1998 ATP World Tour

Details
Duration	January 5 – November 18
Categories	Grand Slam (4) ATP Super 9 (9) ATP International Series Gold (12) ATP International Series
Achievements
Most tournament titles	Pat Rafter (6) Marcelo Ríos (6)
Most tournament finals	Andre Agassi (9)
Prize money leader	Pete Sampras ($3,926,347)
Points leader	Pete Sampras (3915)
Awards
Player of the year	Pete Sampras
Most improved player of the year	Andre Agassi
Newcomer of the year	Marat Safin
Comeback player of the year	Younes El Aynaoui
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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 International Series Gold and the International Series Tournaments 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 1.12 ATP Finals 2 ATP rankings 2.1 Singles 3 Statistical information 3.1 Titles won by player 4 See also 5 References 6 External links

Schedule [edit]

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 International Series Gold

ATP International Series

Team events

Year-end championships

January [edit]

Week of	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
January 5	1998 Qatar Open Doha, Qatar International Series $975,000 - Hard	Petr Korda 6-0, 6-3	Fabrice Santoro	Goran Ivanišević Andrei Medvedev	Greg Rusedski Bernd Karbacher Tim Henman Sjeng Schalken
		Mahesh Bhupathi / Leander Paes 6-4, 3-6, 6-4	Olivier Delaître / Fabrice Santoro
	1998 Adelaide International Adelaide, Australia International Series $315,000 - Hard	Lleyton Hewitt 3-6, 6-3, 7-6(4)	Jason Stoltenberg	Todd Woodbridge Andre Agassi	Nicolas Escudé Jérôme Golmard Vincent Spadea Brett Steven
		Joshua Eagle / Andrew Florent 6-4, 6-7, 6-3	Ellis Ferreira / Rick Leach
January 12	1998 Sydney International Sydney, Australia International Series $315,000 - Hard	Karol Kučera 7-5, 6-4	Tim Henman	Patrick Rafter Michael Tebbutt	Todd Martin Thomas Enqvist Jason Stoltenberg Albert Costa
		Todd Woodbridge / Mark Woodforde 6-3, 7-5	Jacco Eltingh / Daniel Nestor
	1998 Heineken Open Auckland, New Zealand International Series $315,000 - Hard	Marcelo Ríos 4-6, 6-4, 7-6(3)	Richard Fromberg	Byron Black Félix Mantilla	Kenneth Carlsen Christian Vinck Dominik Hrbatý Carlos Costa
		Patrick Galbraith / Brett Steven 6-4, 6-2	Tom Nijssen / Jeff Tarango
January 19 January 26	1998 Australian Open Melbourne, Australia Grand Slam $3,140,107 - Hard	Petr Korda 6-2, 6-2, 6-2	Marcelo Ríos	Karol Kučera Nicolas Escudé	Pete Sampras Jonas Björkman Nicolas Kiefer Alberto Berasategui
		Jonas Björkman / Jacco Eltingh 6-2, 5-7, 2-6, 6-4, 6-3	Todd Woodbridge / Mark Woodforde

February [edit]

Week of	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
February 2	1998 Open 13 Marseille, France International Series $514,250 - Indoor Hard	Thomas Enqvist 6-4, 6-1	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	Mikael Tillström Richard Krajicek	Arnaud Clément Arnaud Boetsch Magnus Gustafsson Daniel Vacek
		Donald Johnson / Francisco Montana 6-4, 3-6, 6-3	Mark Keil / T. J. Middleton
	1998 Croatian Indoors Split, Croatia International Series $375,000 - Carpet	Goran Ivanišević 7-6(3), 7-6(5)	Greg Rusedski	Marc Rosset Martin Sinner	Martin Damm Rainer Schüttler Kenneth Carlsen Jiří Novák
		Martin Damm / Jiří Novák 7-6, 6-2	Fredrik Bergh / Patrik Fredriksson
February 9	1998 Dubai Tennis Championships Dubai, United Arab Emirates International Series $1,014,250 - Hard	Àlex Corretja 7-6(0), 6-1	Félix Mantilla	Jonas Björkman Wayne Ferreira	Carlos Moyà Carlos Costa Alberto Berasategui Nicolas Kiefer
		Mahesh Bhupathi / Leander Paes 6-2, 7-5	Donald Johnson / Francisco Montana
	1998 St. Petersburg Open St. Petersburg, Russia International Series $315,000 - Carpet	Richard Krajicek 6-4, 7-6(5)	Marc Rosset	Thomas Johansson Cédric Pioline	Daniel Vacek Fabrice Santoro Dominik Hrbatý Hendrik Dreekmann
		Nicklas Kulti / Mikael Tillström 3-6, 6-3, 7-6	Marius Barnard / Brent Haygarth
	1998 Sybase Open San Jose, CA, USA International Series $315,000 - Indoor Hard	Andre Agassi 6-2, 6-4	Pete Sampras	John van Lottum Michael Chang	Mark Woodforde Todd Martin Jan-Michael Gambill Tommy Haas
		Todd Woodbridge / Mark Woodforde 6-1, 7-5	Nelson Aerts / André Sá
February 16	Antwerp, Belgium International Series Gold $875,000 - Hard	Greg Rusedski 7-6(3), 3-6, 6-1, 6-4	Marc Rosset	Karol Kučera Patrick Rafter	Petr Korda Thomas Johansson Magnus Larsson Jeff Tarango
		Wayne Ferreira / Yevgeny Kafelnikov 7-5, 3-6, 6-2	Tomás Carbonell / Francisco Roig
	Memphis, TN, USA International Series Gold $700,000 - Indoor Hard	Mark Philippoussis 6-3, 6-2	Michael Chang	Marcelo Ríos Gustavo Kuerten	Grant Stafford Thomas Enqvist Mark Woodforde Richard Fromberg
		Todd Woodbridge / Mark Woodforde 6-4, 6-2	Ellis Ferreira / David Roditi
February 23	Philadelphia, PA, USA International Series Gold $589,250 - Indoor Hard	Pete Sampras 7-5, 7-6(3)	Thomas Enqvist	Tommy Haas Sébastien Lareau	Sjeng Schalken Jeff Tarango Richey Reneberg Grant Stafford
		Jacco Eltingh / Paul Haarhuis 7-6, 6-7, 6-2	David Macpherson / Richey Reneberg
	London Indoor London, Great Britain International Series Gold $689,250 - Carpet	Yevgeny Kafelnikov 7-5, 6-4	Cédric Pioline	Jan Siemerink Wayne Ferreira	Karol Kučera Marc-Kevin Goellner Tim Henman Patrick Rafter
		Martin Damm / Jim Grabb 6-4, 7-5	Yevgeny Kafelnikov / Daniel Vacek

