Doubles | |
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1998 Mercedes Cup | |
Champions | Olivier Delaître Fabrice Santoro[1] |
Runners-up | Joshua Eagle Jim Grabb |
Score | 6–1, 3–6, 6–3 |
The 1998 Mercedes Cup was a men's tennis tournament played on Clay in Stuttgart, Germany, that was part of the International Series Gold of the 1998 ATP Tour. It was the fiftieth edition of the tournament and was held 20 July – 26 July.
Seeds
Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.
- Mahesh Bhupathi / Yevgeny Kafelnikov (semifinals)
- Donald Johnson / Francisco Montana (second round)
- Joshua Eagle / Jim Grabb (final)
- Daniel Orsanic / Cyril Suk (quarterfinals)
- Neil Broad / Piet Norval (quarterfinals)
- David Adams / Fernon Wibier (second round)
- Andrew Kratzmann / Menno Oosting (second round)
- Tom Kempers / Aleksandar Kitinov (quarterfinals)
Draw
Key
- Q = Qualifier
- WC = Wild card
- LL = Lucky loser
- Alt = Alternate
- SE = Special exempt
- PR = Protected ranking
- ITF = ITF entry
- JE = Junior exempt
- w/o = Walkover
- r = Retired
- d = Defaulted
- SR = Special ranking
Finals
Semifinals | Final[1] | ||||||||||||
1 | Mahesh Bhupathi Yevgeny Kafelnikov | 6 | 3 | 6 | |||||||||
Olivier Delaître Fabrice Santoro | 3 | 6 | 7 | ||||||||||
Olivier Delaître Fabrice Santoro | 6 | 3 | 6 | ||||||||||
3 | Joshua Eagle Jim Grabb | 1 | 6 | 3 | |||||||||
3 | Joshua Eagle Jim Grabb | 6 | 7 | ||||||||||
Chris Haggard Jack Waite | 2 | 6 |
Top half
First round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1 | M Bhupathi Y Kafelnikov | 6 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
L Arnold L Lobo | 6 | 6 | L Arnold L Lobo | 2 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
M Gustafsson M Larsson | 4 | 2 | 1 | M Bhupathi Y Kafelnikov | 7 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||
A Olhovskiy P Vízner | 6 | 6 | 7 | 8 | T Kempers A Kitinov | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
T Haas M Safin | 7 | 4 | 5 | A Olhovskiy P Vízner | 5 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||
8 | T Kempers A Kitinov | 7 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1 | M Bhupathi Y Kafelnikov | 6 | 3 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
O Delaître F Santoro | 3 | 6 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
4 | D Orsanic C Suk | 7 | 4 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
J Balcells D Bowen | 6 | 2 | 6 | J Balcells D Bowen | 6 | 6 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||
G Kuerten F Meligeni | 1 | 6 | 2 | 4 | D Orsanic C Suk | 1 | 6 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||
O Delaître F Santoro | 2 | 6 | 6 | O Delaître F Santoro | 6 | 0 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||
M Hood S Prieto | 6 | 4 | 3 | O Delaître F Santoro | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
6 | D Adams F Wibier | 4 | 2 |
Bottom half
First round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | N Broad P Norval | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
L Pimek T Anzari | 6 | 7 | L Pimek T Anzari | 3 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
B Coupe P Rosner | 1 | 5 | 5 | N Broad P Norval | 4 | 6 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||
J Alonso G Köves | 6 | 6 | 3 | J Eagle J Grabb | 6 | 4 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
A Berasategui A Martín | 2 | 1 | J Alonso G Köves | 4 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
3 | J Eagle J Grabb | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
3 | J Eagle J Grabb | 6 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
C Haggard J Waite | 2 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
7 | A Kratzmann M Oosting | 6 | 5 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
K Braasch B Karbacher | 6 | 6 | K Braasch B Karbacher | 4 | 7 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
P Albano N Lapentti | 4 | 0 | K Braasch B Karbacher | 3 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
C Haggard J Waite | 7 | 6 | C Haggard J Waite | 6 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
B Becker D Prinosil | 6 | 4 | C Haggard J Waite | 1 | 7 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
2 | Donald Johnson F Montana | 6 | 5 | 2 |
References
- ^ a b "1998 Stuttgart Outdoor". International Tennis Federation. Archived from the original on 29 December 2014. Retrieved 29 December 2014.