1998 Rado Open – Singles

The 1998 Rado Open was a men's tennis tournament played on Clay in Gstaad, Switzerland that was part of the International Series of the 1998 ATP Tour. It was the thirty-first edition of the tournament and was held from 6 July – 12 July 1998. This tournament is notable for being the first professional appearance of 20-time Grand Slam champion Roger Federer.

Singles
1998 Rado Open
Champion Àlex Corretja[1]
Runner-up Boris Becker
Final score7–6(7–5), 7–5, 6–3

Seeds

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

  1. Marcelo Ríos (Semifinals)
  2. Yevgeny Kafelnikov (First Round)
  3. Àlex Corretja (Champions)
  4. Cédric Pioline (Second Round)
  5. Félix Mantilla (Quarterfinals)
  6. Albert Costa (Quarterfinals)
  7. Alberto Berasategui (First Round)
  8. Nicolas Kiefer (Quarterfinals)

Draw

Key

Finals
Semifinals Final[1]
            
1 Marcelo Ríos 4 64
  Boris Becker 6 7
  Boris Becker 65 5 3
3 Àlex Corretja 7 7 6
3 Àlex Corretja 6 63 6
  Filip Dewulf 3 7 3

Top Half
First Round Second Round Quarterfinals Semifinals
1 M Ríos 6 6
M Rosset 3 3 1 M Ríos 6 6
L Arnold 6 6 L Arnold 4 1
R Federer 4 4 1 M Ríos 6 7
G Kuerten 6 6 F Clavet 3 5
G Raoux 4 4 G Kuerten 6 4 4
F Clavet 6 6 F Clavet 2 6 6
7 A Berasategui 4 4 1 M Ríos 4 64
4 C Pioline 6 6 B Becker 6 7
N Lapentti 4 4 4 C Pioline 62 5
B Becker 6 67 7 B Becker 7 7
G Bastl 4 7 5 B Becker 6 6
F Santoro 7 6 5 F Mantilla 4 4
B Ulihrach 5 3 F Santoro 4 6 2
5 F Mantilla 6 6 5 F Mantilla 6 0 6
T Guardiola 2 2

Bottom Half
First Round Second Round Quarterfinals Semifinals
6 A Costa 5 6 6
D Orsanic 7 2 3 6 A Costa 7 6
G Blanco 6 6 G Blanco 63 3
T Carbonell 4 3 6 A Costa 7 2 2
C Doseděl 7 6 3 À Corretja 5 6 6
I Heuberger 64 3 C Doseděl 0 5
3 À Corretja 6 4 6 3 À Corretja 6 7
O Gross 4 6 1 3 À Corretja 6 63 6
8 N Kiefer 0 7 7 F Dewulf 3 7 3
JA Viloca 6 5 68 8 N Kiefer 6 3 6
J Alonso 6 7 J Alonso 3 6 1
N Escudé 2 5 8 N Kiefer 6 3 4
F Dewulf 3 7 6 F Dewulf 1 6 6
A Portas 6 63 2 F Dewulf 3 7 6
F Meligeni 6 4 6 F Meligeni 6 5 3
2 Y Kafelnikov 3 6 3

References
  1. "1998 Swiss Open". International Tennis Federation. Retrieved 29 December 2014.
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