1998 Italian Open – Men's Doubles

Men's Doubles
1998 Italian Open
Champions	Mahesh Bhupathi Leander Paes[1]
Runners-up	Ellis Ferreira Rick Leach
Final score	6–4, 4–6, 7–6

The 1998 Italian Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 57th edition of the Rome Masters and was part of the Super 9 of the 1998 ATP Tour and of Tier I of the 1998 WTA Tour. Both the men's and women's events took place at the Foro Italico in Rome in Italy. The women's tournament was played from May 4 through May 10, 1998 and the men's tournament was played from May 11 through May 17, 1998.

Seeds

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

1. Todd Woodbridge / Mark Woodforde (First Round)
2. Mahesh Bhupathi / Leander Paes (Champions)
3. Yevgeny Kafelnikov / Daniel Vacek (Quarterfinals)
4. Ellis Ferreira / Rick Leach (Final)
5. Jonas Björkman / Patrick Rafter (Quarterfinals)
6. Luis Lobo / Javier Sánchez (Semifinals)
7. Donald Johnson / Francisco Montana (First Round)
8. Joshua Eagle / Andrew Florent (First Round)

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]
		Goran Ivanišević   Mark Philippoussis	3	7	6
	4	Ellis Ferreira   Rick Leach	6	6	7
								4	Ellis Ferreira   Rick Leach	4	6	6
								2	Mahesh Bhupathi   Leander Paes	6	4	7
	6	Luis Lobo   Javier Sánchez	5	6	6
	2	Mahesh Bhupathi   Leander Paes	7	3	7

Top Half

First Round							Second Round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
1	T Woodbridge   M Woodforde	4	3
	N Lapentti   D Roditi	6	6					N Lapentti   D Roditi	3	6	2
	P Galbraith   B Steven	6	6					P Galbraith   B Steven	6	3	6
	T Kronemann   D Macpherson	2	4												P Galbraith   B Steven	2	3
	G Ivanišević   M Philippoussis	6	7												G Ivanišević   M Philippoussis	6	6
	L Hewitt   D Vemić	3	6					G Ivanišević   M Philippoussis	6	6
	A Olhovskiy   P Vízner	7	6					A Olhovskiy   P Vízner	3	2
7	D Johnson   F Montana	6	3																			G Ivanišević   M Philippoussis	3	7	6
4	E Ferreira   R Leach	7	1																		4	E Ferreira   R Leach	6	6	7
	L Arnold   D Orsanic	5	0R				4	E Ferreira   R Leach	6	6
	D Nargiso   D Sanguinetti	6	1	6				D Nargiso   D Sanguinetti	3	3
	D Adams   W Ferreira	4	6	3										4	E Ferreira   R Leach	6	7
	T Enqvist   M Ríos	6	7											5	J Björkman   P Rafter	4	6
	M-K Goellner   J Tarango	4	6					T Enqvist   M Ríos	3	6
5	J Björkman   P Rafter	6	4	6			5	J Björkman   P Rafter	6	7
	J Grabb   M Knowles	2	6	1

Bottom Half

First Round							Second Round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
6	L Lobo   J Sánchez	6	6
	C Brandi   F Messori	4	2				6	L Lobo   J Sánchez	6	6
	N Kulti   P Nyborg	5	7	6				N Kulti   P Nyborg	1	4
	T Kempers   M Oosting	7	6	3										6	L Lobo   J Sánchez	5	6	6
	L Jensen   M Jensen	7	4	6										3	Y Kafelnikov   D Vacek	7	4	4
	T Henman   P Sampras	5	6	2				L Jensen   M Jensen	7	2	2
3	Y Kafelnikov   D Vacek	2	0				3	Y Kafelnikov   D Vacek	6	6	6
	J Alonso   A Portas	0	0R																		6	L Lobo   J Sánchez	5	6	6
	A Kratzmann   G Kuerten	6	2	6																	2	M Bhupathi   L Paes	7	3	7
8	J Eagle   A Florent	4	6	3				A Kratzmann   G Kuerten	6	6
	L Pimek   J Waite	7	6					L Pimek   J Waite	3	1
	A Kitinov   F Wibier	6	3												A Kratzmann   G Kuerten	4	4
	S Stolle   C Suk	7	3	7										2	M Bhupathi   L Paes	6	6
	N Broad   P Norval	6	6	6				S Stolle   C Suk	7	5	1
	T Carbonell   F Roig	0	4				2	M Bhupathi   L Paes	6	7	6
2	M Bhupathi   L Paes	6	6

References

1. "1998 Rome". International Tennis Federation. Retrieved 15 December 2014.