1998 Italian Open – Men's Doubles

The 1998 Italian Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 57th edition of the Rome Masters and was part of the Super 9 of the 1998 ATP Tour and of Tier I of the 1998 WTA Tour. Both the men's and women's events took place at the Foro Italico in Rome in Italy. The women's tournament was played from May 4 through May 10, 1998, and the men's tournament was played from May 11 through May 17, 1998.

Men's Doubles
1998 Italian Open
Champions Mahesh Bhupathi
Leander Paes[1]
Runners-up Ellis Ferreira
Rick Leach
Final score6–4, 4–6, 7–6

Seeds

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

  1. Todd Woodbridge / Mark Woodforde (First Round)
  2. Mahesh Bhupathi / Leander Paes (Champions)
  3. Yevgeny Kafelnikov / Daniel Vacek (Quarterfinals)
  4. Ellis Ferreira / Rick Leach (Final)
  5. Jonas Björkman / Patrick Rafter (Quarterfinals)
  6. Luis Lobo / Javier Sánchez (Semifinals)
  7. Donald Johnson / Francisco Montana (First Round)
  8. Joshua Eagle / Andrew Florent (First Round)

Draw

Key

Finals
Semifinals Final[1]
          
Goran Ivanišević
Mark Philippoussis 		3 7 6
4 Ellis Ferreira
Rick Leach 		6 6 7
4 Ellis Ferreira
Rick Leach 		4 6 6
2 Mahesh Bhupathi
Leander Paes 		6 4 7
6 Luis Lobo
Javier Sánchez 		5 6 6
2 Mahesh Bhupathi
Leander Paes 		7 3 7

Top Half
First Round Second Round Quarterfinals Semifinals
1 T Woodbridge
M Woodforde 		4 3
N Lapentti
D Roditi 		6 6 N Lapentti
D Roditi 		3 6 2
P Galbraith
B Steven 		6 6 P Galbraith
B Steven 		6 3 6
T Kronemann
D Macpherson 		2 4 P Galbraith
B Steven 		2 3
G Ivanišević
M Philippoussis 		6 7 G Ivanišević
M Philippoussis 		6 6
L Hewitt
D Vemić 		3 6 G Ivanišević
M Philippoussis 		6 6
A Olhovskiy
P Vízner 		7 6 A Olhovskiy
P Vízner 		3 2
7 D Johnson
F Montana 		6 3 G Ivanišević
M Philippoussis 		3 7 6
4 E Ferreira
R Leach 		7 1 4 E Ferreira
R Leach 		6 6 7
L Arnold
D Orsanic 		5 0R 4 E Ferreira
R Leach 		6 6
D Nargiso
D Sanguinetti 		6 1 6 D Nargiso
D Sanguinetti 		3 3
D Adams
W Ferreira 		4 6 3 4 E Ferreira
R Leach 		6 7
T Enqvist
M Ríos 		6 7 5 J Björkman
P Rafter 		4 6
M-K Goellner
J Tarango 		4 6 T Enqvist
M Ríos 		3 6
5 J Björkman
P Rafter 		6 4 6 5 J Björkman
P Rafter 		6 7
J Grabb
M Knowles 		2 6 1

Bottom Half
First Round Second Round Quarterfinals Semifinals
6 L Lobo
J Sánchez 		6 6
C Brandi
F Messori 		4 2 6 L Lobo
J Sánchez 		6 6
N Kulti
P Nyborg 		5 7 6 N Kulti
P Nyborg 		1 4
T Kempers
M Oosting 		7 6 3 6 L Lobo
J Sánchez 		5 6 6
L Jensen
M Jensen 		7 4 6 3 Y Kafelnikov
D Vacek 		7 4 4
T Henman
P Sampras 		5 6 2 L Jensen
M Jensen 		7 2 2
3 Y Kafelnikov
D Vacek 		2 0 3 Y Kafelnikov
D Vacek 		6 6 6
J Alonso
A Portas 		0 0R 6 L Lobo
J Sánchez 		5 6 6
A Kratzmann
G Kuerten 		6 2 6 2 M Bhupathi
L Paes 		7 3 7
8 J Eagle
A Florent 		4 6 3 A Kratzmann
G Kuerten 		6 6
L Pimek
J Waite 		7 6 L Pimek
J Waite 		3 1
A Kitinov
F Wibier 		6 3 A Kratzmann
G Kuerten 		4 4
S Stolle
C Suk 		7 3 7 2 M Bhupathi
L Paes 		6 6
N Broad
P Norval 		6 6 6 S Stolle
C Suk 		7 5 1
T Carbonell
F Roig 		0 4 2 M Bhupathi
L Paes 		6 7 6
2 M Bhupathi
L Paes 		6 6

References
  1. "1998 Rome". International Tennis Federation. Retrieved 15 December 2014.
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