1998 Davidoff Swiss Indoors – Doubles

Doubles
1998 Davidoff Swiss Indoors
Final
ChampionsFrance Olivier Delaître
France Fabrice Santoro[1]
Runners-upSouth Africa Piet Norval
Zimbabwe Kevin Ullyett
Score6–3, 7–6
Details
Draw16
Seeds4
Events
Singles Doubles
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1998 tennis event results

The 1998 Davidoff Swiss Indoors was a tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 29th edition of the event known that year as the Davidoff Swiss Indoors, and was part of the World Series of the 1998 ATP Tour. It took place at the St. Jakobshalle in Basel, Switzerland, from 5 October until 11 October 1998.

Tim Henman and Marc Rosset were the defending champions, but Henman did not compete this year in order to focus on the singles tournament. Rosset teamed up with Nicolas Kiefer and lost in the first round to tournament winners Olivier Delaître and Fabrice Santoro.

Delaître and Santoro won the title by defeating Piet Norval and Kevin Ullyett 6–3, 7–6 in the final.[2]

Seeds

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

  1. South Africa Ellis Ferreira / United States Rick Leach (quarterfinals)
  2. Czechoslovakia Martin Damm / Czech Republic Cyril Suk (quarterfinals)
  3. Australia Joshua Eagle / Australia Andrew Florent (first round)
  4. France Olivier Delaître / France Fabrice Santoro (champions)

Draw

Key

Finals

First round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final[1]
1 South Africa E Ferreira
United States R Leach
7 7
South Africa D Adams
Netherlands T Kempers
6 5 1 South Africa DE Ferreira
United States R Leach
4 7 2
Sweden N Kulti
Australia D Macpherson
6 6 Sweden N Kulti
Australia D Macpherson
6 6 6
South Africa J-L de Jager
South Africa R Koenig
4 4 Sweden N Kulti
Australia D Macpherson
5 6 1
4 France O Delaître
France F Santoro
6 6 4 France O Delaître
France F Santoro
7 3 6
WC Germany N Kiefer
Switzerland M Rosset
4 2 4 France O Delaître
France F Santoro
7 1 6
Russia Y Kafelnikov
Czech Republic D Vacek
7 6 Russia Y Kafelnikov
Czech Republic D Vacek
6 6 4
WC Switzerland R Federer
Switzerland I Heuberger
5 2 4 France O Delaître
France F Santoro
6 7
WC Germany B Becker
Germany T Haas
6 7 South Africa P Norval
South Africa K Ullyett
3 6
United Kingdom N Broad
South Africa C Haggard
2 6 WC Germany B Becker
Germany T Haas
6 0 6
Spain T Carbonell
Spain F Roig
2 7 6 Spain T Carbonell
Spain F Roig
3 6 4
3 Australia J Eagle
Australia A Florent
6 5 4 WC Germany B Becker
Germany T Haas
6 3 4
South Africa P Norval
South Africa K Ullyett
6 6 7 South Africa P Norval
South Africa K Ullyett
4 6 6
South Africa W Ferreira
Australia P Rafter
7 2 6 South Africa P Norval
South Africa K Ullyett
6 6
2 Czechoslovakia M Damm
Czech Republic C Suk
6 3 6 2 Czechoslovakia M Damm
Czech Republic C Suk
4 3
Q Netherlands M Oosting
Czech Republic P Vízner
3 6 3

References

  1. ^ a b "1998 Basel". International Tennis Federation. Archived from the original on 15 March 2016. Retrieved 5 January 2015.
  2. ^ "Singles & Doubles Winners". Swiss Indoors Basel. Basel. Retrieved 6 November 2021. 1998 - Olivier Delaitre (France) - Fabrice Santoro (France)

External links

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