1998 Rado Open – Singles

1998 Rado Open ESP Àlex Corretja DEU Boris Becker 7–6(7–5), 7–5, 6–3 singles doubles 32 (3WC Wild cards/4Q Qualifiers/1LL Lucky loser) 8 Swiss Open (tennis) Swiss Open Suisse Open Gstaad Rado Swiss Open Gstaad 1998 Rado Open 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.Becker slips in quest for clay title https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/sports/1998/07/13/becker-slips-in-quest-for-clay-title/622b1730-3434-4770-b092-c793bd025461/ 3 December 2022 The Washington Post 13 July 1998Corretja derrota a Becker en la final de Gstaad Corretja defeated Becker at the Gstaad final https://elpais.com/diario/1998/07/13/deportes/900280820_850215.html 3 December 2022 El País 13 July 1998 Gstaad es Félix Mantilla was the defending champion, but lost in the quarterfinals to Becker.TENNIS: ROUNDUP -- SWISS OPEN; Becker Shows He's Not Done Yet https://www.nytimes.com/1998/07/11/sports/tennis-roundup-swiss-open-becker-shows-he-s-not-done-yet.html 3 December 2022 The New York Times Associated Press 11 July 1998In Swiss, Becker to play Ríos https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/sports/1998/07/11/in-swiss-becker-to-play-rios/ecf2106d-4af8-458f-aca3-f5c03f6219a8/ 3 December 2022 The Washington Post 11 July 1998 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.Ilic Jovica July 7, 1998: Roger Federer makes a debut on the ATP Tour in Gstaad https://www.tennisworldusa.org/tennis/news/ATP_Tennis/45135/july-7-1998-roger-federer-makes-a-debut-on-the-atp-tour-in-gstaad/ 3 December 2022 Tennis World 7 July 2017Torok Sebastián 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' https://www.lanacion.com.ar/deportes/tenis/lucas-arnold-ker-a-20-anos-de-derrotar-a-federer-en-su-primer-partido-en-el-circuito-de-chico-no-parecia-crack-nid2150102/ 3 December 2022 La Nación 5 July 2018 es Seeds Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated. 30em CHL Marcelo Ríos (semifinals) RUS Yevgeny Kafelnikov (first round) ESP Àlex Corretja (champion) FRA Cédric Pioline (second round) ESP Félix Mantilla (quarterfinals) ESP Albert Costa (quarterfinals) ESP Alberto Berasategui (first round) DEU Nicolas Kiefer (quarterfinals) Draw Finals Semifinals Finalhttp://www.itftennis.com/procircuit/tournaments/men's-tournament/info.aspx?tournamentid=1010004781 1998 Swiss Open International Tennis Federation 29 December 2014 175   DEU Boris Becker 1 CHL Marcelo Ríos 6 4 7 64 3 ESP Àlex Corretja   BEL Filip Dewulf 6 3 63 7 6 3 3 ESP Àlex Corretja   DEU Boris Becker 7 65 7 5 6 3 Top half First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals 1 CHL M Ríos CHE M Rosset 6 3 6 3 LL ARG L Arnold Ker WC CHE R Federer 6 4 6 4 BRA G Kuerten FRA G Raoux 6 4 6 4 ESP F Clavet 7 ESP A Berasategui 6 4 6 4 4 FRA C Pioline ECU N Lapentti 6 4 6 4 DEU B Becker WC CHE G Bastl 6 4 67 7 7 5 FRA F Santoro CZE B Ulihrach 7 5 6 3 5 ESP F Mantilla Q FRA T Guardiola 6 2 6 2 1 CHL M Ríos LL ARG L Arnold Ker 6 4 6 1 ESP F Clavet BRA G Kuerten 2 6 6 4 6 4 DEU B Becker 4 FRA C Pioline 7 62 7 5 5 ESP F Mantilla FRA F Santoro 6 4 0 6 6 2 1 CHL