1997 Japan Open Tennis Championships – Women's doubles

1997 Japan Open Tennis Championships s FRA Alexia Dechaume-Balleret JPN Rika Hiraki AUS Kerry-Anne Guse USA Corina Morariu 6–4, 6–2 16 4 Kimiko Date and Ai Sugiyama were the defending champions but only Sugiyama competed that year with Shinobu Asagoe. Asagoe and Sugiyama lost in the semifinals to Kerry-Anne Guse and Corina Morariu. Alexia Dechaume-Balleret and Rika Hiraki won in the final 6–4, 6–2 against Guse and Morariu.International Tennis Federation World of Tennis 1998 1998 CollinsWillow London 9780002188241 John Barrett 171, 173, 187 Seeds Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated. JPN Naoko Kijimuta / JPN Nana Miyagi (semifinals) USA Amy Frazier / USA Kimberly Po (quarterfinals) FRA Alexia Dechaume-Balleret / JPN Rika Hiraki (champions) TPE Janet Lee / TPE Shi-Ting Wang (quarterfinals) Draw First round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final 1 JPN N KijimutaJPN N Miyagi 6 6     JPN H MochizukiJPN K Takuma 3 1     ITA R GrandeUSA G Helgeson-Nielsen 6 6 6   KOR S-H ParkTHA T Tanasugarn 2 7 3 3 FRA A Dechaume-BalleretJPN R Hiraki 6 6     JPN T HottaJPN Y Yamagishi 1 2     JPN M SaekiJPN Y Yoshida 6 6   Q JPN H InoueJPN M Inoue 1 3     JPN S AsagoeJPN A Sugiyama 7 6     GER S HaasUKR E Tatarkova 5 1     AUS A EllwoodAUT K Kschwendt 2 3   4 TPE J LeeTPE S-T Wang 6 6     AUS K-A GuseUSA C Morariu 6 6     USA M TuIND N Vaidyanathan 1 3     JPN Y HosokiJPN K Nagatomi 5 3   2 USA A FrazierUSA K Po 7 6   1 JPN N KijimutaJPN N Miyagi 6 6     ITA R GrandeUSA G Helgeson-Nielsen 4 3   3 FRA A Dechaume-BalleretJPN R Hiraki 6 6     JPN M SaekiJPN Y Yoshida 2 1     JPN S AsagoeJPN A Sugiyama 6 6   4 TPE J LeeTPE S-T Wang 3 3     AUS K-A GuseUSA C Morariu 4 6 6 2 USA A FrazierUSA K Po 6 2 2 1 JPN N KijimutaJPN N Miyagi 6 1 3 3 FRA A Dechaume-BalleretJPN R Hiraki 3 6 6   JPN S AsagoeJPN A Sugiyama 4 3     AUS K-A GuseUSA C Morariu 6 6   3 FRA Alexia Dechaume-BalleretJPN Rika Hiraki 6 6     AUS Kerry-Anne GuseUSA Corina Morariu 4 2   References External links 1997 Japan Open Tennis Championships Women's draws Doubles Category:1997 in Japanese women's sport Category:Women's tennis tournaments in Japan