1999 Japan Open Tennis Championships

1999 Japan Open Tennis Championships
Date 12–18 April
Edition 26th
Category Championship Series
Tier III
Surface Hard / Outdoor
Location Tokyo, Japan
Venue Ariake Coliseum
Champions
Men's Singles
Germany Nicolas Kiefer[1][2]
Women's Singles
United States Amy Frazier[3]
Men's Doubles
United States Jeff Tarango / Czech Republic Daniel Vacek[1][4]
Women's Doubles
United States Corina Morariu / United States Kimberly Po[3]

The 1999 Japan Open Tennis Championships was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at the Ariake Coliseum in Tokyo, Japan that was part of the International Series Gold of the 1999 ATP Tour and of Tier III of the 1999 WTA Tour. The tournament was held from April 12 through April 18, 1999. Nicolas Kiefer and Amy Frazier won the singles titles.

Entrants

Seeds

Country Player Rank Seed
 JPN Ai Sugiyama 27 1
 USA Amy Frazier 35 2
 USA Corina Morariu 36 3
 USA Kimberly Po 58 4
 PUR Kristina Brandi 65 5
 USA Meghann Shaughnessy 68 6
 USA Jane Chi 75 7
 TPE Wang Shi-ting 77 8

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

The following players received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

The following players received entry from the singles qualifying draw:

The following players received entry as lucky losers:

Finals

Men's Singles

Germany Nicolas Kiefer defeated South Africa Wayne Ferreira, 7–6(7–5), 7–5.[1]

  • It was Kiefer's 1st title of the year and the 3rd of his career.

Women's Singles

United States Amy Frazier defeated Japan Ai Sugiyama, 6–2, 6–2.[3]

  • It was Frazier's 1st title of the year and the 9th of her career.

Men's Doubles

United States Jeff Tarango / Czech Republic Daniel Vacek defeated Zimbabwe Wayne Black / United States Brian MacPhie, 4–3, retired.[1]

Women's Doubles

United States Corina Morariu / United States Kimberly Po defeated Australia Catherine Barclay / Australia Kerry-Anne Guse, 6–3, 6–2.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Men's - 1999 Tokyo Outdoor". International Tennis Federation. Retrieved 18 January 2015.
  2. ↑ "1999 Tokyo Men's Singles draw". www.atpworldtour.com. Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Women's - 1999 Tokyo". International Tennis Federation. Retrieved 18 January 2015.
  4. ↑ "1999 Tokyo Men's Doubles draw". www.atpworldtour.com. Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).
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