1998 US Open – Men's singles qualifying

January 2025 1998 US Open qualgrandslam 1998 US Open (tennis) 1998 US Open – Men's singles Players who neither had high enough rankings nor received wild cards to enter the main draw of the annual US Open Tennis Championships participated in a qualifying tournament held over several days before the event.Rueb Andrew A Primer on Tournament Draws and Seeding https://straightsets.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/06/22/a-primer-on-tournament-draws-and-seeding/ Straight Sets – Tennis Blog of the New York Times 3 August 2019 Seeds 30em ARG Martin Rodriguez (qualified) GER Rainer Schüttler (second round) ITA Laurence Tieleman (second round) AUS Michael Tebbutt (second round) JPN Takao Suzuki (second round) RSA Grant Stafford (qualifying competition) USA Brian MacPhie (second round) ITA Vincenzo Santopadre (second round) SUI Ivo Heuberger (second round) RSA Neville Godwin (qualifying competition) BRA André Sá (first round) FIN Tuomas Ketola (second round) CZE Tomáš Zíb (first round) AUS Lleyton Hewitt (second round) GER Lars Burgsmüller (first round) AUT Wolfgang Schranz (first round) GER Alex Rădulescu (qualified) ITA Cristiano Caratti (first round) GER Michael Kohlmann (qualified) FRA Arnaud Di Pasquale (qualified) AUS Peter Tramacchi (first round) ARG Francisco Cabello (first round) GER Bernd Karbacher (qualified) AUS Mark Draper (first round) ARG Sebastián Prieto (second round) CZE Petr Luxa (qualifying competition) USA Michael Sell (first round) BLR Vladimir Voltchkov (qualifying competition) NED Peter Wessels (first round) FRA Gérard Solvès (qualifying competition) ITA Stefano Pescosolido (qualifying competition) BRA Adriano Ferreira (first round) Qualifiers 30em ARG Martin Rodriguez KOR Yoon Yong-il AUS Wayne Arthurs FRA Jean-Baptiste Perlant AUS James Sekulov GER Karsten Braasch USA Mark Merklein RSA David Nainkin ITA Giorgio Galimberti GER Bernd Karbacher ISR Eyal Erlich ISR Noam Behr GER Michael Kohlmann FRA Arnaud Di Pasquale GER Alex Rădulescu USA David Wheaton Qualifying draw First qualifier 1 3 First round Second round Qualifying competition 175 1 ARG Martin Rodriguez 6 6   FRA Julien Boutter 4 1   ESP Quino Muñoz 5 2 WC USA Wynn Criswell 7 6   ROU Gabriel Trifu 6 6   BEL Denis van Uffelen 3 4   ISR Eyal Ran 2 6 1 31 ITA Stefano Pescosolido 6 1 6 1 ARG Martin Rodriguez 6 6 WC USA Wynn Criswell 4 1   ROU Gabriel Trifu 6 2 31 ITA Stefano Pescosolido 7 6 1 ARG Martin Rodriguez 6 5 7 31 ITA Stefano Pescosolido 2 7 5 Second qualifier 1 3 First round Second round Qualifying competition 175 2 GER Rainer Schüttler 6 2 WC USA Mike Bryan 2 0r   CZE Ota Fukárek 5 3   KOR Yoon Yong-il 7 6   NED Marc Merry 6 3   SLO Iztok Božič 7 6   GBR Nick Gould 6 7 32 BRA Adriano Ferreira 3 6 2 GER Rainer Schüttler 7 6 2   KOR Yoon Yong-il 6 7 6   SLO Iztok Božič 6 2 6   GBR Nick Gould 3 6 1   KOR Yoon Yong-il 3 6 6   SLO Iztok Božič 6 2 4 Third qualifier 1 3 First round Second round Qualifying competition 175 3 ITA Laurence Tieleman 7 4 