1998 Stella Artois Championships – Doubles

Doubles
1998 Stella Artois Championships
1997 champions	Mark Philippoussis Patrick Rafter
Champions
Runners-up
Final score	No result due to rain.

Mark Philippoussis and Patrick Rafter were the defending champions but they competed with different partners that year, Philippoussis with Goran Ivanišević and Rafter with Jonas Björkman.

Ivanišević and Philippoussis lost in the first round to Max Mirnyi and Michael Sell.

Björkman and Rafter were one of the two teams in the final along with Todd Woodbridge and Mark Woodforde.

There was no result for the event due to rain.

Seeds

The top four seeded teams received byes into the second round.

2

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	Todd Woodbridge   Mark Woodforde	1	7	7
	4	Patrick Galbraith   Brett Steven	6	6	5
								1	Todd Woodbridge   Mark Woodforde
								3	Jonas Björkman   Patrick Rafter
	3	Jonas Björkman   Patrick Rafter	6	7
	2	Mahesh Bhupathi   Leander Paes	1	6

Top Half

	First Round							Second Round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
								1	T Woodbridge M Woodforde	6	6
		N Godwin M Merklein	3	4					T Kempers M Oosting	1	4
		T Kempers M Oosting	6	6											1	T Woodbridge M Woodforde	6	6
		G Ivanišević M Philippoussis	6	4	2										8	S Stolle C Suk	4	4
		M Mirnyi M Sell	4	6	6				M Mirnyi M Sell	4	6
		S Noteboom A Olhovskiy	2	2				8	S Stolle C Suk	6	7
	8	S Stolle C Suk	6	6																		1	T Woodbridge M Woodforde	1	7	7
																						4	P Galbraith B Steven	6	6	5
								4	P Galbraith B Steven	6	6
		J Gimelstob B MacPhie	4	4					D Roditi S Sargsian	1	4
		D Roditi S Sargsian	6	6											4	P Galbraith B Steven	6	6
	WC	T Martin G Rusedski	3	6	4										5	W Black S Lareau	3	2
		W Arthurs A Kratzmann	6	3	6				W Arthurs A Kratzmann	6	5	3
		C Haggard M Tebbutt	2	7	1			5	W Black S Lareau	4	7	6
	5	W Black S Lareau	6	6	6

Bottom Half

	First Round							Second Round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
	6	N Broad P Norval	7	6
		D Sapsford C Wilkinson	5	2				6	N Broad P Norval	4	6	4
	WC	K Kučera D Vacek	4	1				LL	A Clément J Golmard	6	2	6
	LL	A Clément J Golmard	6	6											LL	A Clément J Golmard	7	0	4
		G Stafford K Ullyett	5	3											3	J Björkman P Rafter	6	6	6
		B Black A O'Brien	7	6					B Black A O'Brien	6	3
								3	J Björkman P Rafter	7	6
																						3	J Björkman P Rafter	6	7
	Q	M Ruah A Sá	6	4																		2	M Bhupathi L Paes	1	6
	WC	K Carlsen T Enqvist	7	6				WC	K Carlsen T Enqvist	4	3
	Q	D Flach G Van Emburgh	6	6				Q	D Flach G Van Emburgh	6	6
		K Kinnear D Randall	4	4											Q	D Flach G Van Emburgh	4	0
	WC	T Henman P Sampras	7	5	6										2	M Bhupathi L Paes	6	6
		M Knowles D Nestor	6	7	3			WC	T Henman P Sampras	1	1
								2	M Bhupathi L Paes	6	6

External links

• 1998 Stella Artois Championships Doubles Draw