1996 Japan Open Tennis Championships – Women's doubles

1996 Japan Open Tennis Championships s JPN Kimiko Date JPN Ai Sugiyama USA Amy Frazier USA Kimberly Po 7–6, 6–7, 6–3 16 4 The 1996 Japan Open Tennis Championships included this tournament in women's doubles. Miho Saeki and Yuka Yoshida were the defending champions but lost in the first round to Sung-Hee Park and Shi-Ting Wang. Kimiko Date and Ai Sugiyama won in the final 7–6, 6–7, 6–3 against Amy Frazier and Kimberly Po. Seeds Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated. BEL Sabine Appelmans / JPN Kyoko Nagatsuka (quarterfinals) USA Amy Frazier / USA Kimberly Po (final) BEL Laurence Courtois / BEL Nancy Feber (first round) GER Karin Kschwendt / CAN Rene Simpson (semifinals) Draw First round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final 1 BEL S AppelmansJPN K Nagatsuka 6 6     AUS A EllwoodUSA C Morariu 1 2   WC JPN K DateJPN A Sugiyama 6 6   Q JPN Y HosokiJPN Y Kitamura 2 0   4 GER K KschwendtCAN R Simpson w/o       FIN N DahlmanSVK K Studeníková         KOR S-H ParkTPE S-T Wang 6 7     JPN M SaekiJPN Y Yoshida 4 6     USA A GrossmanJPN N Miyagi 6 6     JPN H NaganoJPN K Shibata 4 4     NED S NoorlanderNED S Rottier w/o     3 BEL L CourtoisBEL N Feber         AUS C BarclayNED P Kamstra 4 7 3   AUS E SmylieUSA L Wild 6 6 6   JPN R HirakiJPN N Kijimuta 6 5   2 USA A FrazierUSA K Po 7 7   1 BEL S AppelmansJPN K Nagatsuka 6 2 3 WC JPN K DateJPN A Sugiyama 0 6 6 4 GER K KschwendtCAN R Simpson 6 7     KOR S-H ParkTPE S-T Wang 3 5     USA A GrossmanJPN N Miyagi 6 4 6   NED S NoorlanderNED S Rottier 3 6 2   AUS E SmylieUSA L Wild 4 2   2 USA A FrazierUSA K Po 6 6   WC JPN K DateJPN A Sugiyama 6 7   4 GER K KschwendtCAN R Simpson 1 6     USA A GrossmanJPN N Miyagi 1 6 3 2 USA A FrazierUSA K Po 6 4 6 WC JPN Kimiko DateJPN Ai Sugiyama 7 6 6 2 USA Amy FrazierUSA Kimberly Po 6 7 3 External links 1996 Japan Open Tennis Championships draws Doubles Category:1996 in Japanese women's sport Category:Women's tennis tournaments in Japan