March [edit]

Week of	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
March 2	Rotterdam, The Netherlands International Series $725,000 - Carpet	Jan Siemerink 7-6(2), 6-2	Thomas Johansson	Richard Krajicek Brett Steven	Patrick Rafter Greg Rusedski Johan Van Herck Tomás Carbonell
		Jacco Eltingh / Paul Haarhuis 7-6, 6-3	Neil Broad / Piet Norval
	Scottsdale, AZ, USA International Series $315,000 - Hard	Andre Agassi 6-4, 7-6(3)	Jason Stoltenberg	Tommy Haas Sjeng Schalken	Sébastien Lareau Jan-Michael Gambill Andrea Gaudenzi Albert Costa
		Cyril Suk / Michael Tebbutt 4-6, 6-1, 7-6	Kent Kinnear / David Wheaton
March 9	Copenhagen, Denmark International Series $315,000 - Carpet	Magnus Gustafsson 3-6, 6-1, 6-1	David Prinosil	Jan Siemerink Kenneth Carlsen	Olivier Delaître Brett Steven Gianluca Pozzi Andrei Pavel
		Tom Kempers / Menno Oosting 6-4, 7-6	Jan Siemerink / Brett Steven
	1998 Indian Wells Masters Indian Wells, CA, USA Tennis Masters Series $2,200,000 - Hard	Marcelo Ríos 6-3, 6-7(15), 7-6(4), 6-4	Greg Rusedski	Thomas Muster Jan-Michael Gambill	Andrei Medvedev Thomas Enqvist Andre Agassi Petr Korda
		Jonas Björkman / Patrick Rafter 6-0, 6-3	Todd Martin / Richey Reneberg
March 16 March 23	1998 Lipton Championships Miami, FL, USA Tennis Masters Series $2,450,000 - Hard	Marcelo Ríos 7-5, 6-3, 6-4	Andre Agassi	Àlex Corretja Tim Henman	Steve Campbell Jeff Tarango Thomas Enqvist Gustavo Kuerten
		Ellis Ferreira / Rick Leach 6-3, 2-6, 6-0	Alex O'Brien / Jonathan Stark
March 23	Casablanca, Morocco International Series $210,000 - Clay	Andrea Gaudenzi 6-4, 5-7, 6-4	Álex Calatrava	Karim Alami Sébastien Grosjean	Albert Portas Fernando Vicente Juan Antonio Marín Hicham Arazi
		Andrea Gaudenzi / Diego Nargiso 6-4, 7-6	Cristian Brandi / Filippo Messori
March 30	1998 Davis Cup First Round Bratislava, Slovakia - Clay Bremen, Germany - Carpet Moionhos de Vento Park, Brazil - Clay Zürich, Switzerland - Carpet Genoa, Italy - Clay Victoria, Australia - Grass Brussels, Belgium - Clay Atlanta, USA - 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 of	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
April 6	Hong Kong, Hong Kong International Series $315,000 - Hard	Kenneth Carlsen 6-2, 6-0	Byron Black	Sébastien Lareau Thomas Johansson	Gianluca Pozzi Oscar Burrieza Sandon Stolle Neville Godwin
		Byron Black / Alex O'Brien 7-5, 6-1	Neville Godwin / Tuomas Ketola
	Estoril, Portugal International Series $600,000 - Clay	Alberto Berasategui 3-6, 6-1, 6-3	Thomas Muster	Karim Alami Carlos Moyà	Félix Mantilla Albert Costa Juan Antonio Marín Carlos Costa
		Donald Johnson / Francisco Montana 6-1, 2-6, 6-1	David Roditi / Fernon Wibier
	Chennai, India International Series $405,000 - Hard	Patrick Rafter 6-3, 6-4	Mikael Tillström	Leander Paes Todd Woodbridge	Lars Burgsmüller Gérard Solvès Mark Woodforde Andrei Pavel
		Mahesh Bhupathi / Leander Paes 6-7, 6-3, 6-2	Olivier Delaître / Max Mirnyi
April 13	Barcelona, Spain International Series Gold $825,000 - Clay	Todd Martin 6-2, 1-6, 6-3, 6-2	Alberto Berasategui	Carlos Moyà Andrea Gaudenzi	Yevgeny Kafelnikov Dominik Hrbatý Carlos Costa Sergi Bruguera
