1998 Mercedes Cup – Doubles

The 1998 Mercedes Cup was a men's tennis tournament played on Clay in Stuttgart, Germany, that was part of the International Series Gold of the 1998 ATP Tour. It was the fiftieth edition of the tournament and was held 20 July – 26 July.

Doubles
1998 Mercedes Cup
Final
ChampionsFrance Olivier Delaître
France Fabrice Santoro[1]
Runners-upAustralia Joshua Eagle
United States Jim Grabb
Score6–1, 3–6, 6–3
Events
Singles Doubles
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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.   Mahesh Bhupathi /   Yevgeny Kafelnikov (semifinals)
  2.   Donald Johnson /   Francisco Montana (second round)
  3.   Joshua Eagle /   Jim Grabb (final)
  4.   Daniel Orsanic /   Cyril Suk (quarterfinals)
  5.   Neil Broad /   Piet Norval (quarterfinals)
  6.   David Adams /   Fernon Wibier (second round)
  7.   Andrew Kratzmann /   Menno Oosting (second round)
  8.   Tom Kempers /   Aleksandar Kitinov (quarterfinals)

Draw

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Finals

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Semifinals Final[1]
          
1   Mahesh Bhupathi
  Yevgeny Kafelnikov
6 3 6
    Olivier Delaître
  Fabrice Santoro
3 6 7
    Olivier Delaître
  Fabrice Santoro
6 3 6
3   Joshua Eagle
  Jim Grabb
1 6 3
3   Joshua Eagle
  Jim Grabb
6 7
    Chris Haggard
  Jack Waite
2 6

Top half

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First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
1   M Bhupathi
  Y Kafelnikov
6 7
  L Arnold
  L Lobo
6 6   L Arnold
  L Lobo
2 5
  M Gustafsson
  M Larsson
4 2 1   M Bhupathi
  Y Kafelnikov
7 7
  A Olhovskiy
  P Vízner
6 6 7 8   T Kempers
  A Kitinov
6 6
  T Haas
  M Safin
7 4 5   A Olhovskiy
  P Vízner
5 4
8   T Kempers
  A Kitinov
7 6
1   M Bhupathi
  Y Kafelnikov
6 3 6
  O Delaître
  F Santoro
3 6 7
4   D Orsanic
  C Suk
7 4 7
  J Balcells
  D Bowen
6 2 6   J Balcells
  D Bowen
6 6 5
  G Kuerten
  F Meligeni
1 6 2 4   D Orsanic
  C Suk
1 6 5
  O Delaître
  F Santoro
2 6 6   O Delaître
  F Santoro
6 0 7
  M Hood
  S Prieto
6 4 3   O Delaître
  F Santoro
6 6
6   D Adams
  F Wibier
4 2

Bottom half

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First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
5   N Broad
  P Norval
6 6
  L Pimek
  T Anzari
6 7   L Pimek
  T Anzari
3 4
  B Coupe
  P Rosner
1 5 5   N Broad
  P Norval
4 6 4
  J Alonso
  G Köves
6 6 3   J Eagle
  J Grabb
6 4 6
  A Berasategui
  A Martín
2 1   J Alonso
  G Köves
4 2
3   J Eagle
  J Grabb
6 6
3   J Eagle
  J Grabb
6 7
  C Haggard
  J Waite
2 6
7   A Kratzmann
  M Oosting
6 5 3
  K Braasch
  B Karbacher
6 6   K Braasch
  B Karbacher
4 7 6
  P Albano
  N Lapentti
4 0   K Braasch
  B Karbacher
3 5
  C Haggard
  J Waite
7 6   C Haggard
  J Waite
6 7
  B Becker
  D Prinosil
6 4   C Haggard
  J Waite
1 7 6
2   Donald Johnson
  F Montana
6 5 2

References

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  1. ^ a b "1998 Stuttgart Outdoor". International Tennis Federation. Archived from the original on 29 December 2014. Retrieved 29 December 2014.