1998 Pilot Pen International – Men's Singles

The 1998 Pilot Pen International was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at the Cullman-Heyman Tennis Center in New Haven, Connecticut, in the United States that was part of the International Series Gold of the 1998 ATP Tour and of Tier II of the 1998 WTA Tour. The men's tournament was held from August 17 through August 23, 1998, while the women's tournament was held from August 24 through August 30, 1998.

Men's Singles
1998 Pilot Pen International
Champion Karol Kučera[1]
Runner-up Goran Ivanišević
Final score6–4, 5–7, 6–2

Seeds

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

  1. Pete Sampras (Third Round)
  2. Patrick Rafter (Third Round)
  3. Petr Korda (Third Round)
  4. Richard Krajicek (Semifinals)
  5. Yevgeny Kafelnikov (Semifinals)
  6. Tim Henman (Quarterfinals)
  7. Karol Kučera (Champion)
  8. Goran Ivanišević (Final)
  9. Jan Siemerink (Third Round)
  10. Goran Ivanišević (Third Round)
  11. Gustavo Kuerten (Third Round)
  12. Fabrice Santoro (Second Round)
  13. Bohdan Ulihrach (Quarterfinals)
  14. Nicolas Escudé (First Round)
  15. Marc Rosset (First Round)
  16. Guillaume Raoux (Quarterfinals)

Draw

Key

Finals
Semifinals Final[1]
          
8 Goran Ivanišević 6 6
5 Yevgeny Kafelnikov 3 4
8 Goran Ivanišević 4 7 2
7 Karol Kučera 6 5 6
4 Richard Krajicek 6 4
7 Karol Kučera 7 6

Top Half

Section 1
First Round Second Round Third Round Quarterfinals
1 P Sampras 6 7
L Hewitt 6 6 L Hewitt 1 6
S Sargsian 3 4 1 P Sampras 3 4
S Bruguera 7 3 6 L Paes 6 6
P McEnroe 6 6 3 S Bruguera 1 2
L Paes 6 6 L Paes 6 6
15 M Rosset 3 0 L Paes 2 4
10 N Kiefer 6 6 8 G Ivanišević 6 6
L Burgsmüller 3 3 10 N Kiefer 6 7
M Woodforde 6 7 M Woodforde 0 5
M Safin 4 5 10 N Kiefer 3 5
G Grant 6 6 8 G Ivanišević 6 7
C Doseděl 2 3 G Grant 3 6 3
8 G Ivanišević 6 3 6

Section 2
First Round Second Round Third Round Quarterfinals
3 P Korda 6 3 6
A Medvedev 7 6 A Medvedev 3 6 1
E Erlich 6 3 3 P Korda 6 3
K Carlsen 7 6 13 B Ulihrach 7 6
D Prinosil 6 4 K Carlsen 6 4 4
13 B Ulihrach 6 6 13 B Ulihrach 3 6 6
J Sánchez 1 1 13 B Ulihrach 6 3 3
11 G Kuerten 6 6 5 Y Kafelnikov 4 6 6
M Puerta 3 4 11 G Kuerten 6 6
A O'Brien 6 6 A O'Brien 3 2
M Mirnyi 3 4 11 G Kuerten 4 4
T Woodbridge 3 6 6 5 Y Kafelnikov 6 6
M-K Goellner 6 4 3 T Woodbridge 0 2
5 Y Kafelnikov 6 6

Bottom Half

Section 3
First Round Second Round Third Round Quarterfinals
6 T Henman 6 6
V Santopadre 6 6 V Santopadre 2 3
A Rădulescu 2 3 6 T Henman 4 6 6
D Sanguinetti 6 7 D Sanguinetti 6 3 3
J Stark 4 5 D Sanguinetti 6 6 7
12 F Santoro 1 6 6 12 F Santoro 1 7 5
L Arnold 6 3 1 6 T Henman 7 2 6
R Schüttler 4 6 6 4 R Krajicek 5 6 7
14 N Escudé 6 4 3 R Schüttler 3 3
H Levy 7 6 H Levy 6 6
G Cañas 5 3 H Levy 2 4
M Washington 6 6 4 R Krajicek 6 6
S Lareau 4 4 M Washington 5 4
4 R Krajicek 7 6

Section 4
First Round Second Round Third Round Quarterfinals
7 K Kučera 6 6
H Gumy 5 H Gumy 3 3
D Vacek 3r 7 K Kučera 6 7
D van Scheppingen 6 9 J Siemerink 4 5
I Heuberger 4r D van Scheppingen 3 3
9 J Siemerink 6 6 9 J Siemerink 6 6
N Lapentti 4 3 7 K Kučera 3 6 6
16 G Raoux 7 6 16 G Raoux 6 3 1
J Gimelstob 6 4 16 G Raoux 6 6
J van Lottum 6 6 J van Lottum 3 4
J Alonso 4 2 16 G Raoux 7 6
J Tarango 6 6 2 P Rafter 6 3
L Roux 2 2 J Tarango 2 1
2 P Rafter 6 6

References
  1. "1998 New Haven". International Tennis Federation. Retrieved 2 January 2015.
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