1998 Japan Open Tennis Championships – Men's singles

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 singles
1998 Japan Open Tennis Championships
Final
ChampionRomania Andrei Pavel[1]
Runner-upZimbabwe Byron Black
Score6–3, 6–4
Details
Draw56
Seeds16
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.   Patrick Rafter (second round)
  2.   Michael Chang (third round)
  3.   Jan-Michael Gambill (quarterfinals)
  4.   Thomas Johansson (second round)
  5.   Vince Spadea (second round)
  6.   Martin Damm (second round)
  7.   Gianluca Pozzi (second round)
  8.   Kenneth Carlsen (second round)
  9.   Steve Campbell (second round)
  10.   Byron Black (final)
  11.   Jan-Michael Gambill (semifinals)
  12.   Byron Black (semifinals)
  13.   Mikael Tillström (third round)
  14.   Jérôme Golmard (third round)
  15.   Arnaud Clément (first round)
  16.   Andrei Pavel (champions)

Draw

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Finals

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Semifinals Final[1]
          
  Andrei Pavel 6 6
11   Jan-Michael Gambill 4 3
16   Andrei Pavel 6 6
10   Byron Black 3 4
10   Byron Black 6 7
12   Daniel Vacek 3 5

Top half

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Section 1

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First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
1   P Rafter 3 6
  B MacPhie 7 6   B MacPhie 6 7
  K Flygt 6 4   B MacPhie 6 3 4
  R Vašek 6 4 7 16   A Pavel 3 6 6
  S Lareau 4 6 6   R Vašek 7 0 5
16   A Pavel 6 6 16   A Pavel 5 6 7
  O Delaître 3 0 16   A Pavel 6 7
9   S Campbell 6 7   D DiLucia 3 6
  A Richardson 1 6 9   S Campbell 3 6
  I Heuberger 6 6   I Heuberger 6 7
  S Matsuoka 3 3   I Heuberger 3 6 3
  D DiLucia 6 3 6   D DiLucia 6 0 6
  David Wheaton 3 6 3   D DiLucia 4 6 6
8   K Carlsen 6 3 3

Section 2

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First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
3   T Henman 6 7
  D Nestor 6 6   D Nestor 2 5
  N Godwin 2 2 3   T Henman 6 6
  S Iwabuchi 7 0 14   J Golmard 4 1
  D Sapsford 5 1r   S Iwabuchi 4 4
14   J Golmard 6 3 6 14   J Golmard 6 6
  T Chaen 2 6 1 3   T Henman 3 6 3
11   J-M Gambill 6 6 11   J-M Gambill 6 4 6
  S Pescosolido 3 2 11   J-M Gambill 6 6
  K Miyachi 6 6   K Miyachi 0 ;3
  A Belobrajdic 2 1 11   J-M Gambill 6 6
  R Schüttler 6 3 6   R Schüttler 0 0
  C Vinck 4 6 3   R Schüttler 6 6
6   M Damm 2 4

Bottom half

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Section 3

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First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
5   V Spadea 3 0
  S Stolle 6 6   S Stolle 6 6
  T Suzuki 2 3   S Stolle 5 3
  G Motomura 4 6 7 12   D Vacek 7 6
  C Wilkinson 6 4 5   G Motomura 2 2
12   D Vacek 6 6 12   D Vacek 6 6
  V Santopadre 1 1 12   D Vacek 6 6
13   M Tillström 4 6 6   D Prinosil 4 1
  K Masuda 6 3 0 13   M Tillström 5 6 6
  A O'Brien 6 6   A O'Brien 7 4 4
  Ó Burrieza 2 0 13   M Tillström 4 6
  D Prinosil 6 6   D Prinosil 6 7
  M Sell 2 1   D Prinosil 6 6
4   T Johansson 3 3

Section 4

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First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
7   G Pozzi 3 6
  C Caratti 6 7   C Caratti 6 7
  B Ellwood 0 6   C Caratti 3 4
  L Burgsmüller 6 6 10   B Black 6 6
  S Koubek 4 1   L Burgsmüller 4 2
10   B Black 3 7 6 10   B Black 6 6
  J Stark 6 6 4 10   B Black 6 6
  H Dreekmann 6 6   H Dreekmann 2 3
15   A Clément 3 4   H Dreekmann 7 7
  T Ketola 6 6   T Ketola 6 6
  M Tebbutt 4 4   H Dreekmann 6 5 6
  J van Lottum 6 0 7 2   M Chang 2 7 4
  H Kaneko 4 6 5   J van Lottum 4 1
2   M Chang 6 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.