		Jacco Eltingh / Paul Haarhuis 6-2, 6-4	Ellis Ferreira / Rick Leach
	Tokio, Japan International Series Gold $755,000 - Hard	Andrei Pavel 6-3, 6-4	Byron Black	Jan-Michael Gambill Daniel Vacek	David DiLucia Tim Henman David Prinosil Hendrik Dreekmann
		Sébastien Lareau / Daniel Nestor 6-4, 3-6, 6-4	Olivier Delaître / Stefano Pescosolido
April 20	Monte Carlo, Monaco Tennis Masters Series $2,200,000 - Clay	Carlos Moyà 6-3, 6-0, 7-5	Cédric Pioline	Alberto Berasategui Richard Krajicek	Fabrice Santoro Boris Becker Àlex Corretja Petr Korda
		Jacco Eltingh / Paul Haarhuis 6-2, 6-4	Todd Woodbridge / Mark Woodforde
	Orlando, FL, USA International Series $264,250 - Clay	Jim Courier 7-5, 3-6, 7-5	Michael Chang	Mikael Tillström Andrei Pavel	Marcio Carlsson Andrew Ilie Marcello Craca Álex Calatrava
		Grant Stafford / Kevin Ullyett 4-6, 6-4, 7-5	Michael Tebbutt / Mikael Tillström
April 27	Prague, Czech Republic International Series $340,000 - Clay	Fernando Meligeni 6-1, 6-4	Slava Doseděl	Nicolás Lapentti Dinu Pescariu	Jacobo Díaz Fernando Vicente Javier Sánchez Andrei Chesnokov
		Wayne Arthurs / Andrew Kratzmann 6-1, 6-1	Fredrik Bergh / Nicklas Kulti
	Atlanta, GA, USA International Series $315,000 - Clay	Pete Sampras 6-7(2), 6-3, 7-6(4)	Jason Stoltenberg	Álex Calatrava Andrei Pavel	Ramón Delgado Steve Campbell Franco Squillari Richey Reneberg
		Ellis Ferreira / Brent Haygarth 6-3, 0-6, 6-2	Alex O'Brien / Richey Reneberg
	Munich, Germany International Series $500,000 - Clay	Thomas Enqvist 6-7(4), 7-6(6), 6-3	Andre Agassi	Magnus Gustafsson Galo Blanco	Oliver Gross Nicolas Escudé Tomas Nydahl Jonas Björkman
		Todd Woodbridge / Mark Woodforde 6-0, 6-3	Joshua Eagle / Andrew Florent

May [edit]

Week of	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
May 4	Hamburg, Germany Tennis Masters Series $2,200,000 - Clay	Albert Costa 6-2, 6-0, 1-0 RET	Àlex Corretja	Karol Kučera Félix Mantilla	Fabrice Santoro Thomas Muster Gustavo Kuerten Goran Ivanišević
		Donald Johnson / Francisco Montana 6-4, 6-4	David Adams / Brett Steven
	Coral Springs, FL, USA International Series $245,000 - Clay	Andrew Ilie 7-5, 6-4	Davide Sanguinetti	Justin Gimelstob Johan Van Herck	Sébastien Grosjean Xavier Malisse Michael Tebbutt Ramón Delgado
		Grant Stafford / Kevin Ullyett 7-5, 6-4	Mark Merklein / Vincent Spadea
May 11	Rome, Italy Tennis Masters Series $2,200,000 - Clay	Marcelo Ríos W/O	Albert Costa	Alberto Berasategui Gustavo Kuerten	Michael Chang Brett Steven Richard Krajicek Fernando Vicente
		Mahesh Bhupathi / Leander Paes 6-4, 4-6, 7-6	Ellis Ferreira / Rick Leach
May 18	St. Poelten, Austria International Series $400,000 - Clay	Marcelo Ríos 6-2, 6-0	Vincent Spadea	Andrea Gaudenzi Marcelo Filippini	Galo Blanco Francisco Clavet Thomas Muster Sjeng Schalken
		Jim Grabb / David Macpherson 6-4, 6-4	David Adams / Wayne Black
May 25 June 1	1998 French Open Paris, France Grand Slam $5,026,607 - Clay	Carlos Moyà 6-3, 7-5, 6-3	Àlex Corretja	Félix Mantilla Cédric Pioline	Thomas Muster Marcelo Ríos Filip Dewulf Hicham Arazi
		Jacco Eltingh / Paul Haarhuis 6-3, 3-6, 6-3	Mark Knowles / Daniel Nestor

