1998 Stella Artois Championships – Doubles

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Doubles
1998 Stella Artois Championships
1997 ChampionsAustralia Mark Philippoussis
Australia Patrick Rafter
Champions
Runners-up
Final scoreNo result due to rain.
Events
Singles Doubles
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Mark Philippoussis and Patrick Rafter were the defending champions but they competed with different partners that year, Philippoussis with Goran Ivanišević and Rafter with Jonas Björkman.

Ivanišević and Philippoussis lost in the first round to Max Mirnyi and Michael Sell.

Björkman and Rafter were one of the two teams in the final along with Todd Woodbridge and Mark Woodforde.

There was no result for the event due to rain.

Seeds[]

The top four seeded teams received byes into the second round.

  1. Australia Todd Woodbridge / Australia Mark Woodforde (final)
  2. India Mahesh Bhupathi / India Leander Paes (semifinals)
  3. Sweden Jonas Björkman / Australia Patrick Rafter (final)
  4. United States Patrick Galbraith / New Zealand Brett Steven (semifinals)
  5. Zimbabwe Wayne Black / Canada Sébastien Lareau (quarterfinals)
  6. United Kingdom Neil Broad / South Africa Piet Norval (second round)
  7. n/a
  8. Australia Sandon Stolle / Czech Republic Cyril Suk (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

Finals[]

Semifinals Final
          
1 Australia Todd Woodbridge
Australia Mark Woodforde
1 7 7
4 United States Patrick Galbraith
New Zealand Brett Steven
6 6 5
1 Australia Todd Woodbridge
Australia Mark Woodforde
     
3 Sweden Jonas Björkman
Australia Patrick Rafter
     
3 Sweden Jonas Björkman
Australia Patrick Rafter
6 7  
2 India Mahesh Bhupathi
India Leander Paes
1 6  

Top half[]

First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
1 Australia T Woodbridge
Australia M Woodforde
6 6  
  South Africa N Godwin
The Bahamas M Merklein
3 4     Netherlands T Kempers
Netherlands M Oosting
1 4  
  Netherlands T Kempers
Netherlands M Oosting
6 6   1 Australia T Woodbridge
Australia M Woodforde
6 6  
  Croatia G Ivanišević
Australia M Philippoussis
6 4 2 8 Australia S Stolle
Czech Republic C Suk
4 4  
  Belarus M Mirnyi
United States M Sell
4 6 6   Belarus M Mirnyi
United States M Sell
4 6  
  Netherlands S Noteboom
Russia A Olhovskiy
2 2   8 Australia S Stolle
Czech Republic C Suk
6 7  
8 Australia S Stolle
Czech Republic C Suk
6 6   1 Australia T Woodbridge
Australia M Woodforde
1 7 7
4 United States P Galbraith
New Zealand B Steven
6 6 5
4 United States P Galbraith
New Zealand B Steven
6 6  
  United States J Gimelstob
United States B MacPhie
4 4     Mexico D Roditi
Armenia S Sargsian
1 4  
  Mexico D Roditi
Armenia S Sargsian
6 6   4 United States P Galbraith
New Zealand B Steven
6 6  
WC United States T Martin
United Kingdom G Rusedski
3 6 4 5 Zimbabwe W Black
Canada S Lareau
3 2  
  Australia W Arthurs
Australia A Kratzmann
6 3 6   Australia W Arthurs
Australia A Kratzmann
6 5 3
  South Africa C Haggard
Australia M Tebbutt
2 7 1 5 Zimbabwe W Black
Canada S Lareau
4 7 6
5 Zimbabwe W Black
Canada S Lareau
6 6 6

Bottom half[]

First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
6 United Kingdom N Broad
South Africa P Norval
7 6  
  United Kingdom D Sapsford
United Kingdom C Wilkinson
5 2   6 United Kingdom N Broad
South Africa P Norval
4 6 4
WC Slovakia K Kučera
Czech Republic D Vacek
4 1   LL France A Clément
France J Golmard
6 2 6
LL France A Clément
France J Golmard
6 6   LL France A Clément
France J Golmard
7 0 4
  South Africa G Stafford
Zimbabwe K Ullyett
5 3   3 Sweden J Björkman
Australia P Rafter
6 6 6
  Zimbabwe B Black
United States A O'Brien
7 6     Zimbabwe B Black
United States A O'Brien
6 3  
3 Sweden J Björkman
Australia P Rafter
7 6  
3 Sweden J Björkman
Australia P Rafter
6 7  
Q Venezuela M Ruah
Brazil A Sá
6 4   2 India M Bhupathi
India L Paes
1 6  
WC Denmark K Carlsen
Sweden T Enqvist
7 6   WC Denmark K Carlsen
Sweden T Enqvist
4 3  
Q United States D Flach
United States G Van Emburgh
6 6   Q United States D Flach
United States G Van Emburgh
6 6  
  United States K Kinnear
United States D Randall
4 4   Q United States D Flach
United States G Van Emburgh
4 0  
WC United Kingdom T Henman
United States P Sampras
7 5 6 2 India M Bhupathi
India L Paes
6 6  
  The Bahamas M Knowles
Canada D Nestor
6 7 3 WC United Kingdom T Henman
United States P Sampras
1 1  
2 India M Bhupathi
India L Paes
6 6  

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