ATP Challenger Series 1998

The following table shows the tournaments of the 1998 ATP Challenger Series professional men's tennis season . It consisted of 114 tournaments with prizes ranging from $ 25,000 to $ 125,000. It was the 21st edition of the Challenger tournament cycle.

Tournament schedule

January

Date 1	place	competition	Prize money	Topping 2	Winner singles	Winner double
01/26	Heilbronn	Heilbronn Challenger	$ 100,000	Carpet (i)	Martin Sinner	Geoff Grant Mark Merklein

February

Date 1	place	competition	Prize money	Topping 2	Winner singles	Winner double
02.02.	West Bloomfield	West Bloomfield Challenger	$ 050,000	Hard court (i)	Alex O'Brien	Jim Thomas Laurence Tieleman
	Lippstadt	Lippstadt Challenger	$ 025,000	Carpet (i)	Dirk Dier	Andrew Richardson Myles Wakefield
02/09	Wolfsburg	Wolfsburg Challenger	$ 025,000	Carpet (i)	Ivo Heuberger	Marat Safin Dušan Vemić
16.02.	Singapore	Singapore Challenger	$ 050,000	Hard court	Fernando Vicente	Jim Thomas Laurence Tieleman
	Lübeck	Lübeck Challenger	$ 025,000	Carpet (i)	Peter Wessels	Lorenzo Manta Andrew Richardson
02/23	Ho Chi Minh City	Ho Chi Minh Challenger	$ 050,000	Hard court	André Sá	Mahesh Bhupathi Peter Tramacchi
	Cherbourg	Cherbourg Challenger	$ 025,000	Hard court (i)	Jérôme Golmard	Massimo Ardinghi Massimo Bertolini

March

Date 1	place	competition	Prize money	Topping 2	Winner singles	Winner double
02.03.	Bangkok	Bangkok Challenger	$ 050,000	Hard court	Leander Paes	Peter Tramacchi Kevin Ullyett
	Magdeburg	Magdeburg Challenger	$ 025,000	Carpet (i)	Lars Burgsmüller	Eyal Erlich Mosé Navarre
09.03.	Salinas	Salinas Challenger	$ 050,000	Hard court	André Sá	David Di Lucia Michael Sell
	Kyoto	Kyoto Challenger	$ 025,000	Carpet (i)	Michael Kohlmann	Takao Suzuki Kevin Ullyett
30.03.	Barletta	Barletta Challenger	$ 025,000	sand	Francisco Cabello	Juan Balcells Juan Ignacio Carrasco

April

Date 1	place	competition	Prize money	Topping 2	Winner singles	Winner double
06.04.	Bermuda	Bermuda Challenger	$ 100,000	sand	Hernán Gumy	Doug Flach Richey Reneberg
	Naples	Naples Challenger	$ 100,000	sand	Davide Sanguinetti	Massimo Bertolini Devin Bowen
	San Luis Potosí	San Luis Potosí Challenger	$ 025,000	sand	Luis Morejón	Edwin Kempes Peter Wessels
April 13th	Nice	Nice challenger	$ 100,000	sand	Mariano Puerta	Devin Bowen Mariano Hood
	Birmingham	Birmingham Challenger	$ 050,000	sand	Christian Ruud	Doug Flach David Witt
	Vadodara	Vadodara Challenger	$ 050,000	race	Peter Tramacchi	Myles Wakefield Wesley Whitehouse
	Puerto Vallarta	Puerto Vallarta Challenger	$ 025,000	Hard court (i)	Geoff Grant	Luis-Enrique Herrera Gabriel Trifu
April 20	Espinho	Espinho Challenger	$ 125,000	sand	Guillermo Cañas	Jens Knippschild Stephen Noteboom
	Prague	Prague Challenger	$ 025,000	sand	Michal Tabara	Joan Balcell's Nenad Zimonjić

