1998 Japan Open Tennis Championships

Tennis tournament

Date

13–19 April

Edition

25th

Surface

Hard / outdoor

Location

Tokyo, Japan

Venue

Champions

Naoko Kijimuta /

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The 1998 Japan Open Tennis Championships was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at the Ariake Coliseum in Tokyo in Japan that was part of the International Series Gold of the 1998 ATP Tour and of Tier III of the 1998 WTA Tour. The tournament was held from April 13 through April 19, 1998. Andrei Pavel and Ai Sugiyama won the singles titles.

Finals

Men's singles

Main article: 1998 Japan Open Tennis Championships – Men's singles

Andrei Pavel defeated Byron Black, 6–3, 6–4.

It was Pavel's 1st title of the year and the 1st of his career.

Women's singles

Main article: 1998 Japan Open Tennis Championships – Women's singles

Ai Sugiyama defeated Corina Morariu, 6–3, 6–3.

It was Sugiyama's 3rd title of the year and the 7th of her career.

Men's doubles

Main article: 1998 Japan Open Tennis Championships – Men's doubles

Sébastien Lareau / Daniel Nestor defeated Olivier Delaître / Stefano Pescosolido, 6–3, 6–4.

It was Lareau's 1st title of the year and the 6th of his career. It was Nestor's 1st title of the year and the 9th of his career.

Women's doubles

Main article: 1998 Japan Open Tennis Championships – Women's doubles

Naoko Kijimuta / Nana Miyagi defeated Amy Frazier / Rika Hiraki, 6–3, 4–6, 6–4.

It was Kijimuta's only title of the year and the 5th of her career. It was Miyagi's 2nd title of the year and the 9th of her career.

References

^ "1998 Tokyo Outdoor". International Tennis Federation (ITF). Archived from the original on 17 March 2016. Retrieved 15 December 2014.
"1998 Tokyo – Men's singles draw". Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).
^ "1998 Tokyo". International Tennis Federation (ITF). Archived from the original on 17 March 2016. Retrieved 15 December 2014.
"1998 Tokyo – Men's doubles draw". Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).

External links

Official website Archived 2020-05-13 at the Wayback Machine
ATP tournament profile

v t e 1998 ATP Tour « 1997 1999 »
Grand Slam events	Australian Open (S, D, X) French Open (S, D, X) Wimbledon (S, D, X) US Open (S, D, X)
Mercedes Super 9	Indian Wells (S, D) Key Biscayne (S, D) Monte Carlo (S, D) Rome (S, D) Hamburg (S, D) Toronto (S, D) Cincinnati (S, D) Stuttgart (S, D) Paris (S, D)
ATP Championship Series	Antwerp (S, D) Memphis (S, D) Philadelphia (S, D) London (S, D) Barcelona (S, D) Tokyo (S, D) Stuttgart (S, D) Washington (S, D) Indianapolis (S, D) New Haven (S, D) Singapore (S, D) Vienna (S, D)
ATP World Series	Adelaide (S, D) Doha (S, D) Sydney (S, D) Auckland (S, D) Marseille (S, D) Split (S, D) Dubai (S, D) St. Petersburg (S, D) San Jose (S, D) Rotterdam (S, D) Scottsdale (S, D) Copenhagen (S, D) Casablanca (S, D) Hong Kong (S, D) Estoril (S, D) Chennai (S, D) Orlando (S, D) Prague (S, D) Atlanta (S, D) Munich (S, D) Coral Springs (S, D) St. Pölten (S, D) Halle (S, D) London/Queen's Club (S, D) Bologna (S, D) 's-Hertogenbosch (S, D) Nottingham (S, D) Gstaad (S, D) Newport (S, D) Båstad (S, D) Los Angeles (S, D) Umag (S, D) Kitzbühel (S, D) Amsterdam (S, D) San Marino (S, D) Long Island (S, D) Boston (S, D) Bournemouth (S, D) Tashkent (S, D) Bucharest (S, D) Toulouse (S, D) Majorca (S, D) Basel (S, D) Palermo (S, D) Shanghai (S, D) Ostrava (S, D) Lyon (S, D) Mexico City (S, D) Bogotá (S, D) Santiago (S, D) Moscow (S, D) Stockholm (S, D)
Team events	Davis Cup World Group Qualifying round World Team Cup
ATP Tour World Championships, Hanover (singles), Hartford (doubles) (S, D) Compaq Grand Slam Cup, Munich (S)

v t e 1998 Corel WTA Tour « 1997 1999 »
Grand Slam events	Australian Open (S, D, X) French Open (S, D, X) Wimbledon (S, D, X) US Open (S, D, X)
Tier I tournaments	Tokyo Indoor (S, D) Indian Wells (S, D) Miami (S, D) Hilton Head (S, D) Berlin (S, D) Rome (S, D) Montreal (S, D) Munich (S) Zürich (S, D) Moscow (S, D)
Tier II tournaments	Sydney (S, D) Paris (S, D) Hanover (S, D) Linz (S, D) Amelia Island (S, D) Hamburg (S, D) Eastbourne (S, D) Stanford (S, D) San Diego (S, D) Los Angeles (S, D) New Haven (S, D) Tokyo (S, D) Filderstadt (S, D) Leipzig (S, D) Philadelphia (S, D)
Tier III tournaments	Gold Coast (S, D) Oklahoma City (S, D) Tokyo Outdoor (S, D) Strasbourg (S, D) Madrid (S, D) Birmingham (S, D) Rosmalen (S, D) Prague (S, D) Warsaw (S, D) Boston (S, D) Quebec City (S, D) Luxembourg (S, D)
Tier IV tournaments	Auckland (S, D) Hobart (S, D) Bogotá (S, D) Makarska (S, D) Budapest (S, D) Bol (S, D) Maria Lankowitz (S, D) Palermo (S, D) Sopot (S, D) Istanbul (S, D) Pattaya City (S, D)
Team events	Fed Cup
Chase Championships, New York (S, D)

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