ATP Tour 1998

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The 1998 ATP Tour was the ninth year of the men's tennis tournament series, which is held annually by the Association of Tennis Professionals .

Tournament schedule

January

Date ¹	place	competition	series	Topping ²	Winner singles	Winner double
05.01.	Qatar Doha	Qatar Mobil Open '98	International Series	Hard court	Czech Republic Petr Korda	India Mahesh Bhupathi Leander Paes India
05.01.	Australia Adelaide	Australian Men's Hardcourt Championships	International Series	Hard court	Australia Lleyton Hewitt	United Kingdom Joshua Eagle Andrew Florent Australia
12.01.	Australia Sydney	Adidas International	International Series	Hard court	Slovakia Karol Kučera	Australia Mark Woodforde Todd Woodbridge Australia
12.01.	New Zealand Auckland	BellSouth Open	International Series	Hard court	Chile Marcelo Ríos	United States Patrick Galbraith Brett Steven New Zealand
19.01.	Australia Melbourne	Australian Open	Grand Slam	Hard court	Czech Republic Petr Korda	Sweden Jonas Björkman Jacco Eltingh Netherlands

February

Date ¹	place	competition	series	Topping ²	Winner singles	Winner double
02.02.	France Marseille	Open 13	International Series	Hard court (i)	Sweden Thomas Enqvist	United States Donald Johnson Francisco Montana United States
02.02.	Croatia Split	Croatian Indoors	International Series	Carpet (i)	Croatia Goran Ivanišević	Czech Republic Martin dam Jiří Novák Czech Republic
02/09	United States San Jose	Sybase Open	International Series	Hard court (i)	United States Andre Agassi	Australia Mark Woodforde Todd Woodbridge Australia
	United Arab Emirates Dubai	Dubai Tennis Open	International Series	Hard court	Spain Alex Corretja	India Mahesh Bhupathi Leander Paes India
	Russia St. Petersburg	St. Petersburg Open	International Series	Carpet (i)	Netherlands Richard Krajicek	Sweden Nickla's cult Mikael Tillström Sweden
16.02.	Belgium Antwerp	European Community Championships	International Series Gold	Hard court	United Kingdom Greg Rusedski	South Africa Wayne Ferreira Yevgeny Kafelnikov Russia
16.02.	United States Memphis	Kroger / St. Jude International	International Series Gold	Hard court (i)	Greece Mark Philippoussis	Australia Mark Woodforde Todd Woodbridge Australia
02/23	United Kingdom London	Guardian Direct Cup	International Series Gold	Carpet (i)	Russia Yevgeny Kafelnikov	Czech Republic Martin Damm Jim Grabb United States
02/23	United States Philadelphia	Advanta Championships	International Series Gold	Hard court (i)	United States Pete Sampras	Netherlands Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis Netherlands

March

Date ¹	place	competition	series	Topping ²	Winner singles	Winner double
02.03.	Netherlands Rotterdam	ABN / AMRO World Tennis Tournament	International Series	Carpet (i)	Netherlands Jan Siemerink	Netherlands Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis Netherlands
02.03.	United States Scottsdale	Franklin Templeton Tennis Classic	International Series	Hard court	United States Andre Agassi	Czech Republic Cyril Suk Michael Tebbutt Australia
09.03.	Denmark Copenhagen	Copenhagen Open	International Series	Carpet (i)	Sweden Magnus Gustafsson	Netherlands Tom Kempers Menno Oosting Netherlands
09.03.	United States Indian Wells	Newsweek Champions Cup	ATP Super 9	Hard court	Chile Marcelo Ríos	Sweden Jonas Björkman Patrick Rafter Australia
16.03.	United States Miami	The Lipton Championships	ATP Super 9	Hard court	Chile Marcelo Ríos	South Africa Ellis Ferreira Rick Leach United States
23.03.	Morocco Casablanca	Grand Prix Hassan II	International Series	sand	Italy Andrea Gaudenzi	Italy Andrea Gaudenzi Diego Nargiso Italy

