1998 Japan Open Tennis Championships – Men's singles

1998 Japan Open Tennis Championships ROM Andrei Pavel ZIM Byron Black 6–3, 6–4 56 16 Japan Open Tennis Championships – Men's singles Japan Open Tennis Championships – Men's singles Japan Open (tennis) Japan Open The 1998 Japan Open Tennis Championships was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at the Ariake Coliseum in Tokyo in Japan that was part of the International Series Gold of the 1998 ATP Tour and of Tier III of the 1998 WTA Tour. The tournament was held from April 13 through April 19, 1998. Seeds Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated. 30em AUS Patrick Rafter (second round) USA Michael Chang (third round) USA Jan-Michael Gambill (quarterfinals) SWE Thomas Johansson (second round) USA Vince Spadea (second round) CZE Martin Damm (second round) ITA Gianluca Pozzi (second round) DNK Kenneth Carlsen (second round) USA Steve Campbell (second round) ZWE Byron Black (final) USA Jan-Michael Gambill (semifinals) CZE Byron Black (semifinals) SWE Mikael Tillström (third round) FRA Jérôme Golmard (third round) FRA Arnaud Clément (first round) ROU Andrei Pavel (champions) Draw Finals Semifinals Finalhttp://www.itftennis.com/procircuit/tournaments/men%27s-tournament/info.aspx?tournamentid=1010001394 1998 Tokyo Outdoor International Tennis Federation 15 December 2014 17 March 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160317143155/http://www.itftennis.com/procircuit/tournaments/men%27s-tournament/info.aspx?tournamentid=1010001394 dead 175 ROU Andrei Pavel 11 USA Jan-Michael Gambill 6 4 6 3 10 ZWE Byron Black 12 CZE Daniel Vacek 6 3 7 5 16 ROU Andrei Pavel 10 ZWE Byron Black 6 3 6 4 Top half Section 1 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals USA B MacPhie SWE K Flygt 7 6 6 4 CZE R Vašek CAN S Lareau 6 4 4 6 7 6 16 ROU A Pavel FRA O Delaître 6 3 6 0 9 USA S Campbell GBR A Richardson 6 1 7 6 CHE I Heuberger JPN S Matsuoka 6 3 6 3 USA D DiLucia USA David Wheaton 6 3 3 6 6 3 USA B MacPhie 1 AUS P Rafter 6 3 7 6 16 ROU A Pavel CZE R Vašek 5 7 6 0 7 5 CHE I Heuberger 9 USA S Campbell 6 3 7 6 USA D DiLucia 8 DNK K Carlsen 4 6 6 3 6 3 16 ROU A Pavel USA B MacPhie 3 6 6 3 6 4 USA D DiLucia CHE I Heuberger 6 3 0 6 6 3 16 ROU A Pavel USA D DiLucia 6 3 7 6 Section 2 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals CAN D Nestor ZAF N Godwin 6 2 6 2 JPN S Iwabuchi GBR D Sapsford 7 5 0 1r 14 FRA J Golmard JPN T Chaen 6 2 3 6 6 1 11 USA J-M Gambill ITA S Pescosolido 6 3 6 2 JPN K Miyachi AUS A Belobrajdic 6 2 6 1 DEU R Schüttler DEU C Vinck 6 4 3 6 6 3 3 GBR T Henman CAN D Nestor 6 2 7 5 14 FRA J Golmard JPN S Iwabuchi 6 4 6 4 11 USA J-M Gambill JPN K Miyachi 6 0 6 ;3 DEU R Schüttler 6 CZE M Damm 6 2 6 4 3 GBR T Henman 14 FRA J Golmard 6 4 6 1 11 USA J-M Gambill DEU R Schüttler 6 0 6 0 11 USA J-M Gambill 3 GBR T Henman 6 3 4 6 6 3 Bottom half Section 3 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals AUS S Stolle JPN T Suzuki 6 2 6 3 JPN G Motomura GBR C Wilkinson 4 6 6 4 7 5 12 CZE D Vacek ITA V Santopadre 6 1 6 1 13 SWE M Tillström JPN K Masuda 4 6 6 3 6 0 USA A O'Brien ESP Ó Burrieza 6 2 6 0 DEU D Prinosil USA M Sell 6 2 6 1 5 AUS S Stolle USA V Spadea 6 3 6 0 12 CZE D Vacek JPN G Motomura 6 2 6 2 13 SWE M Tillström USA A O'Brien 5 7 6 4 6 4 DEU D Prinosil 4 SWE T Johansson 6 3 6 3 12 CZE D Vacek AUS S Stolle 7 5 6 3 DEU D Prinosil 13 SWE M Tillström 6 4 7 6 12 CZE D Vacek DEU D Prinosil 6 4 6 1 Section 4 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals ITA C Caratti AUS B Ellwood 6 0 7 6 DEU L Burgsmüller AUT S Koubek 6 4 6 1 10 ZWE B Black USA J Stark 3 6 7 6 6 4 DEU H Dreekmann 15 FRA A Clément 6 3 6 4 FIN T Ketola AUS M Tebbutt 6 4 6 4 NLD J van Lottum JPN H Kaneko 6 4 0 6 7 5 ITA C Caratti 7 ITA G Pozzi 6 3 7 6 10 ZWE B Black DEU L Burgsmüller 6 4 6 2 DEU H Dreekmann FIN T Ketola 7 6 7 6 2 USA M Chang NLD J van Lottum 6 4 6 1 10 ZWE B Black ITA C Caratti 6 3 6 4 DEU H Dreekmann 2 USA M Chang 6 2 5 7 6 4 10 ZWE B Black DEU H Dreekmann 6 2 6 3 References Singles