6   CAN Frédéric Niemeyer 6 6 3   AUS Wayne Arthurs 7 7   JPN Gouichi Motomura 6 5   USA Wade McGuire 6 6   FIN Tommi Lenho 4 2   USA David Witt 5 7 6 30 FRA Gérard Solvès 7 5 7 3 ITA Laurence Tieleman 4 2   AUS Wayne Arthurs 6 6   USA Wade McGuire 2 6 30 FRA Gérard Solvès 6 7   AUS Wayne Arthurs 4 6 6 30 FRA Gérard Solvès 6 2 4 Fourth qualifier 1 3 First round Second round Qualifying competition 175 4 AUS Michael Tebbutt 6 6   JPN Hideki Kaneko 4 3   USA David Caldwell 6 3 3   FRA Jean-Baptiste Perlant 3 6 6 WC USA Patrick McEnroe 4 2   USA Michael Joyce 6 6   USA Doug Flach 6 7 29 NED Peter Wessels 1 6 4 AUS Michael Tebbutt 4 7 5   FRA Jean-Baptiste Perlant 6 6 7   USA Michael Joyce 5 4   USA Doug Flach 7 6   FRA Jean-Baptiste Perlant 3 6 6   USA Doug Flach 6 2 2 Fifth qualifier 1 3 First round Second round Qualifying competition 175 5 JPN Takao Suzuki 6 6   SEN Yahiya Doumbia 3 2   GBR Barry Cowan 4 6   AUS James Sekulov 6 7   USA Jim Thomas 6 6   AUS Steven Randjelovic 2 4   USA Scott Humphries 6 4 28 BLR Vladimir Voltchkov 7 6 5 JPN Takao Suzuki 5 3   AUS James Sekulov 7 6   USA Jim Thomas 6 2 1 28 BLR Vladimir Voltchkov 3 6 6   AUS James Sekulov 7 4 6 28 BLR Vladimir Voltchkov 6 6 2 Sixth qualifier 1 3 First round Second round Qualifying competition 175 6 RSA Grant Stafford 6 6   FRA Régis Lavergne 3 2   ISR Lior Mor 6 7   RUS Andrei Merinov 3 5   MEX Mariano Sanchez 6 6 WC USA Kevin Kim 4 4   GER Karsten Braasch 6 6 27 USA Michael Sell 4 4 6 RSA Grant Stafford 6 6   ISR Lior Mor 3 3   MEX Mariano Sanchez 3 3   GER Karsten Braasch 6 6 6 RSA Grant Stafford 3 7 3   GER Karsten Braasch 6 6 6 Seventh qualifier 1 3 First round Second round Qualifying competition 175 7 USA Brian MacPhie 6 6 WC USA Marc Silva 3 4   FRA Rodolphe Gilbert 6 6   ITA Daniele Bracciali 2 2   USA Mark Merklein 7 7 WC USA Adam Seri 6 5   RSA Justin Bower 2 3 25 ARG Sebastián Prieto 6 6 7 USA Brian MacPhie 5 2   FRA Rodolphe Gilbert 7 6   USA Mark Merklein 6 6 25 ARG Sebastián Prieto 4 4   FRA Rodolphe Gilbert 4 6 6   USA Mark Merklein 6 3 7 Eighth qualifier 1 3 First round Second round Qualifying competition 175 8 ITA Vincenzo Santopadre 6 7   FRA Charles Aufy 2 5   RSA David Nainkin 1 6 6 Alt RSA Damien Roberts 6 2 3   USA Oren Motevassel 7 6   RSA Jeff Coetzee 5 3   USA Cecil Mamiit 6 3 3 26 CZE Petr Luxa 3 6 6 8 ITA Vincenzo Santopadre 6 2 3   RSA David Nainkin 4 6 6   USA Oren Motevassel 4 6 2 26 CZE Petr Luxa 6 3 6   RSA David Nainkin 7 6 6 26 CZE Petr Luxa 5 7 4 Ninth qualifier 1 3 First round Second round Qualifying competition 175 9 SUI Ivo Heuberger 7 6   FRA Frédéric Fontang 6 1   ITA Giorgio Galimberti 4 7 3   ITA Mosé Navarra 6 6 0r   NED Martijn Belgraver 7 6   POR João Cunha e Silva 6 4   ISR Harel Levy 6 6 24 AUS Mark Draper 4 4 9 SUI Ivo Heuberger 3 5   ITA Giorgio Galimberti 6 7   NED Martijn Belgraver 5 3   ISR Harel Levy 7 6   ITA Giorgio Galimberti 4 6 6   ISR Harel Levy 6 2 3 Tenth qualifier 1 3 First round Second round Qualifying competition 175 10 RSA Neville Godwin 7 6   ISR Amir Hadad 