April

Date ¹	place	competition	series	Topping ²	Winner singles	Winner double
06.04.	India Chennai	Gold Flake Open	International Series	Hard court	Australia Patrick Rafter	India Mahesh Bhupathi Leander Paes India
	Portugal Estoril	Estoril Open	International Series	sand	Spain Alberto Berasategui	United States Donald Johnson Francisco Montana United States
	China People's Republic Hong Kong	Salem Open	International Series	Hard court	Denmark Kenneth Carlsen	Zimbabwe Byron Black Alex O'Brien United States
April 13th	Spain Barcelona	Open SEAT-Godó '98	International Series Gold	sand	United States Todd Martin	Netherlands Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis Netherlands
April 13th	Japan Tokyo	Japan Open	International Series Gold	Hard court	Romania Andrei Pavel	Canada Sébastien Lareau Daniel Nestor Canada
April 20	Monaco Monte Carlo	Monte Carlo Open	ATP Super 9	sand	Spain Carlos Moyá	Netherlands Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis Netherlands
April 20	United States Orlando	US Men's Clay Court Championships	International Series	sand	United States Jim Courier	South Africa Grant Stafford Kevin Ullyett Zimbabwe
04/27	United States Atlanta	AT&T Challenge	International Series	sand	United States Pete Sampras	South Africa Ellis Ferreira Brent Haygarth South Africa
	Germany Munich	BMW Open	International Series	sand	Sweden Thomas Enqvist	Australia Mark Woodforde Todd Woodbridge Australia
	Czech Republic Prague	Paegas Czech Open	International Series	sand	Brazil Fernando Meligeni	Australia Wayne Arthurs Andrew Kratzmann Australia

May

Date ¹	place	competition	series	Topping ²	Winner singles	Winner double
04.05.	United States Coral Springs	America's Red Clay Tennis Championship	International Series	sand	Romania Andrew Ilie	South Africa Grant Stafford Kevin Ullyett Zimbabwe
04.05.	Germany Hamburg	Licher German Open	ATP Super 9	sand	Spain Albert Costa	United States Donald Johnson Francisco Montana United States
05/11	Italy Rome	Italian Open	ATP Super 9	sand	Chile Marcelo Ríos	India Mahesh Bhupathi Leander Paes India
May 18	Germany Dusseldorf	ARAG ATP World Team Championship	World Team Cup	sand	Germany Germany
May 18	Austria St. Polten	International Raiffeisen Grand Prix	International Series	sand	Chile Marcelo Ríos	United States Jim Grabb David Macpherson Australia
25.05.	France Paris	French Open	Grand Slam	sand	Spain Carlos Moyá	Netherlands Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis Netherlands

June

Date ¹	place	competition	series	Topping ²	Winner singles	Winner double
08.06.	Germany Halle (Westphalia)	Gerry Weber Open	International Series	race	Russia Yevgeny Kafelnikov	South Africa Ellis Ferreira Rick Leach United States
	Italy Bologna	XII Internazionali di Tennis CARISBO	International Series	sand	Spain Julián Alonso	United States Brandon Coupe Paul Rosner South Africa
	United Kingdom London	The Stella Artois Grass Court Championships	International Series	race	Australia Scott Draper
15.06.	United Kingdom Nottingham	The Nottingham Open	International Series	race	Sweden Jonas Björkman	United States Justin Gimelstob Byron Talbot South Africa
15.06.	Netherlands 's-Hertogenbosch	Heineken Trophy	International Series	race	Australia Patrick Rafter	France Guillaume Raoux Jan Siemerink Netherlands
22.06.	United Kingdom Wimbledon	Wimbledon Championships	Grand Slam	race	United States Pete Sampras	Netherlands Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis Netherlands