May

Date 1	place	competition	Prize money	Topping 2	Winner singles	Winner double
04.05.	Ljubljana	Ljubljana Challenger	$ 125,000	sand	Dinu Pescariu	Marius Barnard Stephen Noteboom
	Jerusalem	Jerusalem Challenger	$ 050,000	Hard court	Neville Godwin	Noam Behr Eyal Erlich
05/11	Košice	Košice Challenger	$ 125,000	sand	Dominik Hrbatý	Jiří Novák David Rikl
	Dresden	Dresden Challenger	$ 050,000	sand	Dirk Dier	Pablo Albano Sander Groen
May 18	Budapest	Budapest Challenger I	$ 050,000	sand	Marcos Ondruska	Chris Haggard Paul Rosner
25.05.	Kiev	Kiev Challenger	$ 050,000	sand	Nenad Zimonjić	Thomas Buchmayer Thomas Strengberger
	Medellin	Medellin Challenger	$ 025,000	sand	Adriano Ferreira	Adriano Ferreira Cristiano Testa

June

Date 1	place	competition	Prize money	Topping 2	Winner singles	Winner double
01.06.	Prostějov	Prostějov Challenger	$ 125,000	sand	Richard Fromberg	Edwin Kempes Peter Wessels
	Fuerth	Fürth Challenger	$ 050,000	sand	Christian Ruud	Álex López Morón Albert Portas
	Surbiton	Surbiton Challenger	$ 050,000	race	Gianluca Pozzi	Sandon Stolle Peter Tramacchi
08.06.	Split	Split challenger	$ 100,000	sand	Orlin Stanoichev	Geoff Grant Attila Sávolt
	Pastures	Willow Challenger	$ 025,000	sand	Agustín Calleri	Nuno Marques Nenad Zimonjić
15.06.	Braunschweig	Braunschweig Challenger	$ 125,000	sand	Franco Squillari	Tomás Carbonell Francisco Roig
	Zagreb	Zagreb Challenger	$ 100,000	sand	Jiří Novák	Julián Alonso Mariano Puerta
22.06.	Biella	Biella Challenger	$ 025,000	sand	Andrew Ilie	Diego del Rio Eric Taino
	Eisenach	Eisenach Challenger	$ 025,000	sand	Edwin Kempes	Jaime Oncin's Cristiano Testa
	Příbram	Příbram Challenger	$ 025,000	sand	Arnaud Di Pasquale	Ota Fukárek Udo Plamberger
29.06.	Venice	Venice Challenger	$ 100,000	sand	Adrian Voinea	Nebojša Đorđević Marcos Ondruska
	Denver	Denver Challenger	$ 050,000	Hard court	Takao Suzuki	Michael Hill Glenn Weiner
	Ulm	Ulm Challenger	$ 050,000	sand	Younes El Aynaoui	Márcio Carlsson Jaime Oncins
	Montauban	Montauban Challenger	$ 025,000	sand	Edwin Kempes	Eduardo Nicolás Germán Puentes

July

Date 1	place	competition	Prize money	Topping 2	Winner singles	Winner double
06.07.	East End	Ostend Challenger	$ 075,000	sand	Andrew Ilie	Cristian Brandi Filippo Messori
	Bristol	Bristol Challenger	$ 050,000	race	Denis van Uffelen	Maks Mirny Uladsimir Waltschkou
	Granby	Granby Challenger	$ 050,000	Hard court	Takao Suzuki	Gōichi Motomura Takao Suzuki
	Oberstaufen	Oberstaufen Challenger	$ 025,000	sand	Wolfgang Schranz	Nuno Marques Rogier Wassen
07/13	Meran	Merano Challenger	$ 125,000	sand	Sláva Doseděl	Pablo Albano Nicolás Lapentti
	Aptos	Aptos Challenger	$ 050,000	Hard court	Cecil Mamiit	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan
	Contrexéville	Contrexéville Challenger	$ 050,000	sand	Younes El Aynaoui	Diego del Río Martín Rodríguez
	Manchester	Manchester Challenger	$ 050,000	race	Chris Wilkinson	Mosé Navarra Stefano Pescosolido
07/20	Newcastle	Newcastle Challenger	$ 050,000	sand	Agustín Calleri	Jeff Coetzee Edwin Kempes
	Tampere	Tampere Challenger	$ 050,000	sand	Tomáš Zíb	Tobias Hildebrand Fredrik Loven
07/27	Istanbul	Istanbul Challenger	$ 050,000	Hard court	Tomáš Zíb	Petr Luxa Eyal Ran
	Scheveningen	Scheveningen Challenger	$ 050,000	sand	Younes El Aynaoui	Agustín Calleri Tobias Hildebrand
	Winnetka	Winnetka Challenger	$ 050,000	Hard court	Geoff Grant	Grant Silcock Myles Wakefield

