1998 European Community Championships – Singles

The 1998 European Community Championships was a men's tennis tournament played on hard courts in Antwerp, Belgium, that was part of the Championship Series of the 1998 ATP Tour. It was the sixteenth edition of the tournament and was held 16–22 February 1998.

Singles
1998 European Community Championships
Final
ChampionUnited Kingdom Greg Rusedski
Runner-upSwitzerland Marc Rosset
Score7–6(7–3), 3–6, 6–1, 6–4
Events
Singles Doubles
← 1997 · European Community Championships

Seeds

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

  1.   Petr Korda (quarterfinals)
  2.   Patrick Rafter (semifinals)
  3.   Jonas Björkman (first round)
  4.   Yevgeny Kafelnikov (second round)
  5.   Greg Rusedski (champion)
  6.   Goran Ivanišević (first round)
  7.   Karol Kučera (semifinals)
  8.   Tim Henman (first round)

Draw

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Finals

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Semifinals Final[1]
          
7   Karol Kučera 4 3
5   Greg Rusedski 6 6
  Greg Rusedski 7 3 6
    Marc Rosset 63 6 1
    Marc Rosset 7 7
2   Patrick Rafter 64 62

Top half

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First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
1   P Korda 6 6
  W Ferreira 3 3 1   P Korda 7 6
  A Portas 64 7 6   A Portas 5 2
  D Hrbatý 7 61 4 1   P Korda 6 4 2
  B Ulihrach 6 6 7   K Kučera 3 6 6
  F Santoro 2 4   B Ulihrach 1 1
7   K Kučera 63 6 6 7   K Kučera 6 6
  J Van Herck 7 4 2 7   K Kučera 4 3
  T Johansson 6 6 5   G Rusedski 6 6
3   J Björkman 1 2   T Johansson 6 6
  M Damm 4 7 6   M Damm 2 4
  F Dewulf 6 66 4   T Johansson 3 6 4
  G Raoux 7 5 6 5   G Rusedski 6 4 6
  F Clavet 64 7 2   G Raoux 613 6 613
5   G Rusedski 7 3 6 5   G Rusedski 7 3 7
  H Arazi 64 6 3

Bottom half

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First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
  J Siemerink 6 6
6   G Ivanišević 4 3   J Siemerink 3 3
  M Larsson 6 6   M Larsson 6 6
  M-K Goellner 2 1   M Larsson
  M Rosset 7 4 7   M Rosset w/o
  N Kiefer 63 6 65   M Rosset 3 6 6
4   Y Kafelnikov 7 5 6 4   Y Kafelnikov 6 4 3
  J Novák 5 7 3   M Rosset 7 7
  M Norman 7 6 2   P Rafter 64 62
8   T Henman 5 3   M Norman 62 2
  J Tarango 3 6 6   J Tarango 7 6
  D Norman 6 4 3   J Tarango 7 2 1
  C Pioline 6 7 2   P Rafter 61 6 6
  M Gustafsson 4 65   C Pioline 4 62
2   P Rafter 6 7 2   P Rafter 6 7
  A Boetsch 2 68

References

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  1. ^ "1998 Antwerp". International Tennis Federation. Archived from the original on 14 March 2016. Retrieved 13 December 2014.