1998 Italian Open – Men's singles

1998 Italian Open CHI Marcelo Ríos ESP Albert Costa Walkover 64 (5WC Wild cards/8Q Qualifiers/1LL Lucky loser) 16 1998 Italian Open (tennis) Marcelo Ríos won the men's singles tennis title at the 1998 Italian Open after Albert Costa withdrew from the final due to a right wrist injury.Rios wins Italian Open as injury costs Costa https://www.deseret.com/1998/5/18/19380576/rios-wins-italian-open-as-injury-costs-costa/ 22 December 2025 Deseret News Associated Press 18 May 1998Marcelo Ríos gana el abierto de Italia por una lesión de Costa https://www.elmundo.es/elmundo/1998/mayo/17/deportes/tenis.html 22 December 2025 El Mundo (Spain) Europa Press, Agence France-Presse 17 May 1998 Rome es Marcelo Ríos wins the Italian Open due to an injury on CostaInternational Tennis Federation World of Tennis 1999 1999 CollinsWillow London 9780002188623 John Barrett 148–149 Álex Corretja was the defending champion, but lost in the second round to Karim Alami. Seeds USA Pete Sampras (third round) CZE Petr Korda (first round) CHI Marcelo Ríos (champion) AUS Patrick Rafter (first round) GBR Greg Rusedski (first round) RUS Yevgeny Kafelnikov (third round) SWE Jonas Björkman (first round) BRA Gustavo Kuerten (semifinals) ESP Álex Corretja (second round) SVK Karol Kučera (first round) NED Richard Krajicek (quarterfinals) ESP Alberto Berasategui (semifinals) ESP Félix Mantilla (second round) ESP Carlos Moyà (third round) USA Michael Chang (quarterfinals) FRA Cédric Pioline (second round) Draw Finals Semifinals Final   ESP Albert Costa 6 4 6 12 ESP Alberto Berasategui 3 6 3 3 CHI Marcelo Ríos 6 7   8 BRA Gustavo Kuerten 0 5     ESP Albert Costa           3 CHI Marcelo Ríos w/o         Top half Section 1 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals 1 USA P Sampras 77 6     SWE T Enqvist 63 4     SWE M Norman 6 1     ESP S Bruguera 3 0r   NED J Siemerink 1 4   Q FRA A Clément 6 6     UKR A Medvedev 2 6 3 15 USA M Chang 6 4 6 9 ESP Á Corretja 77 6     AUS M Woodforde 61 4     MAR K Alami 6 3 7   ITA A Gaudenzi 3 6 5 Q ARG H Gumy 3 1     ESP A Costa 6 6     BEL F Dewulf 6 6   7 SWE J Björkman 2 3   1 USA P Sampras 710 6     SWE M Norman 68 4   Q FRA A Clément 5 1   15 USA M Chang 7 6   9 ESP Á Corretja 6 65 4   MAR K Alami 3 77 6   ESP A Costa 6 6     BEL F Dewulf 1 4   1 USA P Sampras 2 66   15 USA M Chang 6 78     MAR K Alami 2 67     ESP A Costa 6 79   15 USA M Chang 2 1     ESP A Costa 6 6   Section 2 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals 4 AUS P Rafter 3 77 4 LL NED S Schalken 6 64 6   NZL B Steven 7 6     FRA G Raoux 5 2   Q FR Yugoslavia D Vemić 2 4     ESP F Clavet 6 6     ESP G Blanco 4 6 2 14 ESP C Moyà 6 2 6 12 ESP A Berasategui 6 6   Q ITA G Galimberti 4 2     RSA W Ferreira 6 6   Q ARG L Arnold Ker 1 1     USA J Tarango 4 1   Q FRA J Golmard 6 6     CZE B Ulihrach 7 710   5 GBR G Rusedski 5 68   LL NED S Schalken 6 3 1   NZL B Steven 2 6 6   ESP F Clavet 3 64   14 ESP C Moyà 6 77   12 ESP A Berasategui 6 77     RSA W Ferreira 3 61   Q FRA J Golmard 2 2     CZE B Ulihrach 6 6     NZL B Steven 7 6   14 ESP C Moyà 5 0   12 ESP A Berasategui 77 4 6   CZE B Ulihrach 63 6 3   NZL B Steven 4 2   12 ESP A Berasategui 6 6   Bottom half Section 3 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals 6 RUS Y Kafelnikov 77 6     SWE T Johansson 65 2     ESP A Portas 7 62 4   USA T Martin 5 77 6   AUS R Fromberg 6 5 3   FRA N Escudé 3 7 6   AUS M Philippoussis 7 64 1 11 NED R Krajicek 5 77 6 13 ESP F Mantilla 6 6     USA J Courier 2 3     AUT T Muster 6 6     URU M Filippini 1 0     FRA F Santoro 1 0     GBR T Henman 6 6   WC ITA M Martelli 3 0   3 CHI M Ríos 6 6   6 RUS Y Kafelnikov 