1998 ATP Tour

1998 ATP Tour
Pete Sampras finished the year ranked world No. 1 for the record-breaking sixth time in his career. He won four titles during the season, including a major at the Wimbledon Championships.
Details
Duration5 January 1998 – 18 November 1998
CategoriesGrand Slam (4)
ATP Super 9 (9)
ATP Championship Series (12)
ATP World Series (52)
Achievements (singles)
Most tournament titlesChile Marcelo Ríos (7)
Most tournament finalsUnited States Andre Agassi (9)
Prize money leaderUnited States Pete Sampras ($3,926,347)
Points leaderUnited States Pete Sampras (3915)
Awards
Player of the yearUnited States Pete Sampras
Doubles team of the year
Most improved
player of the year
United States Andre Agassi
Newcomer of the yearRussia 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.

Schedule[edit]

This is the complete schedule of events on the 1998 ATP Tour, with player progression documented from the quarter-final stage.[1]
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Key
Grand Slam events
ATP Tour World Championships
ATP Super 9
ATP International Series Gold
ATP International Series
Team events

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January[edit]

Week Tournament Champions Runners-up Semifinalists Quarterfinalists
5 Jan Hopman Cup
Perth, Australia
ITF Mixed Teams Championships
Hard (i) – $1,000,000 – 8 teams (RR)
 Slovakia
2–1
 France
Round robin (Group A)
 Spain
 Sweden
 Australia
Round robin (Group B)
 Germany
 United States
 South Africa
Qatar Open
Doha, Qatar
ATP World Series
Hard – $975,000 – 32S/16D
SinglesDoubles
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
ATP World Series
Hard – $315,000 – 32S/16D
SinglesDoubles
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
12 Jan Sydney International
Sydney, Australia
ATP World Series
Hard – $315,000 – 32S/16D
SinglesDoubles
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
ATP World Series
Hard – $315,000 – 32S/16D
SinglesDoubles
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
19 Jan
26 Jan
Australian Open
Melbourne, Australia
Grand Slam
Hard – $3,140,107 – 128S/64D/32X
SinglesDoubles
Mixed doubles
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[edit]

Week Tournament Champions Runners-up Semifinalists Quarterfinalists
2 Feb Open 13
Marseille, France
ATP World Series
Hard (i) – $514,250 – 32S/16D
SinglesDoubles
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
ATP World Series
Carpet (i) – $375,000 – 32S/16D
SinglesDoubles
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
9 Feb Dubai Tennis Championships
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
ATP World Series
Hard – $1,014,250 – 32S/31Q/16D
SinglesDoubles
Spain Àlex Corretja
7–6(7–0), 6–1
Spain Félix Mantilla Sweden Jonas Björkman
South Africa Wayne Ferreira
Spain Carlos Moyá
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
ATP World Series
Carpet (i) – $315,000 – 32S/28Q/16D
SinglesDoubles
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
ATP World Series
Hard (i) – $315,000 – 32S/16D
SinglesDoubles
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
16 Feb European Community Championships
Antwerp, Belgium
ATP Championship Series
Hard – $875,000 – 32S/16D
SinglesDoubles
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
ATP Championship Series
Hard (i) – $700,000 – 48S/34D
SinglesDoubles
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
23 Feb Advanta Championships
Philadelphia, United States
ATP Championship Series
Hard (i) – $589,250 – 32S/16D
SinglesDoubles
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
ATP Championship Series
Carpet (i) – $689,250 – 32S/16D
SinglesDoubles
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[edit]

