1997 Japan Open Tennis Championships – Women's singles

Kimiko Date was the defending champion but did not compete that year.

Women's singles
1997 Japan Open Tennis Championships
Final
ChampionJapan Ai Sugiyama
Runner-upUnited States Amy Frazier
Score4–6, 6–4, 6–4
Details
Draw28 (4 Q / 1 WC )
Seeds8
Events
Singles men women
Doubles men women
← 1996 · Japan Open · 1998 →

Ai Sugiyama won in the final 4–6, 6–4, 6–4 against Amy Frazier.

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. The top two seeds received a bye to the second round.

  1. n/a
  2.   Kimberly Po (semifinals)
  3.   Amy Frazier (final)
  4.   Ai Sugiyama (champion)
  5.   Shi-Ting Wang (quarterfinals)
  6.   Naoko Sawamatsu (quarterfinals)
  7.   Naoko Kijimuta (second round)
  8.   Tamarine Tanasugarn (first round)
  9.   Annabel Ellwood (semifinals)

Draw

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Final

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Final
3   Amy Frazier 6 4 4
4   Ai Sugiyama 4 6 6

Section 1

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First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
9   A Ellwood 6 3 6
    R Hiraki 6 5 6     R Hiraki 0 6 4
    R Grande 1 7 3 9   A Ellwood 6 6  
Q   J Lee 4 6 6 Q   J Lee 1 4  
LL   M Miyauchi 6 3 3 Q   J Lee 6 6  
    M Saeki 6 6       M Saeki 3 1  
8   T Tanasugarn 3 4   9   A Ellwood 2 3  
3   A Frazier 6 6   3   A Frazier 6 6  
Q   Y Hosoki 1 2   3   A Frazier 6 6  
    A Glass 1 1 r     Y Yoshida 4 3  
    Y Yoshida 6 4   3   A Frazier 7 7  
    N Miyagi 0 2   6   N Sawamatsu 6 6  
    M Endo 6 6       M Endo 1 6 4
LL   J Chi 3 4   6   N Sawamatsu 6 4 6
6   N Sawamatsu 6 6  

Section 2

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First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
7   N Kijimuta 6 6  
LL   E-H Kim 3 2   7   N Kijimuta 4 6  
    S-H Park 3 2       C Morariu 6 7  
    C Morariu 6 6       C Morariu 6 2  
    A Dechaume-Balleret 4 0   4   A Sugiyama 7 6  
    M Tu 6 6       M Tu 2 2  
    G Helgeson-Nielsen 3 5   4   A Sugiyama 6 6  
4   A Sugiyama 6 7   4   A Sugiyama 5 6 6
5   S-T Wang 6 6   2   K Po 7 4 1
WC   H Inoue 1 1   5   S-T Wang 6 6  
Q   E Tatarkova 3 1       K Kschwendt 2 4  
    K Kschwendt 6 6   5   S-T Wang 6 3 3
    J Watanabe 7 4 6 2   K Po 4 6 6
Q   N Vaidyanathan 5 6 0     J Watanabe 2 2  
2   K Po 6 6  
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