1998 ATP Tour World Championships – Doubles
Doubles | |
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1998 ATP Tour World Championships | |
Champions | ![]() ![]() |
Runners-up | ![]() ![]() |
Score | 6–4, 6–2, 7–5 |
Rick Leach and Jonathan Stark were the defending champions, but failed to qualify as a team that year, as they did not compete together in 1998.
Stark failed to qualify with another partner, while Leach qualified with Ellis Ferreira, but lost in the round robin.
Jacco Eltingh and Paul Haarhuis won in the final 6–4, 6–2, 7–5, against Mark Knowles and Daniel Nestor.
Seeds
Jacco Eltingh /
Paul Haarhuis (Champions)
Mahesh Bhupathi /
Leander Paes (Round Robin, withdrew due to a left ankle injury of Paes)
Todd Woodbridge /
Mark Woodforde (Round Robin)
Mark Knowles /
Daniel Nestor (Final)
Ellis Ferreira /
Rick Leach (Round Robin)
Sandon Stolle /
Cyril Suk (Round Robin)
Olivier Delaître /
Fabrice Santoro (Semifinals)
Donald Johnson /
Francisco Montana (Semifinals)
Joshua Eagle /
Andrew Florent (Round Robin)
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 | ![]() ![]() | 7 | 6 | ||||||||||||
8 | ![]() ![]() | 61 | 4 | ||||||||||||
1 | ![]() ![]() | 6 | 6 | 7 | |||||||||||
4 | ![]() ![]() | 4 | 2 | 5 | |||||||||||
4 | ![]() ![]() | 4 | 6 | 7 | |||||||||||
7 | ![]() ![]() | 6 | 4 | 5 |
Green Group
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RR W–L |
Set W–L |
Game W–L |
Standings | ||
1 | ![]() ![]() |
7–6(7–3), 6–4 | 6–4, 6–4 | 4–6, 7–5, 7–5 | 3–0 | 6–1 | 43–34 | 1 | |
3 | ![]() ![]() |
6–7(3–7), 4–6 | 6–7(3–7), 3–6 | 7–6(7–1), 3–6, 4–6 | 0–3 | 1–6 | 33–44 | 4 | |
5 | ![]() ![]() |
4–6, 4–6 | 7–6(7–3), 6–3 | 6–7(1–7), 6–4, 6–7(3–7) | 1–2 | 3–4 | 39–39 | 3 | |
7 | ![]() ![]() |
6–4, 5–7, 5–7 | 6–7(1–7), 6–3, 6–4 | 7–6(7–1), 4–6, 7–6(7–3) | 2–1 | 5–4 | 52–50 | 2 |
Standings are determined by: 1) Number of wins; 2) Number of matches; 3) In two-players-ties, head-to-head records; 4) In three-players-ties, percentage of sets won, or of games won; 5) Steering Committee decision.
Gold Group
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RR W–L |
Set W–L |
Game W–L |
Standings | ||
9 |
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7–6(7–5), 6–0 (w/ Eagle / Florent) |
6–4, 3–6, 4–6 (w/ Bhupathi / Paes) |
6–3, 4–6, 6–7(4–7) (w/ Bhupathi / Paes) |
1–0 |
2–0 |
13–6 |
4 | |
4 | ![]() ![]() |
6–7(5–7), 0–6 (w/ Eagle / Florent) |
2–6, 6–4, 6–2 | 6–3, 6–2 | 2–1 | 4–3 | 32–30 | 1 | |
6 | ![]() ![]() |
4–6, 6–3, 6–4 (w/ Bhupathi / Paes) |
6–2, 4–6, 2–6 | 7–6(8–6), 6–7(5–7), 6–7(4–7) | 1–2 | 4–5 | 47–47 | 3 | |
8 | ![]() ![]() |
3–6, 6–4, 7–6(7–4) (w/ Bhupathi / Paes) |
3–6, 2–6 | 6–7(6–8), 7–6(7–5), 7–6(7–4) | 2–1 | 4–4 | 41–47 | 2 |
Standings are determined by: 1) Number of wins; 2) Number of matches; 3) In two-players-ties, head-to-head records; 4) In three-players-ties, percentage of sets won, or of games won; 5) Steering Committee decision.