5 2   ESP Óscar Burrieza 5 6 4   FRA Olivier Delaître 7 3 6   AUT Gerald Mandl 6 6 5   ARG Andrés Zingman 7 4 7   BLR Max Mirnyi 6 4 4 23 GER Bernd Karbacher 3 6 6 10 RSA Neville Godwin 4   FRA Olivier Delaître 2r   ARG Andrés Zingman 2 6 5 23 GER Bernd Karbacher 6 4 7 10 RSA Neville Godwin 7 3 6 23 GER Bernd Karbacher 5 6 7 Eleventh qualifier 1 3 First round Second round Qualifying competition 175 11 BRA André Sá 6 3 3   ISR Eyal Erlich 4 6 6   ISR Nir Welgreen 7 1 2   AUS Michael Hill 6 6 6   AUS Toby Mitchell 6 5 6   NZL Teo Susnjak 3 7 0   HAI Ronald Agénor 7 6 22 ARG Francisco Cabello 5 4   ISR Eyal Erlich 6 3 7   AUS Michael Hill 1 6 5   AUS Toby Mitchell 2 6 7   HAI Ronald Agénor 6 3 6   ISR Eyal Erlich 6 7   AUS Toby Mitchell 4 6 Twelfth qualifier 1 3 First round Second round Qualifying competition 175 12 FIN Tuomas Ketola 7 1 6   FRA Stéphane Simian 5 6 4   ESP Sergi Duran-Bernad 7 3 7   USA David DiLucia 6 6 5   FRA Jean-François Bachelot 4 6 0   VEN Maurice Ruah 6 3 6   ISR Noam Behr 6 6 6 21 AUS Peter Tramacchi 7 3 3 12 FIN Tuomas Ketola 4 6 3   ESP Sergi Duran-Bernad 6 3 6   VEN Maurice Ruah 2 6 2   ISR Noam Behr 6 4 6   ESP Sergi Duran-Bernad 4 6 4   ISR Noam Behr 6 3 6 Thirteenth qualifier 1 3 First round Second round Qualifying competition 175 13 CZE Tomáš Zíb 2 3   FRA Antony Dupuis 6 6   USA Jared Palmer 6 3 4   AUS Ben Ellwood 3 6 6   SUI George Bastl 6 4 7 WC USA Thomas Blake 3 6 5 WC USA Adam Peterson 6 4 19 GER Michael Kohlmann 7 6   FRA Antony Dupuis 6 4 7   AUS Ben Ellwood 4 6 6   SUI George Bastl 5 2 19 GER Michael Kohlmann 7 6   FRA Antony Dupuis 6 6 3 19 GER Michael Kohlmann 1 7 6 Fourteenth qualifier 1 3 First round Second round Qualifying competition 175 14 AUS Lleyton Hewitt 6 4 6   ROU Răzvan Sabău 0 6 2   FRA Stéphane Huet 7 6   AUS Todd Larkham 6 2   GBR Danny Sapsford 3 6 7   FRA Arnaud Boetsch 6 3 6   AUS Grant Doyle 6 4 20 FRA Arnaud Di Pasquale 7 6 14 AUS Lleyton Hewitt 7 6 4   FRA Stéphane Huet 5 7 6   GBR Danny Sapsford 3 3 20 FRA Arnaud Di Pasquale 6 6   FRA Stéphane Huet 5 6 20 FRA Arnaud Di Pasquale 7 7 Fifteenth qualifier 1 3 First round Second round Qualifying competition 175 15 GER Lars Burgsmüller 4 4   RSA Wesley Whitehouse 6 6   USA Hugo Armando 1 1   RSA Kevin Ullyett 6 6   RUS Andrei Stoliarov 6 3 6   GBR Miles Maclagan 2 6 3   KOR Lee Hyung-taik 5 4 17 GER Alex Rădulescu 7 6   RSA Wesley Whitehouse 6 6   RSA Kevin Ullyett 3 1   RUS Andrei Stoliarov 3 5 17 GER Alex Rădulescu 6 7   RSA Wesley Whitehouse 6 3 5 17 GER Alex Rădulescu 4 6 7 Sixteenth qualifier 1 3 First round Second round Qualifying competition 175 16 AUT Wolfgang Schranz 7 6 5 WC USA James Blake 6 7 7   RSA Louis Vosloo 6 7   USA Andrew Rueb 2 5   JPN Yaoki Ishii 5 3   USA David Wheaton 7 6   AUS Allen Belobrajdic 4 6 6 18 ITA Cristiano Caratti 6 3 3 WC USA James Blake 6 7   RSA Louis Vosloo 4 5   USA David Wheaton 5 6 7   AUS Allen Belobrajdic 7 1 6 WC USA James Blake 4 2   USA David Wheaton 6 6 References External 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