1998 Lipton Championships – Men's singles

January 2025 1998 Lipton Championships CHI Marcelo Ríos USA Andre Agassi 7–5, 6–3, 6–4 96 (12Q Qualifiers / 6WC Wild Cards) 32 1998 Lipton Championships Marcelo Ríos defeated Andre Agassi in the final, 7–5, 6–3, 6–4 to win the men's singles tennis title at the 1998 Miami Open. With the win, he completed the Sunshine Double and overtook Pete Sampras' No. 1 ranking; Ríos to this day remains the only ATP world No. 1 without having won a Grand Slam title. Thomas Muster was the reigning champion, but did not participate this year. Seeds All thirty-two seeds received a bye to the second round. 30em USA Pete Sampras (third round) CZE Petr Korda (fourth round) CHI Marcelo Ríos (champion) AUS Patrick Rafter (second round) GBR Greg Rusedski (fourth round) RUS Yevgeny Kafelnikov (fourth round) SWE Jonas Björkman (third round) ESP Álex Corretja (semifinals) USA Michael Chang (withdrew) BRA Gustavo Kuerten (quarterfinals) SVK Karol Kučera (third round) ESP Félix Mantilla (second round) ESP Sergi Bruguera (second round) FRA Cédric Pioline (third round) AUS Mark Philippoussis (second round) ESP Carlos Moyà (third round) ESP Alberto Berasategui (second round) GBR Tim Henman (semifinals) ESP Álbert Costa (fourth round) CRO Goran Ivanišević (fourth round) SWE Magnus Norman (second round) SWE Thomas Enqvist (quarterfinals, retired) FRA Fabrice Santoro (fourth round) UKR Andriy Medvedev (third round) GER Nicolas Kiefer (fourth round) SWE Magnus Larsson (second round) SUI Marc Rosset (third round) NED Jan Siemerink (third round) USA Andre Agassi (final) GER Tommy Haas (third round) ESP Francisco Clavet (third round) RSA Wayne Ferreira (fourth round) Draw Finals 3/3/5 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final 175 Q USA Steve Campbell 3 1   8 ESP Àlex Corretja 6 6   29 USA Andre Agassi 6 6     USA Jeff Tarango 4 3   22 SWE Thomas Enqvist 3 0r   3 CHI Marcelo Ríos 6 2   10 BRA Gustavo Kuerten 2 4   18 GBR Tim Henman 6 6   8 ESP Àlex Corretja 4 2   29 USA Andre Agassi 6 6   3 CHI Marcelo Ríos 6 4 6 18 GBR Tim Henman 2 6 0 29 USA Andre Agassi 5 3 4     3 CHI Marcelo Ríos 7 6 6     Top half Section 1 First round Second round Third round Fourth round   ZIM W Black 6 4 1   ESP J Sánchez 1 6 6 LL USA M Sell 6 3 2   BEL F Dewulf 1 6 6   USA T Martin 4 77 7   FRA J Golmard 6 64 5   GER O Gross 4 2   Q USA S Campbell 6 6   1 USA P Sampras 6 6     ESP J Sánchez 1 2     BEL F Dewulf 5 77 4 32 RSA W Ferreira 7 62 6 17 ESP A Berasategui 3 4     USA T Martin 6 6   Q USA S Campbell 3 6 6 15 AUS M Philippoussis 6 3 3 1 USA P Sampras 6 66 3 32 RSA W Ferreira 0 78 6   USA T Martin 6 5 64 Q USA S Campbell 1 7 77 32 RSA W Ferreira 77 2 5 Q USA S Campbell 63 6 7 Section 2 First round Second round Third round Fourth round   FRA A Clément 4 2   Q GER C Vinck 6 6   LL ARG G Cañas 7 6     USA R Reneberg 5 3     ESP G Blanco 7 6     AUS J Stoltenberg 5 4     USA J Courier 6 6   WC CZE R Vašek 1 0   LL ARG S Prieto 3 6 6 Q GER C Vinck 6 3 4 LL ARG G Cañas 6 63 1 23 FRA F Santoro 2 77 6 26 SWE M Larsson 4 61     ESP G Blanco 6 77     USA J Courier 611 3   8 ESP À Corretja 713 6   LL ARG S Prieto 2 3   23 FRA F Santoro 6 6     ESP G Blanco 3 1   8 ESP À Corretja 6 6   23 FRA F Santoro 1 6 3 8 ESP À Corretja 6 3 6 Section 3 First round Second round Third round Fourth round   ESP J Alonso 