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1997 Japan Open Tennis Championships – Women's doubles
JPN Rika Hiraki USA Corina Morariu
Kimiko Date and Ai Sugiyama were the defending champions but only Sugiyama competed that year with Shinobu Asagoe.
Asagoe and Sugiyama lost in the semifinals to Kerry-Anne Guse and Corina Morariu.
Alexia Dechaume-Balleret and Rika Hiraki won in the final 6–4, 6–2 against Guse and Morariu.
Seeds
Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.
- JPN Naoko Kijimuta / JPN Nana Miyagi (semifinals)
- USA Amy Frazier / USA Kimberly Po (quarterfinals)
- FRA Alexia Dechaume-Balleret / JPN Rika Hiraki (champions)
- TPE Janet Lee / TPE Shi-Ting Wang (quarterfinals)
Draw
| RD1-seed01=1 | RD1-team01=JPN N KijimutaJPN N Miyagi | RD1-score01-1=6 | RD1-score01-2=6 | RD1-score01-3= | RD1-seed02= | RD1-team02=JPN H MochizukiJPN K Takuma | RD1-score02-1=3 | RD1-score02-2=1 | RD1-score02-3=
| RD1-seed03= | RD1-team03=ITA R GrandeUSA G Helgeson-Nielsen | RD1-score03-1=6 | RD1-score03-2=6 | RD1-score03-3=6 | RD1-seed04= | RD1-team04=KOR S-H ParkTHA T Tanasugarn | RD1-score04-1=2 | RD1-score04-2=7 | RD1-score04-3=3
| RD1-seed05=3 | RD1-team05=FRA A Dechaume-BalleretJPN R Hiraki | RD1-score05-1=6 | RD1-score05-2=6 | RD1-score05-3= | RD1-seed06= | RD1-team06=JPN T HottaJPN Y Yamagishi | RD1-score06-1=1 | RD1-score06-2=2 | RD1-score06-3=
| RD1-seed07= | RD1-team07=JPN M SaekiJPN Y Yoshida | RD1-score07-1=6 | RD1-score07-2=6 | RD1-score07-3= | RD1-seed08=Q | RD1-team08=JPN H InoueJPN M Inoue | RD1-score08-1=1 | RD1-score08-2=3 | RD1-score08-3=
| RD1-seed09= | RD1-team09=JPN S AsagoeJPN A Sugiyama | RD1-score09-1=7 | RD1-score09-2=6 | RD1-score09-3= | RD1-seed10= | RD1-team10=GER S HaasUKR E Tatarkova | RD1-score10-1=5 | RD1-score10-2=1 | RD1-score10-3=
| RD1-seed11= | RD1-team11=AUS A EllwoodAUT K Kschwendt | RD1-score11-1=2 | RD1-score11-2=3 | RD1-score11-3= | RD1-seed12=4 | RD1-team12=TPE J LeeTPE S-T Wang | RD1-score12-1=6 | RD1-score12-2=6 | RD1-score12-3=
| RD1-seed13= | RD1-team13=AUS K-A GuseUSA C Morariu | RD1-score13-1=6 | RD1-score13-2=6 | RD1-score13-3= | RD1-seed14= | RD1-team14=USA M TuIND N Vaidyanathan | RD1-score14-1=1 | RD1-score14-2=3 | RD1-score14-3=
| RD1-seed15= | RD1-team15=JPN Y HosokiJPN K Nagatomi | RD1-score15-1=5 | RD1-score15-2=3 | RD1-score15-3= | RD1-seed16=2 | RD1-team16=USA A FrazierUSA K Po | RD1-score16-1=7 | RD1-score16-2=6 | RD1-score16-3=
| RD2-seed01=1 | RD2-team01=JPN N KijimutaJPN N Miyagi | RD2-score01-1=6 | RD2-score01-2=6 | RD2-score01-3= | RD2-seed02= | RD2-team02=ITA R Grande USA G Helgeson-Nielsen | RD2-score02-1=4 | RD2-score02-2=3 | RD2-score02-3=
| RD2-seed03=3 | RD2-team03=FRA A Dechaume-BalleretJPN R Hiraki | RD2-score03-1=6 | RD2-score03-2=6 | RD2-score03-3= | RD2-seed04= | RD2-team04=JPN M Saeki JPN Y Yoshida | RD2-score04-1=2 | RD2-score04-2=1 | RD2-score04-3=
| RD2-seed05= | RD2-team05=JPN S Asagoe JPN A Sugiyama | RD2-score05-1=6 | RD2-score05-2=6 | RD2-score05-3= | RD2-seed06=4 | RD2-team06=TPE J Lee TPE S-T Wang | RD2-score06-1=3 | RD2-score06-2=3 | RD2-score06-3=
| RD2-seed07= | RD2-team07=AUS K-A Guse USA C Morariu | RD2-score07-1=4 | RD2-score07-2=6 | RD2-score07-3=6 | RD2-seed08=2 | RD2-team08=USA A Frazier USA K Po | RD2-score08-1=6 | RD2-score08-2=2 | RD2-score08-3=2
| RD3-seed01=1 | RD3-team01=JPN N Kijimuta JPN N Miyagi | RD3-score01-1=6 | RD3-score01-2=1 | RD3-score01-3=3 | RD3-seed02=3 | RD3-team02=FRA A Dechaume-Balleret JPN R Hiraki | RD3-score02-1=3 | RD3-score02-2=6 | RD3-score02-3=6
| RD3-seed03= | RD3-team03=JPN S Asagoe JPN A Sugiyama | RD3-score03-1=4 | RD3-score03-2=3 | RD3-score03-3= | RD3-seed04= | RD3-team04=AUS K-A Guse USA C Morariu | RD3-score04-1=6 | RD3-score04-2=6 | RD3-score04-3=
| RD4-seed01=3 | RD4-team01=FRA Alexia Dechaume-Balleret JPN Rika Hiraki | RD4-score01-1=6 | RD4-score01-2=6 | RD4-score01-3= | RD4-seed02= | RD4-team02=AUS Kerry-Anne Guse USA Corina Morariu | RD4-score02-1=4 | RD4-score02-2=2 | RD4-score02-3=
References
References
- (1998). "International Tennis Federation World of Tennis 1998". CollinsWillow.
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