Japan F6 Saitama, Japan November 23-29, 1998 Surface: Hard Main Draw : 32 Qualifying Draw: 32 $15,000 Singles Seeds: 1. Yaoki Ishii 2. Satoshi Iwabuchi 3. Kotaro Miyachi 4. Yasufumi Yamamoto 5. Akira Matsushita 6. Takahiro Terachi 7. Tetsuya Chaen 8. Oh-Hee Kwon First Round (1)Yaoki Ishii d. Kenji Fujiwara 6-4 6-2 (q)Wei-Jen Cheng d. Mitsuru Takada 6-2 7-5 Riki Ishigami d. (WC)Hayato Furukawa 7-5 6-3 (WC)Michihisa Onoda d. (8)Oh-Hee Kwon 6-3 6-2 (q)Yoshinobu Tanaka d. (4)Yasufumi Yamamoto 6-1 6-1 Yasutomo Nakase d. (WC)Kensuko Goto 6-7(8) 6-4 6-3 Patrick Gottesleben d. Hiroyasu Sato 6-2 6-1 (5)Akira Matsushita d. Tasuku Iwami 6-1 6-0 (6)Takahiro Terachi d. Masashi Tokumaru 6-3 6-0 (q)Hiroki Ishii d. (q)Koji Motomura 2-6 6-2 6-2 (q)Ryo Oki d. Levi Dewaegenaere 4-6 6-2 6-2 (3)Kotaro Miyachi d. Jong-Sam Chung 6-0 6-2 (7)Tetsuya Chaen d. Patrick Erhardt 6-3 3-6 6-4 Danai Udomchoke d. (WC)Toshiharu Kato 4-6 6-1 6-1 Michael Jessup d. (q)Masafumi Komada 7-6(4) 6-2 (2)Satoshi Iwabuchi d. (q)Yoshio Tanikawa 6-2 6-0 Second Round (q)Wei-Jen Cheng d. (1)Yaoki Ishii 6-0 6-4 (WC)Michihisa Onoda d. Riki Ishigami 6-2 6-2 (q)Yoshinobu Tanaka d. Yasutomo Nakase 6-4 6-2 (5)Akira Matsushita d. Patrick Gottesleben 6-4 6-2 (6)Takahiro Terachi d. (q)Hiroki Ishii 6-2 6-4 (3)Kotaro Miyachi d. (q)Ryo Oki 6-4 6-0 Danai Udomchoke d. (7)Tetsuya Chaen 7-5 6-2 (2)Satoshi Iwabuchi d. Michael Jessup 7-6(3) 6-3 Quarterfinals (WC)Michihisa Onoda d. (q)Wei-Jen Cheng 6-3 6-4 (5)Akira Matsushita d. (q)Yoshinobu Tanaka 6-1 6-4 (6)Takahiro Terachi d. (3)Kotaro Miyachi 6-0 7-5 (2)Satoshi Iwabuchi d. Danai Udomchoke 6-1 6-4 Semifinals (5)Akira Matsushita d. (WC)Michihisa Onoda 3-6 6-4 6-1 (2)Satoshi Iwabuchi d. (6)Takahiro Terachi 3-6 6-3 6-2 Finals (2)Satoshi Iwabuchi d. (5)Akira Matsushita 6-4 6-3 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. Natsuki Harada/Takehiro Terachi 7-6(3) 6-2 Kenji Fujiwara/Masafumi Komada d. Koji Motomura/Yasutomo Nakase 6-4 6-1 (4)Hiroki Ishii/Michihisa Onoda d. (WC)Joji Miyso/Kensuka Yoneda 6-3 6-2 Michael Jessup/Minh Le d. Riki Ishigami/Masahsi Tokumaru 6-2 6-4 (WC)Hayato Furukawa/Kensuko Goto d. (q)Hung-Soon Park/Wayne Wong 6-1 6-1 (3)Tetsuya Chaen/Tasuku Iwami d. (WC)Junichi Ishiura/Yasuo Miyazaki 7-6(3) 6-3 Toshiharu Kato/Oh-Hee Kwon d. Wei-Jen Cheng/Danai Udomchoke 7-6(5) 6-3 (2)Yaoki Ishii/Mitsuru Takada d. Levi Dewaegenaere/Yasufumi Yamamoto 7-5 6-2 Quarterfinals (1)Akira Matsushita/Hiroyasu Sato d. Kenji Fujiwara/Masafumi Komada 6-2 6-4 Michael Jessup/Minh Le d. (4)Hiroki Ishii/Michihisa Onoda 6-3 6-4 (3)Tetsuya Chaen/Tasuku Iwami d. (WC)Hayato Furukawa/Kensuko Goto 6-3 6-2 (2)Yaoki Ishii/Mitsuru Takada d. Toshiharu Kato/Oh-Hee Kwon 7-5 7-6(5) Semifinals Michael Jessup/Minh Le d. (1)Akira Matsushita/Hiroyasu Sato 7-6(3) 7-6(6) (2)Yaoki Ishii/Mitsuru Takada d. (3)Tetsuya Chaen/Tasuku Iwami 6-3 6-4 Finals Michael Jessup/Minh Le d. (2)Yaoki Ishii/Mitsuru Takada 6-2 5-7 6-4