1998 Romanian Open – Singles

Singles
1998 Romanian Open
Champion	Francisco Clavet[1]
Runner-up	Arnaud Di Pasquale
Final score	6–4, 2–6, 7–5

The 1998 Romanian Open was a men's tennis tournament played on Clay in Bucharest, Romania that was part of the International Series of the 1998 ATP Tour. It was the sixth edition of the tournament and was held from 14 September – 21 September.

Seeds

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

1. Francisco Clavet (Champion)
2. Richard Fromberg (Second Round)
3. Dominik Hrbatý (First Round)
4. Carlos Costa (Second Round)
5. Andrew Ilie (First Round)
6. Nicolás Lapentti (Second Round)
7. Mariano Puerta (First Round)
8. Julián Alonso (Quarterfinals)

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	Francisco Clavet	3	6	6
		Albert Portas	6	0	2
								1	Francisco Clavet	6	4	7
									Arnaud Di Pasquale	2	6	5
		Arnaud Di Pasquale	6	2	7
		Adrian Voinea	3	6	5

Top Half

First Round							Second Round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
1	F Clavet	6	7
	C Vinck	2	6^2				1	F Clavet	3	7	6
	D Pescariu	6	6					D Pescariu	6	5	2
	C Ruud	3	4											1	F Clavet	7	6
	Á Calatrava	6	3	1										8	J Alonso	5	0
	O Gross	3	6	1^r				Á Calatrava	2	7	4
8	J Alonso	1					8	J Alonso	6	6^4	6
	T Zíb	0^r																			1	F Clavet	3	6	6
4	C Costa	6	7																			A Portas	6	0	2
	S Grosjean	2	5				4	C Costa	7	3	1
	A Pavel	6	6					A Pavel	6^6	6	6
	F Maggi	0	3												A Pavel	6	3	5
	A Portas	6	6												A Portas	2	6	7
	J Sánchez	3	3					A Portas	4	7	6
	A Sávolt	6	6					A Sávolt	6	6^3	2
5	A Ilie	0	2

Bottom Half

First Round							Second Round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
6	N Lapentti	6	6
	J Apell	3	4				6	N Lapentti	2	7	1
	A Di Pasquale	7	7					A Di Pasquale	6	6^7	6
	G Trifu	6^1	6^5												A Di Pasquale	7	2	6
	J Díaz	6	6												G Blanco	6^2	6	2
	B Karbacher	1	3					J Díaz	4	2
	G Blanco	7	7					G Blanco	6	6
3	D Hrbatý	6^6	5																			A Di Pasquale	6	2	7
	I Moldovan	6	6																			A Voinea	3	6	5
7	M Puerta	4	4					I Moldovan	3	4
	A Voinea	6	6					A Voinea	6	6
	JA Marín	4	3												A Voinea	6	6
	E Benfele Álvarez	6	6												E Benfele Álvarez	4	1
	N Rovas	3	2					E Benfele Álvarez	7	3	7
2	R Fromberg	6^4	6	6			2	R Fromberg	6^4	6	5
	R Sabău	7	1	3

References

1. "1998 Bucharest". International Tennis Federation. Retrieved 4 January 2015.