1999 Japan Open Tennis Championships

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1999 Japan Open Tennis Championships
Date12–18 April
Edition26th
Category Championship Series
Tier III
Surface Hard / outdoor
Location Tokyo, Japan
Venue Ariake Coliseum
Champions
Men's singles
Flag of Germany.svg Nicolas Kiefer [1] [2]
Women's singles
Flag of the United States.svg Amy Frazier [3]
Men's doubles
Flag of the United States.svg Jeff Tarango / Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Daniel Vacek [1] [4]
Women's doubles
Flag of the United States.svg Corina Morariu / Flag of the United States.svg Kimberly Po [3]
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The 1999 Japan Open Tennis Championships was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at the Ariake Coliseum in Tokyo, Japan that was part of the International Series Gold of the 1999 ATP Tour and of Tier III of the 1999 WTA Tour. The tournament was held from April 12 through April 18, 1999. Fifth-seeded Nicolas Kiefer and second-seeded Amy Frazier won the singles titles.

Contents

Finals

Men's singles

Flag of Germany.svg Nicolas Kiefer defeated Flag of South Africa.svg Wayne Ferreira, 7–6(7–5), 7–5

Women's singles

Flag of the United States.svg Amy Frazier defeated Flag of Japan.svg Ai Sugiyama, 6–2, 6–2

Men's doubles

Flag of the United States.svg Jeff Tarango / Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Daniel Vacek defeated Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Wayne Black / Flag of the United States.svg Brian MacPhie, 4–3, retired

Women's doubles

Flag of the United States.svg Corina Morariu / Flag of the United States.svg Kimberly Po defeated Flag of Australia (converted).svg Catherine Barclay / Flag of Australia (converted).svg Kerry-Anne Guse, 6–3, 6–2

Entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerRankSeed
Flag of Japan.svg JPN Ai Sugiyama 271
Flag of the United States.svg USA Amy Frazier 352
Flag of the United States.svg USA Corina Morariu 363
Flag of the United States.svg USA Kimberly Po 584
Flag of Puerto Rico.svg PUR Kristina Brandi 655
Flag of the United States.svg USA Meghann Shaughnessy 686
Flag of the United States.svg USA Jane Chi 757
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg TPE Wang Shi-ting 778

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

The following players received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

The following players received entry from the singles qualifying draw:

The following players received entry as lucky losers:

References

  1. 1 2 "Men's - 1999 Tokyo Outdoor". International Tennis Federation. Archived from the original on 18 January 2015. Retrieved 18 January 2015.
  2. ↑ "1999 Tokyo – Men's singles draw". Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).
  3. 1 2 "Women's - 1999 Tokyo". International Tennis Federation. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 18 January 2015.
  4. ↑ "1999 Tokyo – Men's doubles draw". Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).
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