1998 ATP Tour World Championships – Doubles
Doubles | |
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1998 ATP Tour World Championships | |
Champions | Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis |
Runners-up | Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor |
Final score | 6–4, 6–2, 7–5 |
Rick Leach and Jonathan Stark were the defending champions, but failed to qualify as a team that year, as they did not compete together in 1998.
Stark failed to qualify with another partner, while Leach qualified with Ellis Ferreira, but lost in the round robin.
Jacco Eltingh and Paul Haarhuis won in the final 6–4, 6–2, 7–5, against Mark Knowles and Daniel Nestor.
Seeds[]
- Jacco Eltingh / Paul Haarhuis (champions)
- Mahesh Bhupathi / Leander Paes (round robin, withdrew due to a left ankle injury of Paes)
- Todd Woodbridge / Mark Woodforde (round robin)
- Mark Knowles / Daniel Nestor (final)
- Ellis Ferreira / Rick Leach (round robin)
- Sandon Stolle / Cyril Suk (round robin)
- Olivier Delaître / Fabrice Santoro (semifinals)
- Donald Johnson / Francisco Montana (semifinals)
- Joshua Eagle / Andrew Florent (round robin)
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 | Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis | 7 | 6 | ||||||||||||
8 | Donald Johnson Francisco Montana | 61 | 4 | ||||||||||||
1 | Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis | 6 | 6 | 7 | |||||||||||
4 | Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor | 4 | 2 | 5 | |||||||||||
4 | Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor | 4 | 6 | 7 | |||||||||||
7 | Olivier Delaître Fabrice Santoro | 6 | 4 | 5 |
Green group[]
Eltingh Haarhuis |
Woodbridge Woodforde |
Ferreira Leach |
Delaître Santoro |
RR W–L |
Set W–L |
Game W–L |
Standings | ||
1 | Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis |
7–6(7–3), 6–4 | 6–4, 6–4 | 4–6, 7–5, 7–5 | 3–0 | 6–1 | 43–34 | 1 | |
3 | Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde |
6–7(3–7), 4–6 | 6–7(3–7), 3–6 | 7–6(7–1), 3–6, 4–6 | 0–3 | 1–6 | 33–44 | 4 | |
5 | Ellis Ferreira Rick Leach |
4–6, 4–6 | 7–6(7–3), 6–3 | 6–7(1–7), 6–4, 6–7(3–7) | 1–2 | 3–4 | 39–39 | 3 | |
7 | Olivier Delaître Fabrice Santoro |
6–4, 5–7, 5–7 | 6–7(1–7), 6–3, 6–4 | 7–6(7–1), 4–6, 7–6(7–3) | 2–1 | 5–4 | 52–50 | 2 |
Standings are determined by: 1. number of wins; 2. number of matches; 3. in two-players-ties, head-to-head records; 4. in three-players-ties, percentage of sets won, or of games won; 5. steering-committee decision.
Gold group[]
Bhupathi Paes Eagle Florent |
Knowles Nestor |
Stolle Suk |
Johnson Montana |
RR W–L |
Set W–L |
Game W–L |
Standings | ||
9 |
Mahesh Bhupathi Leander Paes Joshua Eagle Andrew Florent |
7–6(7–5), 6–0 (w/ Eagle / Florent) |
6–4, 3–6, 4–6 (w/ Bhupathi / Paes) |
6–3, 4–6, 6–7(4–7) (w/ Bhupathi / Paes) |
1–0 |
2–0 |
13–6 |
4 | |
4 | Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor |
6–7(5–7), 0–6 (w/ Eagle / Florent) |
2–6, 6–4, 6–2 | 6–3, 6–2 | 2–1 | 4–3 | 32–30 | 1 | |
6 | Sandon Stolle Cyril Suk |
4–6, 6–3, 6–4 (w/ Bhupathi / Paes) |
6–2, 4–6, 2–6 | 7–6(8–6), 6–7(5–7), 6–7(4–7) | 1–2 | 4–5 | 47–47 | 3 | |
8 | Donald Johnson Francisco Montana |
3–6, 6–4, 7–6(7–4) (w/ Bhupathi / Paes) |
3–6, 2–6 | 6–7(6–8), 7–6(7–5), 7–6(7–4) | 2–1 | 4–4 | 41–47 | 2 |
Standings are determined by: 1. number of wins; 2. number of matches; 3. in two-players-ties, head-to-head records; 4. in three-players-ties, percentage of sets won, or of games won; 5. steering-committee decision.
External links[]
- 1998 ATP Tour World Championships
- 1998 in American sports
- Tennis tournaments in the United States
- Sports in Hartford, Connecticut
- Sports competitions in Hartford, Connecticut