1998 Wimbledon Championships – Boys' singles

Boys' singles
1998 Wimbledon Championships
Final
ChampionSwitzerland Roger Federer
Runner-upGeorgia (country) Irakli Labadze
Score6–4, 6–4
Details
Draw64 (8 Q )
Seeds16
Events
Singles men women boys girls
Doubles men women mixed boys girls
WC Singles men women quad
WC Doubles men women quad
Legends men women seniors
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1998 tennis event results

Roger Federer defeated Irakli Labadze in the final, 6–4, 6–4 to win the boys' singles tennis title at the 1998 Wimbledon Championships.[1] It was Federer's fourth juniors singles title. He would go on to win a record eight senior Wimbledon titles between 2003 and 2017.[2]

Wesley Whitehouse was the reigning champion, but turned 18 years old during the season and, therefore, was ineligible to compete in juniors.

Seeds

01.   France Julien Jeanpierre (quarterfinals)
02.   Chile Fernando González (first round)
03.   Chinese Taipei Cheng Wei-jen (third round)
04.   Czech Republic Robin Vik (second round)
05.   Switzerland Roger Federer (champion)
06.   Brazil Flávio Saretta (quarterfinals)
07.   Georgia (country) Irakli Labadze (final)
08.   Brazil Ricardo Mello (first round)
09.   Belgium Olivier Rochus (first round)
10.   Venezuela José de Armas (quarterfinals)
11.   United States Taylor Dent (second round)
12.   Pakistan Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi (third round)
13.   Sweden Jacob Adaktusson (first round)
14.   Ivory Coast Valentin Sanon (second round)
15.   Argentina Edgardo Massa (second round)
16.   Hungary Balázs Veress (first round)

Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.

Draw

Key

Finals

Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
               
1 France Julien Jeanpierre 6 3
Croatia Lovro Zovko 7 6
Croatia Lovro Zovko 5 2
5 Switzerland Roger Federer 7 6
United Kingdom David Sherwood 6 2
5 Switzerland Roger Federer 7 6
5 Switzerland Roger Federer 6 6
7 Georgia (country) Irakli Labadze 4 4
7 Georgia (country) Irakli Labadze 1 7 6
10 Venezuela José de Armas 6 6 3
7 Georgia (country) Irakli Labadze 3 7 6
Russia Kirill Ivanov-Smolensky 6 6 3
6 Brazil Flávio Saretta 5 2
Russia Kirill Ivanov-Smolensky 7 6

Top half

Section 1

First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
1 France Julien Jeanpierre 6 4 6
Mexico Jorge Haro 2 6 3 1 France J Jeanpierre 6 6
Q Germany Sebastien Aickele 2 3 Poland F Aniola 3 4
Poland Filip Aniola 6 6 1 France J Jeanpierre 6 6
Austria Markus Polessnig 1 4 Greece V Mazarakis 3 4
Greece Vasilis Mazarakis 6 6 Greece V Mazarakis 6 3 6
Q North Macedonia Lazar Magdinčev 2 2 11 United States T Dent 4 6 0
11 United States Taylor Dent 6 6 1 France J Jeanpierre 6 3
13 Sweden Jacob Adaktusson 7 4 3 Croatia L Zovko 7 6
Croatia Lovro Zovko 6 6 6 Croatia L Zovko 6 6
Q United Kingdom Tom Higgins 1 5 United Kingdom R Brooks 4 4
United Kingdom Richard Brooks 6 7 Croatia L Zovko 6 6
Denmark Bob Borella 6 6 Q United States A Park 0 4
India Vijay Kannan 1 4 Denmark B Borella 7 5 5
Q United States Andrew Park 7 1 6 Q United States A Park 6 7 7
8 Brazil Ricardo Mello 5 6 1

