1998 Mercedes Cup – Doubles

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.

Doubles
1998 Mercedes Cup
Champions Olivier Delaître
Fabrice Santoro[1]
Runners-up Joshua Eagle
Jim Grabb
Final score6–1, 3–6, 6–3

Seeds

Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.

  1. Mahesh Bhupathi / Yevgeny Kafelnikov (Semifinals)
  2. Donald Johnson / Francisco Montana (Second Round)
  3. Joshua Eagle / Jim Grabb (Final)
  4. Daniel Orsanic / Cyril Suk (Quarterfinals)
  5. Neil Broad / Piet Norval (Quarterfinals)
  6. David Adams / Fernon Wibier (Second Round)
  7. Andrew Kratzmann / Menno Oosting (Second Round)
  8. Tom Kempers / Aleksandar Kitinov (Quarterfinals)

Draw

Key

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
  1. "1998 Stuttgart Outdoor". International Tennis Federation. Retrieved 29 December 2014.
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