June [edit]

Week of	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
June 8	Halle, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany International Series $875,000 - Grass	Yevgeny Kafelnikov 6-4, 6-4	Magnus Larsson	Paul Haarhuis Thomas Johansson	Gianluca Pozzi Richard Krajicek Hendrik Dreekmann Magnus Norman
		Ellis Ferreira / Rick Leach 4-6, 6-4, 7-6	John-Laffnie de Jager / Marc-Kevin Goellner
	Londra, Great Britain International Series $725,000 - Grass	Scott Draper ;7-6(5), 6-4	Laurence Tieleman	Mark Woodforde Byron Black	Thomas Enqvist Doug Flach Brian MacPhie Tim Henman
		NO FINAL	NO FINAL
	Bologna, Italy International Series $315,000 - Clay	Julian Alonso 6-1, 6-4	Karim Alami	Juan Antonio Marín Dominik Hrbatý	Mariano Puerta Carlos Costa Marzio Martelli Franco Squillari
		Brandon Coupe / Paul Rosner 7-6, 6-3	Giorgio Galimberti / Massimo Valeri
June 15	's-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands International Series $475,000 - Grass	Patrick Rafter 7-6(2), 6-2	Martin Damm	Dennis van Scheppingen Jan Siemerink	Sjeng Schalken Richard Krajicek Karol Kučera Steve Campbell
		Guillaume Raoux / Jan Siemerink 6-3, 3-6, 6-1	Joshua Eagle / Andrew Florent
	Nottingham, Great Britain International Series $315,000 - Grass	Jonas Björkman 6-3, 6-2	Byron Black	Sargis Sargsian Jérôme Golmard	Gianluca Pozzi Brett Steven Scott Draper David Prinosil
		Justin Gimelstob / Byron Talbot 7-5, 6-7, 6-4	Sébastien Lareau / Daniel Nestor
June 22 June 29	1998 Wimbledon Championships London, Great Britain Grand Slam $5,638,006 - Grass	Pete Sampras 6-7(2), 7-6(9), 6-4, 3-6, 6-2	Goran Ivanišević	Tim Henman Richard Krajicek	Mark Philippoussis Petr Korda Jan Siemerink Davide Sanguinetti
		Jacco Eltingh / Paul Haarhuis 2-6, 6-4, 7-6, 5-7, 10-8	Todd Woodbridge / Mark Woodforde

July [edit]

Week of	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
July 6	Gstaad, Switzerland International Series $525,000 - Clay	Àlex Corretja 7-6(5), 7-5, 6-3	Boris Becker	Marcelo Ríos Filip Dewulf	Francisco Clavet Félix Mantilla Albert Costa Nicolas Kiefer
		Gustavo Kuerten / Fernando Meligeni 6-4, 7-5	Daniel Orsanic / Cyril Suk
	Hall of Fame Tennis Championships Newport, RI, USA International Series $275,000 - Grass	Leander Paes 6-3, 6-2	Neville Godwin	Jason Stoltenberg Laurence Tieleman	John van Lottum Justin Gimelstob Rainer Schüttler Mark Knowles
		Doug Flach / Sandon Stolle 6-2, 4-6, 7-6	Scott Draper / Jason Stoltenberg
	Båstad, Sweden International Series $315,000 - Clay	Magnus Gustafsson 6-2, 6-3	Andrei Medvedev	Thomas Johansson Dominik Hrbatý	Jérôme Golmard Karim Alami Andrea Gaudenzi Jiří Novák
		Magnus Gustafsson / Magnus Larsson 6-4, 6-2	Lan Bale / Piet Norval
July 13	1998 Davis Cup Quarterfinals Hamburg, Germany - Hard La Coruña, Spain - Clay Prato, Italy - Clay Indianapolis, IN, USA - Hard	Quarterfinal winners  Sweden 3-2  Spain 4-1  Italy 5-0  United States 4-1	Quarterfinal losers  Germany  Switzerland  Zimbabwe  Belgium
July 20	Stuttgart, Germany International Series Gold $915,000 - Clay	Gustavo Kuerten 4-6, 6-2, 6-4	Karol Kučera	Marcelo Ríos Carlos Moyà	Boris Becker Bohdan Ulihrach Albert Costa Fernando Vicente
		Olivier Delaître / Fabrice Santoro 4-6, 7-5, 6-3	Joshua Eagle / Jim Grabb
	Washington, D.C., USA International Series Gold $575,000 - Hard	Andre Agassi 6-2, 6-0	Scott Draper	Michael Chang Wayne Ferreira	Jim Courier Filip Dewulf Vincent Spadea Sébastien Lareau
		Grant Stafford / Kevin Ullyett 6-3, 7-5	Wayne Ferreira / Patrick Galbraith
July 27	Los Angeles, CA, USA International Series $315,000 - Hard	Andre Agassi 6-4, 6-4	Tim Henman	Justin Gimelstob Guillaume Raoux	Patrick Rafter Sandon Stolle Michael Joyce Byron Black
		Patrick Rafter / Sandon Stolle 6-4, 6-4	Jeff Tarango / Daniel Vacek
	Umag, Croatia International Series $375,000 - Clay	Bohdan Ulihrach 6-3, 7-6(0)	Magnus Norman	Juan Antonio Marín Mariano Puerta	Paul Haarhuis Karol Kučera Gustavo Kuerten Félix Mantilla
		Neil Broad / Piet Norval 6-1, 3-6, 6-3	Jiří Novák / David Rikl
	Kitzbühel, Austria International Series $500,000 - Clay	Albert Costa 6-2, 1-6, 6-2, 3-6, 6-1	Andrea Gaudenzi	Franco Squillari Francisco Clavet	Richard Fromberg Filip Dewulf Fernando Meligeni Nicolás Lapentti
		Tom Kempers / Daniel Orsanic 4-6, 6-4, 6-4	Joshua Eagle / Andrew Kratzmann

