1996 Japan Open Tennis Championships – Women's doubles
Appearance
Women's doubles | |
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1996 Japan Open Tennis Championships | |
Champions | Kimiko Date Ai Sugiyama |
Runners-up | Amy Frazier Kimberly Po |
Score | 7–6, 6–7, 6–3 |
The 1996 Japan Open Tennis Championships included this tournament in women's doubles. Miho Saeki and Yuka Yoshida were the defending champions but lost in the first round to Sung-Hee Park and Shi-Ting Wang.
Kimiko Date and Ai Sugiyama won in the final 7–6, 6–7, 6–3 against Amy Frazier and Kimberly Po.
Seeds
[edit]Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.
- Sabine Appelmans / Kyoko Nagatsuka (quarterfinals)
- Amy Frazier / Kimberly Po (final)
- Laurence Courtois / Nancy Feber (first round)
- Karin Kschwendt / Rene Simpson (semifinals)
Draw
[edit]Key
[edit]- Q = Qualifier
- WC = Wild card
- LL = Lucky loser
- Alt = Alternate
- SE = Special exempt
- PR = Protected ranking
- ITF = ITF entry
- JE = Junior exempt
- w/o = Walkover
- r = Retired
- d = Defaulted
- SR = Special ranking
First round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1 | S Appelmans K Nagatsuka | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
A Ellwood C Morariu | 1 | 2 | 1 | S Appelmans K Nagatsuka | 6 | 2 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
WC | K Date A Sugiyama | 6 | 6 | WC | K Date A Sugiyama | 0 | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||
Q | Y Hosoki Y Kitamura | 2 | 0 | WC | K Date A Sugiyama | 6 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||
4 | K Kschwendt R Simpson | w/o | 4 | K Kschwendt R Simpson | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
N Dahlman K Studeníková | 4 | K Kschwendt R Simpson | 6 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
S-H Park S-T Wang | 6 | 7 | S-H Park S-T Wang | 3 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
M Saeki Y Yoshida | 4 | 6 | WC | Kimiko Date Ai Sugiyama | 7 | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
A Grossman N Miyagi | 6 | 6 | 2 | Amy Frazier Kimberly Po | 6 | 7 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
H Nagano K Shibata | 4 | 4 | A Grossman N Miyagi | 6 | 4 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
S Noorlander S Rottier | w/o | S Noorlander S Rottier | 3 | 6 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
3 | L Courtois N Feber | A Grossman N Miyagi | 1 | 6 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
C Barclay P Kamstra | 4 | 7 | 3 | 2 | A Frazier K Po | 6 | 4 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||
E Smylie L Wild | 6 | 6 | 6 | E Smylie L Wild | 4 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
R Hiraki N Kijimuta | 6 | 5 | 2 | A Frazier K Po | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
2 | A Frazier K Po | 7 | 7 |