# Japan Women's Open 1996

Source: https://tennis-db.com/wta/tournaments/balldontlie_wta:85/japan-womens-open?season=1996
Tour: WTA

Kimiko Date won the 1996 Japan Women's Open, defeating Amy Frazier 7-5 6-4 in the final. The WTA 250 event was played on hard courts in Tokyo, Japan, from April 15 to April 21, 1996. The match log contains 31 recorded singles results for this edition.

## Tournament info
- Also known as: Japan Open, Osaka Open, Japan Women's Tennis Open
- Category: WTA 250
- Surface: Hard
- Location: Tokyo, Japan
- Start date: 1996-04-15
- End date: 1996-04-21

## Champion
- Winner: Kimiko Date
- Runner-up: Amy Frazier
- Final score: 7-5 6-4

## Knockout results
### F
- Kimiko Date d. Amy Frazier 7-5 6-4

### SF
- Kimiko Date d. Ai Sugiyama 6-1 6-3
- Amy Frazier d. Naoko Kijimuta 6-3 6-7 6-1

### QF
- Amy Frazier d. Kimberly Po Messerli 6-3 6-0
- Kimiko Date d. Karin Kschwendt 6-2 6-2
- Ai Sugiyama d. Katarina Studenikova 5-0 RET
- Naoko Kijimuta d. Corina Morariu 6-3 6-3

### R16
- Ai Sugiyama d. Mana Endo 6-3 3-6 7-5
- Katarina Studenikova d. Laurence Courtois 6-4 6-2
- Kimiko Date d. Ann Grossman 7-5 6-4
- Corina Morariu d. Naoko Sawamatsu 5-7 6-3 7-6
- Kimberly Po Messerli d. Marianne Werdel Witmeyer 6-2 6-2
- Amy Frazier d. Yuka Yoshida 6-1 6-1
- Naoko Kijimuta d. Nana Smith 2-6 6-4 6-2
- Karin Kschwendt d. Nanne Dahlman 6-4 6-4

### R32
- Ann Grossman d. Sung-Hee Park 6-2 6-3
- Laurence Courtois d. Yone Kamio 3-6 7-5 6-3
- Katarina Studenikova d. Miho Saeki 6-3 6-0
- Naoko Kijimuta d. Petra Kamstra 6-0 6-2
- Kimiko Date d. Rika Hiraki 6-3 6-1
- Corina Morariu d. Stephanie Rottier 6-4 4-6 6-2
- Mana Endo d. Nathalie Dechy 7-5 6-4
- Amy Frazier d. Kazue Takuma 6-2 6-3
- Nana Smith d. Sabine Appelmans 7-6 4-6 6-0
- Karin Kschwendt d. Shi-Ting Wang 6-2 6-2
- Kimberly Po Messerli d. Linda Wild 7-6 6-4 2-6
- Nanne Dahlman d. Kyoko Nagatsuka 7-6 6-4
- Yuka Yoshida d. Nancy Feber 5-7 6-4 6-2
- Marianne Werdel Witmeyer d. Annabel Ellwood 6-3 6-4
- Ai Sugiyama d. Min Tang 6-1 6-4
- Naoko Sawamatsu d. Laxmi Poruri 7-5 6-3

## Stats
- Total matches: 31
- Players: 32

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Canonical URL: https://tennis-db.com/wta/tournaments/balldontlie_wta:85/japan-womens-open?season=1996
Data source: TennisDB (tennis-db.com)