1 77 6   USA T Martin 6 64 3   FRA N Escudé 3 3   11 NED R Krajicek 6 6   13 ESP F Mantilla 4 6 4   AUT T Muster 6 3 6   GBR T Henman 3 1   3 CHI M Ríos 6 6   6 RUS Y Kafelnikov 2 6 66 11 NED R Krajicek 6 3 78   AUT T Muster 3 1   3 CHI M Ríos 6 6   11 NED R Krajicek 69 3   3 CHI M Ríos 711 6   Section 4 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals 8 BRA G Kuerten 1 6 6   ESP C Costa 6 4 2 Q ECU N Lapentti 77 6   WC ITA G Pozzi 61 4     GER T Haas 4 6 6 WC ITA D Nargiso 6 3 3 WC ITA V Santopadre 6 6   10 SVK K Kučera 4 3   16 FRA C Pioline 6 6     CRO G Ivanišević 4 4     ESP J Alonso 1 0   WC ITA D Sanguinetti 6 6   Q ESP F Vicente 2 6 6   GER M-K Goellner 6 3 1   MAR H Arazi 6 6   2 CZE P Korda 2 4   8 BRA G Kuerten 6 7   Q ECU N Lapentti 0 5     GER T Haas 6 6   WC ITA V Santopadre 2 1   16 FRA C Pioline 4 2   WC ITA D Sanguinetti 6 6   Q ESP F Vicente 3 6 6   MAR H Arazi 6 3 2 8 BRA G Kuerten 6 6     GER T Haas 4 2   WC ITA D Sanguinetti 2 5   Q ESP F Vicente 6 7   8 BRA G Kuerten 6 6   Q ESP F Vicente 3 4   Qualifying Qualifying seeds 30em ECU 1900 Nicolás Lapentti (qualified) NED Sjeng Schalken (qualifying competition, lucky loser) ESP Javier Sánchez (qualifying competition) CZE Daniel Vacek (qualifying competition) FRA Jérôme Golmard (qualified) ARG Hernán Gumy (qualified) FRA Arnaud Clément (qualified) ARG Lucas Arnold Ker (qualified) NED John van Lottum (qualifying competition) IND Leander Paes (qualifying competition) GER Rainer Schüttler (qualifying competition) GER Martin Sinner (first round) ESP Fernando Vicente (qualified) AUS Sandon Stolle (first round) ESP Emilio Benfele Álvarez (first round) ITA Davide Scala (first round) Qualifiers 30em ECU 1900 Nicolás Lapentti ITA Giorgio Galimberti ESP Fernando Vicente FR Yugoslavia Dušan Vemić FRA Jérôme Golmard ARG Hernán Gumy FRA Arnaud Clément ARG Lucas Arnold Ker Lucky loser NED Sjeng Schalken Qualifying draw First qualifier First round Qualifying competition 175 1 ECU 1900 Nicolás Lapentti 6 6 ITA Daniele Musa 2 1 ITA Mosé Navarra 7 2 6 16 ITA Davide Scala 5 6 4 1 ECU 1900 Nicolás Lapentti 7 6 ITA Mosé Navarra 6 2 Second qualifier First round Qualifying competition 175 2 NED Sjeng Schalken 6 4 6 WC ITA Florian Allgauer 3 6 4 WC ITA Giorgio Galimberti 7 7 15 ESP Emilio Benfele Álvarez 5 6 2 NED Sjeng Schalken 4 2 WC ITA Giorgio Galimberti 6 6 Third qualifier First round Qualifying competition 175 3 ESP Javier Sánchez 6 6 ITA Marco Meneschincheri 2 4 NED Fernon Wibier 6 4 4 13 ESP Fernando Vicente 4 6 6 3 ESP Javier Sánchez 1 7 1 13 ESP Fernando Vicente 6 6 6 Fourth qualifier First round Qualifying competition 175 4 CZE Daniel Vacek 4 7 6 WC ITA Federico Luzzi 6 5 4 FR Yugoslavia Dušan Vemić 6 2 6 14 AUS Sandon Stolle 4 6 4 4 CZE Daniel Vacek 3 6 FR Yugoslavia Dušan Vemić 6 7 Fifth qualifier First round Qualifying competition 175 5 FRA Jérôme Golmard 6 7 ESP Roberto Carretero 1 5 ITA Fabio Maggi 6 6 12 GER Martin Sinner 3 2 5 FRA Jérôme Golmard 7 6 ITA Fabio Maggi 6 2 Sixth qualifier First round Qualifying competition 175 6 ARG Hernán Gumy 7 6 AUS Lleyton Hewitt 6 1 ITA Elia Grossi 1 0 11 GER Rainer Schüttler 6 6 6 ARG Hernán Gumy 6 6 11 GER Rainer Schüttler 0 1 Seventh qualifier First round Qualifying competition 175 7 FRA Arnaud Clément 7 6 FRA Rodolphe Gilbert 6 1 SWE Nicklas Kulti 6 6 10 IND Leander Paes 7 7 7 FRA Arnaud Clément 6 6 10 IND Leander Paes 3 2 Eighth qualifier First round Qualifying competition 175 8 ARG Lucas Arnold Ker 6 6 WC ITA Daniele Bracciali 2 3 ROM Răzvan Sabău 4 5 9 NED John van Lottum 6 7 8 ARG Lucas Arnold Ker 6 6 9 NED John van Lottum 2 2 References External links ATP Singles draw ITF tournament profile Men's Singles