1996 Japan Open Tennis Championships – Women's singles

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.

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

Draw

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