1999 Japan Open Tennis Championships
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The 1999 Japan Open Tennis Championships was a tennis
tournament played on outdoor hard courts
at the Ariake Coliseum
in Tokyo
in 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.
Shinobu Asagoe
The following players received wildcards into the doubles main draw: Haruka Inoue /
Maiko Inoue
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
Katie Schlukebir Misumi Miyauchi Cho Yoon-jeong
Hannah Collin
The following players received entry as lucky losers: Wynne Prakusya
Nicolas Kiefer
def.
Wayne Ferreira
7–6(7–5), 7–5
Amy Frazier
def. Ai Sugiyama
6–2, 6–2
Jeff Tarango
/
Daniel Vacek
def.
Wayne Black
/ Brian MacPhie
4–3 ret.
Corina Morariu
/ Kimberly Po
def.
Catherine Barclay
/ Kerry-Anne Guse
6–3, 6–2
Tennis
Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...
tournament played on outdoor hard courts
Hardcourt
Hardcourt or hard court describes a form of surface or floor on which a sport is played. It may refer to an indoor court made from a wood, or more specifically hardwood such as maple, as in basketball or indoor soccer. Alternatively, it may refer to outdoor materials such as asphalt, shale, or clay...
at the Ariake Coliseum
Ariake Coliseum
is an indoor sporting arena in located in Ariake, Kōtō, Tokyo, Japan. It has a capacity of 10,000. The arena is used as the center court for the Japan Open Tennis Championships and the Toray Pan Pacific Open held in Ariake Tennis Forest Park....
in Tokyo
Tokyo
, ; officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area of Japan. It is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, and the home of the Japanese Imperial Family...
in Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
that was part of the International Series Gold
ATP International Series Gold
International Series Gold was a series of professional tennis tournaments held internationally that were part of the ATP Tour. International Series Gold offered players cash prizes and the ability to earn ATP ranking points...
of the 1999 ATP Tour
1999 ATP Tour
The Association of Tennis Professionals Tour is the elite professional tennis circuit organised by the ATP. The 1999 ATP Tour calendar comprises the Grand Slam tournaments , the ATP Super 9, the ATP International Series Gold, the ATP International Series, the ATP World Team Cup, the ATP Tour World...
and of Tier III of the 1999 WTA Tour
1999 WTA Tour
The WTA Tour is the elite tour for professional women's tennis organised by the Women's Tennis Association . The WTA Tour includes the four Grand Slam tournaments, the WTA Tour Championships and the WTA Tier I, Tier II, Tier III and Tier IV events...
. The tournament was held from April 12 through April 18, 1999.
Seeds
| Country | Player | Rank | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan |
Ai Sugiyama Ai Sugiyama is a retired Japanese professional tennis player. She reached No. 1 in women's doubles on the WTA Tour. Her career-high singles ranking was No. 8, achieved on February 9, 2004. She turned professional in 1992... |
27 | 1 |
| United States |
Amy Frazier Amy Frazier Amy Frazier is a now inactive professional female tennis player from the United States.She debuted in 1987 and was active player until the 2006 US Open in which she made her 20th consecutive appearance... |
35 | 2 |
| United States |
Corina Morariu Corina Morariu Corina Marie Morariu is a former American female professional tennis player of Romanian heritage.Morariu turned professional in 1994. Mainly known as a doubles specialist, she won the women's doubles title at Wimbledon in 1999 with Lindsay Davenport. She also won the mixed doubles title at the... |
36 | 3 |
| United States |
Kimberly Po Kimberly Po Kimberly Po-Messerli is a former professional tennis player from the United States.During her career, Po won the mixed doubles title at Wimbledon in 2000... |
58 | 4 |
 Puerto Rico |
Kristina Brandi Kristina Brandi Kristina Brandi is a Puerto Rican tennis player.-Early years:Brandi was born and raised in San Juan, Puerto Rico, where she became interested in the sport of tennis at an early age. She made her professional debut in 1995 when she was 17 years old.-USTA Circuit:In 2003, Brandi won the most titles... |
65 | 5 |
| United States |
Meghann Shaughnessy Meghann Shaughnessy Meghann Shaughnessy is an American professional tennis player. She achieved a career-high singles ranking of #11 in 2001, and has won six WTA Tour singles titles... |
68 | 6 |
| United States |
Jane Chi | 75 | 7 |
 Chinese Taipei |
Wang Shi-ting Wang Shi-ting Wang Shi-ting is a retired professional tennis player from Republic of China . Wang turned pro in 1991. During her career, she won 6 singles on the WTA Tour. She played 49 times over 11 years for the Chinese Taipei Fed Cup team, earning a 51-25 overall record and setting many team records. She... |
77 | 8 |
Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: Saori ObataSaori Obata
Saori Obata is a female former Japanese tennis player. She turned professional in April 1996, and on February 9, 2004, she achieved her career-high singles ranking of 39, and on the same day she reached her career-high doubles ranking of 98....
