1998 Japan Open Tennis Championships – Men's doubles

The 1998 Japan Open Tennis Championships was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at the Ariake Coliseum in Tokyo in Japan that was part of the International Series Gold of the 1998 ATP Tour and of Tier III of the 1998 WTA Tour. The tournament was held from April 13 through April 19, 1998.

Men's doubles
1998 Japan Open Tennis Championships
Final
ChampionsCanada Sébastien Lareau
Canada Daniel Nestor[1]
Runners-upFrance Olivier Delaître
Italy Stefano Pescosolido
Score6–3, 6–4
Events
Singles men women
Doubles men women
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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. Unknown (withdrew)
  2.   Alex O'Brien /   Jonathan Stark (semifinals)
  3.   Sébastien Lareau /   Daniel Nestor (champions)
  4.   Byron Black /   Patrick Rafter (quarterfinals)
  5.   Brian MacPhie /   Sandon Stolle (quarterfinals)
  6.   Michael Tebbutt /   Mikael Tillström (first round)
  7.   Peter Nyborg /   David Prinosil (semifinals)
  8.   Kent Kinnear /   Chris Wilkinson (first round)

Draw

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Finals

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Semifinals Final[1]
          
7   Peter Nyborg
  David Prinosil
3 7 1
3   Sébastien Lareau
  Daniel Nestor
6 6 6
3   Sébastien Lareau
  Daniel Nestor
6 6
  Olivier Delaître
  Stefano Pescosolido
3 4
    Olivier Delaître
  Stefano Pescosolido
6 7
2   Alex O'Brien
  Jonathan Stark
4 5

Top half

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First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
  J Holmes
  B Martínez
7 2 2
  J Holmes
  B Martínez
6 6   M Damm
  D Vacek
6 6 6
  H Ishii
  D Sapsford
4 3   M Damm
  D Vacek
4 5
  S Iwabuchi
  M Takada
7 6 7   P Nyborg
  D Prinosil
6 7
  B Ellwood
  G Motomura
6 2   S Iwabuchi
  M Takada
4 4
7   P Nyborg
  D Prinosil
6 7 7   P Nyborg
  D Prinosil
6 6
  C Haggard
  P Rosner
3 5 7   P Nyborg
  D Prinosil
3 7 1
3   S Lareau
  D Nestor
6 6 6
  A Pavel
  L-A Wahlgren
2r
  A Pavel
  L-A Wahlgren
6 6 6 3   S Lareau
  D Nestor
4
  G Pozzi
  T Suzuki
7 3 2 3   S Lareau
  D Nestor
6 6
  D DiLucia
  M Sell
6 6 5   B MacPhie
  S Stolle
4 0
  S Campbell
  M Joyce
1 2   D DiLucia
  M Sell
6 6 5
5   B MacPhie
  S Stolle
7 7 5   B MacPhie
  S Stolle
3 7 7
  Ó Burrieza
  R Vašek
5 5

Bottom half

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First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
  O Delaître
  S Pescosolido
6 6 7
6   M Tebbutt
  M Tillström
7 3 6   O Delaître
  S Pescosolido
3 6 6
  A Clément
  J Golmard
6 6   A Clément
  J Golmard
6 3 4
  Y Ishii
  H Sato
4 3   O Delaître
  S Pescosolido
6 3 6
  N Godwin
  T Ketola
5 6 6 4   B Black
  P Rafter
4 6 4
  F Bergh
  T Johansson
7 3 4   N Godwin
  T Ketola
6 4
4   B Black
  P Rafter
7 6
  O Delaître
  S Pescosolido
6 7
  V Santopadre
  V Spadea
7 6 2   A O'Brien
  J Stark
4 5
8   K Kinnear
  C Wilkinson
6 2   V Santopadre
  V Spadea
7 6
  T Chaen
  R Tsujino
3 6 6   T Chaen
  R Tsujino
5 4
  M Keil
  T. J. Middleton
6 3 4   V Santopadre
  V Spadea
4 0
  S Davis
  A Richardson
7 6 7 2   A O'Brien
  J Stark
6 6
  S Matsuoka
  M Onoda
6 7 6   S Davis
  A Richardson
5 1
2   A O'Brien
  J Stark
7 6

References

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  1. ^ a b "1998 Tokyo Outdoor". International Tennis Federation. Archived from the original on 17 March 2016. Retrieved 15 December 2014.