1998 Mercedes Cup – Doubles

Doubles
1998 Mercedes Cup
Champions	Olivier Delaître Fabrice Santoro[1]
Runners-up	Joshua Eagle Jim Grabb
Final score	6–1, 3–6, 6–3

The 1998 Mercedes Cup was a men's tennis tournament played on Clay in Stuttgart, Germany, that was part of the International Series Gold of the 1998 ATP Tour. It was the fiftieth edition of the tournament and was held 20 July – 26 July.

Seeds

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

1. Mahesh Bhupathi / Yevgeny Kafelnikov (Semifinals)
2. Donald Johnson / Francisco Montana (Second Round)
3. Joshua Eagle / Jim Grabb (Final)
4. Daniel Orsanic / Cyril Suk (Quarterfinals)
5. Neil Broad / Piet Norval (Quarterfinals)
6. David Adams / Fernon Wibier (Second Round)
7. Andrew Kratzmann / Menno Oosting (Second Round)
8. Tom Kempers / Aleksandar Kitinov (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	Mahesh Bhupathi   Yevgeny Kafelnikov	6	3	6
		Olivier Delaître   Fabrice Santoro	3	6	7
									Olivier Delaître   Fabrice Santoro	6	3	6
								3	Joshua Eagle   Jim Grabb	1	6	3
	3	Joshua Eagle   Jim Grabb	6	7
		Chris Haggard   Jack Waite	2	6

Top Half

First Round							Second Round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
							1	M Bhupathi   Y Kafelnikov	6	7
	L Arnold   L Lobo	6	6					L Arnold   L Lobo	2	5
	M Gustafsson   M Larsson	4	2											1	M Bhupathi   Y Kafelnikov	7	7
	A Olhovskiy   P Vízner	6	6	7										8	T Kempers   A Kitinov	6	6
	T Haas   M Safin	7	4	5				A Olhovskiy   P Vízner	5	4
							8	T Kempers   A Kitinov	7	6
																					1	M Bhupathi   Y Kafelnikov	6	3	6
																						O Delaître   F Santoro	3	6	7
							4	D Orsanic   C Suk	7	4	7
	J Balcells   D Bowen	6	2	6				J Balcells   D Bowen	6	6	5
	G Kuerten   F Meligeni	1	6	2										4	D Orsanic   C Suk	1	6	5
	O Delaître   F Santoro	2	6	6											O Delaître   F Santoro	6	0	7
	M Hood   S Prieto	6	4	3				O Delaître   F Santoro	6	6
							6	D Adams   F Wibier	4	2

Bottom Half

First Round							Second Round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
							5	N Broad   P Norval	6	6
	L Pimek   T Anzari	6	7					L Pimek   T Anzari	3	4
	B Coupe   P Rosner	1	5											5	N Broad   P Norval	4	6	4
	J Alonso   G Köves	6	6											3	J Eagle   J Grabb	6	4	6
	A Berasategui   A Martín	2	1					J Alonso   G Köves	4	2
							3	J Eagle   J Grabb	6	6
																					3	J Eagle   J Grabb	6	7
																						C Haggard   J Waite	2	6
							7	A Kratzmann   M Oosting	6	5	3
	K Braasch   B Karbacher	6	6					K Braasch   B Karbacher	4	7	6
	P Albano   N Lapentti	4	0												K Braasch   B Karbacher	3	5
	C Haggard   J Waite	7	6												C Haggard   J Waite	6	7
	B Becker   D Prinosil	6	4					C Haggard   J Waite	1	7	6
							2	Donald Johnson   F Montana	6	5	2

References

1. "1998 Stuttgart Outdoor". International Tennis Federation. Retrieved 29 December 2014.