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1998 Mercedes Cup – Doubles

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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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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.

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. India Mahesh Bhupathi / Russia Yevgeny Kafelnikov (semifinals)
  2. United States Donald Johnson / United States Francisco Montana (second round)
  3. Australia Joshua Eagle / United States Jim Grabb (final)
  4. Argentina Daniel Orsanic / Czech Republic Cyril Suk (quarterfinals)
  5. United Kingdom Neil Broad / South Africa Piet Norval (quarterfinals)
  6. South Africa David Adams / Netherlands Fernon Wibier (second round)
  7. Australia Andrew Kratzmann / Netherlands Menno Oosting (second round)
  8. Netherlands Tom Kempers / North Macedonia Aleksandar Kitinov (quarterfinals)

Draw

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Key

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Finals

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Semifinals Final[1]
          
1 India Mahesh Bhupathi
Russia Yevgeny Kafelnikov
6 3 6
  France Olivier Delaître
France Fabrice Santoro
3 6 7
  France Olivier Delaître
France Fabrice Santoro
6 3 6
3 Australia Joshua Eagle
United States Jim Grabb
1 6 3
3 Australia Joshua Eagle
United States Jim Grabb
6 7
  South Africa Chris Haggard
United States Jack Waite
2 6

Top half

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First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
1 India M Bhupathi
Russia Y Kafelnikov
6 7
Argentina L Arnold
Argentina L Lobo
6 6 Argentina L Arnold
Argentina L Lobo
2 5
Sweden M Gustafsson
Sweden M Larsson
4 2 1 India M Bhupathi
Russia Y Kafelnikov
7 7
Russia A Olhovskiy
Czech Republic P Vízner
6 6 7 8 Netherlands T Kempers
North Macedonia A Kitinov
6 6
Germany T Haas
Russia M Safin
7 4 5 Russia A Olhovskiy
Czech Republic P Vízner
5 4
8 Netherlands T Kempers
North Macedonia A Kitinov
7 6
1 India M Bhupathi
Russia Y Kafelnikov
6 3 6
France O Delaître
France F Santoro
3 6 7
4 Argentina D Orsanic
Czech Republic C Suk
7 4 7
Spain J Balcells
United States D Bowen
6 2 6 Spain J Balcells
United States D Bowen
6 6 5
Brazil G Kuerten
Brazil F Meligeni
1 6 2 4 Argentina D Orsanic
Czech Republic C Suk
1 6 5
France O Delaître
France F Santoro
2 6 6 France O Delaître
France F Santoro
6 0 7
Argentina M Hood
Argentina S Prieto
6 4 3 France O Delaître
France F Santoro
6 6
6 South Africa D Adams
Netherlands F Wibier
4 2

Bottom half

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First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
5 United Kingdom N Broad
South Africa P Norval
6 6
Belgium L Pimek
Czech Republic T Anzari
6 7 Belgium L Pimek
Czech Republic T Anzari
3 4
United States B Coupe
South Africa P Rosner
1 5 5 United Kingdom N Broad
South Africa P Norval
4 6 4
Spain J Alonso
Hungary G Köves
6 6 3 Australia J Eagle
United States J Grabb
6 4 6
Spain A Berasategui
Spain A Martín
2 1 Spain J Alonso
Hungary G Köves
4 2
3 Australia J Eagle
United States J Grabb
6 6
3 Australia J Eagle
United States J Grabb
6 7
South Africa C Haggard
United States J Waite
2 6
7 Australia A Kratzmann
Netherlands M Oosting
6 5 3
Germany K Braasch
Germany B Karbacher
6 6 Germany K Braasch
Germany B Karbacher
4 7 6
Argentina P Albano
Ecuador N Lapentti
4 0 Germany K Braasch
Germany B Karbacher
3 5
South Africa C Haggard
United States J Waite
7 6 South Africa C Haggard
United States J Waite
6 7
Germany B Becker
Germany D Prinosil
6 4 South Africa C Haggard
United States J Waite
1 7 6
2 United States Donald Johnson
United States 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.