The 1998 Japan Open Tennis Championships was a
tennis tournament played on
outdoor hard courts at the
Ariake Coliseum in
Tokyo in Japan that was part of the
International Series Gold
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of the
1998 ATP Tour
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and of
Tier III of the
1998 WTA Tour
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. The tournament was held from April 13 through April 19, 1998.
Andrei Pavel and
Ai Sugiyama won the singles titles.
Finals
Men's singles
Andrei Pavel defeated
Byron Black
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Personal life
He is the son of Donald Black and Velia Black and brother to Wayne Black and Cara, who were also professional ten ...
, 6–3, 6–4.
* It was Pavel's 1st title of the year and the 1st of his career.
Women's singles
Ai Sugiyama defeated
Corina Morariu, 6–3, 6–3.
* It was Sugiyama's 3rd title of the year and the 7th of her career.
Men's doubles
Sébastien Lareau /
Daniel Nestor
Daniel Mark Nestor ( ; sr, Данијел Нестор, Danijel Nestor; born September 4, 1972) is a Canadian former professional tennis player.
Nestor won 91 men's doubles titles (with 11 different partners), including an Olympic gold medal
...
defeated
Olivier Delaître
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/
Stefano Pescosolido
Stefano Pescosolido (; born 13 June 1971) is a former tennis player from Italy, who turned professional in 1989. Pescosolido was born in Sora.
He represented his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, where he was defe ...
, 6–3, 6–4.
* It was Lareau's 1st title of the year and the 6th of his career. It was Nestor's 1st title of the year and the 9th of his career.
Women's doubles
Naoko Kijimuta /
Nana Miyagi
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Career
Miyagi, a former top-15 player in doubles, played at all the Grand Slam tournaments in both singles and doubles – the Australian Ope ...
defeated
Amy Frazier /
Rika Hiraki, 6–3, 4–6, 6–4.
* It was Kijimuta's only title of the year and the 5th of her career. It was Miyagi's 2nd title of the year and the 9th of her career.
References
External links
Official website
ATP tournament profile
{{1998 WTA Tour
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Japan Open (tennis)
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