1998 ATP Tour World Championships – Doubles
Rick Leach and Jonathan Stark were the defending champions, but failed to qualify as a team that year, as they did not compete together in 1998.
Stark failed to qualify with another partner, while Leach qualified with Ellis Ferreira, but lost in the round robin.
| Doubles | |
|---|---|
| 1998 ATP Tour World Championships | |
| Champions | |
| Runners-up | |
| Final score | 6–4, 6–2, 7–5 |
Jacco Eltingh and Paul Haarhuis won in the final 6–4, 6–2, 7–5, against Mark Knowles and Daniel Nestor.
Seeds
Jacco Eltingh /
Paul Haarhuis (Champions)
Mahesh Bhupathi /
Leander Paes (Round Robin, withdrew due to a left ankle injury of Paes)
Todd Woodbridge /
Mark Woodforde (Round Robin)
Mark Knowles /
Daniel Nestor (Final)
Ellis Ferreira /
Rick Leach (Round Robin)
Sandon Stolle /
Cyril Suk (Round Robin)
Olivier Delaître /
Fabrice Santoro (Semifinals)
Donald Johnson /
Francisco Montana (Semifinals)
Joshua Eagle /
Andrew Florent (Round Robin)
Draw
Key
- Q = Qualifier
- WC = Wild Card
- LL = Lucky Loser
- Alt = Alternate
- SE = Special Exempt
- PR = Protected Ranking
- ITF = ITF entry
- JE = Junior Exempt
- w/o = Walkover
- r = Retired
- d = Defaulted
Finals
| Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||||
| 1 | 7 | 6 | |||||||||||||
| 8 | 61 | 4 | |||||||||||||
| 1 | 6 | 6 | 7 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | 4 | 2 | 5 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | 4 | 6 | 7 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | 6 | 4 | 5 | ||||||||||||
Green Group
| RR W–L |
Set W–L |
Game W–L |
Standings | ||||||
| 1 | 7–6(7–3), 6–4 | 6–4, 6–4 | 4–6, 7–5, 7–5 | 3–0 | 6–1 | 43–34 | 1 | ||
| 3 | 6–7(3–7), 4–6 | 6–7(3–7), 3–6 | 7–6(7–1), 3–6, 4–6 | 0–3 | 1–6 | 33–44 | 4 | ||
| 5 | 4–6, 4–6 | 7–6(7–3), 6–3 | 6–7(1–7), 6–4, 6–7(3–7) | 1–2 | 3–4 | 39–39 | 3 | ||
| 7 | 6–4, 5–7, 5–7 | 6–7(1–7), 6–3, 6–4 | 7–6(7–1), 4–6, 7–6(7–3) | 2–1 | 5–4 | 52–50 | 2 |
Standings are determined by: 1) Number of wins; 2) Number of matches; 3) In two-players-ties, head-to-head records; 4) In three-players-ties, percentage of sets won, or of games won; 5) Steering Committee decision.
Gold Group
| RR W–L |
Set W–L |
Game W–L |
Standings | ||||||
9 |
7–6(7–5), 6–0 (w/ Eagle / Florent) |
6–4, 3–6, 4–6 (w/ Bhupathi / Paes) |
6–3, 4–6, 6–7(4–7) (w/ Bhupathi / Paes) |
1–0 |
2–0 |
13–6 |
4 | ||
| 4 | 6–7(5–7), 0–6 (w/ Eagle / Florent) |
2–6, 6–4, 6–2 | 6–3, 6–2 | 2–1 | 4–3 | 32–30 | 1 | ||
| 6 | 4–6, 6–3, 6–4 (w/ Bhupathi / Paes) |
6–2, 4–6, 2–6 | 7–6(8–6), 6–7(5–7), 6–7(4–7) | 1–2 | 4–5 | 47–47 | 3 | ||
| 8 | 3–6, 6–4, 7–6(7–4) (w/ Bhupathi / Paes) |
3–6, 2–6 | 6–7(6–8), 7–6(7–5), 7–6(7–4) | 2–1 | 4–4 | 41–47 | 2 |
Standings are determined by: 1) Number of wins; 2) Number of matches; 3) In two-players-ties, head-to-head records; 4) In three-players-ties, percentage of sets won, or of games won; 5) Steering Committee decision.