Singles Champion Yevgeny Kafelnikov [1] Runner-up Cédric Pioline Final score 7–5, 6–4 Draw 32 Seeds 8
1998 tennis event results
The 1998 Guardian Direct Cup was a men's tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts in London , Great Britain, that was part of the International Series Gold of the 1998 ATP Tour . It was the 21st edition of the tournament and was held 23 February – 1 March.
Seeds [ ]
Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.
Petr Korda (second round)
Patrick Rafter (quarterfinals)
Yevgeny Kafelnikov (champion)
Greg Rusedski (first round)
Richard Krajicek (first round)
Sergi Bruguera (first round)
Karol Kučera (quarterfinals)
Goran Ivanišević (second round)
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
Finals [ ]
Top half [ ]
First round
Second round
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
1
P Korda
7
62
6
D Prinosil
64
7
4
1
P Korda
3
3
C Pioline
6
7
C Pioline
6
6
F Clavet
1
65
C Pioline
6
4
6
F Dewulf
6
7
7
K Kučera
3
6
2
G Blanco
2
5
F Dewulf
3
4
7
K Kučera
62
7
6
7
K Kučera
6
6
G Raoux
7
66
4
C Pioline
6
7
M-K Goellner
5
7
6
J Siemerink
3
64
4
G Rusedski
7
5
4
M-K Goellner
6
64
7
A Richardson
6
2
A Richardson
4
7
5
M Rosset
3
1
R
M-K Goellner
3
4
B Ulihrach
6
7
J Siemerink
6
6
M Lee
4
64
B Ulihrach
3
7
4
J Siemerink
6
7
J Siemerink
6
64
6
6
S Bruguera
1
63
Bottom half [ ]
First round
Second round
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
T Henman
65
7
7
5
R Krajicek
7
62
5
T Henman
4
6
6
R Schüttler
7
7
R Schüttler
6
3
4
M Damm
5
63
T Henman
6
4
2
D Vacek
7
6
3
Y Kafelnikov
4
6
6
K Alami
65
4
D Vacek
3
4
3
Y Kafelnikov
6
6
3
Y Kafelnikov
6
6
T Johansson
3
2
3
Y Kafelnikov
7
6
8
G Ivanišević
6
6
W Ferreira
5
4
K Carlsen
1
2
8
G Ivanišević
2
4
W Ferreira
65
6
6
W Ferreira
6
6
C Wilkinson
7
4
2
W Ferreira
6
6
M Gustafsson
63
7
6
2
P Rafter
4
4
B Steven
7
63
2
M Gustafsson
3
66 '
2
P Rafter
6
3
6
2
P Rafter
6
7
H Arazi
3
6
3
References [ ]
^ a b "1998 London" . International Tennis Federation . Retrieved 14 December 2014 .
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