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1996 Japan Open Tennis Championships – Women's doubles

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Women's doubles
1996 Japan Open Tennis Championships
Final
ChampionsJapan Kimiko Date
Japan Ai Sugiyama
Runners-upUnited States Amy Frazier
United States Kimberly Po
Score7–6, 6–7, 6–3
Events
Singles men women
Doubles men women
← 1995 · Japan Open Tennis Championships · 1997 →

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

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

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

Draw

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Key

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