6 4 4   USA V Spadea 3 6 6 WC AUS L Hewitt 4 6 4   FRA N Escudé 6 3 6   ARM S Sargsian 6 6   Q BEL D Norman 4 2   WC ARG L Arnold Ker 6 3 6   BEL J van Herck 1 6 1 4 AUS P Rafter 3 5     USA V Spadea 6 7     FRA N Escudé 2 3   29 USA A Agassi 6 6   19 ESP Á Costa 7 6     ARM S Sargsian 5 1   WC ARG L Arnold Ker 4 3   14 FRA C Pioline 6 6     USA V Spadea 4 5   29 USA A Agassi 6 7   19 ESP Á Costa 78 3 6 14 FRA C Pioline 66 6 3 29 USA A Agassi 77 4 6 19 ESP Á Costa 65 6 1 Section 4 First round Second round Third round Fourth round Q CAN S Lareau 4 3     NED P Haarhuis 6 6     USA J Tarango 6 7     GER D Prinosil 1 5     ITA G Pozzi 6 6   Q BRA R Jabali 4 3     CZE C Doseděl 3 713 6   ECU N Lapentti 6 611 4 12 ESP F Mantilla 77 4 63   NED P Haarhuis 63 6 77   USA J Tarango 7 6   21 SWE M Norman 5 0   28 NED J Siemerink 6 6     ITA G Pozzi 3 2     CZE C Doseděl 77 65 65 6 RUS Y Kafelnikov 65 77 77   NED P Haarhuis 3 r     USA J Tarango 6     28 NED J Siemerink 4 65   6 RUS Y Kafelnikov 6 77     USA J Tarango 3 6 6 6 RUS Y Kafelnikov 6 3 2 Bottom half Section 5 First round Second round Third round Fourth round   SVK D Hrbatý 6 6     CZE D Vacek 3 2     URU M Filippini 1 6 6 Q SUI I Heuberger 6 1 2 Q USA D Wheaton 1 4     ESP C Costa 6 6     FRA G Raoux 6 77     CZE J Novák 4 63   5 GBR G Rusedski 6 6     SVK D Hrbatý 3 1     URU M Filippini 6 4 2 27 SUI M Rosset 4 6 6 22 SWE T Enqvist 6 5 6   ESP C Costa 1 7 1   FRA G Raoux 4 2   11 SVK K Kučera 6 6   5 GBR G Rusedski 6 710   27 SUI M Rosset 1 68   22 SWE T Enqvist 6 3 6 11 SVK K Kučera 3 6 3 5 GBR G Rusedski 2 2   22 SWE T Enqvist 6 6   Section 6 First round Second round Third round Fourth round Q NED D van Scheppingen 63 7 6   AUS S Draper 77 5 3 Q RSA N Godwin 2 62     CAN D Nestor 6 77     AUS S Stolle 77 2 5   AUS M Tebbutt 64 6 7   GER H Dreekmann 3 6 6   SWE T Nydahl 6 1 4 13 ESP S Bruguera 6 4 3 Q NED D van Scheppingen 3 6 6   CAN D Nestor 62 4   20 CRO G Ivanišević 77 6   30 GER T Haas 6 6     AUS M Tebbutt 2 4     GER H Dreekmann 3 4   3 CHI M Ríos 6 6   Q NED D van Scheppingen 3 4   20 CRO G Ivanišević 6 6   30 GER T Haas 4 3   3 CHI M Ríos 6 6   20 CRO G Ivanišević 2 3   3 CHI M Ríos 6 6   Section 7 First round Second round Third round Fourth round WC USA J Salzenstein 4 3   LL IND L Paes 6 6     ESP J A Viloca 3 2   WC USA M Washington 6 6   Q RUS A Cherkasov 6 3 4 LL USA B MacPhie 2 6 6 Q ESP F Roig 7 2 6   CZE B Ulihrach 5 6 1 7 SWE J Björkman 6 6   LL IND L Paes 3 4   WC USA M Washington 1 3   25 GER N Kiefer 6 6   24 UKR A Medvedev 7 6   LL USA B MacPhie 5 2   Q ESP F Roig 6 2 63 10 BRA G Kuerten 3 6 77 7 SWE J Björkman 66 63   25 GER N Kiefer 78 77   24 UKR A Medvedev 2 6 65 10 BRA G Kuerten 6 4 77 25 GER N Kiefer 4 7 4 10 BRA G Kuerten 6 5 6 Section 8 First round Second round Third round Fourth round WC USA J-M Gambill 1 2     AUS M Woodforde 6 6     ESP E Benfele Álvarez 5 4     RSA G Stafford 7 6     USA J Stark 6 6   LL ESP O Burrieza 3 3     ZIM B Black 66 7 65 Q PAR R Delgado 78 5 77 16 ESP C Moyà 77 6     AUS M Woodforde 62 3     RSA G Stafford 4 2   18 GBR T Henman 6 6   31 ESP F Clavet 3 6 6   USA J Stark 6 3 4 Q PAR R Delgado 2 65   2 CZE P Korda 6 77   16 ESP C Moyà 1 4   18 GBR T Henman 6 6   31 ESP F Clavet 4 6 3 2 CZE P Korda 6 3 6 18 GBR T Henman 6 6   2 CZE P Korda 4 4   External links Main draw Men's Singles