1998 Australian Open – Men's singles qualifying

May 2026 1998 Australian Open qualmenswomenssingles 1998 Australian Open 1998 Australian Open – Men's singles This article displays the qualifying draw for the men's singles main draw at the 1998 Australian Open. Seeds 30em FRA Jérôme Golmard (qualified) BEL Dick Norman (first round) GER Rainer Schüttler (second round) ESP Jacobo Díaz (qualified) NED Dennis van Scheppingen (qualified) ESP Fernando Vicente (second round) USA Steve Campbell (qualified) ESP Álex López Morón (qualifying competition) NED John van Lottum (first round) ARG Gastón Etlis (first round) ITA Marzio Martelli (qualified) BEL Christophe Van Garsse (qualified) FRA Olivier Delaître (qualifying competition) ITA Cristiano Caratti (first round) GER Lars Burgsmüller (qualified) FRA Sébastien Grosjean (second round) GBR Andrew Richardson (qualifying competition) ESP Óscar Burrieza (first round) USA David Wheaton (qualified) ROU Adrian Voinea (withdrew) ITA Marco Meneschincheri (first round) GER Dirk Dier (first round) USA Michael Sell (second round) ROU Ionuț Moldovan (first round) SWE Nicklas Kulti (first round) FRA Gérard Solvès (first round) GBR Chris Wilkinson (first round) BRA André Sá (first round) USA Doug Flach (second round) FRA Jean-Baptiste Perlant (qualifying competition) RSA Neville Godwin (first round) HUN Attila Sávolt (first round) Qualifiers 30em FRA Jérôme Golmard USA Jan-Michael Gambill AUS Mark Draper ESP Jacobo Díaz NED Dennis van Scheppingen CAN Sébastien Lareau USA Steve Campbell SWE Jan Apell AUS Andrew Ilie USA Brian MacPhie ITA Marzio Martelli BEL Christophe Van Garsse GER Karsten Braasch USA David Wheaton GER Lars Burgsmüller USA David Witt Qualifying draw First qualifier First round Second round Qualifying competition 178 1 FRA Jérôme Golmard 6 79 CRO Ivan Ljubičić 1 67 JPN Takao Suzuki 6 7 JPN Hideki Kaneko 4 5 AUS Wayne Arthurs 6 78 FRA Régis Lavergne 3 66 POR João Cunha-Silva 6 4 6 31 RSA Neville Godwin 0 6 3 1 FRA Jérôme Golmard 6 6 JPN Takao Suzuki 4 4 AUS Wayne Arthurs 6 6 POR João Cunha-Silva 4 3 1 FRA Jérôme Golmard 6 3 6 AUS Wayne Arthurs 4 6 3 Second qualifier First round Second round Qualifying competition 178 2 BEL Dick Norman 6 3 4 AUS James Holmes 4 6 6 WC AUS Peter Clarke 5 0 AUT Markus Hipfl 7 6 FRA Jean-François Bachelot 4 6 6 ITA Fabio Maggi 6 3 2 USA Jan-Michael Gambill 6 6 32 HUN Attila Sávolt 3 2 AUS James Holmes 2 6 9 AUT Markus Hipfl 6 3 7 FRA Jean-François Bachelot 4 6 3 USA Jan-Michael Gambill 6 3 6 AUS James Holmes 6 1 3 USA Jan-Michael Gambill 3 6 6 Third qualifier First round Second round Qualifying competition 178 3 GER Rainer Schüttler 5 6 POR Nuno Marques 7 6r AUS Mark Draper 6 78 RSA Louis Vosloo 4 66 ITA Filippo Messori 4 6 3 SUI Ivo Heuberger 6 4 6 CRO Ivica Ančić 2 66 29 USA Doug Flach 6 78 3 GER Rainer Schüttler 4 7 3 AUS Mark Draper 6 5 6 