1998 US Open – Men's Doubles

Men's Doubles
1998 US Open
Champion	Sandon Stolle Cyril Suk[1]
Runner-up	Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor
Final score	4–6, 7–6, 6–2

The 1998 US Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at the USTA National Tennis Center in New York City in New York in the United States. It was the 118th edition of the US Open and was held from August 31 through September 13, 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. Todd Woodbridge / Mark Woodforde (Third Round)
3. Jonas Björkman / Patrick Rafter (Semifinals)
4. Mahesh Bhupathi / Leander Paes (Semifinals)
5. Ellis Ferreira / Rick Leach (First Round)
6. Mark Knowles / Daniel Nestor (Final)
7. Unknown (Withdrew)
8. Yevgeny Kafelnikov / Daniel Vacek (Second Round)
9. Patrick Galbraith / Brett Steven (First Round)
10. Donald Johnson / Francisco Montana (First Round)
11. Joshua Eagle / Andrew Florent (First Round)
12. Wayne Black / Sébastien Lareau (First Round)
13. Jiří Novák / David Rikl (Second Round)
14. David Adams / Olivier Delaître (Third Round)
15. Sandon Stolle / Cyril Suk (Champions)
16. Neil Broad / Piet Norval (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

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final[1]
	16	Neil Broad   Piet Norval	7	4	2
		John-Laffnie de Jager   Robbie Koenig	5	6	6
									John-Laffnie de Jager   Robbie Koenig	6	2
								6	Mark Knowles   Daniel Nestor	7	6
	3	Jonas Björkman   Patrick Rafter	7	2	4
	6	Mark Knowles   Daniel Nestor	5	6	6
															6	Mark Knowles   Daniel Nestor	6	6	2
															15	Sandon Stolle   Cyril Suk	4	7	6
		Luis Lobo   Javier Sánchez	3	3
	4	Mahesh Bhupathi   Leander Paes	6	6
								4	Mahesh Bhupathi   Leander Paes	3	6
								15	Sandon Stolle   Cyril Suk	6	7
		Martin Damm   Jim Grabb	6	7	5
	15	Sandon Stolle   Cyril Suk	7	6	7

Top Half

Section 1

First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Quarterfinals
	B Coupe   D Randall	4	6	6
	M Rodríguez   A Sá	6	4	3				B Coupe   D Randall	6	6
	D Macpherson   D Wheaton	6	6					D Macpherson   D Wheaton	3	4
	P Goldstein   G Grant	1	3												B Coupe   D Randall	4	4
	M Kohlmann   M Ruah	6	7											16	N Broad   P Norval	6	6
	G Köves   J Tarango	4	5					M Kohlmann   M Ruah	6	6	3
16	N Broad   P Norval	6	7				16	N Broad   P Norval	7	4	6
	D del Rio   N Djordjevic	4	6																		16	N Broad   P Norval	7	4	2
	L Arnold   D Roditi	6	0	6																		J-L de Jager   R Koenig	5	6	6
10	D Johnson   F Montana	4	6	4				L Arnold   D Roditi	5	3
	J-L de Jager   R Koenig	7	7					J-L de Jager   R Koenig	7	6
	M-K Goellner   D Prinosil	6	6												J-L de Jager   R Koenig	7	6
	N Kulti   M Tillström	4	6	7											N Kulti   M Tillström	6	3
	T Martin   R Reneberg	6	2	5				N Kulti   M Tillström	6	6
8	Y Kafelnikov   D Vacek	4	6	6			8	Y Kafelnikov   D Vacek	4	4
	J Golmard   F Santoro	6	3	3

