1998 ATP Tour World Championships – Doubles
Doubles | |
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1998 ATP Tour World Championships | |
Champions | Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis |
Runners-up | Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor |
Score | 6–4, 6–2, 7–5 |
Draw | 8 |
Jacco Eltingh and Paul Haarhuis defeated Mark Knowles and Daniel Nestor in the final, 6–4, 6–2, 7–5 to win the doubles tennis title at the 1998 ATP Tour World Championships.[1]
Rick Leach and Jonathan Stark were the defending champions, but did not compete together in 1998. Stark failed to qualify with another partner; Leach partnered Ellis Ferreira, but was eliminated in the round-robin stage.
Seeds
[edit]- 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
[edit]Key
[edit]- 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
[edit]Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||||
1 | Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis | 7 | 6 | ||||||||||||
8 | Donald Johnson Francisco Montana | 61 | 4 | ||||||||||||
1 | Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis | 6 | 6 | 7 | |||||||||||
4 | Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor | 4 | 2 | 5 | |||||||||||
4 | Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor | 4 | 6 | 7 | |||||||||||
7 | Olivier Delaître Fabrice Santoro | 6 | 4 | 5 |
Green group
[edit] Eltingh Haarhuis |
Woodbridge Woodforde |
Ferreira Leach |
Delaître Santoro |
RR W–L |
Set W–L |
Game W–L |
Standings | ||
1 | Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis |
7–6(7–3), 6–4 | 6–4, 6–4 | 4–6, 7–5, 7–5 | 3–0 | 6–1 | 43–34 | 1 | |
3 | Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde |
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 | Ellis Ferreira Rick Leach |
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 | Olivier Delaître Fabrice Santoro |
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
[edit] Bhupathi Paes Eagle Florent |
Knowles Nestor |
Stolle Suk |
Johnson Montana |
RR W–L |
Set W–L |
Game W–L |
Standings | ||
2 9 |
Mahesh Bhupathi Leander Paes Joshua Eagle Andrew Florent |
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) |
0–2 1–0 |
2–4 2–0 |
29–32 13–6 |
5 4 | |
4 | Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor |
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 | Sandon Stolle Cyril Suk |
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 | Donald Johnson Francisco Montana |
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.
References
[edit]- ^ "1998 ATP Tour World Championships – Singles results". Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).