1998 Rado Open – Singles

Singles
1998 Rado Open
Final
ChampionSpain Àlex Corretja[1]
Runner-upGermany Boris Becker
Score7–6(7–5), 7–5, 6–3
Details
Draw32 (3WC/4Q/1LL)
Seeds8
Events
Singles Doubles
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Àlex Corretja defeated Boris Becker in the final, 7–6(7–5), 7–5, 6–3 to win the singles tennis title at the 1998 Swiss Open.[2][3]

Félix Mantilla was the defending champion, but lost in the quarterfinals to Becker.[4][5]

This tournament marked the first professional appearance of future 20-time major champion and world No. 1 Roger Federer; he lost in the first round to lucky loser Lucas Arnold Ker.[6][7]

Seeds

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

  1. Chile Marcelo Ríos (semifinals)
  2. Russia Yevgeny Kafelnikov (first round)
  3. Spain Àlex Corretja (champion)
  4. France Cédric Pioline (second round)
  5. Spain Félix Mantilla (quarterfinals)
  6. Spain Albert Costa (quarterfinals)
  7. Spain Alberto Berasategui (first round)
  8. Germany Nicolas Kiefer (quarterfinals)

Draw

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Key

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Finals

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Semifinals Final[1]
            
1 Chile Marcelo Ríos 4 64
  Germany Boris Becker 6 7
  Germany Boris Becker 65 5 3
3 Spain Àlex Corretja 7 7 6
3 Spain Àlex Corretja 6 63 6
  Belgium Filip Dewulf 3 7 3

Top half

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First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
1 Chile M Ríos 6 6
Switzerland M Rosset 3 3 1 Chile M Ríos 6 6
LL Argentina L Arnold Ker 6 6 LL Argentina L Arnold Ker 4 1
WC Switzerland R Federer 4 4 1 Chile M Ríos 6 7
Brazil G Kuerten 6 6 Spain F Clavet 3 5
France G Raoux 4 4 Brazil G Kuerten 6 4 4
Spain F Clavet 6 6 Spain F Clavet 2 6 6
7 Spain A Berasategui 4 4 1 Chile M Ríos 4 64
4 France C Pioline 6 6 Germany B Becker 6 7
Ecuador N Lapentti 4 4 4 France C Pioline 62 5
Germany B Becker 6 67 7 Germany B Becker 7 7
WC Switzerland G Bastl 4 7 5 Germany B Becker 6 6
France F Santoro 7 6 5 Spain F Mantilla 4 4
Czech Republic B Ulihrach 5 3 France F Santoro 4 6 2
5 Spain F Mantilla 6 6 5 Spain F Mantilla 6 0 6
Q France T Guardiola 2 2

Bottom half

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First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
6 Spain A Costa 5 6 6
Q Argentina D Orsanic 7 2 3 6 Spain A Costa 7 6
Spain G Blanco 6 6 Spain G Blanco 63 3
Q Spain T Carbonell 4 3 6 Spain A Costa 7 2 2
Czech Republic C Doseděl 7 6 3 Spain À Corretja 5 6 6
WC Switzerland I Heuberger 64 3 Czech Republic C Doseděl 0 5
3 Spain À Corretja 6 4 6 3 Spain À Corretja 6 7
Q Germany O Gross 4 6 1 3 Spain À Corretja 6 63 6
8 Germany N Kiefer 0 7 7 Belgium F Dewulf 3 7 3
Spain JA Viloca 6 5 68 8 Germany N Kiefer 6 3 6
Spain J Alonso 6 7 Spain J Alonso 3 6 1
France N Escudé 2 5 8 Germany N Kiefer 6 3 4
Belgium F Dewulf 3 7 6 Belgium F Dewulf 1 6 6
Spain A Portas 6 63 2 Belgium F Dewulf 3 7 6
Brazil F Meligeni 6 4 6 Brazil F Meligeni 6 5 3
2 Russia Y Kafelnikov 3 6 3

Qualifying

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Qualifying seeds

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  1. Argentina Lucas Arnold Ker (qualifying competition, Lucky loser)
  2. Germany Oliver Gross (qualified)
  3. Spain Jacobo Díaz (first round)
  4. Hungary Attila Sávolt (second round)
  5. Spain Quino Muñoz (second round)
  6. Argentina Agustín Garizzio (qualifying competition)
  7. Spain Tomás Carbonell (qualified)
  8. Spain Óscar Serrano (second round)