Week Tournament Champions Runners-up Semifinalists Quarterfinalists
2 Mar ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament
Rotterdam, Netherlands
ATP World Series
Carpet (i) – $725,000 – 32S/16D
SinglesDoubles
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
ATP World Series
Hard – $315,000 – 32S/16D
SinglesDoubles
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
9 Mar Copenhagen Open
Copenhagen, Denmark
ATP World Series
Carpet (i) – $315,000 – 32S/16D
SinglesDoubles
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
ATP Super 9
Hard – $2,200,000 – 56S/28D
SinglesDoubles
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
16 Mar
23 Mar
Lipton Championships
Key Biscayne, United States
ATP Super 9
Hard – $2,450,000 – 96S/64Q/48D
SinglesDoubles
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
6–2, 6–4
United States Alex O'Brien
United States Jonathan Stark
23 Mar Grand Prix Hassan II
Casablanca, Morocco
ATP World Series
Clay – $210,000 – 32S/16D
SinglesDoubles
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
30 Mar 1998 Davis Cup First round
Bratislava, Slovakia – clay (i)
Bremen, Germany – carpet (i)
Moinhos de Vento Park, Brazil – clay
Zürich, Switzerland – carpet (i)
Genoa, Italy – clay
Victoria, Australia – grass
Brussels, Belgium – clay
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[edit]

Week Tournament Champions Runners-up Semifinalists Quarterfinalists
6 Apr Salem Open
Hong Kong
ATP World Series
Hard – $315,000 – 32S/16D
SinglesDoubles
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
Oeiras, Portugal
ATP World Series
Clay – $600,000 – 32S/16D
SinglesDoubles
Spain Alberto Berasategui
3–6, 6–1, 6–3
Austria Thomas Muster Morocco Karim Alami
Spain Carlos Moyá
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
ATP World Series
Hard – $405,000 – 32S/22Q/16D/3Q
SinglesDoubles
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
13 Apr Torneo Godó
Barcelona, Spain
ATP Championship Series
Clay – $825,000 – 56S/28D
SinglesDoubles
United States Todd Martin
6–2, 1–6, 6–3, 6–2
Spain Alberto Berasategui Spain Carlos Moyá
Italy Andrea Gaudenzi
Russia Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Slovakia Dominik Hrbatý
Spain Carlos Costa
Spain Sergi Bruguera
Netherlands Jacco Eltingh
Netherlands Paul Haarhuis
7–5, 6–0
South Africa Ellis Ferreira
United States Rick Leach
Japan Open Tennis Championships
Tokyo, Japan
ATP Championship Series
Hard – $755,000 – 56S/28D/5Q
SinglesDoubles
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
6–3, 6–4
France Olivier Delaître
Italy Stefano Pescosolido
20 Apr Monte Carlo Open
Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, France
ATP Super 9
Clay – $2,200,000 – 56S/28D
SinglesDoubles
Spain Carlos Moyá
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
6–4, 6–2
Australia Todd Woodbridge
Australia Mark Woodforde
U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships
Orlando, United States
ATP World Series
Clay – $264,250 – 32S/16D
SinglesDoubles
United States Jim Courier
7–5, 3–6, 7–5
United States Michael Chang Sweden Mikael Tillström
Romania Andrei Pavel
Brazil Márcio 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
27 Apr Prague Open
Prague, Czech Republic
ATP World Series
Clay – $340,000 – 32S/16D
SinglesDoubles
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
ATP World Series
Clay – $315,000 – 32S/16D
SinglesDoubles
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
ATP World Series
Clay – $500,000 – 32S/16D
SinglesDoubles
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[edit]

Week Tournament Champions Runners-up Semifinalists Quarterfinalists
4 May ATP German Open
Hamburg, Germany
ATP Super 9
Clay – $2,200,000 – 56S/28D
SinglesDoubles
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
6–2, 7–5
South Africa David Adams
New Zealand Brett Steven
International Tennis Championships
Coral Springs, United States
ATP World Series
Clay – $245,000 – 32S/16D
SinglesDoubles
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
11 May Italian Open
Rome, Italy
ATP Super 9
Clay – $2,200,000 – 64S/32D
SinglesDoubles
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
18 May International Raiffeisen Grand Prix
St. Pölten, Austria
ATP World Series
Clay – $400,000 – 32S/16D
SinglesDoubles
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
Germany
3–0
Czech Republic Czech Republic
25 May
1 Jun
French Open
Paris, France
Grand Slam
Clay – $5,026,607 – 128S/64D/32X
SinglesDoublesMixed doubles
Spain Carlos Moyá
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[edit]

