1998 President's Cup – Singles

Singles
1998 President's Cup (tennis)
Champion	Tim Henman[1]
Runner-up	Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Final score	7–5, 6–4

The 1998 President's Cup was a men's tennis tournament played on Hard in Tashkent, Uzbekistan that was part of the International Series of the 1998 ATP Tour. It was the second edition of the tournament and was held from 14 September – 20 September.

Seeds

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

1. Yevgeny Kafelnikov (Final)
2. Tim Henman (Champion)
3. Cédric Pioline (Semifinals)
4. Nicolas Escudé (Semifinals)
5. Marc Rosset (Second Round)
6. Marat Safin (Quarterfinals)
7. Kenneth Carlsen (First Round)
8. David Prinosil (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	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	6	6
	3	Cédric Pioline	2	2
								1	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	5	4
								2	Tim Henman	7	6
	4	Nicolas Escudé	6	3	4
	2	Tim Henman	3	6	6

Top Half

First Round							Second Round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
1	Y Kafelnikov	6	6
Q	M Sinner	4	2				1	Y Kafelnikov	6	6
	D Nainkin	3	6	6				D Nainkin	3	0
	L Roux	6	2	3										1	Y Kafelnikov	6	3	6
	G Etlis	2	6	7											G Etlis	3	6	1
	N Godwin	6	4	5				G Etlis	7	6
	V Voltchkov	6	4	6				V Voltchkov	5	2
8	D Prinosil	4	6	4																	1	Y Kafelnikov	6	6
3	C Pioline	6	6																		3	C Pioline	2	2
WC	V Kutsenko	3	3				3	C Pioline	4	7	6
	L Tieleman	7	6					Laurence Tieleman	6	6^6	4
	R Schüttler	6^6	3											3	C Pioline	6^3	6	7
	R Wassen	3	6	6										6	M Safin	7	2	6^3
	L Burgsmüller	6	2	3				R Wassen	3	2
6	M Safin	6	6				6	M Safin	6	6
WC	T Ganiev	2	2

Bottom Half

First Round							Second Round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
5	M Rosset	7	7
	T Ketola	6^10	5				5	M Rosset	4	7	3
Q	K Braasch	6	7				Q	K Braasch	6	6^6	6
	M Hantschk	4	6^5											Q	K Braasch	4	6^5
	S Schalken	6	6^5	7										4	N Escudé	6	7
	Ó Burrieza	4	7	6^5				S Schalken	4	6^7
4	N Escudé	6	6				4	N Escudé	6	7
WC	D Tomashevich	3	3																		4	N Escudé	6	3	4
	S Pescosolido	7	6																		2	T Henman	3	6	6
7	K Carlsen	6^2	2					S Pescosolido	4	7	6
Q	H Levy	6	3	6			Q	H Levy	6	6^1	3
	O Ogorodov	4	6	3											S Pescosolido	4	4
	E Ran	6	6											2	T Henman	6	6
	P Luxa	3	3					E Ran	4	1
2	T Henman	6	6				2	T Henman	6	6
Q	N Welgreen	1	4

References

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