August

Date 1	place	competition	Prize money	Topping 2	Winner singles	Winner double
03.08.	Poses	Poznan Challenger	$ 125,000	sand	Christian Ruud	Sebastián Prieto Martín Rodríguez
	Segovia	Segovia Challenger	$ 100,000	Hard court	Radek Štěpánek	Radek Štěpánek Tomáš Zíb
	Lexington	Lexington Challenger	$ 050,000	Hard court	Paul Goldstein	Ben Ellwood Lleyton Hewitt
	Gramado	Gramado Challenger	$ 025,000	Hard court	André Sá	Jeff Coetzee Damien Roberts
	Tijuana	Tijuana Challenger	$ 025,000	Hard court	Michael Hill	Michael Hill Scott Humphries
08/10	Binghamton	Binghamton Challenger	$ 050,000	Hard court	Takao Suzuki	Myles Wakefield Wesley Whitehouse
	Belo Horizonte	Belo Horizonte Challenger	$ 025,000	Hard court	Francisco Costa	Satoshi Iwabuchi Thomas Shimada
	Nettingsdorf	Nettingsdorf Challenger	$ 025,000	sand	Markus Hipfl	Tomáš Krupa Borut Urh
	Sopot	Sopot Challenger	$ 025,000	sand	Michał Chmela	James Greenhalgh Nenad Zimonjić
08/17	Graz	Graz Challenger	$ 100,000	sand	Carlos Costa	Dinu Pescariu Albert Portas
	Bronx	Bronx Challenger	$ 050,000	Hard court	Miles Maclagan	Jared Palmer Takao Suzuki
	Warsaw	Warsaw Challenger	$ 050,000	sand	Jiří Vaněk	James Greenhalgh Nenad Zimonjić
08/24	Geneva	Geneva Challenger	$ 050,000	sand	Juan Albert Viloca	Rikard Bergh Jens Knippschild
08/31	Alpirsbach	Alpirsbach Challenger	$ 025,000	sand	Stefan Koubek	Tomáš Cibulec Leoš Friedl
	Belgrade	Belgrade Challenger	$ 025,000	Hard court	Jiří Vaněk	Raemon Sluiter Nenad Zimonjić
	Santa Cruz	Santa Cruz Challenger	$ 025,000	sand	Gastón Gaudio	Marcelo Charpentier Andrés Schneiter

September

Date 1	place	competition	Prize money	Topping 2	Winner singles	Winner double
07.09.	Brașov	Brașov Challenger	$ 050,000	sand	Dinu Pescariu	Juan Ignacio Carrasco Jairo Velasco Jr.
	Edinburgh	Edinburgh Challenger	$ 050,000	sand	Tomas Nydahl	Edwin Kempes Peter Wessels
	Quito	Quito Challenger	$ 050,000	sand	Nicolás Massú	Adriano Ferreira Óscar Ortiz
	Budva	Budva Challenger	$ 025,000	sand	Tomas Behrend	Eduardo Nicolás Germán Puentes
14.09.	Florianópolis	Florianópolis Challenger	$ 125,000	sand	Guillermo Cañas	Jaime Oncins André Sá
	Budapest	Budapest Challenger II	$ 050,000	sand	Renzo Furlan	Gábor Köves Thomas Strengberger
	Skopje	Skopje Challenger	$ 025,000	sand	Jordi Mas	Eduardo Nicolás Germán Puentes
09/21	Szczecin	Szczecin Challenger	$ 125,000	sand	Younes El Aynaoui	Orlin Stanoitschew Radomír Vašek
	Urbana	Urbana Challenger	$ 025,000	Hard court	Daniel Nestor	Jared Palmer Jonathan Stark
	Seville	Seville Challenger	$ 025,000	sand	Alberto Martín	Alberto Martín Salvador Navarro
28.09.	postage	Porto Challenger	$ 125,000	sand	Younes El Aynaoui	Juan Ignacio Carrasco Jairo Velasco Jr.
	Caracas	Caracas Challenger	$ 100,000	Hard court	Adriano Ferreira	Geoff Grant Maurice Ruah
	Dallas	Dallas Challenger	$ 050,000	Hard court	Daniel Nestor	Jared Palmer Jonathan Stark
	Olbia	Olbia Challenger	$ 050,000	Hard court	Daniele Bracciali	Todd Larkham Chris Wilkinson

