1998 ATP German Open – Doubles

Doubles
1998 ATP German Open
Champions	Donald Johnson Francisco Montana[1]
Runners-up	David Adams Brett Steven
Final score	6–4, 6–4

The 1998 German Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 91st edition of the Hamburg Masters (German Open), and was part of the ATP Super 9 of the 1998 ATP Tour. It took place at the Rothenbaum Tennis Center in Hamburg, Germany, from through 4 May through 11 May 1998.

Seeds

Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.

1. Ellis Ferreira / Rick Leach (Semifinals)
2. Jim Grabb / Cyril Suk (Second Round)
3. Luis Lobo / Javier Sánchez (Second Round)
4. Donald Johnson / Francisco Montana (Champions)
5. Neil Broad / Piet Norval (Quarterfinals)
6. Mahesh Bhupathi / Mark Knowles (Quarterfinals)
7. Joshua Eagle / Andrew Florent (Quarterfinals)
8. Trevor Kronemann / David Macpherson (First Round)

Draw

Key

• Q = Qualifier
• WC = Wild Card
• LL = Lucky Loser
• Alt = Alternate
• SE = Special Exempt
• PR = Protected Ranking
• w/o = Walkover
• r = Retired
• d = Defaulted

Finals

	Semifinals							Final[1]
	1	Ellis Ferreira   Rick Leach	4	6	4
	4	Donald Johnson   Francisco Montana	6	3	6
								4	Donald Johnson   Francisco Montana	6	7
									D Adams   Brett Steven	2	5
		Tomás Carbonell   Francisco Roig	6	4
		D Adams   Brett Steven	7	6

Top Half

First Round							Second Round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
								A Kratzmann   D Roditi	3	2
	A Kratzmann   D Roditi	6	6	7			1	E Ferreira   R Leach	6	6
	A Olhovskiy   P Vízner	4	7	6										1	E Ferreira   R Leach	6	6
	T Henman   M Ríos	6	6											7	J Eagle   A Florent	3	2
	T Kempers   M Oosting	2	3					T Henman   M Ríos	4	4
7	J Eagle   A Florent	6	3	6			7	J Eagle   A Florent	6	6
	W Ferreira   Y Kafelnikov	4	6	3																	1	E Ferreira   R Leach	4	6	4
																					4	D Johnson   F Montana	6	3	6
							4	D Johnson   F Montana	6	6
	J-L de Jager   R Koenig	7	7					J-L de Jager   R Koenig	3	2
	D Dier   M Kohlmann	6	6											4	D Johnson   F Montana	6	6
	J Knippschild   R Schüttler	3	6	6										5	Neil Broad   Piet Norval	4	4
	A Kitinov   P Nyborg	6	4	4				J Knippschild   R Schüttler	2	5
5	N Broad   P Norval	4	6	7			5	N Broad   P Norval	6	7
	G Kuerten   F Meligeni	6	3	5

Bottom Half

First Round							Second Round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
6	M Bhupathi   M Knowles	6	6
	R Fromberg   F Maggi	4	3				6	M Bhupathi   M Knowles	w/o
	A Berasategui   F Wibier	6	6					A Berasategui   F Wibier
	T Haas   N Kiefer	1	3											6	M Bhupathi   M Knowles	4	4
	T Carbonell   F Roig	4	6	6											T Carbonell   F Roig	6	6
	J Alonso   N Lapentti	6	4	0				T Carbonell   F Roig	6	6
							3	L Lobo   J Sánchez	2	4
																						T Carbonell   F Roig	6	4
	P Albano   F Santoro	6	6																			David Adams   B Steven	7	6
8	T Kronemann   D Macpherson	0	4					P Albano   F Santoro	6	5	5
	David Adams   B Steven	7	6					David Adams   B Steven	3	7	7
	B Becker   G Ivanišević	6	3												David Adams   B Steven	6	6	6
	L Arnold   D Orsanic	6	7												L Arnold   D Orsanic	4	7	4
	M-K Goellner   D Prinosil	2	6					L Arnold   D Orsanic	6	7
							2	J Grabb   C Suk	2	6

References

1. "1998 Hamburg". International Tennis Federation. Retrieved 15 December 2014.