Section 2

First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Quarterfinals
3	J Björkman   P Rafter	6	7
	W Ferreira   G Ivanišević	4	6				3	J Björkman   P Rafter	7	4	6
	B MacPhie   P McEnroe	6	6					B MacPhie   P McEnroe	5	6	3
	D Flach   M Keil	2	1											3	J Björkman   P Rafter	6	6
	D Bowen   T Anzari	6	6											14	D Adams   O Delaître	3	3
	KJ Hippensteel   D Martin	2	2					D Bowen   T Anzari	3	2
14	D Adams   O Delaître	6	5	7			14	D Adams   O Delaître	6	6
	B Bryan   M Bryan	1	7	6																	3	J Björkman   P Rafter	7	2	4
	G Stafford   K Ullyett	3	6	6																	6	M Knowles   D Nestor	5	6	6
11	J Eagle   A Florent	6	3	4				G Stafford   K Ullyett	3	5
	F Bergh   P Nyborg	6	6	6				F Bergh   P Nyborg	6	7
	M Hood   S Prieto	3	7	3											F Bergh   P Nyborg	3	0
	J Gimelstob   J Stark	7	7											6	M Knowles   D Nestor	6	6
	S Humphries   J Palmer	6	6					J Gimelstob   J Stark	1	6
6	M Knowles   D Nestor	3	6	7			6	M Knowles   D Nestor	6	7
	G Silcock   M Wakefield	6	2	6

Bottom Half

Section 3

First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Quarterfinals
	L Lobo   J Sánchez	6	6
5	E Ferreira   R Leach	2	4					L Lobo   J Sánchez	6	6
	T Carbonell   F Roig	6	6	6				T Carbonell   F Roig	4	4
	T Kempers   M Oosting	7	4	4											L Lobo   J Sánchez	6	2	6
	B Haygarth   K Kinnear	4	6	7											B Black   A O'Brien	4	6	4
	D Orsanic   J Siemerink	6	4	6				B Haygarth   K Kinnear	3	2
	B Black   A O'Brien	6	6					B Black   A O'Brien	6	6
12	W Black   S Lareau	2	3																			L Lobo   J Sánchez	3	3
13	J Novák   D Rikl	7	6																		4	M Bhupathi   L Paes	6	6
	P Albano   N Lapentti	6	4				13	J Novák   D Rikl	4	3
	L Bale   D Sapsford	6	6					L Bale   D Sapsford	6	6
	S Noteboom   F Wibier	3	2												L Bale   D Sapsford	0	2
	K Braasch   M Ondruska	7	6											4	M Bhupathi   L Paes	6	6
	L Pimek   B Talbot	6	3					K Braasch   M Ondruska	2	4
4	M Bhupathi   L Paes	7	7				4	M Bhupathi   L Paes	6	6
	F Meligeni   M Puerta	5	6

Section 4

First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Quarterfinals
	M Damm   J Grabb	5	7	6
	W Arthurs   P Tramacchi	7	6	3				M Damm   J Grabb	7	6
	M Merklein   V Spadea	6	6					M Merklein   V Spadea	6	0
	T Dent   M Russell	4	4												M Damm   J Grabb	6	4	6
	L Jensen   M Jensen	6	6												L Jensen   M Jensen	4	6	2
	M Mirnyi   P Vízner	4	4					L Jensen   M Jensen	6	6
	M Barnard   A Olhovskiy	6	6					M Barnard   A Olhovskiy	4	3
9	P Galbraith   B Steven	4	4																			M Damm   J Grabb	6	7	5
15	S Stolle   C Suk	6	6																		15	S Stolle   C Suk	7	6	7
	A Kratzmann   M Tebbutt	4	4				15	S Stolle   C Suk	7	6
	C Haggard   J Waite	7	6					C Haggard   J Waite	6	4
	A Kitinov   P Rosner	6	4											15	S Stolle   C Suk	3	6	7
	D DiLucia   M Sell	6	6											2	T Woodbridge   M Woodforde	6	3	5
	J Alonso   JA Conde	2	1					D DiLucia   M Sell	3	5
2	T Woodbridge   M Woodforde	6	3	6			2	T Woodbridge   M Woodforde	6	7
	N Godwin   T Ketola	3	6	3

References

1. "1998 U.S. Open". International Tennis Federation. Retrieved 30 December 2014.