1998 Mercedes-Benz Cup – Doubles
| Doubles | |
|---|---|
| 1998 Mercedes-Benz Cup | |
| Champions | Patrick Rafter Sandon Stolle[1] |
| Runners-up | Jeff Tarango Daniel Vacek |
| Score | 6–4, 6–4 |
| Draw | 16 |
| Seeds | 4 |
The 1998 Mercedes-Benz Cup was a men's tennis tournament played on hardcourt in Los Angeles, United States that was part of the International Series of the 1998 ATP Tour. It was the seventy-first edition of the tournament and was held from July 27 through August 2, 1998.
Seeds
Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.
- Wayne Black / Sébastien Lareau (first round)
- Unknown (withdrew)
- Patrick Rafter / Sandon Stolle (champions)
- John-Laffnie de Jager / Robbie Koenig (semifinals)
Draw
Key
- Q = Qualifier
- WC = Wild card
- LL = Lucky loser
- Alt = Alternate
- ITF = ITF entry
- PR = Protected ranking
- SR = Special ranking
- SE = Special exempt
- JE = Junior exempt
- JR = Junior Accelerator Programme entrant
- CO = College Accelerator Programme entrant
- NG = Next Gen Accelerator Program entrant
- w/o = Walkover
- r = Retired
- d = Defaulted
Finals
| First round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | W Black S Lareau | 7 | 4 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| J Tarango D Vacek | 6 | 6 | 6 | J Tarango D Vacek | w/o | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| G Ivanišević P Kilderry | 7 | 6 | G Ivanišević P Kilderry | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| D Flach M Tebbutt | 6 | 4 | J Tarango D Vacek | 7 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | J-L de Jager R Koenig | 6 | 4 | 6 | 4 | J-L de Jager R Koenig | 6 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||
| B Bryan M Bryan | 1 | 6 | 3 | 4 | J-L de Jager R Koenig | 5 | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||
| A Peterson E Taino | 4 | 6 | 6 | A Peterson E Taino | 7 | 4 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| L Jensen M Jensen | 6 | 3 | 2 | J Tarango D Vacek | 4 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| G Stafford K Ullyett | 6 | 6 | 3 | P Rafter S Stolle | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| B Coupe K Kinnear | 3 | 3 | G Stafford K Ullyett | 5 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | P Rafter S Stolle | 7 | 7 | 3 | P Rafter S Stolle | 7 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| T Ketola D Roditi | 6 | 6 | 3 | P Rafter S Stolle | 7 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| W Ferreira M Ondruska | 7 | 6 | M Damm J Grabb | 6 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| W Black P Galbraith | 6 | 3 | W Ferreira M Ondruska | 3 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| M Damm J Grabb | 6 | 6 | M Damm J Grabb | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| J-M Gambill V Spadea | 4 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
References
- ^ a b "1998 Los Angeles". International Tennis Federation. Retrieved December 29, 2014.