SUI Ivo Heuberger 6 7 29 USA Doug Flach 4 5 AUS Mark Draper 7 3 6 SUI Ivo Heuberger 5 6 3 Fourth qualifier First round Second round Qualifying competition 178 4 ESP Jacobo Díaz 3 6 6 RUS Andrei Cherkasov 6 4 1 NED Martijn Belgraver 6 7 CRO Igor Šarić 1 5 GBR Danny Sapsford 65 2 ROU Gabriel Trifu 77 6 YUG Dušan Vemić 4 4 30 FRA Jean-Baptiste Perlant 6 6 4 ESP Jacobo Díaz 6 6 NED Martijn Belgraver 4 4 ROU Gabriel Trifu 2 2 30 FRA Jean-Baptiste Perlant 6 6 4 ESP Jacobo Díaz 4 6 6 30 FRA Jean-Baptiste Perlant 6 4 4 Fifth qualifier First round Second round Qualifying competition 178 5 NED Dennis van Scheppingen 6 6 USA Glenn Weiner 4 3 AUS Joseph Sirianni 7 6 ISR Amir Hadad 5 4 JPN Yasufumi Yamamoto 5 0 SLO Iztok Božič 7 6 WC AUS Paul Hanley 7 3 11 28 BRA André Sá 5 6 9 5 NED Dennis van Scheppingen 4 6 8 AUS Joseph Sirianni 6 3 6 SLO Iztok Božič 6 6 WC AUS Paul Hanley 4 1 5 NED Dennis van Scheppingen 6 61 6 SLO Iztok Božič 2 77 3 Sixth qualifier First round Second round Qualifying competition 178 6 ESP Fernando Vicente 7 6 DEN Thomas Larsen 5 1 CAN Sébastien Lareau 6 6 ROU Răzvan Sabău 2 2 AUS Toby Mitchell 6 6 USA Adam Peterson 4 1 RSA David Nainkin 6 6 27 GBR Chris Wilkinson 2 2 6 ESP Fernando Vicente 3 2 CAN Sébastien Lareau 6 6 AUS Toby Mitchell 1 6 2 RSA David Nainkin 6 2 6 CAN Sébastien Lareau 2 6 6 RSA David Nainkin 6 2 2 Seventh qualifier First round Second round Qualifying competition 178 7 USA Steve Campbell 6 6 ARG Carlos Gómez-Díaz 2 4 AUS Steven Randjelovic 1 65 USA Jim Thomas 6 77 AUS Grant Doyle 63 2 WC AUS Joshua Eagle 77 6 NED Fernon Wibier 6 6 26 FRA Gérard Solvès 4 4 7 USA Steve Campbell 6 68 2 USA Jim Thomas 4 710 1r WC AUS Joshua Eagle 7 6 NED Fernon Wibier 5 3 7 USA Steve Campbell 62 6 6 WC AUS Joshua Eagle 77 3 2 Eighth qualifier First round Second round Qualifying competition 178 8 ESP Álex López Morón 6 6 THA Paradorn Srichaphan 4 2 GBR Barry Cowan 77 3 4 GER Carsten Arriens 62 6 6 GBR Miles Maclagan 6 78 ITA Laurence Tieleman 2 66 SWE Jan Apell 6 3 6 25 SWE Nicklas Kulti 3 6 3 8 ESP Álex López Morón 6 5 8 GER Carsten Arriens 3 7 6 GBR Miles Maclagan 4 0 SWE Jan Apell 6 6 8 ESP Álex López Morón 4 2 SWE Jan Apell 6 6 Ninth qualifier First round Second round Qualifying competition 178 9 NED John van Lottum 68 77 3 USA David Caldwell 710 65 6 BEL Denis van Uffelen 78 2 5 FRA Jean-Philippe Fleurian 66 6 7 USA Chris Groer 5 3 AUS Andrew Ilie 7 6 JPN Tetsuya Chaen 4 0 23 USA Michael Sell 6 6 USA David Caldwell 0 6 6 FRA Jean-Philippe Fleurian 6 1 0 AUS Andrew Ilie 77 6 23 USA Michael Sell 64 3 USA David Caldwell 65 6 5 AUS Andrew Ilie 77 1 7 Tenth qualifier First round Second round Qualifying competition 178 10 ARG Gastón Etlis 1 6 4 USA Brian MacPhie 6 4 6 SWE Lars Jönsson 6 3 7 BAH Mark Knowles 4 6 5 WC AUS Jordan Kerr 3 7 10 AUS Michael Hill 6 5 8 USA Bill Behrens 6 6 24 ROU Ionuț Moldovan 3 3 USA