Japan F5
Kumamoto, Japan
November 16-22, 1998
Surface: Hard
Main Draw      : 32
Qualifying Draw: 32
$15,000

Singles
Seeds:
1. Yaoki Ishii
2. Kotaro Miyachi
3. Yasufumi Yamamoto
4. Akira Matsushita
5. Takahiro Terachi
6. Tetsuya Chaen
7. Oh-Hee Kwon
8. Patrick Gottesleben

First Round
(1)Yaoki Ishii d. (LL)Naoki Arimoto 6-3 6-7(4) 6-4  [Arimoto replaces Ryuso Tsujino]
(q)Wei-Jen Cheng d. (q)Kazuhito Tsunematsu 6-1 6-4
(WC)Toshiharu Kato d. (WC)Mitsuhiro Goto 6-1 6-1
(8)Patrick Gottesleben d. (WC)Yasuo Miyazaki 6-1 6-3
(4)Akira Matsushita d. Masashi Tokumaru 7-5 6-1
Riki Ishigami d. Ryo Oki 6-4 6-4
(q)Hiroki Ishii d. (q)Junichi Ishiura 7-5 6-2
(6)Tetsuya Chaen d. Yoshinobu Tanaka 6-2 6-4
Mitsuru Takada d. (5)Takahiro Terachi 6-2 1-0 ret.
Michael Jessup d. (q)Takeshi Yoshino 6-1 6-1
(q)Nam-Hoon Kim d. (WC)Hiroki Kondo 6-1 6-1
(3)Yasufumi Yamamoto d. (q)Melvin Tong 6-1 6-4
(7)Oh-Hee Kwon d. Ashley Ford 6-0 6-2
Michihisa Onoda d. Hiroyasu Sato 7-6(4) 6-3
Tasuku Iwami d. Masafumi Komada 6-1 6-3
(2)Kotaro Miyachi d. (q)Yoshio Tanikawa 6-4 7-5

Second Round
(1)Yaoki Ishii d. (q)Wei-Jen Cheng 6-3 6-4
(8)Patrick Gottesleben d. (WC)Toshiharu Kato 6-3 7-5
(4)Akira Matsushita d. Riki Ishigami 6-3 6-3
(6)Tetsuya Chaen d. (q)Hiroki Ishii 6-4 6-4
Michael Jessup d. Mitsuru Takada 6-3 6-7(7) 6-1
(q)Nam-Hoon Kim d. (3)Yasufumi Yamamoto 6-2 7-6(0)
(7)Oh-Hee Kwon d. Michihisa Onoda 6-1 6-3
(2)Kotaro Miyachi d. Tasuku Iwami 4-6 6-3 6-0

Quarterfinals
(8)Patrick Gottesleben d. (1)Yaoki Ishii 6-7(5) 6-4 6-2
(4)Akira Matsushita d. (6)Tetsuya Chaen 6-2 7-6(2)
Michael Jessup d. (q)Nam-Hoon Kim 6-0 6-1
(7)Oh-Hee Kwon d. (2)Kotaro Miyachi 2-6 7-5 1-0 ret.

Semifinals
(8)Patrick Gottesleben d. (4)Akira Matsushita 6-0 6-3
(7)Oh-Hee Kwon d. Michael Jessup 7-6(9) 6-4

Finals
(7)Oh-Hee Kwon d. (8)Patrick Gottesleben 3-6 6-3 6-2


Doubles
Seeds:
1. Akira Matsushita/Hiroyasu Sato
2. Yaoki Ishii/Mitsuru Takada
3. Tetsuya Chaen/Tasuku Iwami
4. Hiroki Ishii/Michihisa Onoda

First Round
(1)Akira Matsushita/Hiroyasu Sato d. (WC)Junichi Ishiura/Yasuo Miyazaki 7-5 6-4
(WC)Kensuka Goto/Youhai Tsuji d. Ashley Ford/Hung-Soon Park 0-6 6-3 6-4
(4)Hiroki Ishii/Michihisa Onoda d. Kotaro Miyashi/Yasufumi Yamamoto 6-1 6-1
Levi Dewaegenaere/Michael Jessup d. Melvin Tong/Wayne Wong 6-3 6-2
Toshiharu Kato/Oh-Hee Kwon d. Kenji Fujiwara/Masafumi Komada 6-3 6-4
(3)Tetsuya Chaen/Tasuku Iwami d. Riki Ishigami/Masashi Tokumaru 6-3 6-7(4) 7-6(4)
Natsuki Harada/Takahiro Terachi d. Wei-Jen Cheng/Patrick Gottesleben 7-5 6-2
(2)Yaoki Ishii/Mitsuru Takada d. (WC)Mitsuhiro Goto/Hiroki Kondo 6-3 7-5

Quarterfinals
(1)Akira Matsushita/Hiroyasu Sato d. (WC)Kensuka Goto/Youhai Tsuji 6-2 6-3
(4)Hiroki Ishii/Michihisa Onoda d. Levi Dewaegenaere/Michael Jessup 6-3 7-6(0)
(3)Tetsuya Chaen/Tasuku Iwami d. Toshiharu Kato/Oh-Hee Kwon 6-3 3-6 6-3
(2)Yaoki Ishii/Mitsuru Takada d. Natsuki Harada/Takahiro Terachi 7-5 6-3

Semifinals
(1)Akira Matsushita/Hiroyasu Sato d. (4)Hiroki Ishii/Michihisa Onoda 6-2 6-2
(2)Yaoki Ishii/Mitsuru Takada d. (3)Tetsuya Chaen/Tasuku Iwami 6-1 6-0

Finals
(2)Yaoki Ishii/Mitsuru Takada d. (1)Akira Matsushita/Hiroyasu Sato 6-2 6-0