August [edit]

Week of	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
August 3	Toronto, Canada Tennis Masters Series $2,200,000 - Hard	Patrick Rafter 7-6(3), 6-4	Richard Krajicek	Andre Agassi Tim Henman	Pete Sampras Yevgeny Kafelnikov Jonas Björkman Daniel Vacek
		Martin Damm / Jim Grabb 6-3, 6-1	Ellis Ferreira / Rick Leach
	Amsterdam, The Netherlands International Series $475,000 - Clay	Magnus Norman 6-3, 6-3, 2-6, 6-4	Richard Fromberg	Karol Kučera Mariano Zabaleta	Dominik Hrbatý Adrian Voinea Galo Blanco Slava Doseděl
		Jacco Eltingh / Paul Haarhuis 6-3, 6-2	Dominik Hrbatý / Karol Kučera
August 10	Cincinnati, OH, USA Tennis Masters Series $2,200,000 - Hard	Patrick Rafter 1-6, 7-6(2), 6-4	Pete Sampras	Magnus Larsson Yevgeny Kafelnikov	Vincent Spadea Thomas Johansson Petr Korda Daniel Vacek
		Mark Knowles / Daniel Nestor 6-7, 6-4, 6-4	Olivier Delaître / Fabrice Santoro
	San Marino, San Marino International Series $275,000 - Clay	Dominik Hrbatý 6-2, 7-5	Mariano Puerta	Carlos Costa Richard Fromberg	Andrea Gaudenzi Juan Albert Viloca Mariano Zabaleta Vincenzo Santopadre
		Jiří Novák / David Rikl 6-4, 7-5	Mariano Hood / Sebastián Prieto
August 17	RCA Championships Indianapolis, IN, USA International Series Gold $915,000 - Hard	Àlex Corretja 2-6, 6-2, 6-3	Andre Agassi	Ramón Delgado Todd Martin	Byron Black Wayne Ferreira Greg Rusedski Hicham Arazi
		Jiří Novák / David Rikl 7-5, 4-6, 6-1	Mark Knowles / Daniel Nestor
	New Haven, CT, USA International Series Gold $745,000 - Hard	Karol Kučera 6-4, 5-7, 6-2	Goran Ivanišević	Yevgeny Kafelnikov Richard Krajicek	Leander Paes Bohdan Ulihrach Tim Henman Guillaume Raoux
		Wayne Arthurs / Peter Tramacchi 7-6, 6-3	Sébastien Lareau / Alex O'Brien
August 24	Long Island, NY, USA International Series $315,000 - Hard	Patrick Rafter 7-6(3), 6-2	Félix Mantilla	Marat Safin Greg Rusedski	Gustavo Kuerten David Prinosil Daniel Vacek Nicolas Escudé
		Julian Alonso / Javier Sánchez 6-4, 6-4	Brandon Coupe / Dave Randall
	Boston, MA, USA International Series $315,000 - Hard	Michael Chang 6-3, 6-4	Paul Haarhuis	Sébastien Grosjean Cédric Pioline	Jonas Björkman Gianluca Pozzi Thomas Muster Sjeng Schalken
		Jacco Eltingh / Paul Haarhuis 6-3, 6-2	Chris Haggard / Jack Waite
August 31 September 7	1998 US Open New York, USA Grand Slam $6,032,000 - Hard	Patrick Rafter 6-3, 3-6, 6-2, 6-0	Mark Philippoussis	Pete Sampras Carlos Moyà	Karol Kučera Jonas Björkman Thomas Johansson Magnus Larsson
		Cyril Suk / Sandon Stolle 4-6, 7-6, 6-2	Mark Knowles / Daniel Nestor