Week Tournament Champions Runners-up Semifinalists Quarterfinalists
8 Jun Gerry Weber Open
Halle, Germany
ATP World Series
Grass – $875,000 – 32S/16D
SinglesDoubles
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
ATP World Series
Grass – $725,000 – 56S/64Q/28D
SinglesDoubles
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
ATP World Series
Clay – $315,000 – 32S/19Q/16D
SinglesDoubles
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
15 Jun Heineken Trophy
's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands
ATP World Series
Grass – $475,000 – 32S/25Q/16D
SinglesDoubles
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
7–6(7–5), 6–2
Australia Joshua Eagle
Australia Andrew Florent
Nottingham Open
Nottingham, Great Britain
ATP World Series
Grass – $315,000 – 32S/16D
SinglesDoubles
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
22 Jun
29 Jun
Wimbledon Championships
London, Great Britain
Grand Slam
Grass – $5,638,006 – 128S/64D/32X
SinglesDoubles
Mixed doubles
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

July[edit]

Week Tournament Champions Runners-up Semifinalists Quarterfinalists
6 Jul Rado Open
Gstaad, Switzerland
ATP World Series
Clay – $525,000 – 32S/16D
SinglesDoubles
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
ATP World Series
Grass – $275,000 – 32S/16D
SinglesDoubles
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
Investor Swedish Open
Båstad, Sweden
ATP World Series
Clay – $315,000 – 32S/16D
SinglesDoubles
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
13 Jul 1998 Davis Cup Quarterfinals
Hamburg, Germany – hard
A Coruña, Spain – clay
Prato, Italy – clay
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
20 Jul Mercedes Cup
Stuttgart, Germany
ATP Championship Series
Clay – $915,000 – 48S/24D
SinglesDoubles
Brazil Gustavo Kuerten
4–6, 6–2, 6–4
Slovakia Karol Kučera Chile Marcelo Ríos
Spain Carlos Moyá
Germany Boris Becker
Czech Republic Bohdan Ulihrach
Spain Albert Costa
Spain Fernando Vicente
France Olivier Delaître
France Fabrice Santoro
6–1, 3–6, 6–3
Australia Joshua Eagle
United States Jim Grabb
Legg Mason Tennis Classic
Washington, D.C., United States
ATP Championship Series
Hard – $575,000 – 58S/28D
SinglesDoubles
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
6–2, 6–4
South Africa Wayne Ferreira
United States Patrick Galbraith
27 Jul Mercedes-Benz Cup
Los Angeles, United States
ATP World Series
Hard – $315,000 – 32S/16D
SinglesDoubles
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
ATP World Series
Clay – $375,000 – 32S/16D
SinglesDoubles
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
ATP World Series
Clay – $500,000 – 48S/28D
SinglesDoubles
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
6–3, 6–4
Australia Joshua Eagle
Australia Andrew Kratzmann

August[edit]

Week Tournament Champions Runners-up Semifinalists Quarterfinalists
3 Aug du Maurier Open
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
ATP Super 9
Hard – $2,200,000 – 56S/28Q/28D
SinglesDoubles
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
ATP World Series
Clay – $475,000 – 32S/16D
SinglesDoubles
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
10 Aug Great American Insurance ATP Championships
Mason, United States
ATP Super 9
Hard – $2,200,000 – 56S/28Q/28D
SinglesDoubles
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
ATP World Series
Clay – $275,000 – 32S/23Q/16D/2Q
SinglesDoubles
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
17 Aug RCA Championships
Indianapolis, United States
ATP Championship Series
Hard – $915,000 – 56S/28Q/28D
SinglesDoubles
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
6–2, 7–6
The Bahamas Mark Knowles
Canada Daniel Nestor
Pilot Pen International
New Haven, United States
ATP Championship Series
Hard – $745,000 – 56S/28Q/28D
SinglesDoubles
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, 1–6, 6–3
Canada Sébastien Lareau
United States Alex O'Brien
24 Aug Waldbaum's Hamlet Cup
Long Island, United States
ATP World Series
Hard – $315,000 – 32S/16D
SinglesDoubles
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