1998 Japan Open Tennis Championships – Women's Singles

First-seeded Ai Sugiyama was the defending champion and won in the final 6–3, 6–3 against Corina Morariu.

Women's Singles
1998 Japan Open Tennis Championships
Champion Ai Sugiyama
Runner-up Corina Morariu
Final score6–3, 6–3
Draw30 (4Q / 2WC)
Seeds8

Seeds

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. Ai Sugiyama (Champion)
  2. Naoko Sawamatsu (Quarterfinals)
  3. Tamarine Tanasugarn (Second Round)
  4. Amy Frazier (Semifinals)
  5. Corina Morariu (Final)
  6. Shi-Ting Wang (Semifinals)
  7. Miho Saeki (First Round)
  8. Yuka Yoshida (Second Round)

Draw

Key

Final
Final
1 Ai Sugiyama 6 6  
5 Corina Morariu 3 3  

Section 1
First Round Second Round Quarterfinals Semifinals
1 A Sugiyama 6 6  
  N Miyagi 6 3 7   S-T Wang 3 2  
  L Osterloh 0 6 6 1 A Sugiyama 4 6 6
Q S de Beer 4 4     E deLone 6 1 1
  E deLone 6 6     E deLone 6 2 6
  N Kijimuta 1 6 1 8 Y Yoshida 3 6 2
8 Y Yoshida 6 4 6 1 A Sugiyama 6 6  
3 T Tanasugarn 4 7 6 6 S-T Wang 3 2  
  E-H Kim 6 5 0 3 T Tanasugarn 2 3  
  M-R Jeon 4 1     L McNeil 6 6  
  L McNeil 6 6     L McNeil 6 4 1
Q S Hisamatsu 2 2   6 S-T Wang 4 6 6
  R Hiraki 6 6     R Hiraki 3 2  
WC S Asagoe 6 3 1 6 S-T Wang 6 6  
6 S-T Wang 3 6 6

Section 2
First Round Second Round Quarterfinals Semifinals
7 M Saeki 6 2  
  G Helgeson-Nielsen 7 6     G Helgeson-Nielsen 3 2  
WC S Obata 5 1     N Pratt 6 6  
  N Pratt 7 6     N Pratt 2 6 2
  K Kunce 7 4 1 4 A Frazier 6 4 6
Q M Endo 6 6 6 Q M Endo 0 1  
Q Y-J Choi 4 2   4 A Frazier 6 6  
4 A Frazier 6 6   4 A Frazier 6 6 4
5 C Morariu 6 6   5 C Morariu 4 7 6
  S-H Park 4 2   5 C Morariu 6 6  
  M Shaughnessy 3 6 6   M Shaughnessy 3 2  
  J Lee 6 2 4 5 C Morariu 7 6  
  H Inoue 6 6   2 N Sawamatsu 5 3  
  S Noorlander 4 1     H Inoue 6 4 6
2 N Sawamatsu 4 6 7
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