M Ríos ESP F Clavet 6 3 7 5 DEU B Becker 5 ESP F Mantilla 6 4 6 4 DEU B Becker 1 CHL M Ríos 6 4 7 64 Bottom half First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals 6 ESP A Costa Q ARG D Orsanic 5 7 6 2 6 3 ESP G Blanco Q ESP T Carbonell 6 4 6 3 CZE C Doseděl WC CHE I Heuberger 7 64 6 3 3 ESP À Corretja Q DEU O Gross 6 4 4 6 6 1 8 DEU N Kiefer ESP JA Viloca 0 6 7 5 7 68 ESP J Alonso FRA N Escudé 6 2 7 5 BEL F Dewulf ESP A Portas 3 6 7 63 6 2 BRA F Meligeni 2 RUS Y Kafelnikov 6 3 4 6 6 3 6 ESP A Costa ESP G Blanco 7 63 6 3 3 ESP À Corretja CZE C Doseděl 6 0 7 5 8 DEU N Kiefer ESP J Alonso 6 3 3 6 6 1 BEL F Dewulf BRA F Meligeni 3 6 7 5 6 3 3 ESP À Corretja 6 ESP A Costa 5 7 6 2 6 2 BEL F Dewulf 8 DEU N Kiefer 1 6 6 3 6 4 3 ESP À Corretja BEL F Dewulf 6 3 63 7 6 3 Qualifying Qualifying seeds 30em ARG Lucas Arnold Ker (qualifying competition, Lucky loser) GER Oliver Gross (qualified) ESP Jacobo Díaz (first round) HUN Attila Sávolt (second round) ESP Quino Muñoz (second round) ARG Agustín Garizzio (qualifying competition) ESP Tomás Carbonell (qualified) ESP Óscar Serrano (second round) Qualifiers 30em ESP Tomás Carbonell GER Oliver Gross ARG Daniel Orsanic FRA Thierry Guardiola Lucky loser ARG Lucas Arnold Ker (replaced GER Tommy Haas) Qualifying draw First qualifier First round Second round Qualifying competition 175 1 ARG Lucas Arnold Ker 7 6 ESP Joan Balcells 5 1 ESP David Sánchez 6 2 6 ESP Rubén Fernández-Gil 2 6 2 ITA Massimo Valeri 6 6 ITA Gabrio Castrichella 4 1 ITA Fabio Maggi 2 0 7 ESP Tomás Carbonell 6 6 1 ARG Lucas Arnold Ker 4 6 6 ESP David Sánchez 6 3 4 ITA Massimo Valeri 6 4 7 ESP Tomás Carbonell 7 6 1 ARG Lucas Arnold Ker 2 1 7 ESP Tomás Carbonell 6 6 Second qualifier First round Second round Qualifying competition 175 2 GER Oliver Gross 6 6 WC SUI Stéphane Bohli 2 2 SUI Sandro Della Piana 1 7 7 WC SUI Marco Chiudinelli 6 6 5 HAI Bertrand Madsen 7 6 SUI Alexandre Strambini 6 4 ITA Giorgio Galimberti 2 2 8 ESP Óscar Serrano 6 6 2 GER Oliver Gross 6 6 SUI Sandro Della Piana 4 1 HAI Bertrand Madsen 6 3 6 8 ESP Óscar Serrano 3 6 3 2 GER Oliver Gross 6 6 HAI Bertrand Madsen 4 4 Third qualifier First round Second round Qualifying competition 175 3 ESP Jacobo Díaz 4 6 1 ECU 1900 Luis Morejón 6 0 6 SUI Michel Kratochvil 6 7 1 FRA Frédéric Fontang 7 6 6 FRA Gregory Zavialoff 4 2 ARG Daniel Orsanic 6 6 UKR Andrei Rybalko 3 6 2 5 ESP Quino Muñoz 6 4 6 ECU 1900 Luis Morejón 6 3 FRA Frédéric Fontang 1 2r ARG Daniel Orsanic 6 6 5 ESP Quino Muñoz 2 4 ECU 1900 Luis Morejón 4 1 ARG Daniel Orsanic 6 6 Fourth qualifier First round Second round Qualifying competition 175 4 HUN Attila Sávolt 6 6 GRE Niko Karagiannis 4 4 WC JPN Jun Kato 3 6 FRA Thierry Guardiola 6 7 ARG Mariano Hood 4 6 6 WC USA Francisco Montana 6 2 4 RUS Andrei Merinov 2 3 6 ARG Agustín Garizzio 6 6 4 HUN Attila Sávolt 3 4 FRA Thierry Guardiola 6 6 ARG Mariano Hood 6 3 6r 6 ARG Agustín Garizzio 3 6 5 FRA Thierry Guardiola 7 0 6 6 ARG Agustín Garizzio 6 6 4 References External links Official results archive (ATP) Official results archive (ITF) 1998 Singles Category:1998 ATP Tour