1998 Japan Open Tennis Championships – Men's Doubles

Men's Doubles
1998 Japan Open Tennis Championships
Champions	Sébastien Lareau Daniel Nestor[1]
Runners-up	Olivier Delaître Stefano Pescosolido
Final score	6–3, 6–4

The 1998 Japan Open Tennis Championships was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at the Ariake Coliseum in Tokyo in Japan that was part of the International Series Gold of the 1998 ATP Tour and of Tier III of the 1998 WTA Tour. The tournament was held from April 13 through April 19, 1998.

Seeds

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

1. Unknown (Withdrew)
2. Alex O'Brien / Jonathan Stark (Semifinals)
3. Sébastien Lareau / Daniel Nestor (Champions)
4. Byron Black / Patrick Rafter (Quarterfinals)
5. Brian MacPhie / Sandon Stolle (Quarterfinals)
6. Michael Tebbutt / Mikael Tillström (First Round)
7. Peter Nyborg / David Prinosil (Semifinals)
8. Kent Kinnear / Chris Wilkinson (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]
	7	Peter Nyborg   David Prinosil	3	7	1
	3	Sébastien Lareau   Daniel Nestor	6	6	6
								3	Sébastien Lareau   Daniel Nestor	6	6
									Olivier Delaître   Stefano Pescosolido	3	4
		Olivier Delaître   Stefano Pescosolido	6	7
	2	Alex O'Brien   Jonathan Stark	4	5

Top Half

First Round							Second Round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
								J Holmes   B Martínez	7	2	2
	J Holmes   B Martínez	6	6					M Damm   D Vacek	6	6	6
	H Ishii   D Sapsford	4	3												M Damm   D Vacek	4	5
	S Iwabuchi   M Takada	7	6											7	P Nyborg   D Prinosil	6	7
	B Ellwood   G Motomura	6	2					S Iwabuchi   M Takada	4	4
7	P Nyborg   D Prinosil	6	7				7	P Nyborg   D Prinosil	6	6
	C Haggard   P Rosner	3	5																		7	P Nyborg   D Prinosil	3	7	1
																					3	S Lareau   D Nestor	6	6	6
								A Pavel   L-A Wahlgren	2^r
	A Pavel   L-A Wahlgren	6	6	6			3	S Lareau   D Nestor	4
	G Pozzi   T Suzuki	7	3	2										3	S Lareau   D Nestor	6	6
	D DiLucia   M Sell	6	6											5	B MacPhie   S Stolle	4	0
	S Campbell   M Joyce	1	2					D DiLucia   M Sell	6	6	5
5	B MacPhie   S Stolle	7	7				5	B MacPhie   S Stolle	3	7	7
	Ó Burrieza   R Vašek	5	5

Bottom Half

First Round							Second Round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
	O Delaître   S Pescosolido	6	6	7
6	M Tebbutt   M Tillström	7	3	6				O Delaître   S Pescosolido	3	6	6
	A Clément   J Golmard	6	6					A Clément   J Golmard	6	3	4
	Y Ishii   H Sato	4	3												O Delaître   S Pescosolido	6	3	6
	N Godwin   T Ketola	5	6	6										4	B Black   P Rafter	4	6	4
	F Bergh   T Johansson	7	3	4				N Godwin   T Ketola	6	4
							4	B Black   P Rafter	7	6
																						O Delaître   S Pescosolido	6	7
	V Santopadre   V Spadea	7	6																		2	A O'Brien   J Stark	4	5
8	K Kinnear   C Wilkinson	6	2					V Santopadre   V Spadea	7	6
	T Chaen   R Tsujino	3	6	6				T Chaen   R Tsujino	5	4
	M Keil   T. J. Middleton	6	3	4											V Santopadre   V Spadea	4	0
	S Davis   A Richardson	7	6	7										2	A O'Brien   J Stark	6	6
	S Matsuoka   M Onoda	6	7	6				S Davis   A Richardson	5	1
							2	A O'Brien   J Stark	7	6

References

1. "1998 Tokyo Outdoor". International Tennis Federation. Retrieved 15 December 2014.