1998 ATP Tour

























































1998 ATP World Tour

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Pat Rafter won six titles in the year.

Details
Duration January 5 – November 18
Categories
Grand Slam (4)
ATP Super 9 (9)
ATP Championship Series (12)
ATP World Series (52)
Achievements (singles)
Most tournament titles
Australia Pat Rafter (6)
Chile Marcelo Ríos (6)
Most tournament finals
United States Andre Agassi (9)
Prize money leader
United States Pete Sampras ($3,926,347)
Points leader
United States Pete Sampras (3915)
Awards
Player of the year
United States Pete Sampras
Doubles Team of the year
Netherlands Jacco Eltingh
Netherlands Paul Haarhuis
Most improved
player of the year

United States Andre Agassi
Newcomer of the year
Russia Marat Safin
Comeback
player of the year

Morocco Younes El Aynaoui

← 1997


1999 →


The ATP Tour is the elite tour for professional men's tennis organized by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). The ATP Tour includes the four Grand Slam tournaments, the ATP World Tour Finals, the ATP Super 9, the Championship Series and the World Series tournaments.




Contents






  • 1 Schedule


    • 1.1 January


    • 1.2 February


    • 1.3 March


    • 1.4 April


    • 1.5 May


    • 1.6 June


    • 1.7 July


    • 1.8 August


    • 1.9 September


    • 1.10 October


    • 1.11 November




  • 2 ATP rankings


    • 2.1 Singles




  • 3 Statistical information


    • 3.1 Titles won by player




  • 4 See also


  • 5 References





Schedule


This is the complete schedule of events on the 1998 ATP Tour, with player progression documented from the quarter-final stage.[1]


Key








Grand Slam events
ATP Super 9
ATP Championship Series
ATP World Series
Team events
Year-end championships


January
















































































Week of
Tournament
Champions
Runners-up
Semifinalists
Quarterfinalists
January 5
Hopman Cup
Perth, Australia
ITF Mixed Teams Championships
$1,000,000 – Hard (i) – 8 teams (RR)

 Slovakia
2–1

 France

Round Robin losers (Group A)
 Spain
 Sweden
 Australia

Round Robin losers (Group B)
 Germany
 United States
 South Africa

Qatar Open
Doha, Qatar
World Series
$975,000 – Hard – 28S/32Q/16D/4Q
Singles – Doubles

Czech Republic Petr Korda
6–0, 6–3

France Fabrice Santoro

Croatia Goran Ivanišević
Ukraine Andrei Medvedev

United Kingdom Greg Rusedski
Germany Bernd Karbacher
United Kingdom Tim Henman
Netherlands Sjeng Schalken

India Mahesh Bhupathi
India Leander Paes
6–4, 3–6, 6–4

France Olivier Delaître
France Fabrice Santoro

Adelaide International
Adelaide, Australia
World Series
$315,000 – Hard – 32S/32Q/16D/4Q
Singles – Doubles

Australia Lleyton Hewitt
3–6, 6–3, 7–6(7–4)

Australia Jason Stoltenberg

Australia Todd Woodbridge
United States Andre Agassi

France Nicolas Escudé
France Jérôme Golmard
United States Vincent Spadea
New Zealand Brett Steven

Australia Joshua Eagle
Australia Andrew Florent
6–4, 6–7, 6–3

South Africa Ellis Ferreira
United States Rick Leach
January 12
Sydney International
Sydney, Australia
World Series
$315,000 – Hard – 32S/32Q/16D/4Q
Singles – Doubles

Slovakia Karol Kučera
7–5, 6–4

United Kingdom Tim Henman

Australia Patrick Rafter
Australia Michael Tebbutt

United States Todd Martin
Sweden Thomas Enqvist
Australia Jason Stoltenberg
Spain Albert Costa

Australia Todd Woodbridge
Australia Mark Woodforde
6–3, 7–5

Netherlands Jacco Eltingh
Canada Daniel Nestor

Heineken Open
Auckland, New Zealand
World Series
$315,000 – Hard – 32S/32Q/16D/4Q
Singles – Doubles

Chile Marcelo Ríos
4–6, 6–4, 7–6(7–3)

Australia Richard Fromberg

Zimbabwe Byron Black
Spain Félix Mantilla

Denmark Kenneth Carlsen
Germany Christian Vinck
Slovakia Dominik Hrbatý
Spain Carlos Costa

United States Patrick Galbraith
New Zealand Brett Steven
6–4, 6–2

Netherlands Tom Nijssen
United States Jeff Tarango
January 19
January 26

Australian Open
Melbourne, Australia
Grand Slam
$3,140,107 – Hard – 128S/128Q/64D/32X
Singles – Doubles – Mixed Draw

Czech Republic Petr Korda
6–2, 6–2, 6–2

Chile Marcelo Ríos

Slovakia Karol Kučera
France Nicolas Escudé

United States Pete Sampras
Sweden Jonas Björkman
Germany Nicolas Kiefer
Spain Alberto Berasategui

Sweden Jonas Björkman
Netherlands Jacco Eltingh

6–2, 5–7, 2–6, 6–4, 6–3

Australia Todd Woodbridge
Australia Mark Woodforde

United States Justin Gimelstob
United States Venus Williams

6–2, 6–1

Czech Republic Cyril Suk
Czech Republic Helena Suková


February


















































































































Week of
Tournament
Champions
Runners-up
Semifinalists
Quarterfinalists
February 2
Open 13
Marseille, France
World Series
$514,250 – Hard (i) – 32S/32Q/16D/8Q
Singles – Doubles

Sweden Thomas Enqvist
6–4, 6–1

Russia Yevgeny Kafelnikov

Sweden Mikael Tillström
Netherlands Richard Krajicek

France Arnaud Clément
France Arnaud Boetsch
Sweden Magnus Gustafsson
Czech Republic Daniel Vacek

United States Donald Johnson
United States Francisco Montana
6–4, 3–6, 6–3

United States Mark Keil
United States T. J. Middleton

Croatian Indoors
Split, Croatia
World Series
$375,000 – Carpet (i) – 32S/32Q/16D/16Q
Singles – Doubles

Croatia Goran Ivanišević
7–6(7–3), 7–6(7–5)

United Kingdom Greg Rusedski

Switzerland Marc Rosset
Germany Martin Sinner

Czech Republic Martin Damm
Germany Rainer Schüttler
Denmark Kenneth Carlsen
Czech Republic Jiří Novák

Czech Republic Martin Damm
Czech Republic Jiří Novák
7–6, 6–2

Sweden Fredrik Bergh
Sweden Patrik Fredriksson
February 9
Dubai Tennis Championships
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
World Series
$1,014,250 – Hard – 32S/31Q/16D/4Q
Singles – Doubles

Spain Àlex Corretja
7–6(7–0), 6–1

Spain Félix Mantilla

Sweden Jonas Björkman
South Africa Wayne Ferreira

Spain Carlos Moyà
Spain Carlos Costa
Spain Alberto Berasategui
Germany Nicolas Kiefer

India Mahesh Bhupathi
India Leander Paes
6–2, 7–5

United States Donald Johnson
United States Francisco Montana

St. Petersburg Open
St. Petersburg, Russia
World Series
$315,000 – Carpet (i) – 32S/28Q/16D/4Q
Singles – Doubles

Netherlands Richard Krajicek
6–4, 7–6(7–5)

Switzerland Marc Rosset

Sweden Thomas Johansson
France Cédric Pioline

Czech Republic Daniel Vacek
France Fabrice Santoro
Slovakia Dominik Hrbatý
Germany Hendrik Dreekmann

Sweden Nicklas Kulti
Sweden Mikael Tillström
3–6, 6–3, 7–6

South Africa Marius Barnard
South Africa Brent Haygarth

Sybase Open
San Jose, United States
World Series
$315,000 – Hard (i) – 32S/32Q/16D/4Q
Singles – Doubles

