1989 Suntory Japan Open Tennis Championships
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The 1989 Suntory 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 1989 Nabisco Grand Prix
and of Tier V
of the 1989 WTA Tour
. The tournament was held from April 17 through April 23, 1989.
Stefan Edberg
defeated
Ivan Lendl
6–3, 2–6, 6–4
Kumiko Okamoto
defeated
Elizabeth Smylie
6–4, 6–2
Ken Flach
/ Robert Seguso
defeated Kevin Curren
/ David Pate
7–6, 7–6
Jill Hetherington
/ Elizabeth Smylie
defeated Ann Henricksson
/ Beth Herr
6–1, 6–3
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 1989 Nabisco Grand Prix
1989 Nabisco Grand Prix
The 1989 Nabisco Grand Prix was the only tennis circuit for male players held that year. It incorporated the four grand slam tournaments, one World Championship Tennis tournament and the Grand Prix tournaments.-Schedule:...
and of Tier V
WTA Tier IV Events
The WTA Tier IV tournaments were Women's Tennis Association tennis fourth-level tournaments held from 1988 until 2008 season. The line-up of events varied over the years, with tournaments being promoted, demoted or cancelled. The series resulted from a reform of the WTA tour in 1988, offering more...
of the 1989 WTA Tour
1989 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 17 through April 23, 1989.
Men's Singles
Stefan EdbergStefan Edberg
Stefan Bengt Edberg is a former World No. 1 professional tennis player from Sweden. A major proponent of the serve-and-volley style of tennis, he won six Grand Slam singles titles and three Grand Slam men's doubles titles. He also won one season ending championship title the Masters Grand Prix...
defeated
Ivan LendlIvan Lendl
Ivan Lendl is a former world no. 1 professional tennis player. Originally from Czechoslovakia, Lendl became a United States citizen. He was one of the game's most dominant players in the 1980s and remained a top competitor into the early 1990s. He is considered to be one of the greatest tennis...
6–3, 2–6, 6–4
- It was Edberg's 1st title of the year and the 34th of his career.
Women's Singles
Kumiko OkamotoKumiko Okamoto
Kumiko Okamoto is a retired female tennis player from Japan, who represented her native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea). In the doubles competition she partnered Etsuko Inoue.-References:*...
defeated
Elizabeth SmylieElizabeth Smylie
Elizabeth Smylie is an Australian former tennis player.She won the Western Australian Sports Star of the Year award in 1985.She won the Comeback Player of the Year award in 1990 and 1993....
6–4, 6–2
- It was Okamoto's only title of the year and the 1st of her career.
Men's Doubles
Ken FlachKen Flach
Kenneth Eliot "Ken" Flach is a former professional tennis player from the United States. A doubles specialist, he won 4 Grand Slam men's doubles titles , and 2 Grand Slam mixed doubles titles...
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Robert SegusoRobert Seguso
Robert Arthur Seguso is a former professional tennis player from the United States. A doubles specialist, he won 4 Grand Slam men's doubles titles . He also won the men's doubles Gold Medal at the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul, partnering Ken Flach. Seguso reached the World No...
defeated
Kevin CurrenKevin Curren
----Kevin Melvyn Curren is a former professional tennis player. He played in two Grand Slam singles finals and won four Grand Slam doubles titles.-Career:...
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David PateDavid Pate
David Pate is a former professional tennis player from the United States who won two singles titles and eighteen doubles titles during his career. He reached a career-high singles ranking of No. 18 on June 8, 1987 and a career-high doubles ranking of No...
7–6, 7–6
- It was Flach's 1st title of the year and the 25th of his career. It was Seguso's 1st title of the year and the 25th of his career.
Women's Doubles
Jill HetheringtonJill Hetherington
Jill Hetherington Hultquist is a former Canadian professional tennis player. Hultquist played college tennis for the University of Florida, and is the current women's tennis head coach at the University of Washington....
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Elizabeth SmylieElizabeth Smylie
Elizabeth Smylie is an Australian former tennis player.She won the Western Australian Sports Star of the Year award in 1985.She won the Comeback Player of the Year award in 1990 and 1993....
defeated
Ann HenrickssonAnn Henricksson
Ann Henricksson was an American professional tennis player from 1981 to 1994.She played two fourth-round Grand Slam matches: in 1985, in the Australian Open and in 1990, at Wimbledon .Ann Henricksson won three WTA doubles tournaments.-Runner up in Singles:-Doubles titles:-Runner up in doubles...
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Beth HerrBeth Herr
Beth Herr is an American tennis player. She became the number 1 junior tennis player in the world at age 16. She was the #1 college recruit in 1985 and went on to play for the University of Southern California where she won the NCAA singles title and team title in her freshman year...
6–1, 6–3
- It was Hetherington's 3rd title of the year and the 9th of her career. It was Smylie's 3rd title of the year and the 24th of her career.