1998 Wimbledon Championships – Boys' Singles

Boys' Singles
1998 Wimbledon Championships
Champion	Roger Federer
Runner-up	Irakli Labadze
Final score	6–4, 6–4

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

Roger Federer won the title by defeating Irakli Labadze 6–4, 6–4 in the final. It was the 4th singles title for Federer on his Juniors career.

Seeds

1. Julien Jeanpierre (Quarterfinals)
2. Fernando González (First round)
3. Cheng Wei-jen (Third round)
4. Robin Vik (Second round)
5. Roger Federer (Champion)
6. Flávio Saretta (Quarterfinals)
7. Irakli Labadze (Final)
8. Ricardo Mello (First round)
9. Olivier Rochus (First round)
10. José de Armas (Quarterfinals)
11. Taylor Dent (Second round)
12. Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi (Third round)
13. Jacob Adaktusson (First round)
14. Valentin Sanon (Second round)
15. Edgardo Massa (Second round)
16. Balázs Veress (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

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Finals
	1	Julien Jeanpierre	6	3
		Lovro Zovko	7	6
									Lovro Zovko	5	2
								5	Roger Federer	7	6
		David Sherwood	6	2
	5	Roger Federer	7	6
															5	Roger Federer	6	6
															7	Irakli Labadze	4	4
	7	Irakli Labadze	1	7	6
	10	José de Armas	6	6	3
								7	Irakli Labadze	3	7	6
									Kirill Ivanov-Smolensky	6	6	3
	6	Flávio Saretta	5	2
		Kirill Ivanov-Smolensky	7	6

Top Half

Section 1

First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Quarterfinals
1	Julien Jeanpierre	6	4	6
	Jorge Haro	2	6	3			1	J Jeanpierre	6	6
Q	Sebastien Aickele	2	3					F Aniola	3	4
	Filip Aniola	6	6											1	J Jeanpierre	6	6
	Markus Polessnig	1	4												V Mazarakis	3	4
	Vasilis Mazarakis	6	6					V Mazarakis	6	3	6
Q	Lazar Magdinčev	2	2				11	T Dent	4	6	0
11	Taylor Dent	6	6																		1	J Jeanpierre	6	3
13	Jacob Adaktusson	7	4	3																		L Zovko	7	6
	Lovro Zovko	6	6	6				L Zovko	6	6
Q	Tom Higgins	1	5					R Brooks	4	4
	Richard Brooks	6	7												L Zovko	6	6
	Bob Borella	6	6											Q	A Park	0	4
	Vijay Kannan	1	4					B Borella	7	5	5
Q	Andrew Park	7	1	6			Q	A Park	6	7	7
8	Ricardo Mello	5	6	1

Section 2

First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Quarterfinals
3	Cheng Wei-jen	6	6	7
	Ladislav Chramosta	7	4	5			3	W-j Cheng	3	6	6
LL	Alexey Kedryuk	7	4	9			LL	A Kedryuk	6	2	0
	Jürgen Melzer	6	6	7										3	W-j Cheng	5	2
	Philipp Hammer	4	6	5											D Sherwood	7	6
	David Sherwood	6	3	7				D Sherwood	6	6
LL	Marwan Zewar	6	4				15	E Massa	4	3
15	Edgardo Massa	7	6																			D Sherwood	6	2
14	Valentin Sanon	6	6	7																	5	R Federer	7	6
Q	Daniel Kiernan	7	1	5			14	V Sanon	0	0
	Simone Amorico	6	3	4				J Haehnel	6	6
	Jérôme Haehnel	3	6	6											J Haehnel	4	4
	Mikhail Youzhny	1	6											5	R Federer	6	6
	Andrej Kračman	6	7					A Kračman	6	3
	Philipp Langer	0	2				5	R Federer	7	6
5	Roger Federer	6	6

Bottom Half

Section 3

First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Quarterfinals
7	Irakli Labadze	6	6
Q	Luben Pampoulov	3	2				7	I Labadze	6	7
	Eduardo Bergmann	6	7					E Bergmann	1	5
	Andrew McDade	4	6											7	I Labadze	6	7	6
	Simon Dickson	6	6											12	A Qureshi	7	6	4
	K. J. Hippensteel	0	3					S Dickson	2	3
	Maxim Belski	1	4				12	A Qureshi	6	6
12	Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi	6	6																		7	I Labadze	1	7	6
10	José de Armas	6	6																		10	J de Armas	6	6	3
	Emiliano Redondi	0	4				10	J de Armas	6	7
	Philipp Mullner	6	6					P Mullner	3	6
	Danai Udomchoke	2	4											10	J de Armas	6	6
	Michaël Llodra	2	6												A Ram	2	3
	Andy Ram	6	7					A Ram	4	6	8
Q	Phillip King	4	1				4	R Vik	6	1	6
4	Robin Vik	6	6

Section 4

First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Quarterfinals
6	Flávio Saretta	6	6
	František Babej	0	2				6	F Saretta	6	6
	Mark Hilton	1	2					D Martin	4	3
	David Martin	6	6											6	F Saretta	6	6
	Andreas Fasching	1	2												K Pless	4	3
	Kristian Pless	6	6					K Pless	4	6	6
	Ignacio González King	6	6					I González King	6	3	4
16	Balázs Veress	3	3																		6	F Saretta	5	2
9	Olivier Rochus	5	4																			K Ivanov-Smolensky	7	6
Q	Nicholas McDonald	7	6				Q	N McDonald	7	5	6
	Jakub Hašek	7	6	6				J Hašek	5	7	8
	Nathan Healey	6	7	2											J Hašek	1	3
	Kirill Ivanov-Smolensky	3	6	6											K Ivanov-Smolensky	6	6
	Lee Childs	6	3	4				K Ivanov-Smolensky	6	6
	Davor Grgic	4	7	6				D Grgic	3	2
2	Fernando González	6	6	2

References

• Official Results Archive (ITF)
• Official Results Archive (Wimbledon)
• Unofficial Results Archive (since Quarterfinals)