United States Andre Agassi
6–2, 6–4

United States Pete Sampras

Netherlands John van Lottum
United States Michael Chang

Australia Mark Woodforde
United States Todd Martin
United States Jan-Michael Gambill
Germany Tommy Haas

Australia Todd Woodbridge
Australia Mark Woodforde
6–1, 7–5

Brazil Nelson Aerts
Brazil André Sá
February 16
European Community Championships
Antwerp, Belgium
Championship Series
$875,000 – Hard – 32S/16Q/16D/4Q
Singles – Doubles

United Kingdom Greg Rusedski
7–6(7–3), 3–6, 6–1, 6–4

Switzerland Marc Rosset

Slovakia Karol Kučera
Australia Patrick Rafter

Czech Republic Petr Korda
Sweden Thomas Johansson
Sweden Magnus Larsson
United States Jeff Tarango

South Africa Wayne Ferreira
Russia Yevgeny Kafelnikov
7–5, 3–6, 6–2

Spain Tomás Carbonell
Spain Francisco Roig

Kroger St. Jude International
Memphis, United States
Championship Series
$700,000 – Hard (i) – 48S/32Q/34D/4Q
Singles – Doubles

Australia Mark Philippoussis
6–3, 6–2

United States Michael Chang

Chile Marcelo Ríos
Brazil Gustavo Kuerten

South Africa Grant Stafford
Sweden Thomas Enqvist
Australia Mark Woodforde
Australia Richard Fromberg

Australia Todd Woodbridge
Australia Mark Woodforde
6–3, 6–4

South Africa Ellis Ferreira
Mexico David Roditi
February 23
Advanta Championships
Philadelphia, United States
Championship Series
$589,250 – Hard (i) – 32S/16Q/16D/8Q
Singles – Doubles

United States Pete Sampras
7–5, 7–6(7–3)

Sweden Thomas Enqvist

Germany Tommy Haas
Canada Sébastien Lareau

Netherlands Sjeng Schalken
United States Jeff Tarango
United States Richey Reneberg
South Africa Grant Stafford

Netherlands Jacco Eltingh
Netherlands Paul Haarhuis
7–6, 6–7, 6–2

Australia David Macpherson
United States Richey Reneberg

Guardian Direct Cup
London, Great Britain
Championship Series
$689,250 – Carpet (i) – 32S/16Q/16D/4Q
Singles – Doubles

Russia Yevgeny Kafelnikov
7–5, 6–4

France Cédric Pioline

Netherlands Jan Siemerink
South Africa Wayne Ferreira

Slovakia Karol Kučera
Germany Marc-Kevin Goellner
United Kingdom Tim Henman
Australia Patrick Rafter

Czech Republic Martin Damm
United States Jim Grabb
6–4, 7–5

Russia Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Czech Republic Daniel Vacek


March

























































































Week of
Tournament
Champions
Runners-up
Semifinalists
Quarterfinalists
March 2
ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament
Rotterdam, Netherlands
World Series
$725,000 – Carpet (i) – 32S/32Q/16D/4Q
Singles – Doubles

Netherlands Jan Siemerink
7–6(7–2), 6–2

Sweden Thomas Johansson

Netherlands Richard Krajicek
New Zealand Brett Steven

Australia Patrick Rafter
United Kingdom Greg Rusedski
Belgium Johan Van Herck
Spain Tomás Carbonell

Netherlands Jacco Eltingh
Netherlands Paul Haarhuis
7–6, 6–3

United Kingdom Neil Broad
South Africa Piet Norval

Tennis Channel Open
Scottsdale, United States
World Series
$315,000 – Hard – 32S/32Q/16D/4Q
Singles – Doubles

United States Andre Agassi
6–4, 7–6(7–3)

Australia Jason Stoltenberg

Germany Tommy Haas
Netherlands Sjeng Schalken

Canada Sébastien Lareau
United States Jan-Michael Gambill
Italy Andrea Gaudenzi
Spain Albert Costa

Czech Republic Cyril Suk
Australia Michael Tebbutt
4–6, 6–1, 7–6

United States Kent Kinnear
United States David Wheaton
March 9
Copenhagen Open
Copenhagen, Denmark
World Series
$315,000 – Carpet (i) – 32S/32Q/16D/4Q
Singles – Doubles

Sweden Magnus Gustafsson
3–6, 6–1, 6–1

Germany David Prinosil

Netherlands Jan Siemerink
Denmark Kenneth Carlsen

France Olivier Delaître
New Zealand Brett Steven
Italy Gianluca Pozzi
Romania Andrei Pavel

Netherlands Tom Kempers
Netherlands Menno Oosting
6–4, 7–6

Netherlands Jan Siemerink
New Zealand Brett Steven

Newsweek Champions Cup
Indian Wells, United States
Tennis Masters Series
$2,200,000 – Hard – 56S/32Q/28D/8Q
Singles – Doubles

Chile Marcelo Ríos
6–3, 6–7(15–17), 7–6(7–4), 6–4

United Kingdom Greg Rusedski

Austria Thomas Muster
United States Jan-Michael Gambill

Ukraine Andrei Medvedev
Sweden Thomas Enqvist
United States Andre Agassi
Czech Republic Petr Korda

Sweden Jonas Björkman
Australia Patrick Rafter
6–4, 7–6

United States Todd Martin
United States Richey Reneberg
March 16
March 23

Lipton Championships
Miami, United States
Tennis Masters Series
$2,450,000 – Hard – 96S/64Q/48D/8Q
Singles – Doubles

Chile Marcelo Ríos
7–5, 6–3, 6–4

United States Andre Agassi

Spain Àlex Corretja
United Kingdom Tim Henman

United States Steve Campbell
United States Jeff Tarango
Sweden Thomas Enqvist
Brazil Gustavo Kuerten

South Africa Ellis Ferreira
United States Rick Leach
6–3, 2–6, 6–0

United States Alex O'Brien
United States Jonathan Stark
March 23
Grand Prix Hassan II
Casablanca, Morocco
World Series
$210,000 – Clay (Red) – 32S/32Q/16D/4Q
Singles – Doubles

Italy Andrea Gaudenzi
6–4, 5–7, 6–4

Spain Álex Calatrava

Morocco Karim Alami
France Sébastien Grosjean

Spain Albert Portas
Spain Fernando Vicente
Costa Rica Juan Antonio Marín
Morocco Hicham Arazi

Italy Andrea Gaudenzi
Italy Diego Nargiso
6–4, 7–6

Italy Cristian Brandi
Italy Filippo Messori
March 30
1998 Davis Cup First Round
Bratislava, Slovakia – Clay (i)
Bremen, Germany – Carpet (i)
Moinhos de Vento Park, Brazil – Clay (Red)
Zürich, Switzerland – Carpet (i)
Genoa, Italy – Clay (Red)
Victoria, Australia – Grass
Brussels, Belgium – Clay (Red)
Atlanta, United States – Hard

First Round winners
 Sweden 3–2
 Germany 5–0
 Spain 3–2
  Switzerland 3–2
 Italy 4–1
 Zimbabwe 3–2
 Belgium 3–2
 United States 3–2

First Round losers
 Slovakia
 South Africa
 Brazil
 Czech Republic
 India
 Australia
 Netherlands
 Russia



April





























































































































Week of
Tournament
Champions
Runners-up
Semifinalists
Quarterfinalists
April 6
Salem Open
Hong Kong, Hong Kong
World Series
$315,000 – Hard – 32S/32Q/16D/4Q
Singles – Doubles

Denmark Kenneth Carlsen
6–2, 6–0

Zimbabwe Byron Black

Canada Sébastien Lareau
Sweden Thomas Johansson

Italy Gianluca Pozzi
Spain Oscar Burrieza
Australia Sandon Stolle
South Africa Neville Godwin

