First-seeded Ai Sugiyama was the defending champion and won in the final 6–3, 6–3 against Corina Morariu.
A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated. The top two seeds received a bye to the second round.
Ai Sugiyama (champion) Naoko Sawamatsu (quarterfinals)
Tamarine Tanasugarn (second round)
Amy Frazier (semifinals) Corina Morariu (final) Miho Saeki (first round) Yuka Yoshida (second round)