1996 Japan Open Tennis Championships – Women's singles

1996 Japan Open Tennis Championships JPN Kimiko Date USA Amy Frazier 7–5, 6–4 32 (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 The 1996 Japan Open Tennis Championships included this tournament in women's singles. Third-seeded Amy Frazier was the defending champion but lost in the final 7–5, 6–4 against first-seeded Kimiko Date. Seeds A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated. JPN Kimiko Date (champion) BEL Sabine Appelmans (first round) USA Amy Frazier (final) JPN Ai Sugiyama (semifinals) JPN Naoko Sawamatsu (second round) TPE Shi-Ting Wang (first round) JPN Yone Kamio (first round) USA Marianne Witmeyer (second round) Draw First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final 1 JPN K Date 6 6     JPN R Hiraki 3 1     KOR S-H Park 2 3     USA A Grossman 6 6     JPN K Nagatsuka 6 4     FIN N Dahlman 7 6     GER K Kschwendt 6 6   6 TPE S-T Wang 2 2   4 JPN A Sugiyama 6 6   LL HKG 1959 M Tang 1 4     JPN M Endo 7 6     FRA N Dechy 5 4     SVK K Studeníková 6 6   WC JPN M Saeki 3 0     BEL L Courtois 3 7 6 7 JPN Y Kamio 6 5 3 8 USA M Witmeyer 6 6   Q AUS A Ellwood 3 4     USA L Wild 6 6 2 Q USA K Po 7 4 6 WC JPN Y Yoshida 5 6 6   BEL N Feber 7 4 2 Q JPN K Takuma 2 3   3 USA A Frazier 6 6   5 JPN N Sawamatsu 7 6     USA L Poruri 5 3   Q USA C Morariu 6 4 6   NED S Rottier 4 6 2   NED P Kamstra 0 2     JPN N Kijimuta 6 6     JPN N Miyagi 7 4 6 2 BEL S Appelmans 6 6 0 1 JPN K Date 7 6     USA A Grossman 5 4     FIN N Dahlman 4 4     GER K Kschwendt 6 6   4 JPN A Sugiyama 6 3 7   JPN M Endo 3 6 5   SVK K Studeníková 6 6     BEL L Courtois 4 2   8 USA M Witmeyer 2 2   Q USA K Po 6 6   WC JPN Y Yoshida 1 1   3 USA A Frazier 6 6   6 JPN N Sawamatsu 7 3 6 Q USA C Morariu 5 6 7   JPN N Kijimuta 2 6 6   JPN N Miyagi 6 4 2 1 JPN K Date 6 6     GER K Kschwendt 2 2   4 JPN A Sugiyama 5       SVK K Studeníková 0 r   Q USA K Po 3 0   3 USA A Frazier 6 6   Q USA C Morariu 3 3     JPN N Kijimuta 6 6   1 JPN K Date 6 6   4 JPN A Sugiyama 1 3   3 USA A Frazier 6 6 6   JPN N Kijimuta 3 7 1 1 JPN Kimiko Date 7 6   3 USA Amy Frazier 5 4   External links 1996 Japan Open Tennis Championships draws Singles Category:1996 in Japanese women's sport Category:Women's tennis tournaments in Japan Category:1996 WTA Tour