Langbahn Team – Weltmeisterschaft

1996 Nokia Open – Doubles

Doubles
1996 Salem Open Beijing
and the Nokia Open
1995 ChampionsGermany Claudia Porwik
United States Linda Wild
Final
ChampionsJapan Naoko Kijimuta
Japan Miho Saeki
Runners-upJapan Yuko Hosoki
Japan Kazue Takuma
Score7–5, 6–4
Details
Seeds4
Events
Singles men women
Doubles men women
← 1995 · Salem Open Beijing · 1997 →
← 1995 · Nokia Open · 1997 →

Claudia Porwik and Linda Wild were the defending champions but did not compete that year.

Naoko Kijimuta and Miho Saeki lost in the final 7–5, 6–4 against Yuko Hosoki and Kazue Takuma.

Seeds

Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.

  1. Japan Rika Hiraki / Japan Nana Miyagi (first round)
  2. South Korea Sung-Hee Park / Chinese Taipei Shi-Ting Wang (semifinals)
  3. Japan Naoko Kijimuta / Japan Miho Saeki (champions)
  4. Germany Silke Meier / Australia Louise Pleming (quarterfinals)

Draw

Key

First round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
1 Japan R Hiraki
Japan N Miyagi
5 6 5
  Slovenia T Križan
France N van Lottum
7 3 7   Slovenia T Križan
France N van Lottum
5 2  
  Japan Y Hosoki
Japan K Takuma
6 6     Japan Y Hosoki
Japan K Takuma
7 6  
  China L-L Chen
China J-Q Yi
3 1     Japan Y Hosoki
Japan K Takuma
77 6  
4 Germany S Meier
Australia L Pleming
77 7     Japan H Nagano
Japan K Shibata
63 1  
  China J Chen
China L Li
63 5   4 Germany S Meier
Australia L Pleming
3 3  
  Israel H Rosen
Chinese Taipei T-T Weng
2 3     Japan H Nagano
Japan K Shibata
6 6  
  Japan H Nagano
Japan K Shibata
6 6     Japan Yuko Hosoki
Japan Kazue Takuma
5 4  
Q Italy F Lubiani
Austria M Schnell
4 3   3 Japan Naoko Kijimuta
Japan Miho Saeki
7 6  
  Thailand B Sangaram
Thailand T Tanasugarn
6 6     Thailand B Sangaram
Thailand T Tanasugarn
4 1  
  Japan H Mochizuki
Japan S Obata
3 78 4 3 Japan N Kijimuta
Japan M Saeki
6 6  
3 Japan N Kijimuta
Japan M Saeki
6 66 6 3 Japan N Kijimuta
Japan M Saeki
6 4 6
  France N Dechy
Germany S Klösel
5 6 6 2 South Korea S-H Park
Chinese Taipei S-T Wang
3 6 3
  South Korea Y-J Choi
South Korea M-R Jeon
7 4 2   France N Dechy
Germany S Klösel
6 2 1
WC China Y Chen
China L Liu
1 6 2 2 South Korea S-H Park
Chinese Taipei S-T Wang
4 6 6
2 South Korea S-H Park
Chinese Taipei S-T Wang
6 4 6

References