1999 Japan Open Tennis Championships – Women's Singles

The 1999 Japan Open Tennis Championships – Women's Singles was the women's singles event of the twenty-fifth edition of the Japan Open; a WTA Tier III tournament held in Tokyo, Japan. Ai Sugiyama was the defending champion but lost in the final 6–2, 6–2 against Amy Frazier.

Women's Singles
1999 Japan Open Tennis Championships
Champion Amy Frazier[1]
Runner-up Ai Sugiyama
Final score6–2, 6–2
Draw32 (4Q / 2WC)
Seeds8

Seeds
  1. Ai Sugiyama (Final)
  2. Amy Frazier (Champion)
  3. Corina Morariu (Semifinals)
  4. Kimberly Po (Second Round)
  5. Kristina Brandi (First Round)
  6. Meghann Shaughnessy (First Round)
  7. Jane Chi (Semifinals)
  8. Wang Shi-ting (Quarterfinals)

Draw

Key

Finals
Semifinals Final[1]
          
1 Ai Sugiyama 77 6  
7 Jane Chi 65 3  
1 Ai Sugiyama 2 2  
2 Amy Frazier 6 6  
3 Corina Morariu 4 7 3
2 Amy Frazier 6 5 6

Top half
First Round Second Round Quarterfinals Semifinals
1 A Sugiyama 6 6  
LL W Prakusya 1 3   1 A Sugiyama 6 6  
  L Němečková 7 6     L Němečková 4 1  
Q K Schlukebir 5 4   1 A Sugiyama 6 6  
  S Reeves 2 2     J Lee 4 0  
  J Lee 6 6     J Lee 77 6  
  J Watanabe 6 6     J Watanabe 64 3  
5 K Brandi 4 2   1 A Sugiyama 77 6  
4 K Po 7 6   7 J Chi 65 3  
  M Saeki 5 2   4 K Po 5 6 3
  S-h Park 4 2     S Kleinová 7 4 6
  S Kleinová 6 6     S Kleinová 2 0 r
Q M Miyauchi 6 3 4 7 J Chi 6 3  
  S de Beer 4 6 6   S de Beer 4 3  
Q Y-j Cho 4 1   7 J Chi 6 6  
7 J Chi 6 6  

Bottom half
First Round Second Round Quarterfinals Semifinals
8 S-t Wang 6 6  
WC S Obata 4 2   8 S-t Wang 6 6  
  S Noorlander 4 65     Y Yoshida 1 4  
  Y Yoshida 6 77   8 S-t Wang 77 3 4
  M Washington 6 6   3 C Morariu 63 6 6
Q H Collin 3 4     M Washington 2 0  
  M Maruska 3 2   3 C Morariu 6 6  
3 C Morariu 6 6   3 C Morariu 4 7 3
6 M Shaughnessy 3 5   2 A Frazier 6 5 6
  M Tu 6 7     M Tu 2 6 6
  L Wild 3 1   WC S Asagoe 6 3 3
WC S Asagoe 6 6     M Tu 7 4 4
  L Andretto 4 3   2 A Frazier 5 6 6
  K-A Guse 6 6     K-A Guse 63 0  
  H Inoue 0 3   2 A Frazier 77 6  
2 A Frazier 6 6  

Qualifying

Seeds
  1. Wynne Prakusya (Qualifying Competition, Lucky Loser)
  2. Kim Eun-ha (Second Round)
  3. Cho Yoon-jeong (Qualifier)
  4. Katie Schlukebir (Qualifier)
  5. Misumi Miyauchi (Qualifier)
  6. Akiko Morigami (Second Round)
  7. Tomoe Hotta (First Round)
  8. Adrienn Hegedűs (First Round)

Qualifiers
  1. Misumi Miyauchi
  2. Cho Yoon-jeong
  3. Katie Schlukebir
  4. Hannah Collin

Lucky losers
  1. Wynne Prakusya

Qualifying draw

Key

First qualifier
First Round Second Round Qualifying Competition
               
1 Wynne Prakusya 6 6  
  Keiko Tameishi 0 0  
1 Wynne Prakusya 6 79  
  Yoshiko Sasano 4 67  
  Yoshiko Sasano 6 7  
  Miyako Ataka 1 5  
1 Wynne Prakusya 3 2  
5 Misumi Miyauchi 6 6  
  Shiho Hisamatsu 2    
  Akiko Gunji 1 r  
  Shiho Hisamatsu 7 2 1
5 Misumi Miyauchi 5 6 6
  Sachie Umehara 6 4 1
5 Misumi Miyauchi 2 6 6

Second qualifier
First Round Second Round Qualifying Competition
               
3 Cho Yoon-jeong 6 6  
  Madoka Kuki 2 0  
3 Cho Yoon-jeong 6 6  
  Maiko Inoue 2 4  
  Maiko Inoue 6 6  
  Kazue Takuma 2 0  
3 Cho Yoon-jeong 6 6  
  Iroda Tulyaganova 4 3  
  Keiko Nagatomi 6 6  
WC Yumi Yokoi 3 2  
  Keiko Nagatomi 0 4  
  Iroda Tulyaganova 6 6  
  Iroda Tulyaganova 6 6  
8 Adrienn Hegedűs 3 2  

Third qualifier
First Round Second Round Qualifying Competition
               
7 Tomoe Hotta 6 2 63
  Akiko Kinebuchi 4 6 77
  Akiko Kinebuchi 6 6  
  Hiroko Mochizuki 1 3  
  Hiroko Mochizuki 1 6 6
  Riei Otakeyama 6 3 4
  Akiko Kinebuchi 5 4  
4 Katie Schlukebir 7 6  
  Seiko Okamoto 4 6 6
  Benjamas Sangaram 6 4 1
  Seiko Okamoto 3 0  
4 Katie Schlukebir 6 6  
  Nami Urabe 3 3  
4 Katie Schlukebir 6 6  

Fourth qualifier
First Round Second Round Qualifying Competition
               
6 Akiko Morigami 6 6  
  Keiko Ishida 0 2  
6 Akiko Morigami 6 4 1
  Hannah Collin 1 6 6
  Hannah Collin 6 6  
WC Eri Ohmi 0 2  
  Hannah Collin 6 6  
WC Keiko Taguchi 0 2  
  Chiaki Nakajima 1 79 3
WC Keiko Taguchi 6 67 6
WC Keiko Taguchi 6 2 6
2 Kim Eun-ha 4 6 4
WC Kaori Goto 4 1  
2 Kim Eun-ha 6 6  

References
  1. "1999 Tokyo". International Tennis Federation. Retrieved 18 January 2015.
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