1998 Rado Open – Singles

Singles

1998 Rado Open

Final

Champion

Àlex Corretja^[1]

Runner-up

Boris Becker

Score

7–6^(7–5), 7–5, 6–3

Details

Draw

32 (3WC/4Q/1LL)

Seeds

Events

Singles

Doubles

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1998 tennis event results

Àlex Corretja defeated Boris Becker in the final, 7–6^(7–5), 7–5, 6–3 to win the singles tennis title at the 1998 Swiss Open.^[2]^[3]

Félix Mantilla was the defending champion, but lost in the quarterfinals to Becker.^[4]^[5]

This tournament marked the first professional appearance of future 20-time major champion and world No. 1 Roger Federer; he lost in the first round to lucky loser Lucas Arnold Ker.^[6]^[7]

Seeds

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

Marcelo Ríos (semifinals)
Yevgeny Kafelnikov (first round)
Àlex Corretja (champion)
Cédric Pioline (second round)
Félix Mantilla (quarterfinals)
Albert Costa (quarterfinals)
Alberto Berasategui (first round)
Nicolas Kiefer (quarterfinals)

Draw

Key

Finals

Semifinals					Final^[1]

1	Marcelo Ríos	4	6⁴

	Boris Becker	6	7
						Boris Becker	6⁵	5	3

					3	Àlex Corretja	7	7	6
3	Àlex Corretja	6	6³	6

	Filip Dewulf	3	7	3

Top half

First round					Second round					Quarterfinals				Semifinals

1	M Ríos	6	6
	M Rosset	3	3		1	M Ríos	6	6
LL	L Arnold Ker	6	6		LL	L Arnold Ker	4	1
WC	R Federer	4	4							1	M Ríos	6	7
	G Kuerten	6	6								F Clavet	3	5
	G Raoux	4	4			G Kuerten	6	4	4
	F Clavet	6	6			F Clavet	2	6	6
7	A Berasategui	4	4											1	M Ríos	4	6⁴
4	C Pioline	6	6												B Becker	6	7
	N Lapentti	4	4		4	C Pioline	6²	5
	B Becker	6	6⁷	7		B Becker	7	7
WC	G Bastl	4	7	5							B Becker	6	6
	F Santoro	7	6							5	F Mantilla	4	4
	B Ulihrach	5	3			F Santoro	4	6	2
5	F Mantilla	6	6		5	F Mantilla	6	0	6
Q	T Guardiola	2	2

Bottom half

First round					Second round					Quarterfinals					Semifinals

6	A Costa	5	6	6
Q	D Orsanic	7	2	3	6	A Costa	7	6
	G Blanco	6	6			G Blanco	6³	3
Q	T Carbonell	4	3							6	A Costa	7	2	2
	C Doseděl	7	6							3	À Corretja	5	6	6
WC	I Heuberger	6⁴	3			C Doseděl	0	5
3	À Corretja	6	4	6	3	À Corretja	6	7
Q	O Gross	4	6	1											3	À Corretja	6	6³	6
8	N Kiefer	0	7	7												F Dewulf	3	7	3
	JA Viloca	6	5	6⁸	8	N Kiefer	6	3	6
	J Alonso	6	7			J Alonso	3	6	1
	N Escudé	2	5							8	N Kiefer	6	3	4
	F Dewulf	3	7	6							F Dewulf	1	6	6
	A Portas	6	6³	2		F Dewulf	3	7	6
	F Meligeni	6	4	6		F Meligeni	6	5	3
2	Y Kafelnikov	3	6	3

Qualifying

Qualifying seeds

Lucas Arnold Ker (qualifying competition, Lucky loser)
Oliver Gross (qualified)
Jacobo Díaz (first round)
Attila Sávolt (second round)
Quino Muñoz (second round)
Agustín Garizzio (qualifying competition)
Tomás Carbonell (qualified)
Óscar Serrano (second round)