July

Date ¹	place	competition	series	Topping ²	Winner singles	Winner double
06.07.	Sweden Båstad	Investor Swedish Open	International Series	sand	Sweden Magnus Gustafsson	Sweden Magnus Gustafsson Magnus Larsson Sweden
	Switzerland Gstaad	Rado Swiss Open	International Series	sand	Spain Alex Corretja	Brazil Gustavo Kuerten Fernando Meligeni Brazil
	United States Newport	Miller Lite Hall of Fame Tennis Championships	International Series	race	India Leander Paes	United States Doug Flat Sandon Stolle Australia
07/20	Germany Stuttgart	1998 Mercedes Cup	International Series Gold	sand	Brazil Gustavo Kuerten	France Olivier Delaître Fabrice Santoro France
07/20	United States Washington, DC	Legg Mason Tennis Classic	International Series Gold	Hard court	United States Andre Agassi	South Africa Grant Stafford Kevin Ullyett Zimbabwe
07/27	Austria Kitzbühel	Generali Open 1998	International Series	sand	Spain Albert Costa	Netherlands Tom Kempers Daniel Orsanic Argentina
	United States los Angeles	Infiniti Open	International Series	Hard court	United States Andre Agassi	Australia Patrick Rafter Sandon Stolle Australia
	Croatia Umag	International Championship of Croatia	International Series	sand	Czech Republic Bohdan Ulihrach	South Africa Neil Broad Piet Norval South Africa

August

Date ¹	place	competition	series	Topping ²	Winner singles	Winner double
03.08.	Netherlands Amsterdam	Grolsch Open	International Series	sand	Sweden Magnus Norman	Netherlands Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis Netherlands
03.08.	Canada Toronto	you Maurier Open	ATP Super 9	Hard court	Australia Patrick Rafter	Czech Republic Martin Damm Jim Grabb United States
08/10	United States Cincinnati	Great American Insurance ATP Championship	ATP Super 9	Hard court	Australia Patrick Rafter	Bahamas Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor Canada
08/10	San Marino San Marino	Internazionali di Tennis di San Marino	International Series	sand	Slovakia Dominik Hrbatý	Czech Republic Jiří Novák David Rikl Czech Republic
08/17	United States Indianapolis	RCA Championships	International Series Gold	Hard court	Spain Alex Corretja	Czech Republic Jiří Novák David Rikl Czech Republic
08/17	United States New Haven	Pilot Pen International	International Series Gold	Hard court	Slovakia Karol Kučera	Australia Wayne Arthurs Peter Tramacchi Australia
08/24	United States Boston	MFS Pro Tennis Championships	International Series	Hard court	United States Michael Chang	Netherlands Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis Netherlands
08/24	United States long Island	Waldbaum's Hamlet Cup	International Series	Hard court	Australia Patrick Rafter	Spain Julián Alonso Javier Sánchez Spain
08/31	United States new York	US Open	Grand Slam	Hard court	Australia Patrick Rafter	Czech Republic Cyril Suk Sandon Stolle Australia

September

Date ¹	place	competition	series	Topping ²	Winner singles	Winner double
14.09.	United Kingdom Bournemouth	The Samsung Open	International Series	sand	Spain Félix Mantilla	South Africa Neil Broad Kevin Ullyett Zimbabwe
	Uzbekistan Tashkent	President's Cup 1998	International Series	Hard court	United Kingdom Tim Henman	Italy Stefano Pescosolido Laurence Tieleman Italy
	Romania Bucharest	Connex Open Romania	International Series	sand	Spain Francisco Clavet	Romania Andrei Pavel Gabriel Trifu Romania
28.09.	France Toulouse	Grand Prix de Tennis de Toulouse	International Series	Hard court (i)	Netherlands Jan Siemerink	France Olivier Delaître Fabrice Santoro France
	Spain Mallorca	Mallorca Open	International Series	sand	Brazil Gustavo Kuerten	Argentina Pablo Albano Daniel Orsanic Argentina
	Germany Munich	Grand Slam Cup	Grand Slam Cup	Hard court (i)	Chile Marcelo Ríos