September [edit]

Week of	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
September 14	Bournemouth Open Bournemouth, Great Britain International Series $375,000 - Clay	Félix Mantilla 6-3, 7-5	Albert Costa	Marc-Kevin Goellner Vincenzo Santopadre	Alberto Berasategui Stefan Koubek Álex López Morón Arnaud Clément
		Neil Broad / Kevin Ullyett 7-6, 6-3	Wayne Arthurs / Alberto Berasategui
	Tashkent, Uzbekistan International Series $380,000 - Hard	Tim Henman 7-5, 6-4	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	Cédric Pioline Nicolas Escudé	Gastón Etlis Marat Safin Karsten Braasch Stefano Pescosolido
		Stefano Pescosolido / Laurence Tieleman 7-5, 4-6, 7-5	Kenneth Carlsen / Sjeng Schalken
	Bucharest, Romania International Series $470,000 - Clay	Francisco Clavet 6-4, 2-6, 7-5	Arnaud Di Pasquale	Albert Portas Adrian Voinea	Julian Alonso Andrei Pavel Galo Blanco Emilio Benfele Álvarez
		Andrei Pavel / Gabriel Trifu 7-6, 7-6	George Cosac / Dinu Pescariu
September 25	1998 Davis Cup Semifinals Stockholm, Sweden - Carpet Milwaukee, WI, USA - Indoor Hard	Semifinal winners  Sweden 4-1  Italy 4-1	Semifinal losers  Spain  United States
September 28	Mallorca, Spain International Series $425,000 - Clay	Gustavo Kuerten 6-7(5), 6-2, 6-3	Carlos Moyà	Fernando Vicente Thomas Muster	Thomas Schiessling Tomás Carbonell Tommy Haas Sergi Bruguera
		Daniel Orsanic / Pablo Albano 7-6, 6-3	Jiří Novák / David Rikl
	Toulouse, France International Series $375,000 - Hard	Jan Siemerink 6-4, 6-4	Greg Rusedski	Nicolas Kiefer Thomas Johansson	Arnaud Clément Marc Rosset Stephane Huet Roger Federer
		Fabrice Santoro / Olivier Delaître 6-2, 6-4	Paul Haarhuis / Jan Siemerink

October [edit]

Week of	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
October 5	Basel, Switzerland International Series $975,000 - Indoor Hard	Tim Henman 6-4, 6-3, 3-6, 6-4	Andre Agassi	Marc Rosset Thomas Johansson	David Prinosil Magnus Gustafsson Nicolas Kiefer Fabrice Santoro
		Fabrice Santoro / Olivier Delaître 6-3, 7-6	Piet Norval / Kevin Ullyett
	Palermo, Italy International Series $315,000 - Clay	Mariano Puerta 6-3, 6-2	Franco Squillari	Àlex Corretja Galo Blanco	Nicolás Lapentti Fernando Vicente Mariano Zabaleta Arnaud Di Pasquale
		Francisco Montana / Donald Johnson 6-4, 7-6	Pablo Albano / Daniel Orsanic
	Shanghai, China International Series $315,000 - Carpet	Michael Chang 4-6, 6-1, 6-2	Goran Ivanišević	Ramón Delgado Paul Haarhuis	Kenneth Carlsen Michael Tebbutt Mark Woodforde Todd Woodbridge
		Mahesh Bhupathi / Leander Paes 6-4, 6-7, 7-6	Todd Woodbridge / Mark Woodforde
October 12	Singapore, Singapore International Series Gold $575,000 - Carpet	Marcelo Ríos 6-4, 6-2	Mark Woodforde	Jim Courier Sjeng Schalken	Lleyton Hewitt Jan-Michael Gambill John Van Lottum Kenneth Carlsen
		Todd Woodbridge / Mark Woodforde 6-2, 6-3	Mahesh Bhupathi / Leander Paes
	Vienna, Austria International Series Gold $675,000 - Carpet	Pete Sampras 6-3, 7-6(3), 6-1	Karol Kučera	Todd Martin Greg Rusedski	Tim Henman Cédric Pioline Jonas Björkman Patrick Rafter
		Yevgeny Kafelnikov / Daniel Vacek 7-5, 6-3	David Adams / John-Laffnie de Jager
October 19	Lyon, France International Series $725,000 - Carpet	Àlex Corretja 2-6, 7-6(6), 6-1	Tommy Haas	Marcelo Ríos Wayne Ferreira	Pete Sampras Arnaud Di Pasquale Olivier Delaître Patrick Rafter
		Olivier Delaître / Fabrice Santoro 6-2, 6-2	Tomás Carbonell / Francisco Roig
	Ostrava, Czech Republic International Series $975,000 - Carpet	Andre Agassi 6-2, 3-6, 6-3	Ján Krošlák	Thomas Enqvist Wayne Black	Nicklas Kulti Andrei Medvedev Martin Damm Thomas Johansson
		Nicolas Kiefer / David Prinosil 6-4, 6-3	David Adams / Pavel Vízner
October 26	Mexico City, Mexico International Series $315,000 - Clay	Jiří Novák 6-3, 6-3	Xavier Malisse	Francisco Clavet Mariano Puerta	Juan Antonio Marín Davide Sanguinetti Alejandro Hernández Jordi Burillo
		Jiří Novák / David Rikl 6-4, 6-2	Daniel Orsanic / David Roditi
	Stuttgart, Germany Tennis Masters Series $2,200,000 - Indoor Hard	Richard Krajicek 6-4, 6-3, 6-3	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	Pete Sampras Jonas Björkman	Jan-Michael Gambill Goran Ivanišević Greg Rusedski Marcelo Ríos
		Sébastien Lareau / Alex O'Brien 6-3, 3-6, 7-5	Mahesh Bhupathi / Leander Paes