Qualifiers

Lucky loser

Lucas Arnold Ker (replaced Tommy Haas)^[7]

Qualifying draw

First qualifier

First round					Second round					Qualifying competition

1	Lucas Arnold Ker	7	6

	Joan Balcells	5	1
					1	Lucas Arnold Ker	4	6	6

						David Sánchez	6	3	4
	David Sánchez	6	2	6

	Rubén Fernández-Gil	2	6	2
										1	Lucas Arnold Ker	2	1

										7	Tomás Carbonell	6	6
	Massimo Valeri	6	6

	Gabrio Castrichella	4	1
						Massimo Valeri	6	4

					7	Tomás Carbonell	7	6
	Fabio Maggi	2	0

7	Tomás Carbonell	6	6

Second qualifier

First round					Second round					Qualifying competition

2	Oliver Gross	6	6

WC	Stéphane Bohli	2	2
					2	Oliver Gross	6	6

						Sandro Della Piana	4	1
	Sandro Della Piana	1	7	7

WC	Marco Chiudinelli	6	6	5
										2	Oliver Gross	6	6

											Bertrand Madsen	4	4
	Bertrand Madsen	7	6

	Alexandre Strambini	6	4
						Bertrand Madsen	6	3	6

					8	Óscar Serrano	3	6	3
	Giorgio Galimberti	2	2

8	Óscar Serrano	6	6

Third qualifier

First round					Second round				Qualifying competition

3	Jacobo Díaz	4	6	1

	Luis Morejón	6	0	6
						Luis Morejón	6	3

						Frédéric Fontang	1	2^r
	Michel Kratochvil	6	7	1

	Frédéric Fontang	7	6	6
										Luis Morejón	4	1

										Daniel Orsanic	6	6
	Gregory Zavialoff	4	2

	Daniel Orsanic	6	6
						Daniel Orsanic	6	6

					5	Quino Muñoz	2	4
	Andrei Rybalko	3	6	2

5	Quino Muñoz	6	4	6

Fourth qualifier

First round					Second round					Qualifying competition

4	Attila Sávolt	6	6

	Niko Karagiannis	4	4
					4	Attila Sávolt	3	4

						Thierry Guardiola	6	6
WC	Jun Kato	3	6

	Thierry Guardiola	6	7
											Thierry Guardiola	7	0	6

										6	Agustín Garizzio	6	6	4
	Mariano Hood	4	6	6

WC	Francisco Montana	6	2	4
						Mariano Hood	6	3	6^r

					6	Agustín Garizzio	3	6	5
	Andrei Merinov	2	3

6	Agustín Garizzio	6	6

References

^ ^a ^b "1998 Swiss Open". International Tennis Federation. Retrieved 29 December 2014.
^ "Becker slips in quest for clay title". The Washington Post. 13 July 1998. Retrieved 3 December 2022.
^ "Corretja derrota a Becker en la final de Gstaad" [Corretja defeated Becker at the Gstaad final]. El País (in Spanish). Gstaad. 13 July 1998. Retrieved 3 December 2022.
^ "TENNIS: ROUNDUP -- SWISS OPEN; Becker Shows He's Not Done Yet". The New York Times. Associated Press. 11 July 1998. Retrieved 3 December 2022.
^ "In Swiss, Becker to play Ríos". The Washington Post. 11 July 1998. Retrieved 3 December 2022.
^ Ilic, Jovica (7 July 2017). "July 7, 1998: Roger Federer makes a debut on the ATP Tour in Gstaad". Tennis World. Retrieved 3 December 2022.
^ ^a ^b Torok, Sebastián (5 July 2018). "Lucas Arnold Ker, a 20 años de derrotar a Federer en el debut del suizo en el circuito: 'De chico no parecía crack'" [Lucas Arnold Ker, 20 years after defeating Federer at the swiss' debut in the ATP Tour: 'As a kid, he didn't look like a prodigy']. La Nación (in Spanish). Retrieved 3 December 2022.