1998 Japan Open Tennis Championships – Women's doubles

Alexia Dechaume-Balleret and Rika Hiraki were the defending champions but only Hiraki competed that year with Amy Frazier.

Women's doubles
1998 Japan Open Tennis Championships
Final
ChampionsJapan Naoko Kijimuta
Japan Nana Miyagi
Runners-upUnited States Amy Frazier
Japan Rika Hiraki
Score6–3, 4–6, 6–4
Events
Singles men women
Doubles men women
← 1997 · Japan Open Tennis Championships · 1999 →

Frazier and Hiraki lost in the final 6–3, 4–6, 6–4 against Naoko Kijimuta and Nana Miyagi.

Seeds

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

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

Draw

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First round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
1   N Kijimuta
  N Miyagi
6 7  
    E-H Kim
  T Tanasugarn
3 5   1   N Kijimuta
  N Miyagi
7 5 7
    S de Beer
  G Helgeson-Nielsen
6 2 7     S de Beer
  G Helgeson-Nielsen
5 7 6
    S Obata
  K Shibata
3 6 6 1   N Kijimuta
  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   Naoko Kijimuta
  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  
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