Zimbabwe Byron Black
United States Alex O'Brien
7–5, 6–1

South Africa Neville Godwin
Finland Tuomas Ketola

Estoril Open
Estoril, Portugal
World Series
$600,000 – Clay (Red) – 32S/32Q/16D/4Q
Singles – Doubles

Spain Alberto Berasategui
3–6, 6–1, 6–3

Austria Thomas Muster

Morocco Karim Alami
Spain Carlos Moyà

Spain Félix Mantilla
Spain Albert Costa
Costa Rica Juan Antonio Marín
Spain Carlos Costa

United States Donald Johnson
United States Francisco Montana
6–1, 2–6, 6–1

Mexico David Roditi
Netherlands Fernon Wibier

Gold Flake Open
Chennai, India
World Series
$405,000 – Hard – 32S/22Q/16D/3Q
Singles – Doubles

Australia Patrick Rafter
6–3, 6–4

Sweden Mikael Tillström

India Leander Paes
Australia Todd Woodbridge

Germany Lars Burgsmüller
France Gérard Solvès
Australia Mark Woodforde
Romania Andrei Pavel

India Mahesh Bhupathi
India Leander Paes
6–7, 6–3, 6–2

France Olivier Delaître
Belarus Max Mirnyi
April 13
Torneo Godó
Barcelona, Spain
Championship Series
$825,000 – Clay (Red) – 56S/32Q/28D/8Q
Singles – Doubles

United States Todd Martin
6–2, 1–6, 6–3, 6–2

Spain Alberto Berasategui

Spain Carlos Moyà
Italy Andrea Gaudenzi

Russia Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Slovakia Dominik Hrbatý
Spain Carlos Costa
Spain Sergi Bruguera

Netherlands Jacco Eltingh
Netherlands Paul Haarhuis
6–2, 6–4

South Africa Ellis Ferreira
United States Rick Leach

Japan Open Tennis Championships
Tokyo, Japan
Championship Series
$755,000 – Hard – 56S/32Q/28D/5Q
Singles – Doubles

Romania Andrei Pavel
6–3, 6–4

Zimbabwe Byron Black

United States Jan-Michael Gambill
Czech Republic Daniel Vacek

United States David DiLucia
United Kingdom Tim Henman
Germany David Prinosil
Germany Hendrik Dreekmann

Canada Sébastien Lareau
Canada Daniel Nestor
6–4, 3–6, 6–4

France Olivier Delaître
Italy Stefano Pescosolido
April 20
Monte Carlo Open
Monte Carlo, Monaco
Tennis Masters Series
$2,200,000 – Clay (Red) – 56S/32Q/28D/8Q
Singles – Doubles

Spain Carlos Moyà
6–3, 6–0, 7–5

France Cédric Pioline

Spain Alberto Berasategui
Netherlands Richard Krajicek

France Fabrice Santoro
Germany Boris Becker
Spain Àlex Corretja
Czech Republic Petr Korda

Netherlands Jacco Eltingh
Netherlands Paul Haarhuis
6–2, 6–4

Australia Todd Woodbridge
Australia Mark Woodforde

U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships
Orlando, United States
World Series
$264,250 – Clay (Red) – 32S/32Q/16D/4Q
Singles – Doubles

United States Jim Courier
7–5, 3–6, 7–5

United States Michael Chang

Sweden Mikael Tillström
Romania Andrei Pavel

Brazil Marcio Carlsson
Australia Andrew Ilie
Germany Marcello Craca
Spain Álex Calatrava

South Africa Grant Stafford
Zimbabwe Kevin Ullyett
4–6, 6–4, 7–5

Australia Michael Tebbutt
Sweden Mikael Tillström
April 27
Prague Open
Prague, Czech Republic
World Series
$340,000 – Clay (Red) – 32S/32Q/16D/4Q
Singles – Doubles

Brazil Fernando Meligeni
6–1, 6–4

Czech Republic Slava Doseděl

Ecuador Nicolás Lapentti
Romania Dinu Pescariu

Spain Jacobo Díaz
Spain Fernando Vicente
Spain Javier Sánchez
Russia Andrei Chesnokov

Australia Wayne Arthurs
Australia Andrew Kratzmann
6–1, 6–1

Sweden Fredrik Bergh
Sweden Nicklas Kulti

AT&T Challenge
Atlanta, United States
World Series
$315,000 – Clay (Red) – 32S/32Q/16D/4Q
Singles – Doubles

United States Pete Sampras
6–7(2–7), 6–3, 7–6(7–4)

Australia Jason Stoltenberg

Spain Álex Calatrava
Romania Andrei Pavel

Paraguay Ramón Delgado
United States Steve Campbell
Argentina Franco Squillari
United States Richey Reneberg

South Africa Ellis Ferreira
South Africa Brent Haygarth
6–3, 0–6, 6–2

United States Alex O'Brien
United States Richey Reneberg

BMW Open
Munich, Germany
World Series
$500,000 – Clay (Red) – 32S/32Q/16D/8Q
Singles – Doubles

Sweden Thomas Enqvist
6–7(4–7), 7–6(8–6), 6–3

United States Andre Agassi

Sweden Magnus Gustafsson
Spain Galo Blanco

Germany Oliver Gross
France Nicolas Escudé
Sweden Tomas Nydahl
Sweden Jonas Björkman

Australia Todd Woodbridge
Australia Mark Woodforde
6–0, 6–3

Australia Joshua Eagle
Australia Andrew Florent


May

















































































Week of
Tournament
Champions
Runners-up
Semifinalists
Quarterfinalists
May 4
ATP German Open
Hamburg, Germany
Tennis Masters Series
$2,200,000 – Clay (Red) – 56S/28Q/28D/5Q
Singles – Doubles

Spain Albert Costa
6–2, 6–0, 1–0, retired

Spain Àlex Corretja

Slovakia Karol Kučera
Spain Félix Mantilla

France Fabrice Santoro
Austria Thomas Muster
Brazil Gustavo Kuerten
Croatia Goran Ivanišević

United States Donald Johnson
United States Francisco Montana
6–4, 6–4

South Africa David Adams
South Africa Brett Steven

International Tennis Championships
Coral Springs, United States
World Series
$245,000 – Clay (Red) – 32S/32Q/16D/4Q
Singles – Doubles

Australia Andrew Ilie
7–5, 6–4

Italy Davide Sanguinetti

United States Justin Gimelstob
Belgium Johan Van Herck

France Sébastien Grosjean
Belgium Xavier Malisse
Australia Michael Tebbutt
Paraguay Ramón Delgado

South Africa Grant Stafford
Zimbabwe Kevin Ullyett
7–5, 6–4

The Bahamas Mark Merklein
United States Vincent Spadea
May 11
Italian Open
Rome, Italy
Tennis Masters Series
$2,200,000 – Clay (Red) – 64S/32Q/32D/4Q
Singles – Doubles

Chile Marcelo Ríos
walkover

Spain Albert Costa

Spain Alberto Berasategui
Brazil Gustavo Kuerten

United States Michael Chang
New Zealand Brett Steven
Netherlands Richard Krajicek
Spain Fernando Vicente

India Mahesh Bhupathi
India Leander Paes
6–4, 4–6, 7–6

South Africa Ellis Ferreira
United States Rick Leach
May 18
International Raiffeisen Grand Prix
St. Pölten, Austria
World Series
$400,000 – Clay (Red) – 32S/32Q/16D/4Q
Singles – Doubles

Chile Marcelo Ríos
6–2, 6–0

United States Vincent Spadea

Italy Andrea Gaudenzi
Uruguay Marcelo Filippini

Spain Galo Blanco
Spain Francisco Clavet
Austria Thomas Muster
Netherlands Sjeng Schalken

United States Jim Grabb
Australia David Macpherson
6–4, 6–4

South Africa David Adams
Zimbabwe Wayne Black

World Team Cup
Düsseldorf, Germany – Clay (Red)

