Japan Open qualifying Seeds: 1. Stefano Pescosolido 2. Mark Petchey 3. Ben Ellwood 4. Alexandre Strambini 5. Tetsuya Chaen 6. Kentaro Mesuda 7. Kalle Flygt 8. Michael Joyce 9. Yaoki Ishii 10. David Dilucia 11. Yasufumi Yamamoto 12. Kotaro Miyachi 13. Jamie Holmes First Round (1)Stefano Pescosolido d. Lars Wahlgren 4-6 6-2 6-3 (13)Jamie Holmes d. Will Ritter 6-2 6-1 (WC)Satoshi Yoshino d. (2)Mark Petchey 4-0 ret. (12)Kotaro Miyachi d. (WC)Norikazu Sugiyama 6-4 6-1 (3)Ben Ellwood d. Bjorn Phau 6-1 7-5 Wei-Ju Chen d. Hiroya Umakoshi 6-1 6-0 (4)Alexandre Strambini d. (WC)Michihisa Onoda 6-3 6-3 (10)David Dilucia d. Kent Kinnear 6-3 7-6(9) (5)Tetsuya Chaen d. Ryuso Tsujino 7-5 7-5 (11)Yasufumi Yamamoto d. Mitsuru Takada 7-6(5) 6-7(1) 7-6(6) (6)Kentaro Masuda d. (WC)Ikuto Kanenaka 6-1 6-2 Takahiro Terachi d. (9)Yaoki Ishii 6-4 6-3 (7)Kalle Flygt d. T.J. Middleton 6-4 5-7 2-2 ret. (8)Michael Joyce d. Tasuku Iwami 6-4 6-1 Qualifying Round (1)Stefano Pescosolido d. (13)Jamie Holmes 6-4 6-4 (12)Kotaro Miyachi d. (WC)Satoshi Yoshino 6-1 6-2 (3)Ben Ellwood d. Wei-Ju Chen 7-6(2) 6-0 (10)David Dilucia d. (4)Alexandre Strambini 6-1 6-2 (5)Tetsuya Chaen d. (11)Yasufumi Yamamoto 6-3 6-2 (6)Kentaro Masuda d. Takahiro Terachi 6-3 6-4 (7)Kalle Flygt d. (8)Michael Joyce 6-2 6-4 Doubles First Round Ivo Heuberger/Rainer Schuttler bye Tetsuya Chaen/Ryoso Tsujino bye Steve Campbell/Michael Joyce bye Jan-Michael Gambill/Stefan Koubek d. Takahiro Terachi/Satoshi Yoshino 6-2 6-0 Qualfying Round Ivo Heuberger/Rainer Schuttler d. Tetsuya Chaen/Ryoso Tsujino 6-3 6-4 Steve Campbell/Michael Joyce d. Jan-Michael Gambill/Stefan Koubek 6-4 6-2