November [edit]

Week of	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
November 2	Bogotá, Colombia International Series $315,000 - Clay	Mariano Zabaleta 6-4, 6-4	Ramón Delgado	Sargis Sargsian Jiří Novák	Jim Courier Juan Balcells Mauricio Hadad Davide Sanguinetti
		Diego del Río / Mariano Puerta 6-7, 6-3, 6-2	Gábor Köves / Eric Taino
	Paris, France Tennis Masters Series $2,300,000 - Carpet	Greg Rusedski 6-4, 7-6(4), 6-3	Pete Sampras	Todd Martin Yevgeny Kafelnikov	Mark Philippoussis Andre Agassi Magnus Gustafsson Marcelo Ríos
		Mahesh Bhupathi / Leander Paes 6-4, 6-2	Jacco Eltingh / Paul Haarhuis
November 9	Moscow, Russia International Series $1,125,000 - Carpet	Yevgeny Kafelnikov 7-6(2), 7-6(5)	Goran Ivanišević	Arnaud Clément Marc Rosset	Sébastien Lareau Lars Burgsmüller Ján Krošlák Guillaume Raoux
		Jared Palmer / Jeff Tarango 6-4, 6-7, 6-2	Yevgeny Kafelnikov / Daniel Vacek
	Santiago, Chile International Series $315,000 - Clay	Francisco Clavet 6-2, 6-4	Younes El Aynaoui	Juan Antonio Marín Félix Mantilla	Marcelo Ríos Nicolás Lapentti Mariano Puerta Jim Courier
		Mariano Hood / Sebastián Prieto 7-6, 6-7, 7-6	Massimo Bertolini / Devin Bowen
	Stockholm, Sweden International Series $800,000 - Indoor Hard	Todd Martin 6-3, 6-4, 6-4	Thomas Johansson	Greg Rusedski Tim Henman	Jason Stoltenberg Daniel Nestor Magnus Gustafsson Takao Suzuki
		Nicklas Kulti / Mikael Tillström 7-5, 3-6, 7-5	Chris Haggard / Peter Nyborg

ATP Finals [edit]

Week of	Tournament	Winner	Runner-up	Semifinalists	Round robin
18 November 24 November	Hanover, Germany Hartford, CT, USA	Àlex Corretja 3-6 3-6 7-5 6-3 7-5	Carlos Moyà	Tim Henman Pete Sampras	Albert Costa Greg Rusedski Yevgeny Kafelnikov Karol Kučera Andre Agassi Marcelo Ríos
		Jacco Eltingh / Paul Haarhuis 6-4 6-2 7-5)	Mark Knowles / Daniel Nestor

ATP rankings [edit]

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]

Singles [edit]

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  SRB 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 Pete Sampras 3915 1 2 2 Marcelo Ríos 3670 1 10 8 3 Àlex Corretja 3398 3 14 9 4 Patrick Rafter 3315 2 6 2 5 Carlos Moyà 3159 4 21 2 6 Andre Agassi 2879 6 110 104 7 Tim Henman 2620 7 21 10 8 Karol Kučera 2579 6 25 16 9 Greg Rusedski 2573 4 15 3 10 Richard Krajicek 2548 5 14 1 11 Yevgeny Kafelnikov 2515 4 12 6 12 Goran Ivanišević 2137 12 25 3 13 Petr Korda 2114 2 13 14 Albert Costa 1823 13 27 5 15 Mark Philippoussis 1792 13 28 3 16 Todd Martin 1774 16 81 65 17 Thomas Johansson 1761 17 54 20 18 Cédric Pioline 1710 10 20 2 19 Jan Siemerink 1669 14 78 59 20 Félix Mantilla 1643 11 22 4

Statistical information [edit]

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 World Tour: the Grand Slam tournaments, the ATP World Tour Finals, the ATP Super 9, the ATP World Tour International Gold series, and the ATP World Tour International series.

