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Japan Open, Tokyo

w/b 14 April 1997, Tier III, Hard, $164,250

1996 Holder: Kimiko Date

1996 Singles 1997 Doubles

Qualifying Round 1 Scores
Li Chen (2) d. Nao Akahori 6-2, 6-4
Jane Chi (3) d. Kiyoko Yazawa 6-3, 6-1
Kerry-Anne Guse (1) d. Maiko Inoue 6-3, 6-2
Yuko Hosoki d. Sabine Haas 3-6, 6-3, 6-4
Janet Lee (6) d. Shiho Hisamatsu (WC) 6-3, 4-6, 6-1
Eun-Ha Kim d. Mi-Ra Jeon 7-5, 5-7, 6-3
Madoka Kuki d. Hiroko Mochizuki 6-3, 7-5
Misumi Miyauchi d. Ayami Takase (WC) 6-3, 5-7, 6-3
Akiko Morigami (WC) d. Yoriko Yamagishi 7-5, 6-1
Keiko Nagatomi d. Miyako Ataka 6-4, 6-0
Saori Obata d. Masami Nakai 6-0, 6-0
Kazue Takuma d. Siobhan Drake-Brockman (4) 2-6, 6-4, 6-3
Elena Tatarkova (8) d. Satoko Kurioka (WC) 6-1, 6-3
Jane Taylor (7) d. Tomoe Hotta 6-2, 6-2
Sachie Umehara d. Shinobu Asagoe 1-6, 6-3, 7-6 (7-4)
Nirupam Vaidyanathan (5) d. Jing-Qian Yi 7-6 (7-4), 5-7, 7-6 (10-8)
 
 
Qualifying Round 2 Scores
Jane Chi (3) d. Saori Obata 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (7-3)
Yuko Hosoki d. Jane Taylor (7) 6-3, 6-4
Janet Lee (6) d. Madoka Kuki 6-4, 6-4
Eun-Ha Kim d. Kerry-Anne Guse (1) 6-4, 6-7 (5-7), 6-4
Misumi Miyauchi d. Kazue Takuma 7-5, 6-3
Akiko Morigami (WC) d. Li Chen (2) 6-2, 2-6, 6-4
Elena Tatarkova (8) d. Sachie Umehara 3-6, 7-5, 6-3
Nirupam Vaidyanathan (5) d. Keiko Nagatomi 6-3, 6-3
 
 
Qualifying Round 3 Scores
Yuko Hosoki d. Eun-Ha Kim 6-3, 6-1
Janet Lee (6) d. Misumi Miyauchi 6-1, 6-1
Elena Tatarkova (8) d. Jane Chi (3) 1-6, 7-5, 6-1
Nirupam Vaidyanathan (5) d. Akiko Morigami (WC) 6-2, 7-6 (7-3)
 
 
Main Draw Round 1 Scores
Annabel Ellwood (9) bye
Mana Endo d. Nana Miyagi 6-0, 6-2
Amy Frazier (3) d. Yuko Hosoki (Q) 6-1, 6-2
Rika Hiraki d. Rita Grande 6-1, 5-7, 6-3
Janet Lee (Q) d. Misumi Miyauchi (LL) 4-6, 6-3, 6-3
Naoko Kijimuta (7) d. Eun-Ha Kim (LL) 6-3, 6-2
Karin Kschwendt d. Elena Tatarkova (Q) 6-3, 6-3
Corina Morariu d. Sung-Hee Park 6-3, 6-2
Kimberly Po (2) bye
Miho Saeki d. Tamarine Tanasugarn (8) 6-3, 6-4
Naoko Sawamatsu (6) d. Jane Chi (LL) 6-3, 6-4
Ai Sugiyama (4) d. Ginger Helgeson Nielsen 6-3, 7-5
Meilen Tu d. Alexia Dechaume-Balleret 6-4, 6-0
Shi-Ting Wang (5) d. Haruka Inoue (WC) 6-1, 6-1
Jolene Watanabe d. Nirupam Vaidyanathan (Q) 7-5, 4-6, 6-0
Yuka Yoshida d. Andrea Glass 6-1, 4-1, retired
 
 
Main Draw Round 2 Scores
Annabel Ellwood (9) d. Rika Hiraki 6-0, 3-6, 6-4
Amy Frazier (3) d. Yuka Yoshida 6-4, 6-3
Janet Lee (Q) d. Miho Saeki 6-3, 6-1
Corina Morariu d. Naoko Kijimuta (7) 6-4, 7-6 (7-2)
Kimberly Po (2) d. Jolene Watanabe 6-2, 6-2
Naoko Sawamatsu (6) d. Mana Endo 6-1, 4-6, 6-4
Ai Sugiyama (4) d. Meilen Tu 6-2, 6-2
Shi-Ting Wang (5) d. Karin Kschwendt 6-2, 6-4
 
 
Main Draw Quarter Final Scores
Annabel Ellwood (9) d. Janet Lee (Q) 6-1, 6-4
Amy Frazier (3) d. Naoko Sawamatsu (6) 7-6 (8-6), 7-6 (8-6)
Kimberly Po (2) d. Shi-Ting Wang (5) 4-6, 6-3, 6-3
Ai Sugiyama (4) d. Corina Morariu 7-6 (7-2), 6-2
 
 
Main Draw Semi Final Scores
Amy Frazier (3) d. Annabel Ellwood (9) 6-2, 6-3
Ai Sugiyama (4) d. Kimberly Po (2) 5-7, 6-4, 6-1
 
 
Main Draw Final Scores
Ai Sugiyama (4) d. Amy Frazier (3) 4-6, 6-4, 6-4

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