October

Date ¹	place	competition	series	Topping ²	Winner singles	Winner double
05.10.	Switzerland Basel	Davidoff Swiss Indoors	International Series	Hard court (i)	United Kingdom Tim Henman	France Olivier Delaître Fabrice Santoro France
	Italy Palermo	International Championships of Sicily	International Series	sand	Argentina Mariano Puerta	United States Donald Johnson Francisco Montana United States
	China People's Republic Shanghai	Shanghai Open '98	International Series	Hard court	United States Michael Chang	India Mahesh Bhupathi Leander Paes India
12.10.	Singapore Singapore	Heineken Open Singapore	International Series Gold	Carpet (i)	Chile Marcelo Ríos	Australia Mark Woodforde Todd Woodbridge Australia
12.10.	Austria Vienna	CA Tennis Trophy	International Series Gold	Carpet (i)	United States Pete Sampras	Russia Yevgeny Kafelnikow Daniel Vacek Czech Republic
19.10.	Czech Republic Ostrava	IPB Czech Indoor	International Series	Carpet (i)	United States Andre Agassi	Germany Nicolas Kiefer David Prinosil Germany
19.10.	France Lyon	Grand Prix de Tennis de Lyon	International Series	Carpet (i)	Spain Alex Corretja	France Olivier Delaître Fabrice Santoro France
10/26	Germany Stuttgart	Eurocard Open	ATP Super 9	Hard court (i)	Netherlands Richard Krajicek	Canada Sébastien Lareau Alex O'Brien United States
10/26	Mexico Mexico city	Abierto Mexicano de Tenis	International Series	sand	Czech Republic Jiří Novák	Czech Republic Jiří Novák David Rikl Czech Republic

November

Date ¹	place	competition	series	Topping ²	Winner singles	Winner double
11/02	France Paris	13th Paris Open	ATP Super 9	Carpet (i)	United Kingdom Greg Rusedski	India Mahesh Bhupathi Leander Paes India
11/02	Colombia Bogotá	Cerveza Club Columbia Open	International Series	sand	Argentina Mariano Zabaleta	Argentina Diego Del Rio Mariano Puerta Argentina
09.11.	Chile Santiago de Chile	Hellman's Cup	International Series	sand	Spain Francisco Clavet	Argentina Mariano Hood Sebastián Prieto Argentina
	Russia Moscow	Kremlin Cup	International Series	Carpet (i)	Russia Yevgeny Kafelnikov	United States Jared Palmer Jeff Tarango United States
	Sweden Stockholm	Scania Stockholm Open	International Series	Hard court (i)	United States Todd Martin	Sweden Nickla's cult Mikael Tillström Sweden
11/16	United States Hartford	ATP Tour World Championship Doubles	ATP world championship	Carpet (i)		Netherlands Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis Netherlands
11/23	Germany Hanover	ATP Tour World Championship	ATP world championship	Hard court (i)	Spain Alex Corretja

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

statistics

Final ranking 1998
#	player	Points	Tournament victories	Weeks in 1st place
1	United States Pete Sampras	3915	4th	46
2	Chile Marcelo Ríos	3670	7th	6th
3	Spain Alex Corretja	3398	5	0
4th	Australia Patrick Rafter	3315	6th	0
5	Spain Carlos Moyá	3159	2	0
6th	United States Andre Agassi	2879	5	0
7th	United Kingdom Tim Henman	2620	2	0
8th	Slovakia Karol Kučera	2579	2	0
9	United Kingdom Greg Rusedski	2573	2	0
10	Netherlands Richard Krajicek	2548	2	0
11	Russia Yevgeny Kafelnikov	2515	3	0
12	Croatia Goran Ivanišević	2137	0	0
13	Czech Republic Petr Korda	2114	2	0
14th	Spain Albert Costa	1823	2	0
15th	Australia Mark Philippoussis	1792	1	0
16	United States Todd Martin	1774	2	0
17th	Sweden Thomas Johansson	1761	0	0
18th	France Cédric Pioline	1710	0	0
19th	Netherlands Jan Siemerink	1669	1	0
20th	Spain Félix Mantilla	1643	1	0

Most tournament wins in 1998
#	player	Victories
1	Chile Marcelo Ríos	7th
2	Australia Patrick Rafter	6th
3	Spain Alex Corretja	5
	United States Andre Agassi	5
5	United States Pete Sampras	4th
6th	Russia Yevgeny Kafelnikov	3

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