1997 Japan Open Tennis Championships – Women's singles

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Women's singles
1997 Japan Open Tennis Championships
Final
Champion Flag of Japan.svg Ai Sugiyama
Runner-up Flag of the United States.svg Amy Frazier
Score4–6, 6–4, 6–4
Details
Draw28 (4 Q / 1 WC )
Seeds8
Events
Singles men women
Doubles men women
  1996  · Japan Open ·  1998  

Kimiko Date was the defending champion but did not compete that year.

Contents

Ai Sugiyama won in the final 4–6, 6–4, 6–4 against Amy Frazier. [1]

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. n/a
  2. Flag of the United States.svg Kimberly Po (semifinals)
  3. Flag of the United States.svg Amy Frazier (final)
  4. Flag of Japan.svg Ai Sugiyama (champion)
  5. Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Shi-Ting Wang (quarterfinals)
  6. Flag of Japan.svg Naoko Sawamatsu (quarterfinals)
  7. Flag of Japan.svg Naoko Kijimuta (second round)
  8. Flag of Thailand.svg Tamarine Tanasugarn (first round)
  9. Flag of Australia (converted).svg Annabel Ellwood (semifinals)

Draw

Key

Final

Final
3 Flag of the United States.svg Amy Frazier 64 4
4 Flag of Japan.svg Ai Sugiyama 4 66

Section 1

First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
9 Flag of Australia (converted).svg A Ellwood 63 6
  Flag of Japan.svg R Hiraki 65 6  Flag of Japan.svg R Hiraki 0 64
  Flag of Italy.svg R Grande 1 73 9 Flag of Australia (converted).svg A Ellwood 66 
Q Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg J Lee 4 66Q Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg J Lee 1 4  
LL Flag of Japan.svg M Miyauchi 63 3 Q Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg J Lee 66 
  Flag of Japan.svg M Saeki 66   Flag of Japan.svg M Saeki 3 1  
8 Flag of Thailand.svg T Tanasugarn 3 4  9 Flag of Australia (converted).svg A Ellwood 2 3  
3 Flag of the United States.svg A Frazier 66 3 Flag of the United States.svg A Frazier 66 
Q Flag of Japan.svg Y Hosoki 1 2  3 Flag of the United States.svg A Frazier 66 
  Flag of Germany.svg A Glass 1 1 r   Flag of Japan.svg Y Yoshida 4 3  
  Flag of Japan.svg Y Yoshida 64 3 Flag of the United States.svg A Frazier 77 
  Flag of Japan.svg N Miyagi 0 2  6 Flag of Japan.svg N Sawamatsu 6 6  
  Flag of Japan.svg M Endo 66   Flag of Japan.svg M Endo 1 64
LL Flag of the United States.svg J Chi 3 4  6 Flag of Japan.svg N Sawamatsu 64 6
6 Flag of Japan.svg N Sawamatsu 66 

Section 2

First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
7 Flag of Japan.svg N Kijimuta 66 
LL Flag of South Korea.svg E-H Kim 3 2  7 Flag of Japan.svg N Kijimuta 4 6  
  Flag of South Korea.svg S-H Park 3 2    Flag of the United States.svg C Morariu 67 
  Flag of the United States.svg C Morariu 66   Flag of the United States.svg C Morariu 6 2  
  Flag of France.svg A Dechaume-Balleret 4 0  4 Flag of Japan.svg A Sugiyama 76 
  Flag of the United States.svg M Tu 66   Flag of the United States.svg M Tu 2 2  
  Flag of the United States.svg G Helgeson-Nielsen 3 5  4 Flag of Japan.svg A Sugiyama 66 
4 Flag of Japan.svg A Sugiyama 67 4 Flag of Japan.svg A Sugiyama 5 66
5 Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg S-T Wang 66 2 Flag of the United States.svg K Po 74 1
WC Flag of Japan.svg H Inoue 1 1  5 Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg S-T Wang 66 
Q Flag of Ukraine.svg E Tatarkova 3 1    Flag of Austria.svg K Kschwendt 2 4  
  Flag of Austria.svg K Kschwendt 66 5 Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg S-T Wang 63 3
  Flag of the United States.svg J Watanabe 74 62 Flag of the United States.svg K Po 4 66
Q Flag of India.svg N Vaidyanathan 5 60   Flag of the United States.svg J Watanabe 2 2  
2 Flag of the United States.svg K Po 66 

References

  1. John Barrett, ed. (1998). International Tennis Federation World of Tennis 1998. London: CollinsWillow. pp. 171, 173, 187. ISBN   9780002188241.