The 1995 Japan Open Tennis Championships was a tennis

Tennis

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 tournament played on outdoor hard courts

Hardcourt

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 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

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 in Japan

Japan

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 that was part of the Championship Series

ATP International Series Gold

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 of the 1995 ATP Tour

1995 ATP Tour

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 and of Tier III of the 1995 WTA Tour

1995 WTA Tour

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. The tournament was held from April 10 through April 16, 1995.

Men's Singles

  Jim Courier

Jim Courier

James Spencer "Jim" Courier, Jr. is a former world no. 1 professional tennis player from the United States. During his career, he won four Grand Slam singles titles, two at the French Open and two at the Australian Open...

defeated   Andre Agassi

Andre Agassi

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 6–4, 6–3

• It was Courier's 4th title of the year and the 22nd of his career.

Women's Singles

  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...

defeated   Kimiko Date

Kimiko Date

is a Japanese professional tennis player. In her career, she has won over 200 tournament matches. She has won the Japan Open four times. In 1994, she was ranked in the top-ten women players in the world. In 1992, the WTA awarded her the "Most Improved Player of the Year". After playing in her...

 7–6, 7–5

• It was Frazier's only title of the year and the 8th of her career.

Men's Doubles

  Mark Knowles

Mark Knowles

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/   Jonathan Stark

Jonathan Stark

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defeated   John Fitzgerald /   Anders Järryd

Anders Järryd

Anders Per Järryd is a former professional tennis player from Sweden. During his career he won eight Grand Slam doubles titles , reached the World No. 1 doubles ranking, and achieved a career-high singles ranking of World No. 5.Järryd was born in Lidköping, Västra Götaland...

 6–3, 3–6, 7–6

• It was Knowles' 1st title of the year and the 3rd of his career. It was Stark's 2nd title of the year and the 14th of his career.

Women's Doubles

  Miho Saeki

Miho Saeki

is a Japanese tennis player, winner of professional tournaments in doubles and singles, and a representative of Japan for the Federation Cup.-Career:...

/   Yuka Yoshida

Yuka Yoshida

Yuka Yoshida is a tennis player from Japan who has one doubles win in Memphis, Tennessee. Her best grand slam result came in 1998 when she reached the Quarterfinals of the doubles at the US Open.-References:...

defeated   Kyoko Nagatsuka

Kyōko Nagatsuka

Kyōko Nagatsuka is a retired Japanese female tennis player. She reached her career-high ranking of No. 28 in the world on August 14, 1995. In doubles, she reached as high as No. 31 on June 19, 1995....

 /   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...

6–7, 6–4, 7–6

• It was Saeki's only title of the year and the 1st of her career. It was Yoshida's only title of the year and the 1st of her career.

External links

• ATP Tournament Profile