Germany Germany
3–0

Czech Republic Czech Republic

May 25
June 1

French Open
Paris, France
Grand Slam
$5,026,607 – Clay (Red) – 128S/128Q/64D/32X
Singles – Doubles – Mixed Draw

Spain Carlos Moyà
6–3, 7–5, 6–3

Spain Àlex Corretja

Spain Félix Mantilla
France Cédric Pioline

Austria Thomas Muster
Chile Marcelo Ríos
Belgium Filip Dewulf
Morocco Hicham Arazi

Netherlands Jacco Eltingh
Netherlands Paul Haarhuis
6–3, 3–6, 6–3

The Bahamas Mark Knowles
Canada Daniel Nestor

United States Justin Gimelstob
United States Venus Williams

6–4, 6–4

Argentina Luis Lobo
United States Serena Williams


June

















































































Week of
Tournament
Champions
Runners-up
Semifinalists
Quarterfinalists
June 8
Gerry Weber Open
Halle, Germany
World Series
$875,000 – Grass – 32S/32Q/16D/4Q
Singles – Doubles

Russia Yevgeny Kafelnikov
6–4, 6–4

Sweden Magnus Larsson

Netherlands Paul Haarhuis
Sweden Thomas Johansson

Italy Gianluca Pozzi
Netherlands Richard Krajicek
Germany Hendrik Dreekmann
Sweden Magnus Norman

South Africa Ellis Ferreira
United States Rick Leach
4–6, 6–4, 7–6

South Africa John-Laffnie de Jager
Germany Marc-Kevin Goellner

Stella Artois Championships
London, Great Britain
World Series
$725,000 – Grass – 56S/64Q/28D/8Q
Singles – Doubles

Australia Scott Draper
7–6(7–5), 6–4

Italy Laurence Tieleman

Australia Mark Woodforde
Zimbabwe Byron Black

Sweden Thomas Enqvist
United States Doug Flach
United States Brian MacPhie
United Kingdom Tim Henman

Australia Todd Woodbridge / Australia Mark Woodforde vs.
Sweden Jonas Björkman / Australia Patrick Rafter, cancelled

Internazionali di Carisbo
Bologna, Italy
World Series
$315,000 – Clay (Red) – 32S/19Q/16D/4Q
Singles – Doubles

Spain Julian Alonso
6–1, 6–4

Morocco Karim Alami

Costa Rica Juan Antonio Marín
Slovakia Dominik Hrbatý

Argentina Mariano Puerta
Spain Carlos Costa
Italy Marzio Martelli
Argentina Franco Squillari

United States Brandon Coupe
South Africa Paul Rosner
7–6, 6–3

Italy Giorgio Galimberti
Italy Massimo Valeri
June 15
Heineken Trophy
's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands
World Series
$475,000 – Grass – 32S/25Q/16D/4Q
Singles – Doubles

Australia Patrick Rafter
7–6(7–2), 6–2

Czech Republic Martin Damm

Netherlands Dennis van Scheppingen
Netherlands Jan Siemerink

Netherlands Sjeng Schalken
Netherlands Richard Krajicek
Slovakia Karol Kučera
United States Steve Campbell

France Guillaume Raoux
Netherlands Jan Siemerink
6–3, 3–6, 6–1

Australia Joshua Eagle
Australia Andrew Florent

Nottingham Open
Nottingham, Great Britain
World Series
$315,000 – Grass – 32S/32Q/16D/4Q
Singles – Doubles

Sweden Jonas Björkman
6–3, 6–2

Zimbabwe Byron Black

Armenia Sargis Sargsian
France Jérôme Golmard

Italy Gianluca Pozzi
New Zealand Brett Steven
Australia Scott Draper
Germany David Prinosil

United States Justin Gimelstob
South Africa Byron Talbot
7–5, 6–7, 6–4

Canada Sébastien Lareau
Canada Daniel Nestor
June 22
June 29

Wimbledon Championships
London, Great Britain
Grand Slam
$5,638,006 – Grass – 128S/128Q/64D|32Q/32X
Singles – Doubles – Mixed Draw

United States Pete Sampras
6–7(2–7), 7–6(11–9), 6–4, 3–6, 6–2

Croatia Goran Ivanišević

United Kingdom Tim Henman
Netherlands Richard Krajicek

Australia Mark Philippoussis
Czech Republic Petr Korda
Netherlands Jan Siemerink
Italy Davide Sanguinetti

Netherlands Jacco Eltingh
Netherlands Paul Haarhuis

2–6, 6–4, 7–6(7–3), 5–7, 10–8

Australia Todd Woodbridge
Australia Mark Woodforde

Belarus Max Mirnyi
United States Serena Williams

6–4, 6–4

India Mahesh Bhupathi
Croatia Mirjana Lučić


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Week of
Tournament
Champions
Runners-up
Semifinalists
Quarterfinalists
July 6
Rado Open
Gstaad, Switzerland
World Series
$525,000 – Clay (Red) – 32S/32Q/16D/3Q
Singles – Doubles

Spain Àlex Corretja
7–6(7–5), 7–5, 6–3

Germany Boris Becker

Chile Marcelo Ríos
Belgium Filip Dewulf

Spain Francisco Clavet
Spain Félix Mantilla
Spain Albert Costa
Germany Nicolas Kiefer

Brazil Gustavo Kuerten
Brazil Fernando Meligeni
6–4, 7–5

Argentina Daniel Orsanic
Czech Republic Cyril Suk

Miller Lite Hall of Fame Tennis Championships
Newport, United States
World Series
$275,000 – Grass – 32S/32Q/16D/4Q
Singles – Doubles

India Leander Paes
6–3, 6–2

South Africa Neville Godwin

Australia Jason Stoltenberg
Italy Laurence Tieleman

Netherlands John van Lottum
United States Justin Gimelstob
Germany Rainer Schüttler
The Bahamas Mark Knowles

United States Doug Flach
Australia Sandon Stolle
6–2, 4–6, 7–6

Australia Scott Draper
Australia Jason Stoltenberg

Swedish Open
Båstad, Sweden
World Series
$315,000 – Clay (Red) – 32S/32Q/16D/4Q
Singles – Doubles

Sweden Magnus Gustafsson
6–2, 6–3

Ukraine Andrei Medvedev

Sweden Thomas Johansson
Slovakia Dominik Hrbatý

France Jérôme Golmard
Morocco Karim Alami
Italy Andrea Gaudenzi
Czech Republic Jiří Novák

Sweden Magnus Gustafsson
Sweden Magnus Larsson
6–4, 6–2

South Africa Lan Bale
South Africa Piet Norval
July 13
1998 Davis Cup Quarterfinals
Hamburg, Germany – Hard
A Coruña, Spain – Clay (Red)
Prato, Italy – Clay (Red)
Indianapolis, United States – Hard

Quarterfinal winners
 Sweden 3–2
 Spain 4–1
 Italy 5–0
 United States 4–1

Quarterfinal losers
 Germany
  Switzerland
 Zimbabwe
 Belgium

July 20
Mercedes Cup
Stuttgart, Germany
Championship Series
$915,000 – Clay (Red) – 48S/24Q/24D/4Q
Singles – Doubles

Brazil Gustavo Kuerten
4–6, 6–2, 6–4

Slovakia Karol Kučera

Chile Marcelo Ríos
Spain Carlos Moyà

Germany Boris Becker
Czech Republic Bohdan Ulihrach
Spain Albert Costa
Spain Fernando Vicente

France Olivier Delaître
France Fabrice Santoro
4–6, 7–5, 6–3

Australia Joshua Eagle
United States Jim Grabb

Legg Mason Tennis Classic
Washington, D.C., United States
Championship Series
$575,000 – Hard – 58S/28Q/28D/4Q
Singles – Doubles

United States Andre Agassi
6–2, 6–0

Australia Scott Draper

United States Michael Chang
South Africa Wayne Ferreira

United States Jim Courier
Belgium Filip Dewulf
United States Vincent Spadea
Canada Sébastien Lareau