Brian MacPhie 7 3 6 SWE Lars Jönsson 5 6 2 WC AUS Jordan Kerr 6 6 USA Bill Behrens 2 1 USA Brian MacPhie 4 6 8 WC AUS Jordan Kerr 6 4 6 Eleventh qualifier First round Second round Qualifying competition 178 11 ITA Marzio Martelli 6 3 6 BEL Tom Vanhoudt 3 6 2 USA Wynn Criswell 5 3 IND Mahesh Bhupathi 7 6 ISR Lior Mor 6 77 SVK Tomáš Čatár 3 64 USA Alex Reichel 6 77 21 ITA Marco Meneschincheri 1 65 11 ITA Marzio Martelli 6 6 IND Mahesh Bhupathi 3 3 ISR Lior Mor 3 6 3 USA Alex Reichel 6 1 6 11 ITA Marzio Martelli 6 6 USA Alex Reichel 4 4 Twelfth qualifier First round Second round Qualifying competition 178 12 BEL Christophe Van Garsse 77 6 ECU Luis Morejón 63 4 BRA Márcio Carlsson 4 6 6 AUS Paul Kilderry 6 4 1 NZL Teo Susnjak 2 3 AUS Ben Ellwood 6 6 KOR Yoon Yong-il 2 77 6 22 GER Dirk Dier 6 62 3 12 BEL Christophe Van Garsse 77 1 6 BRA Márcio Carlsson 65 6 4 AUS Ben Ellwood 6 6 KOR Yoon Yong-il 2 4 12 BEL Christophe Van Garsse 6 6 AUS Ben Ellwood 3 4 Thirteenth qualifier First round Second round Qualifying competition 178 13 FRA Olivier Delaître 6 6 RSA Justin Bower 4 2 FRA Frédéric Fontang 6 6 NZL Alistair Hunt 2 1 ESP David Sánchez 7 6 AUS James Sekulov 5 2 GER Karsten Braasch 6 6 Alt GER Marcus Hilpert 0 3 13 FRA Olivier Delaître 6 5 6 FRA Frédéric Fontang 3 7 1 ESP David Sánchez 4 63 GER Karsten Braasch 6 77 13 FRA Olivier Delaître 4 4 GER Karsten Braasch 6 6 Fourteenth qualifier First round Second round Qualifying competition 178 14 ITA Cristiano Caratti 3 4 SWE Fredrik Jonsson 6 6 WC AUS Tate Roberts 2 0 ISR Nir Welgreen 6 6 GER Michael Kohlmann 65 5 EGY Tamer El-Sawy 77 7 GER Tomas Behrend 4 4 19 USA David Wheaton 6 6 SWE Fredrik Jonsson 6 6 ISR Nir Welgreen 3 3 EGY Tamer El-Sawy 5 4 19 USA David Wheaton 7 6 SWE Fredrik Jonsson 4 2 19 USA David Wheaton 6 6 Fifteenth qualifier First round Second round Qualifying competition 178 15 GER Lars Burgsmüller 6 6 WC AUS Grant Silcock 4 4 BLR Max Mirnyi 5 4 GER Markus Hantschk 7 6 AUT Wolfgang Schranz 6 1 6 RSA Kevin Ullyett 3 6 2 WC AUS Dejan Petrović 77 6 18 ESP Óscar Burrieza 64 4 15 GER Lars Burgsmüller 2 77 6 GER Markus Hantschk 6 65 4 AUT Wolfgang Schranz 3 4 WC AUS Dejan Petrović 6 6 15 GER Lars Burgsmüller 6 6 WC AUS Dejan Petrović 3 1 Sixteenth qualifier First round Second round Qualifying competition 178 16 FRA Sébastien Grosjean 6 6 USA Oren Motevassel 0 2 USA David Witt 6 6 ISR Eyal Ran 1 4 RUS Andrei Stoliarov 6 3 6 WC AUS Sebastien Swierk 4 6 3 WC AUS Nathan Healey 5 4 17 GBR Andrew Richardson 7 6 16 FRA Sébastien Grosjean 5 6 3 USA David Witt 7 2 6 RUS Andrei Stoliarov 1 7 7 17 GBR Andrew Richardson 6 5 9 USA David Witt 6 5 6 17 GBR Andrew Richardson 3 7 4 References 1998 Australian Open – Men's draws and results at the International Tennis Federation Men's Singles Qualifying Men's Singles Qualifying Category:Australian Open (tennis) by year – Qualifying