1996 Japan Open Tennis Championships – Women's singles
1996 tennis event results
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The 1996 Japan Open Tennis Championships included this tournament in women's singles. Third-seeded Amy Frazier was the defending champion but lost in the final 7–5, 6–4 against first-seeded Kimiko Date.
| Women's singles | |
|---|---|
| 1996 Japan Open Tennis Championships | |
| Champion |  Kimiko Date |
| Runner-up |  Amy Frazier |
| Score | 7–5, 6–4 |
| Draw | 32 (4 Q / 2 WC ) |
| Seeds | 8 |
Seeds
A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated.
Kimiko Date (champion)
Sabine Appelmans (first round)
Amy Frazier (final)- Ai Sugiyama (semifinals)
- Naoko Sawamatsu (second round)
Shi-Ting Wang (first round)- Yone Kamio (first round)
- Marianne Witmeyer (second round)
Draw
Key
- Q = Qualifier
- WC = Wild card
- LL = Lucky loser
- Alt = Alternate
- ITF = ITF entry
- PR = Protected ranking
- SR = Special ranking
- SE = Special exempt
- JE = Junior exempt
- JR = Junior Accelerator Programme entrant
- CO = College Accelerator Programme entrant
- NG = Next Gen Accelerator Program entrant
- w/o = Walkover
- r = Retired
- d = Defaulted