South Africa Grant Stafford
Zimbabwe Kevin Ullyett
6–3, 7–5

South Africa Wayne Ferreira
United States Patrick Galbraith
July 27
Mercedes-Benz Cup
Los Angeles, United States
World Series
$315,000 – Hard – 32S/32Q/16D/4Q
Singles – Doubles

United States Andre Agassi
6–4, 6–4

United Kingdom Tim Henman

United States Justin Gimelstob
France Guillaume Raoux

Australia Patrick Rafter
Australia Sandon Stolle
United States Michael Joyce
Zimbabwe Byron Black

Australia Patrick Rafter
Australia Sandon Stolle
6–4, 6–4

United States Jeff Tarango
Czech Republic Daniel Vacek

Croatia Open Umag
Umag, Croatia
World Series
$375,000 – Clay (Red) – 32S/32Q/16D/4Q
Singles – Doubles

Czech Republic Bohdan Ulihrach
6–3, 7–6(7–0)

Sweden Magnus Norman

Costa Rica Juan Antonio Marín
Argentina Mariano Puerta

Netherlands Paul Haarhuis
Slovakia Karol Kučera
Brazil Gustavo Kuerten
Spain Félix Mantilla

United Kingdom Neil Broad
South Africa Piet Norval
6–1, 3–6, 6–3

Czech Republic Jiří Novák
Czech Republic David Rikl

Generali Open
Kitzbühel, Austria
World Series
$500,000 – Clay (Red) – 48S/48Q/28D/4Q
Singles – Doubles

Spain Albert Costa
6–2, 1–6, 6–2, 3–6, 6–1

Italy Andrea Gaudenzi

Argentina Franco Squillari
Spain Francisco Clavet

Australia Richard Fromberg
Belgium Filip Dewulf
Brazil Fernando Meligeni
Ecuador Nicolás Lapentti

Netherlands Tom Kempers
Argentina Daniel Orsanic
4–6, 6–4, 6–4

Australia Joshua Eagle
Australia Andrew Kratzmann


August























































































































Week of
Tournament
Champions
Runners-up
Semifinalists
Quarterfinalists
August 3
du Maurier Open
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Tennis Masters Series
$2,200,000 – Hard – 56S/28Q/28D/4Q
Singles – Doubles

Australia Patrick Rafter
7–6(7–3), 6–4

Netherlands Richard Krajicek

United States Andre Agassi
United Kingdom Tim Henman

United States Pete Sampras
Russia Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Sweden Jonas Björkman
Czech Republic Daniel Vacek

Czech Republic Martin Damm
United States Jim Grabb
6–7, 6–2, 7–6

South Africa Ellis Ferreira
United States Rick Leach

Dutch Open
Amsterdam, Netherlands
World Series
$475,000 – Clay (Red) – 32S/32Q/16D/4Q
Singles – Doubles

Sweden Magnus Norman
6–3, 6–3, 2–6, 6–4

Australia Richard Fromberg

Slovakia Karol Kučera
Argentina Mariano Zabaleta

Slovakia Dominik Hrbatý
Romania Adrian Voinea
Spain Galo Blanco
Czech Republic Slava Doseděl

Netherlands Jacco Eltingh
Netherlands Paul Haarhuis
6–3, 6–2

Slovakia Dominik Hrbatý
Slovakia Karol Kučera
August 10
Great American Insurance ATP Championships
Mason, United States
Tennis Masters Series
$2,200,000 – Hard – 56S/28Q/28D/4Q
Singles – Doubles

Australia Patrick Rafter
1–6, 7–6(7–2), 6–4

United States Pete Sampras

Sweden Magnus Larsson
Russia Yevgeny Kafelnikov

United States Vincent Spadea
Sweden Thomas Johansson
Czech Republic Petr Korda
Czech Republic Daniel Vacek

The Bahamas Mark Knowles
Canada Daniel Nestor
6–1, 2–1 ret.

France Olivier Delaître
France Fabrice Santoro

Campionati Internazionali di San Marino
City of San Marino, San Marino
World Series
$275,000 – Clay (Red) – 32S/23Q/16D/2Q
Singles – Doubles

Slovakia Dominik Hrbatý
6–2, 7–5

Argentina Mariano Puerta

Spain Carlos Costa
Australia Richard Fromberg

Italy Andrea Gaudenzi
Spain Juan Albert Viloca
Argentina Mariano Zabaleta
Italy Vincenzo Santopadre

Czech Republic Jiří Novák
Czech Republic David Rikl
6–4, 7–6

Argentina Mariano Hood
Argentina Sebastián Prieto
August 17
RCA Championships
Indianapolis, United States
Championship Series
$915,000 – Hard – 56S/28Q/28D/4Q
Singles – Doubles

Spain Àlex Corretja
2–6, 6–2, 6–3

United States Andre Agassi

Paraguay Ramón Delgado
United States Todd Martin

Zimbabwe Byron Black
South Africa Wayne Ferreira
United Kingdom Greg Rusedski
Morocco Hicham Arazi

Czech Republic Jiří Novák
Czech Republic David Rikl
7–5, 4–6, 6–1

The Bahamas Mark Knowles
Canada Daniel Nestor

Pilot Pen International
New Haven, United States
Championship Series
$745,000 – Hard – 56S/28Q/28D/8Q
Singles – Doubles

Slovakia Karol Kučera
6–4, 5–7, 6–2

Croatia Goran Ivanišević

Russia Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Netherlands Richard Krajicek

India Leander Paes
Czech Republic Bohdan Ulihrach
United Kingdom Tim Henman
France Guillaume Raoux

Australia Wayne Arthurs
Australia Peter Tramacchi
7–6, 6–3

Canada Sébastien Lareau
United States Alex O'Brien
August 24
Waldbaum's Hamlet Cup
Long Island, United States
World Series
$315,000 – Hard – 32S/32Q/16D/4Q
Singles – Doubles

Australia Patrick Rafter
7–6(7–3), 6–2

Spain Félix Mantilla

Russia Marat Safin
United Kingdom Greg Rusedski

Brazil Gustavo Kuerten
Germany David Prinosil
Czech Republic Daniel Vacek
France Nicolas Escudé

Spain Julian Alonso
Spain Javier Sánchez
6–4, 6–4

United States Brandon Coupe
United States Dave Randall

U.S. Pro Tennis Championships
Boston, United States
World Series
$315,000 – Hard – 32S/32Q/16D/3Q
Singles – Doubles

United States Michael Chang
6–3, 6–4

Netherlands Paul Haarhuis

France Sébastien Grosjean
France Cédric Pioline

Sweden Jonas Björkman
Italy Gianluca Pozzi
Austria Thomas Muster
Netherlands Sjeng Schalken

Netherlands Jacco Eltingh
Netherlands Paul Haarhuis
6–3, 6–2

South Africa Chris Haggard
United States Jack Waite
August 31
September 7

US Open
New York, United States
Grand Slam
$6,032,000 – Hard – 128S/128Q/64D|16Q/32X
Singles – Doubles – Mixed Draw

Australia Patrick Rafter
6–3, 3–6, 6–2, 6–0

Australia Mark Philippoussis

United States Pete Sampras
Spain Carlos Moyà

Slovakia Karol Kučera
Sweden Jonas Björkman
Sweden Thomas Johansson
Sweden Magnus Larsson

Czech Republic Cyril Suk
Australia Sandon Stolle

4–6, 7–6, 6–2

The Bahamas Mark Knowles
Canada Daniel Nestor

Belarus Max Mirnyi
United States Serena Williams

6–2, 6–2

United States Patrick Galbraith
United States Lisa Raymond


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Week of
Tournament
Champions
Runners-up
Semifinalists
Quarterfinalists
September 14
Bournemouth International
Bournemouth, Great Britain
World Series
$375,000 – Clay (Red) – 32S/29Q/16D/4Q
Singles – Doubles

