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
Champions Naoko Kijimuta
Nana Miyagi
Runners-up Amy Frazier
Rika Hiraki
Final score6–3, 4–6, 6–4

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

Seeds

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

Key
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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