1996 Japan Open Tennis Championships – Women's doubles

Women's doubles
1996 Japan Open Tennis Championships
Champions	Kimiko Date Ai Sugiyama
Runners-up	Amy Frazier Kimberly Po
Score	7–6, 6–7, 6–3

The 1996 Japan Open Tennis Championships included this tournament in women's doubles. Miho Saeki and Yuka Yoshida were the defending champions but lost in the first round to Sung-Hee Park and Shi-Ting Wang.

Kimiko Date and Ai Sugiyama won in the final 7–6, 6–7, 6–3 against Amy Frazier and Kimberly Po.

Seeds

Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.

1. Sabine Appelmans / Kyoko Nagatsuka (quarterfinals)
2. Amy Frazier / Kimberly Po (final)
3. Laurence Courtois / Nancy Feber (first round)
4. Karin Kschwendt / Rene Simpson (semifinals)

Draw

Key

• Q = Qualifier
• WC = Wild card
• LL = Lucky loser
• Alt = Alternate
• SE = Special exempt
• PR = Protected ranking
• ITF = ITF entry
• JE = Junior exempt
• w/o = Walkover
• r = Retired
• d = Defaulted
• SR = Special ranking

	First round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final
	1	S Appelmans K Nagatsuka	6	6
		A Ellwood C Morariu	1	2				1	S Appelmans K Nagatsuka	6	2	3
	WC	K Date A Sugiyama	6	6				WC	K Date A Sugiyama	0	6	6
	Q	Y Hosoki Y Kitamura	2	0											WC	K Date A Sugiyama	6	7
	4	K Kschwendt R Simpson	w/o												4	K Kschwendt R Simpson	1	6
		N Dahlman K Studeníková						4	K Kschwendt R Simpson	6	7
		S-H Park S-T Wang	6	7					S-H Park S-T Wang	3	5
		M Saeki Y Yoshida	4	6																		WC	Kimiko Date Ai Sugiyama	7	6	6
		A Grossman N Miyagi	6	6																		2	Amy Frazier Kimberly Po	6	7	3
		H Nagano K Shibata	4	4					A Grossman N Miyagi	6	4	6
		S Noorlander S Rottier	w/o						S Noorlander S Rottier	3	6	2
	3	L Courtois N Feber														A Grossman N Miyagi	1	6	3
		C Barclay P Kamstra	4	7	3										2	A Frazier K Po	6	4	6
		E Smylie L Wild	6	6	6				E Smylie L Wild	4	2
		R Hiraki N Kijimuta	6	5				2	A Frazier K Po	6	6
	2	A Frazier K Po	7	7

External links

• 1996 Japan Open Tennis Championships Women's Doubles Draw