Spain Félix Mantilla
6–3, 7–5

Spain Albert Costa

Germany Marc-Kevin Goellner
Italy Vincenzo Santopadre

Spain Alberto Berasategui
Austria Stefan Koubek
Spain Álex López Morón
France Arnaud Clément

United Kingdom Neil Broad
Zimbabwe Kevin Ullyett
7–6, 6–3

Australia Wayne Arthurs
Spain Alberto Berasategui

President's Cup
Tashkent, Uzbekistan
World Series
$380,000 – Hard – 32S/27Q/16D/4Q
Singles – Doubles

United Kingdom Tim Henman
7–5, 6–4

Russia Yevgeny Kafelnikov

France Cédric Pioline
France Nicolas Escudé

Argentina Gastón Etlis
Russia Marat Safin
Germany Karsten Braasch
Italy Stefano Pescosolido

Italy Stefano Pescosolido
Italy Laurence Tieleman
7–5, 4–6, 7–5

Denmark Kenneth Carlsen
Netherlands Sjeng Schalken

Romanian Open
Bucharest, Romania
World Series
$470,000 – Clay (Red) – 32S/32Q/16D/4Q
Singles – Doubles

Spain Francisco Clavet
6–4, 2–6, 7–5

France Arnaud Di Pasquale

Spain Albert Portas
Romania Adrian Voinea

Spain Julian Alonso
Romania Andrei Pavel
Spain Galo Blanco
Spain Emilio Benfele Álvarez

Romania Andrei Pavel
Romania Gabriel Trifu
7–6, 7–6

Romania George Cosac
Romania Dinu Pescariu
September 21
1998 Davis Cup Semifinals
Stockholm, Sweden – Carpet (i)
Milwaukee, United States – Hard (i)

Semifinal winners
 Sweden 4–1
 Italy 4–1

Semifinal losers
 Spain
 United States

September 28
Majorca Open
Majorca, Spain
World Series
$425,000 – Clay (Red) – 32S/29Q/16D/4Q
Singles – Doubles

Brazil Gustavo Kuerten
6–7(5–7), 6–2, 6–3

Spain Carlos Moyà

Spain Fernando Vicente
Austria Thomas Muster

Austria Thomas Schiessling
Spain Tomás Carbonell
Germany Tommy Haas
Spain Sergi Bruguera

Argentina Daniel Orsanic
Argentina Pablo Albano
7–6, 6–3

Czech Republic Jiří Novák
Czech Republic David Rikl

Grand Prix de Tennis de Toulouse
Toulouse, France
World Series
$375,000 – Hard (i) – 32S/32Q/16D/4Q
Singles – Doubles

Netherlands Jan Siemerink
6–4, 6–4

United Kingdom Greg Rusedski

Germany Nicolas Kiefer
Sweden Thomas Johansson

France Arnaud Clément
Switzerland Marc Rosset
France Stéphane Huet
Switzerland Roger Federer

France Fabrice Santoro
France Olivier Delaître
6–2, 6–4

Netherlands Paul Haarhuis
Netherlands Jan Siemerink

Compaq Grand Slam Cup
Munich, Germany
Year-end championships
$2,450,000 – Hard (i) – 12S
Singles

Chile Marcelo Ríos
6–4, 2–6, 7–6(7–1), 5–7, 6–3

United States Andre Agassi

Slovakia Karol Kučera
Australia Mark Philippoussis

Czech Republic Petr Korda
Russia Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Sweden Jonas Björkman
Spain Félix Mantilla


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Week of
Tournament
Champions
Runners-up
Semifinalists
Quarterfinalists
October 5
Davidoff Swiss Indoors
Basel, Switzerland
World Series
$975,000 – Hard (i) – 32S/32Q/16D/4Q
Singles – Doubles

United Kingdom Tim Henman
6–4, 6–3, 3–6, 6–4

United States Andre Agassi

Switzerland Marc Rosset
Sweden Thomas Johansson

Germany David Prinosil
Sweden Magnus Gustafsson
Germany Nicolas Kiefer
France Fabrice Santoro

France Fabrice Santoro
France Olivier Delaître
6–3, 7–6

South Africa Piet Norval
Zimbabwe Kevin Ullyett

Campionati Internazionali di Sicilia
Palermo, Italy
World Series
$315,000 – Clay (Red) – 32S/32Q/16D/4Q
Singles – Doubles

Argentina Mariano Puerta
6–3, 6–2

Argentina Franco Squillari

Spain Àlex Corretja
Spain Galo Blanco

Ecuador Nicolás Lapentti
Spain Fernando Vicente
Argentina Mariano Zabaleta
France Arnaud Di Pasquale

United States Francisco Montana
United States Donald Johnson
6–4, 7–6

Argentina Pablo Albano
Argentina Daniel Orsanic

Shanghai Open
Shanghai, China
World Series
$315,000 – Carpet (i) – 32S/32Q/16D/4Q
Singles – Doubles

United States Michael Chang
4–6, 6–1, 6–2

Croatia Goran Ivanišević

Paraguay Ramón Delgado
Netherlands Paul Haarhuis

Denmark Kenneth Carlsen
Australia Michael Tebbutt
Australia Mark Woodforde
Australia Todd Woodbridge

India Mahesh Bhupathi
India Leander Paes
6–4, 6–7, 7–6

Australia Todd Woodbridge
Australia Mark Woodforde
October 12
Singapore Open
Singapore, Singapore
Championship Series
$575,000 – Hard (i) – 32S/16Q/16D/4Q
Singles – Doubles

Chile Marcelo Ríos
6–4, 6–2

Australia Mark Woodforde

United States Jim Courier
Netherlands Sjeng Schalken

Australia Lleyton Hewitt
United States Jan-Michael Gambill
Netherlands John Van Lottum
Denmark Kenneth Carlsen

Australia Todd Woodbridge
Australia Mark Woodforde
6–2, 6–3

India Mahesh Bhupathi
India Leander Paes

CA-TennisTrophy
Vienna, Austria
Championship Series
$675,000 – Carpet (i) – 32S/16Q/16D/4Q
Singles – Doubles

United States Pete Sampras
6–3, 7–6(7–3), 6–1

Slovakia Karol Kučera

United States Todd Martin
United Kingdom Greg Rusedski

United Kingdom Tim Henman
France Cédric Pioline
Sweden Jonas Björkman
Australia Patrick Rafter

Russia Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Czech Republic Daniel Vacek
7–5, 6–3

South Africa David Adams
South Africa John-Laffnie de Jager
October 19
Grand Prix de Tennis de Lyon
Lyon, France
World Series
$725,000 – Carpet (i) – 32S/16Q/16D/4Q
Singles – Doubles

Spain Àlex Corretja
2–6, 7–6(8–6), 6–1

Germany Tommy Haas

Chile Marcelo Ríos
South Africa Wayne Ferreira

United States Pete Sampras
France Arnaud Di Pasquale
France Olivier Delaître
Australia Patrick Rafter

France Olivier Delaître
France Fabrice Santoro
6–2, 6–2

Spain Tomás Carbonell
Spain Francisco Roig

IPB Czech Indoor
Ostrava, Czech Republic
World Series
$975,000 – Carpet (i) – 32S/16Q/16D/4Q
Singles – Doubles

United States Andre Agassi
6–2, 3–6, 6–3

Slovakia Ján Krošlák

Sweden Thomas Enqvist
Zimbabwe Wayne Black

Sweden Nicklas Kulti
Ukraine Andrei Medvedev
Czech Republic Martin Damm
Sweden Thomas Johansson

Germany Nicolas Kiefer
Germany David Prinosil
6–4, 6–3

South Africa David Adams
Czech Republic Pavel Vízner
October 26
Abierto Mexicano Telcel
Mexico City, Mexico
World Series
$315,000 – Clay (Red) – 32S/16Q/16D/4Q
Singles – Doubles