Titles won by player [edit]

Total titles	Player	Grand Slam tournaments			ATP World Tour Finals		ATP World Tour Super 9		ATP World Tour International Gold		ATP World Tour International		All titles
		S	D	X	S	D	S	D	S	D	S	D	S	D	X
9	Jacco Eltingh		3					1		2		3	0	9	0
	Patrick Rafter	1					2	1			3	1	6	2	0
8	Paul Haarhuis		2					1		2		3	0	8	0
5	Leander Paes							1			1	3	1	4	0
	Marcelo Ríos						3				2		5	0	0
4	Andre Agassi								1		3		4	0	0
	Mahesh Bhupathi							1				3	0	4	0
	Todd Woodbridge									1		3	0	4	0
	Mark Woodforde									1		3	0	4	0
	Kevin Ullyett									1		3	0	4	0
3	Jonas Björkman		1					1			1		1	2	0
	Àlex Corretja								1		2		3	0	0
	Martin Damm									1		2	0	3	0
	Ellis Ferreira							1				2	0	3	0
	Justin Gimelstob			2								1	0	1	2
	Jim Grabb									1		2	0	3	0
	Magnus Gustafsson										2	1	2	1	0
	Paul Haarhuis									2		1	0	3	0
	Donald Johnson							1				2	0	3	0
	Yevgeny Kafelnikov								1	1	2		3	1	0
	Francisco Montana							1				2	0	3	0
	Jiří Novák									1		2	0	3	0
	Pete Sampras	1							1		1		3	0	0
	Grant Stafford									1		2	0	3	0
	Sandon Stolle		1									2	0	3	0
2	Julian Alonso										1	1	1	1	0
	Wayne Arthurs									1		1	0	2	0
	Neil Broad											1	0	1	0
	Albert Costa						1				1		2	0	0
	Thomas Enqvist										2		2	0	0
	Andrea Gaudenzi										1	1	1	1	0
	Tom Kempers											2	0	2	0
	Petr Korda	1									1		2	0	0
	Karol Kučera								1		1		2	0	0
	Gustavo Kuerten								1			1	1	1	0
	Rick Leach							1				1	0	2	0
	Fernando Meligeni										1	1	1	1	0
	Max Mirnyi			2									0	0	2
	Carlos Moyà	1					1						2	0	0
	Daniel Nestor							1		1			0	2	0
	Andrei Pavel								1			1	1	1	0
	David Rikl									1		1	0	2	0
	Jan Siemerink										1	1	1	1	0
	Cyril Suk		1									1	0	2	0
1	Alberto Berasategui										1		1	0	0
	Byron Black											1	0	1	0
	Kenneth Carlsen										1		1	0	0
	Michael Chang										1		1	0	0
	Francisco Clavet										1		1	0	0
	Brandon Coupe											1	0	1	0
	Jim Courier										1		1	0	0
	Olivier Delaître									1			0	1	0
	Scott Draper										1		1	0	0
	Joshua Eagle											1	0	1	0
	Wayne Ferreira									1			0	1	0
	Doug Flach											1	0	1	0
	Andrew Florent											1	0	1	0
	Patrick Galbraith											1	0	1	0
	Brent Haygarth											1	0	1	0
	Mark Philippoussis										1		1	0	0
	Lleyton Hewitt										1		1	0	0
	Dominik Hrbatý										1		1	0	0
	Andrew Ilie										1		1	0	0
	Goran Ivanišević										1		1	0	0
	Mark Knowles							1					0	1	0
	Richard Krajicek										1		1	0	0
	Andrew Kratzmann											1	0	1	0
	Nicklas Kulti											1	0	1	0
	Sébastien Lareau									1			0	1	0
	Magnus Larsson											1	0	1	0
	David Macpherson											1	0	1	0
	Félix Mantilla										1		1	0	0
	Todd Martin								1				1	0	0
	Diego Nargiso											1	0	1	0
	Magnus Norman										1		1	0	0
	Piet Norval											1	0	1	0
	Menno Oosting											1	0	1	0
	Alex O'Brien											1	0	1	0
	Daniel Orsanic											1	0	1	0
	Stefano Pescosolido											1	0	1	0
	Mark Philippoussis								1				1	0	0
	Guillaume Raoux											1	0	1	0
	Paul Rosner											1	0	1	0
	Greg Rusedski								1				1	0	0
	Javier Sánchez											1	0	1	0
	Fabrice Santoro									1			0	1	0
	Brett Steven											1	0	1	0
	Byron Talbot											1	0	1	0
	Michael Tebbutt											1	0	1	0
	Laurence Tieleman											1	0	1	0
	Mikael Tillström											1	0	1	0
	Peter Tramacchi									1			0	1	0
	Gabriel Trifu											1	0	1	0
	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:

• Kenneth Carlsen - Hong Kong
• Scott Draper - London
• Andrea Gaudenzi - Casablanca
• Lleyton Hewitt - Adelaide
• Dominik Hrbatý - San Marino
• Andrew Ilie - Coral Springs
• Leander Paes - Newport
• Andrei Pavel - Tokyo
• Mariano Puerta - Palermo
• Mariano Zabaleta - Bogotá

See also [edit]

• 1998 WTA Tour
• Association of Tennis Professionals
• International Tennis Federation

References [edit]

External links [edit]

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