Shinobu Asagoe
Shinobu Asagoe
Shinobu Asagoe is a Japanese former professional tennis player. She turned professional in 1997, and retired in 2006.-Career:2000 was the first year in which she finished in the WTA top 100 . In the US Open that year, she defeated Patty Schnyder, a top 50 player...
The following players received wildcards into the doubles main draw: Haruka Inoue /
Maiko InoueThe following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
Katie Schlukebir Misumi Miyauchi Cho Yoon-jeong
Cho Yoon-jeong
Cho Yoon-jeong is a South Korean tennis player. Cho won one doubles title during her career on the WTA Tour, at Seoul in 2004. Her best Grand Slam performance was when she made the third round of the 2005 U.S...
Hannah Collin
The following players received entry as lucky losers: Wynne Prakusya
Wynne Prakusya
Wynne Prakusya is an Indonesian tennis player.Her highest achievements includes reaching the 1998 Australian Open junior finals and the 1998 Wimbledon and US Open junior QF.Her Highest Rank is 74 in 2002.-Singles Titles:...
Men's Singles
Nicolas KieferNicolas Kiefer
Nicolas Kiefer , is a former German professional tennis player. His mother, Nicole, is French. He won a silver medal in men's doubles with partner Rainer Schüttler at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens....
def.
Wayne FerreiraWayne Ferreira
Wayne Richard Ferreira is a former tennis player from South Africa. He attended Parktown Boys' High School....
7–6(7–5), 7–5
- It was Kiefer's 1st title of the year and the 3rd of his career.
Women's Singles
Amy FrazierAmy Frazier
Amy Frazier is a now inactive professional female tennis player from the United States.She debuted in 1987 and was active player until the 2006 US Open in which she made her 20th consecutive appearance...
def.
Ai SugiyamaAi Sugiyama
is a retired Japanese professional tennis player. She reached No. 1 in women's doubles on the WTA Tour. Her career-high singles ranking was No. 8, achieved on February 9, 2004. She turned professional in 1992...
6–2, 6–2
- It was Frazier's 1st title of the year and the 9th of her career.
Men's Doubles
Jeff TarangoJeff Tarango
Jeffrey Gail Tarango is a retired American professional tennis player. He was a top ten doubles player and a French Open doubles runner up, but is mostly remembered for defaulting a match at Wimbledon and his wife assaulting the umpire once Tarango had left the court.-Career summary:Tarango...
/
Daniel VacekDaniel Vacek
Daniel Vacek is a former tennis player from Czechoslovakia and the Czechia who turned professional in 1990.Vacek represented his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, where he was defeated in the second round...
def.
Wayne BlackWayne Black
Wayne Hamilton Black is a former professional male tennis player from Zimbabwe.Black is the son of Don and Velia Black and the brother of Cara Black and Byron Black, also professional tennis players. He attended the University of Southern California and was an All-American in singles and doubles...
/
Brian MacPhieBrian MacPhie
Brian MacPhie , is a former professional tennis player from the United States.MacPhie enjoyed most of his tennis success while playing doubles. During his career he won 7 doubles titles. He achieved a career-high doubles ranking of World No. 22 in 2002.-Doubles titles :-Runner-ups :-External links:...
4–3 ret.
- It was Tarango's 3rd title of the year and the 11th of his career. It was Vacek's 3rd title of the year and the 23rd of his career.
Women's Doubles
Corina MorariuCorina Morariu
Corina Marie Morariu is a former American female professional tennis player of Romanian heritage.Morariu turned professional in 1994. Mainly known as a doubles specialist, she won the women's doubles title at Wimbledon in 1999 with Lindsay Davenport. She also won the mixed doubles title at the...
/
Kimberly PoKimberly Po
Kimberly Po-Messerli is a former professional tennis player from the United States.During her career, Po won the mixed doubles title at Wimbledon in 2000...
def.
Catherine BarclayCatherine Barclay
Catherine Barclay is an Australian professional female tennis player.-External links:...
/
Kerry-Anne GuseKerry-Anne Guse
Kerry-Anne Guse is an Australian tennis player. She was born in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia and turned pro at the age of 15.-Doubles 13 :-References:...
6–3, 6–2
- It was Morariu's 2nd title of the year and the 3rd of her career. It was Po's only title of the year and the 2nd of her career.