1998 Japan Open Tennis Championships – Women's singles

1998 Japan Open Tennis Championships JPN Ai Sugiyama USA Corina Morariu 6–3, 6–3 30 (4 Q Qualifiers / 2 WC Wild Cards) 8 Japan Open Tennis Championships – Women's singles Japan Open Tennis Championships – Women's singles Japan Open (tennis) Japan Open First-seeded Ai Sugiyama was the defending champion and won in the final 6–3, 6–3 against Corina Morariu. 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. JPN Ai Sugiyama (champion) JPN Naoko Sawamatsu (quarterfinals) THA Tamarine Tanasugarn (second round) USA Amy Frazier (semifinals) USA Corina Morariu (final) TPE Shi-Ting Wang (semifinals) JPN Miho Saeki (first round) JPN Yuka Yoshida (second round) Draw Final y 3 Final 1 JPN Ai Sugiyama 6 6   5 USA Corina Morariu 3 3   Section 1 y 3 1 First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals   JPN N Miyagi 6 3 7   USA L Osterloh 0 6 6 Q RSA S De Beer 4 4     USA E deLone 6 6     JPN N Kijimuta 1 6 1 8 JPN Y Yoshida 6 4 6 3 THA T Tanasugarn 4 7 6   KOR E-H Kim 6 5 0   KOR M-R Jeon 4 1     USA L McNeil 6 6   Q JPN S Hisamatsu 2 2     JPN R Hiraki 6 6   WC JPN S Asagoe 6 3 1 6 TPE S-T Wang 3 6 6 1 JPN A Sugiyama 6 6     TPE S-T Wang 3 2     USA E deLone 6 2 6 8 JPN Y Yoshida 3 6 2 3 THA T Tanasugarn 2 3     USA L McNeil 6 6     JPN R Hiraki 3 2   6 TPE S-T Wang 6 6   1 JPN A Sugiyama 4 6 6   USA E deLone 6 1 1   USA L McNeil 6 4 1 6 TPE S-T Wang 4 6 6 1 JPN A Sugiyama 6 6   6 TPE S-T Wang 3 2   Section 2 y 3 1 First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals 7 JPN M Saeki 6 2     USA G Helgeson-Nielsen 7 6   WC JPN S Obata 5 1     AUS N Pratt 7 6     AUS K Kunce 7 4 1 Q JPN M Endo 6 6 6 Q KOR Y-J Choi 4 2   4 USA A Frazier 6 6   5 USA C Morariu 6 6     KOR S-H Park 4 2     USA M Shaughnessy 3 6 6   TPE J Lee 6 2 4   JPN H Inoue 6 6     NED S Noorlander 4 1     USA G Helgeson-Nielsen 3 2     AUS N Pratt 6 6   Q JPN M Endo 0 1   4 USA A Frazier 6 6   5 USA C Morariu 6 6     USA M Shaughnessy 3 2     JPN H Inoue 6 4 6 2 JPN N Sawamatsu 4 6 7   AUS N Pratt 2 6 2 4 USA A Frazier 6 4 6 5 USA C Morariu 7 6   2 JPN N Sawamatsu 5 3   4 USA A Frazier 6 6 4 5 USA C Morariu 4 7 6 External links 1998 Japan Open Tennis Championships Draw Singles Category:1998 in Japanese women's sport Category:Women's tennis tournaments in Japan Category:1998 WTA Tour