Czech Republic Jiří Novák
6–3, 6–3

Belgium Xavier Malisse

Spain Francisco Clavet
Argentina Mariano Puerta

Costa Rica Juan Antonio Marín
Italy Davide Sanguinetti
Mexico Alejandro Hernández
Spain Jordi Burillo

Czech Republic Jiří Novák
Czech Republic David Rikl
6–4, 6–2

Argentina Daniel Orsanic
Mexico David Roditi

Eurocard Open
Stuttgart, Germany
Tennis Masters Series
$2,200,000 – Hard (i) – 48S/28Q/32D/3Q
Singles – Doubles

Netherlands Richard Krajicek
6–4, 6–3, 6–3

Russia Yevgeny Kafelnikov

United States Pete Sampras
Sweden Jonas Björkman

United States Jan-Michael Gambill
Croatia Goran Ivanišević
United Kingdom Greg Rusedski
Chile Marcelo Ríos

Canada Sébastien Lareau
United States Alex O'Brien
6–3, 3–6, 7–5

India Mahesh Bhupathi
India Leander Paes


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Week of
Tournament
Champions
Runners-up
Semifinalists
Quarterfinalists
November 2
Cerveza Club Colombia Open
Bogotá, Colombia
World Series
$315,000 – Clay (Red) – 32S/32Q/16D/4Q
Singles – Doubles

Argentina Mariano Zabaleta
6–4, 6–4

Paraguay Ramón Delgado

Armenia Sargis Sargsian
Czech Republic Jiří Novák

United States Jim Courier
Spain Juan Balcells
Colombia Mauricio Hadad
Italy Davide Sanguinetti

Argentina Diego del Río
Argentina Mariano Puerta
6–7, 6–3, 6–2

Hungary Gábor Köves
Philippines Eric Taino

Paris Open
Paris, France
Tennis Masters Series
$2,300,000 – Carpet (i) – 48S/24Q/24D/4Q
Singles – Doubles

United Kingdom Greg Rusedski
6–4, 7–6(7–4), 6–3

United States Pete Sampras

United States Todd Martin
Russia Yevgeny Kafelnikov

Australia Mark Philippoussis
United States Andre Agassi
Sweden Magnus Gustafsson
Chile Marcelo Ríos

India Mahesh Bhupathi
India Leander Paes
6–4, 6–2

Netherlands Jacco Eltingh
Netherlands Paul Haarhuis
November 9
Kremlin Cup
Moscow, Russia
World Series
$1,125,000 – Carpet (i) – 32S/32Q/16D/4Q
Singles – Doubles

Russia Yevgeny Kafelnikov
7–6(7–2), 7–6(7–5)

Croatia Goran Ivanišević

France Arnaud Clément
Switzerland Marc Rosset

Canada Sébastien Lareau
Germany Lars Burgsmüller
Slovakia Ján Krošlák
France Guillaume Raoux

United States Jared Palmer
United States Jeff Tarango
6–4, 6–7, 6–2

Russia Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Czech Republic Daniel Vacek

Movistar Open
Santiago, Chile
World Series
$315,000 – Clay (Red) – 32S/32Q/16D/4Q
Singles – Doubles

Spain Francisco Clavet
6–2, 6–4

Morocco Younes El Aynaoui

Costa Rica Juan Antonio Marín
Spain Félix Mantilla

Chile Marcelo Ríos
Ecuador Nicolás Lapentti
Argentina Mariano Puerta
United States Jim Courier

Argentina Mariano Hood
Argentina Sebastián Prieto
7–6, 6–7, 7–6

Italy Massimo Bertolini
United States Devin Bowen

Stockholm Open
Stockholm, Sweden
World Series
$800,000 – Hard (i) – 32S/32Q/16D/4Q
Singles – Doubles

United States Todd Martin
6–3, 6–4, 6–4

Sweden Thomas Johansson

United Kingdom Greg Rusedski
United Kingdom Tim Henman

Australia Jason Stoltenberg
Canada Daniel Nestor
Sweden Magnus Gustafsson
Japan Takao Suzuki

Sweden Nicklas Kulti
Sweden Mikael Tillström
7–5, 3–6, 7–5

South Africa Chris Haggard
Sweden Peter Nyborg
November 16
ATP Tour World Championships Doubles
Hartford, United States
Year-end championships
$ – Carpet (i) – 8D (RR)
Doubles

Netherlands Jacco Eltingh
Netherlands Paul Haarhuis

6–4, 6–2, 7–5

The Bahamas Mark Knowles
Canada Daniel Nestor

United States Donald Johnson / United States Francisco Montana
France Olivier Delaître / France Fabrice Santoro
November 23
ATP Tour World Championships Singles
Hanover, Germany
Year-end championships
$ – Hard (i) – 8S (RR)
Singles

Spain Àlex Corretja
3–6, 3–6, 7–5, 6–3, 7–5

Spain Carlos Moyà

United Kingdom Tim Henman
United States Pete Sampras
Round Robin
Spain Albert Costa
United Kingdom Greg Rusedski
Russia Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Slovakia Karol Kučera
United States Andre Agassi
Chile Marcelo Ríos
November 30
Davis Cup by BNP Paribas Final
Milan, Italy – Clay (i)

 Sweden
4–1

 Italy



ATP rankings


These are the rankings of the top twenty players of the ATP Tour, at the end of the 1997 ATP Tour, and of the 1998 season, with number of rankings points, highest and lowest position during the year, and number of spots gained or lost from 1997 to 1998.[2][3]



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as of December 15, 1997
Rk
Player
Nation
1 Pete Sampras
 USA
2 Patrick Rafter
 AUS
3 Michael Chang
 USA
4 Jonas Björkman
 SWE
5 Yevgeny Kafelnikov
 RUS
6 Greg Rusedski
 GBR
7 Carlos Moyá
 ESP
8 Sergi Bruguera
 ESP
9 Thomas Muster
 AUT
10 Marcelo Ríos
 CHI
11 Richard Krajicek
 NED
12 Àlex Corretja
 ESP
13 Petr Korda
 CZE
14 Gustavo Kuerten
 BRA
15 Goran Ivanišević
 CRO
16 Félix Mantilla
 ESP
17 Tim Henman
 GBR
18 Mark Philippoussis
 AUS
19 Albert Costa
 ESP
20 Cédric Pioline
 FRA












































































































































































as of December 14, 1998
Rk
Player
Points
High
Low
Change
1
United States Pete Sampras
3915 1 2 Steady
2
Chile Marcelo Ríos
3670 1 10
Increase 8
3
Spain Àlex Corretja
3398 3 14
Increase 9
4
Australia Patrick Rafter
3315 2 6
Decrease 2
5
Spain Carlos Moyà
3159 4 21
Increase 2
6
United States Andre Agassi
2879 6 110
Increase 104
7
United Kingdom Tim Henman
2620 7 21
Increase 10
8
Slovakia Karol Kučera
2579 6 25
Increase 16
9
United Kingdom Greg Rusedski
2573 4 15
Decrease 3
10
Netherlands Richard Krajicek
2548 5 14
Increase 1
11
Russia Yevgeny Kafelnikov
2515 4 12
Decrease 6
12
Croatia Goran Ivanišević
2137 12 25
Increase 3
13
Czech Republic Petr Korda
2114 2 13 Steady
14
Spain Albert Costa
1823 13 27
Increase 5
15
Australia Mark Philippoussis
1792 13 28
Increase 3
16
United States Todd Martin
1774 16 81
Increase 65
17
Sweden Thomas Johansson
1761 17 54
Increase 20
18
France Cédric Pioline
1710 10 20
Increase 2
19
Netherlands Jan Siemerink
1669 14 78
Increase 59
20
Spain Félix Mantilla
1643 11 22
Decrease 4




Statistical information


These tables present the number of singles (S), doubles (D), and mixed doubles (X) titles won by each player and each nation during the season, within all the tournament categories of the 1998 ATP Tour: the Grand Slam tournaments, the ATP Tour World Championships, the ATP Super 9, the ATP Championship Series, and the ATP World Series.