October

Date 1	place	competition	Prize money	Topping 2	Winner singles	Winner double
05.10.	Santiago	Santiago Challenger	$ 100,000	sand	Gastón Gaudio	Enzo Artoni Federico Browne
	San Antonio	San Antonio Challenger	$ 050,000	Hard court	Geoff Grant	David Di Lucia Michael Sell
	Tel Aviv	Tel Aviv Challenger	$ 050,000	Hard court	Gianluca Pozzi	Radek Štěpánek Michal Tabara
12.10.	Barcelona	Barcelona Challenger	$ 100,000	sand	Fernando Vicente	José Antonio Conde Javier Sánchez
	São Paulo	São Paulo Challenger	$ 100,000	sand	Fernando Meligeni	Diego del Río Martín Rodríguez
	San Diego	San Diego Challenger	$ 050,000	Hard court	Ville Liukko	Paul Goldstein Adam Peterson
19.10.	Cairo	Cairo Challenger	$ 100,000	sand	Albert Portas	Albert Portas Álex López Morón
	Montevideo	Montevideo Challenger	$ 100,000	sand	Eduardo Medica	Francisco Cabello Agustín Calleri
	Hong Kong	Hong Kong Challenger	$ 050,000	Hard court	Final not played
	Eckental	Eckental Challenger	$ 025,000	Carpet (i)	Jared Palmer	Tomáš Cibulec Raemon Sluiter
	Samarqand	Samarqand Challenger	$ 025,000	sand	Fredrik Jonsson	Noam Behr Eyal Ran
10/26	Brest	Brest Challenger	$ 100,000	Hard court (i)	Jérôme Golmard	Neville Godwin Marcos Ondruska

November

Date 1	place	competition	Prize money	Topping 2	Winner singles	Winner double
11/02	Aachen	Aachen Challenger	$ 050,000	Hard court (i)	Hendrik Dreekmann	Menno Oosting Pavel Vízner
09.11.	Las Vegas	Las Vegas Challenger	$ 050,000	Hard court	Cecil Mamiit	Marcos Ondruska Byron Talbot
11/16	Andorra	Andorra Challenger	$ 100,000	Hard court (i)	Justin Gimelstob	Justin Gimelstob Jack Waite
	Buenos Aires	Buenos Aires Challenger	$ 100,000	sand	Younes El Aynaoui	Guillermo Cañas Martín Alberto García
	Puebla	Puebla Challenger	$ 025,000	Hard court	Uladsimir Waltschkou	Alejandro González Mariano Sánchez
	Rancho Mirage	Rancho Mirage Challenger	$ 025,000	Hard court	Christian Ruud	Wayne Arthurs Peter Tramacchi
11/23	Lima	Lima Challenger	$ 100,000	sand	Stefan Koubek	Diego del Río Martin Rodriguez
	Burbank	Burbank Challenger	$ 025,000	Hard court	Cecil Mamiit	Mike Bryan Mike Bryan
	Portorož	Portorož Challenger	$ 025,000	Hard court (i)	Rainer Schüttler	Maks Mirny Andrei Olchowski
	Toluca de Lerdo	Toluca Challenger	$ 025,000	sand	Rogier Wassen	Alejandro Hernández Mariano Sánchez
11/30	Guadalajara	Guadalajara Challenger	$ 100,000	sand	Markus Hipfl	Sander Groen Ali Hamadeh
	Nümbrecht	Nümbrecht Challenger	$ 050,000	Carpet (i)	Christian Vinck	Maks Mirny Andrei Olchowski

December

Date 1	place	competition	Prize money	Topping 2	Winner singles	Winner double
07.12.	Perth	Challenger	$ 025,000	Hard court	Lleyton Hewitt	Lleyton Hewitt Paul Kilderry
	Santiago de Chile	Santiago Challenger	$ 025,000	sand	Gastón Gaudio	Enzo Artoni Federico Browne
December 21	Ahmedabad	Ahmedabad Challenger	$ 025,000	Hard court	Antony Dupuis	Noam Okun Nir Welgreen
28.12.	Mumbai	Mumbai Challenger	$ 025,000	Hard court	Antony Dupuis	Noam Behr Eyal Ran

• ¹ start of the tournament (without qualification)
• ² The abbreviation "(i)" (= indoor) means that the tournament in question was held in a hall.

Web links

• Tournament overview on the website of the ATP (English)

See also

• ATP Tour 1998