Amy Frazier (Semifinals)

  1. United States Corina Morariu (Final)
  2. Chinese Taipei Shi-Ting Wang (Semifinals)
  3. Japan Miho Saeki (First Round)
  4. Japan Yuka Yoshida (Second Round)

Draw

Key

Final

Final
1 Japan Ai Sugiyama 6 6  
5 United States Corina Morariu 3 3  

Section 1

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

Section 2

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

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