1996 Japan Open Tennis Championships – Women's singles

Women's singles
1996 Japan Open Tennis Championships
Final
ChampionJapan Kimiko Date
Runner-upUnited States Amy Frazier
Score7–5, 6–4
Details
Draw32 (4 Q / 2 WC )
Seeds8
Events
Singles men women
Doubles men women
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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

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A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated.

  1. Japan Kimiko Date (champion)
  2. Belgium Sabine Appelmans (first round)
  3. United States Amy Frazier (final)
  4. Japan Ai Sugiyama (semifinals)
  5. Japan Naoko Sawamatsu (second round)
  6. Chinese Taipei Shi-Ting Wang (first round)
  7. Japan Yone Kamio (first round)
  8. United States Marianne Witmeyer (second round)

Draw

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Key

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First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
1 Japan K Date 6 6  
  Japan R Hiraki 3 1   1 Japan K Date 7 6  
  South Korea S-H Park 2 3     United States A Grossman 5 4  
  United States A Grossman 6 6   1 Japan K Date 6 6  
  Japan K Nagatsuka 6 4     Germany K Kschwendt 2 2  
  Finland N Dahlman 7 6     Finland N Dahlman 4 4  
  Germany K Kschwendt 6 6     Germany K Kschwendt 6 6  
6 Chinese Taipei S-T Wang 2 2   1 Japan K Date 6 6  
4 Japan A Sugiyama 6 6   4 Japan A Sugiyama 1 3  
LL Hong Kong M Tang 1 4   4 Japan A Sugiyama 6 3 7
  Japan M Endo 7 6     Japan M Endo 3 6 5
  France N Dechy 5 4   4 Japan A Sugiyama 5    
  Slovakia K Studeníková 6 6     Slovakia K Studeníková 0 r  
WC Japan M Saeki 3 0     Slovakia K Studeníková 6 6  
  Belgium L Courtois 3 7 6   Belgium L Courtois 4 2  
7 Japan Y Kamio 6 5 3 1 Japan Kimiko Date 7 6  
8 United States M Witmeyer 6 6   3 United States Amy Frazier 5 4  
Q Australia A Ellwood 3 4   8 United States M Witmeyer 2 2  
  United States L Wild 6 6 2 Q United States K Po 6 6  
Q United States K Po 7 4 6 Q United States K Po 3 0  
WC Japan Y Yoshida 5 6 6 3 United States A Frazier 6 6  
  Belgium N Feber 7 4 2 WC Japan Y Yoshida 1 1  
Q Japan K Takuma 2 3   3 United States A Frazier 6 6  
3 United States A Frazier 6 6   3 United States A Frazier 6 6 6
5 Japan N Sawamatsu 7 6     Japan N Kijimuta 3 7 1
  United States L Poruri 5 3   6 Japan N Sawamatsu 7 3 6
Q United States C Morariu 6 4 6 Q United States C Morariu 5 6 7
  Netherlands S Rottier 4 6 2 Q United States C Morariu 3 3  
  Netherlands P Kamstra 0 2     Japan N Kijimuta 6 6  
  Japan N Kijimuta 6 6     Japan N Kijimuta 2 6 6
  Japan N Miyagi 7 4 6   Japan N Miyagi 6 4 2
2 Belgium S Appelmans 6 6 0
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