1998 Japan Open Tennis Championships – Women's doubles

Women's doubles
Nana Miyagi
Runners-up	Amy Frazier Rika Hiraki
Score	6–3, 4–6, 6–4
Events
Singles men women Doubles men women
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Alexia Dechaume-Balleret and Rika Hiraki were the defending champions but only Hiraki competed that year with Amy Frazier.

Frazier and Hiraki lost in the final 6–3, 4–6, 6–4 against

Seeds

Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.

1. Nana Miyagi
   (champions)
2. Amy Frazier / Rika Hiraki (final)
3. Catherine Barclay / Lori McNeil (first round)
4. Kristine Kunce / Corina Morariu (semifinals)

Draw

Key

	First round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final
	1	N Miyagi	6	7
		E-H Kim T Tanasugarn	3	5				1	N Miyagi	7	5	7
		G Helgeson-Nielsen	6	2	7				G Helgeson-Nielsen	5	7	6
		S Obata K Shibata	3	6	6										1	N Miyagi	6	6
	4	K Kunce C Morariu	6	5	6										4	K Kunce C Morariu	4	3
	Q	G Biggs T Hotta	2	7	4			4	K Kunce C Morariu	6	6
	WC	A Morigami K Nagatomi	2	6	0				E deLone N Pratt	4	1
		E deLone N Pratt	6	2	6																	1	Nana Miyagi	6	4	6
	LL	R Kawamata Y Sasano	1	4																		2	Amy Frazier Rika Hiraki	3	6	4
		J Lee S-T Wang	6	6					J Lee S-T Wang	7	5	5
		M-R Jeon S Noorlander	5	7	6				M-R Jeon S Noorlander	6	7	7
	3	C Barclay L McNeil	7	6	4											M-R Jeon S Noorlander	2	3
		H Inoue M Inoue	2	4											2	A Frazier R Hiraki	6	6
		S Asagoe S-H Park	6	6					S Asagoe S-H Park	2	5
		Y-J Cho Y-J Choi	3	2				2	A Frazier R Hiraki	6	7
	2	A Frazier R Hiraki	6	6

External links

• 1998 Japan Open Tennis Championships Women's Doubles Draw