1998 Mercedes Cup – Doubles

Doubles
1998 Mercedes Cup
Champions	Olivier Delaître Fabrice Santoro
Runners-up	Joshua Eagle Jim Grabb
Score	6–1, 3–6, 6–3

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

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

Key

• Q = Qualifier
• WC = Wild card
• LL = Lucky loser
• Alt = Alternate
• SE = Special exempt
• PR = Protected ranking
• ITF = ITF entry
• JE = Junior exempt
• w/o = Walkover
• r = Retired
• d = Defaulted
• SR = Special ranking

Finals

	Semifinals							Final
	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

	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

	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