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Total titles
Player
Grand Slam
tournaments
ATP Tour
Finals
ATP Tour
Super 9
ATP Tour
Championship
Series
ATP Tour
World
Series
All titles
S D X S D S D S D S D S D X
9
Netherlands Jacco Eltingh
3 1 2 3 0 9
0

Australia Patrick Rafter
1 2 1 3 1 6 2
0
8
Netherlands Paul Haarhuis
2 1 2 3 0 8
0
6
Chile Marcelo Ríos
3 1 2 6 0
0
5
India Leander Paes
1 1 3 1 4
0
4
United States Pete Sampras
1 2 1 4 0
0

United States Andre Agassi
1 3 4 0
0

India Mahesh Bhupathi
1 3 0 4
0

Australia Todd Woodbridge
1 3 0 4
0

Australia Mark Woodforde
1 3 0 4
0

Zimbabwe Kevin Ullyett
1 3 0 4
0
3
Sweden Jonas Björkman
1 1 1 1 2
0

Spain Àlex Corretja
1 1 3 5 0
5

Czech Republic Martin Damm
1 2 0 3
0

South Africa Ellis Ferreira
1 2 0 3
0

United States Justin Gimelstob
2 1 0 1
2

United States Jim Grabb
1 2 0 3
0

Sweden Magnus Gustafsson
2 1 2 1
0

Netherlands Paul Haarhuis
2 1 0 3
0

United States Donald Johnson
1 2 0 3
0

Russia Yevgeny Kafelnikov
1 1 2 3 1
0

United States Francisco Montana
1 2 0 3
0

Czech Republic Jiří Novák
1 2 0 3
0

South Africa Grant Stafford
1 2 0 3
0

Australia Sandon Stolle
1 2 0 3
0
2
Spain Julian Alonso
1 1 1 1
0

Australia Wayne Arthurs
1 1 0 2
0

United Kingdom Neil Broad
1 0 1
0

Spain Albert Costa
1 1 2 0
0

Sweden Thomas Enqvist
2 2 0
0

Italy Andrea Gaudenzi
1 1 1 1
0

Netherlands Tom Kempers
2 0 2
0

Czech Republic Petr Korda
1 1 2 0
0

Slovakia Karol Kučera
1 1 2 0
0

Brazil Gustavo Kuerten
1 1 1 1
0

United States Rick Leach
1 1 0 2
0

Brazil Fernando Meligeni
1 1 1 1
0

Belarus Max Mirnyi
2 0 0
2

Spain Carlos Moyà
1 1 2 0
0

Canada Daniel Nestor
1 1 0 2
0

Romania Andrei Pavel
1 1 1 1
0

Czech Republic David Rikl
1 1 0 2
0

Netherlands Jan Siemerink
1 1 1 1
0

Czech Republic Cyril Suk
1 1 0 2
0
1
Spain Alberto Berasategui
1 1 0
0

Zimbabwe Byron Black
1 0 1
0

Denmark Kenneth Carlsen
1 1 0
0

United States Michael Chang
1 1 0
0

Spain Francisco Clavet
1 1 0
0

United States Brandon Coupe
1 0 1
0

United States Jim Courier
1 1 0
0

France Olivier Delaître
1 0 1
0

Australia Scott Draper
1 1 0
0

Australia Joshua Eagle
1 0 1
0

South Africa Wayne Ferreira
1 0 1
0

United States Doug Flach
1 0 1
0

Australia Andrew Florent
1 0 1
0

United States Patrick Galbraith
1 0 1
0

South Africa Brent Haygarth
1 0 1
0

Australia Mark Philippoussis
1 1 0
0

Australia Lleyton Hewitt
1 1 0
0

Slovakia Dominik Hrbatý
1 1 0
0

Australia Andrew Ilie
1 1 0
0

Croatia Goran Ivanišević
1 1 0
0

The Bahamas Mark Knowles
1 0 1
0

Netherlands Richard Krajicek
1 1 0
0

Australia Andrew Kratzmann
1 0 1
0

Sweden Nicklas Kulti
1 0 1
0

Canada Sébastien Lareau
1 0 1
0

Sweden Magnus Larsson
1 0 1
0

Australia David Macpherson
1 0 1
0

Spain Félix Mantilla
1 1 0
0

United States Todd Martin
1 1 0
0

Italy Diego Nargiso
1 0 1
0

Sweden Magnus Norman
1 1 0
0

South Africa Piet Norval
1 0 1
0

Netherlands Menno Oosting
1 0 1
0

United States Alex O'Brien
1 0 1
0

Argentina Daniel Orsanic
1 0 1
0

Italy Stefano Pescosolido
1 0 1
0

Australia Mark Philippoussis
1 1 0
0

France Guillaume Raoux
1 0 1
0

South Africa Paul Rosner
1 0 1
0

United Kingdom Greg Rusedski
1 1 0
0

Spain Javier Sánchez
1 0 1
0

France Fabrice Santoro
1 0 1
0

New Zealand Brett Steven
1 0 1
0

South Africa Byron Talbot
1 0 1
0

Australia Michael Tebbutt
1 0 1
0

Italy Laurence Tieleman
1 0 1
0

Sweden Mikael Tillström
1 0 1
0

Australia Peter Tramacchi
1 0 1
0

Romania Gabriel Trifu
1 0 1
0

Czech Republic Bohdan Ulihrach
1 1 0
0

Titles won by nation (Singles):




  •  United States 13 (San Jose, Philadelphia, Scottsdale, Barcelona, Orlando, Atlanta, Wimbledon, Washington, D.C., Los Angeles, Boston, Shanghai, Vienna, Ostrava, Stockholm)


  •  Spain 12 (Dubai, Estoril, Monte Carlo Masters, Hamburg Masters,French open, Bologna, Gstaad, Kitzbühel, Indianapolis, Bournemouth, Bucharest, Lyon, Santiago, ATP Finals)


  •  Australia 10 (Adelaide, Memphis, Chennai, Coral Springs, London, 's-Hertogenbosch, Canada Masters, Cincinnati Masters, Long Island, US Open)


  •  Chile 6 (Auckland, Indian Wells Masters, Miami Masters, Rome Masters, St. Poelten, Singapore)


  •  Sweden 6 (Marseille, Copenhagen, Munich, Nottingham, Båstad, Amsterdam)


  •  Czech Republic 4 (Doha, Australian Open, Umag, Mexico City)


  •  United Kingdom 4 (Antwerp, Tashkent, Basel, Paris Masters)


  •  Netherlands 4 (St. Petersburg, Rotterdam, Toulouse, Stuttgart Masters)


  •  Brazil 3 (Prague, Stuttgart, Mallorca)


  •  Russia 3 (London, Halle, Moscow)


  •  Slovakia 3 (Sydney, San Marino, New Haven)


  •  Argentina 2 (Palermo, Bogotá)


  •  Russia 2 (London, Halle)


  •  Croatia 1 (Split)


  •  Denmark 1 (Hong Kong)


  •  India 1 (Newport)


  •  Italy 1 (Casablanca)


  •  Romania 1 (Tokyo)


The following players won their first career title:




  • Denmark Kenneth Carlsen - Hong Kong


  • Australia Scott Draper - London


  • Italy Andrea Gaudenzi - Casablanca


  • Australia Lleyton Hewitt - Adelaide


  • Slovakia Dominik Hrbatý - San Marino


  • Australia Andrew Ilie - Coral Springs


  • India Leander Paes - Newport


  • Romania Andrei Pavel - Tokyo


  • Argentina Mariano Puerta - Palermo


  • Argentina Mariano Zabaleta - Bogotá



See also



  • 1998 WTA Tour

  • Association of Tennis Professionals

  • International Tennis Federation



References





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