Section 2

First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
3 Chinese Taipei Cheng Wei-jen 6 6 7
Czech Republic Ladislav Chramosta 7 4 5 3 Chinese Taipei W-j Cheng 3 6 6
LL Kazakhstan Alexey Kedryuk 7 4 9 LL Kazakhstan A Kedryuk 6 2 0
Austria Jürgen Melzer 6 6 7 3 Chinese Taipei W-j Cheng 5 2
Germany Philipp Hammer 4 6 5 United Kingdom D Sherwood 7 6
United Kingdom David Sherwood 6 3 7 United Kingdom D Sherwood 6 6
LL Egypt Marwan Zewar 6 4 15 Argentina E Massa 4 3
15 Argentina Edgardo Massa 7 6 United Kingdom D Sherwood 6 2
14 Ivory Coast Valentin Sanon 6 6 7 5 Switzerland R Federer 7 6
Q United Kingdom Dan Kiernan 7 1 5 14 Ivory Coast V Sanon 0 0
United States Simone Amorico 6 3 4 France J Haehnel 6 6
France Jérôme Haehnel 3 6 6 France J Haehnel 4 4
Russia Mikhail Youzhny 1 6 5 Switzerland R Federer 6 6
Slovenia Andrej Kračman 6 7 Slovenia A Kračman 6 3
Austria Philipp Langer 0 2 5 Switzerland R Federer 7 6
5 Switzerland Roger Federer 6 6

Bottom half

Section 3

First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
7 Georgia (country) Irakli Labadze 6 6
Q Austria Luben Pampoulov 3 2 7 Georgia (country) I Labadze 6 7
Brazil Eduardo Bergmann 6 7 Brazil E Bergmann 1 5
South Africa Andrew McDade 4 6 7 Georgia (country) I Labadze 6 7 6
United Kingdom Simon Dickson 6 6 12 Pakistan A Qureshi 7 6 4
United States KJ Hippensteel 0 3 United Kingdom S Dickson 2 3
Belarus Maxim Belski 1 4 12 Pakistan A Qureshi 6 6
12 Pakistan Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi 6 6 7 Georgia (country) I Labadze 1 7 6
10 Venezuela José de Armas 6 6 10 Venezuela J de Armas 6 6 3
Argentina Emiliano Redondi 0 4 10 Venezuela J de Armas 6 7
Austria Philipp Müllner 6 6 Austria P Müllner 3 6
Thailand Danai Udomchoke 2 4 10 Venezuela J de Armas 6 6
France Michaël Llodra 2 6 Israel A Ram 2 3
Israel Andy Ram 6 7 Israel A Ram 4 6 8
Q United States Phillip King 4 1 4 Czech Republic R Vik 6 1 6
4 Czech Republic Robin Vik 6 6

Section 4

First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
6 Brazil Flávio Saretta 6 6
Slovakia František Babej 0 2 6 Brazil F Saretta 6 6
United Kingdom Mark Hilton 1 2 United States D Martin 4 3
United States David Martin 6 6 6 Brazil F Saretta 6 6
Austria Andreas Fasching 1 2 Denmark K Pless 4 3
Denmark Kristian Pless 6 6 Denmark K Pless 4 6 6
Argentina Ignacio González King 6 6 Argentina I González King 6 3 4
16 Hungary Balázs Veress 3 3 6 Brazil F Saretta 5 2
9 Belgium Olivier Rochus 5 4 Russia K Ivanov-Smolensky 7 6
Q South Africa Nicholas McDonald 7 6 Q South Africa N McDonald 7 5 6
Czech Republic Jakub Hašek 7 6 6 Czech Republic J Hašek 5 7 8
Australia Nathan Healey 6 7 2 Czech Republic J Hašek 1 3
Russia Kirill Ivanov-Smolensky 3 6 6 Russia K Ivanov-Smolensky 6 6
United Kingdom Lee Childs 6 3 4 Russia K Ivanov-Smolensky 6 6
Croatia Davor Grgić 4 7 6 Croatia D Grgić 3 2
2 Chile Fernando González 6 6 2

References

  1. ^ "Boys' Singles Finals 1947-2017". wimbledon.com. Wimbledon Championships. Retrieved 13 August 2017.
  2. ^ Nag, Utathya (23 March 2022). "Roger Federer at Wimbledon: When 'King Roger' ruled". Olympics. Retrieved 14 July 2022.

External links

  • Source for the draw at Wimbledon.com
  • "The Junior Championships, Wimbledon 1998". International Tennis Federation. Archived from the original on 6 January 2014. Retrieved 18 January 2018.
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