Qualifiers

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Lucky loser

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  1. Argentina Lucas Arnold Ker (replaced Germany Tommy Haas)[7]

Qualifying draw

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First qualifier

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First round Second round Qualifying competition
               
1 Argentina Lucas Arnold Ker 7 6
Spain Joan Balcells 5 1
1 Argentina Lucas Arnold Ker 4 6 6
Spain David Sánchez 6 3 4
Spain David Sánchez 6 2 6
Spain Rubén Fernández-Gil 2 6 2
1 Argentina Lucas Arnold Ker 2 1
7 Spain Tomás Carbonell 6 6
Italy Massimo Valeri 6 6
Italy Gabrio Castrichella 4 1
Italy Massimo Valeri 6 4
7 Spain Tomás Carbonell 7 6
Italy Fabio Maggi 2 0
7 Spain Tomás Carbonell 6 6

Second qualifier

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First round Second round Qualifying competition
               
2 Germany Oliver Gross 6 6
WC Switzerland Stéphane Bohli 2 2
2 Germany Oliver Gross 6 6
Switzerland Sandro Della Piana 4 1
Switzerland Sandro Della Piana 1 7 7
WC Switzerland Marco Chiudinelli 6 6 5
2 Germany Oliver Gross 6 6
Haiti Bertrand Madsen 4 4
Haiti Bertrand Madsen 7 6
Switzerland Alexandre Strambini 6 4
Haiti Bertrand Madsen 6 3 6
8 Spain Óscar Serrano 3 6 3
Italy Giorgio Galimberti 2 2
8 Spain Óscar Serrano 6 6

Third qualifier

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First round Second round Qualifying competition
               
3 Spain Jacobo Díaz 4 6 1
Ecuador Luis Morejón 6 0 6
Ecuador Luis Morejón 6 3
France Frédéric Fontang 1 2r
Switzerland Michel Kratochvil 6 7 1
France Frédéric Fontang 7 6 6
Ecuador Luis Morejón 4 1
Argentina Daniel Orsanic 6 6
France Gregory Zavialoff 4 2
Argentina Daniel Orsanic 6 6
Argentina Daniel Orsanic 6 6
5 Spain Quino Muñoz 2 4
Ukraine Andrei Rybalko 3 6 2
5 Spain Quino Muñoz 6 4 6

Fourth qualifier

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First round Second round Qualifying competition
               
4 Hungary Attila Sávolt 6 6
Greece Niko Karagiannis 4 4
4 Hungary Attila Sávolt 3 4
France Thierry Guardiola 6 6
WC Japan Jun Kato 3 6
France Thierry Guardiola 6 7
France Thierry Guardiola 7 0 6
6 Argentina Agustín Garizzio 6 6 4
Argentina Mariano Hood 4 6 6
WC United States Francisco Montana 6 2 4
Argentina Mariano Hood 6 3 6r
6 Argentina Agustín Garizzio 3 6 5
Russia Andrei Merinov 2 3
6 Argentina Agustín Garizzio 6 6

References

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  1. ^ a b "1998 Swiss Open". International Tennis Federation. Retrieved 29 December 2014.
  2. ^ "Becker slips in quest for clay title". The Washington Post. 13 July 1998. Retrieved 3 December 2022.
  3. ^ "Corretja derrota a Becker en la final de Gstaad" [Corretja defeated Becker at the Gstaad final]. El País (in Spanish). Gstaad. 13 July 1998. Retrieved 3 December 2022.
  4. ^ "TENNIS: ROUNDUP -- SWISS OPEN; Becker Shows He's Not Done Yet". The New York Times. Associated Press. 11 July 1998. Retrieved 3 December 2022.
  5. ^ "In Swiss, Becker to play Ríos". The Washington Post. 11 July 1998. Retrieved 3 December 2022.
  6. ^ Ilic, Jovica (7 July 2017). "July 7, 1998: Roger Federer makes a debut on the ATP Tour in Gstaad". Tennis World. Retrieved 3 December 2022.
  7. ^ a b Torok, Sebastián (5 July 2018). "Lucas Arnold Ker, a 20 años de derrotar a Federer en el debut del suizo en el circuito: 'De chico no parecía crack'" [Lucas Arnold Ker, 20 years after defeating Federer at the swiss' debut in the ATP Tour: 'As a kid, he didn't look like a prodigy']. La Nación (in Spanish). Retrieved 3 December 2022.
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