1996 Japan Open Tennis Championships – Women's doubles

The 1996 Japan Open Tennis Championships included this tournament in women's doubles. Miho Saeki and Yuka Yoshida were the defending champions but lost in the first round to Sung-Hee Park and Shi-Ting Wang.

Women's doubles
1996 Japan Open Tennis Championships
ChampionsJapan Kimiko Date
Japan Ai Sugiyama
Runners-upUnited States Amy Frazier
United States Kimberly Po
Score76, 67, 63

Kimiko Date and Ai Sugiyama won in the final 76, 67, 63 against Amy Frazier and Kimberly Po.

Seeds

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

  1. Belgium Sabine Appelmans / Japan Kyoko Nagatsuka (quarterfinals)
  2. United States Amy Frazier / United States Kimberly Po (final)
  3. Belgium Laurence Courtois / Belgium Nancy Feber (first round)
  4. Germany Karin Kschwendt / Canada Rene Simpson (semifinals)

Draw

Key

First round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
1 Belgium S Appelmans
Japan K Nagatsuka
6 6  
  Australia A Ellwood
United States C Morariu
1 2   1 Belgium S Appelmans
Japan K Nagatsuka
6 2 3
WC Japan K Date
Japan A Sugiyama
6 6   WC Japan K Date
Japan A Sugiyama
0 6 6
Q Japan Y Hosoki
Japan Y Kitamura
2 0   WC Japan K Date
Japan A Sugiyama
6 7  
4 Germany K Kschwendt
Canada R Simpson
w/o     4 Germany K Kschwendt
Canada R Simpson
1 6  
  Finland N Dahlman
Slovakia K Studeníková
      4 Germany K Kschwendt
Canada R Simpson
6 7  
  South Korea S-H Park
Chinese Taipei S-T Wang
6 7     South Korea S-H Park
Chinese Taipei S-T Wang
3 5  
  Japan M Saeki
Japan Y Yoshida
4 6   WC Japan Kimiko Date
Japan Ai Sugiyama
7 6 6
  United States A Grossman
Japan N Miyagi
6 6   2 United States Amy Frazier
United States Kimberly Po
6 7 3
  Japan H Nagano
Japan K Shibata
4 4     United States A Grossman
Japan N Miyagi
6 4 6
  Netherlands S Noorlander
Netherlands S Rottier
w/o       Netherlands S Noorlander
Netherlands S Rottier
3 6 2
3 Belgium L Courtois
Belgium N Feber
        United States A Grossman
Japan N Miyagi
1 6 3
  Australia C Barclay
Netherlands P Kamstra
4 7 3 2 United States A Frazier
United States K Po
6 4 6
  Australia E Smylie
United States L Wild
6 6 6   Australia E Smylie
United States L Wild
4 2  
  Japan R Hiraki
Japan N Kijimuta
6 5   2 United States A Frazier
United States K Po
6 6  
2 United States A Frazier
United States K Po
7 7  
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