1998 Mercedes Cup – Doubles

1998 Mercedes Cup s FRA Olivier Delaître FRA Fabrice Santoro AUS Joshua Eagle USA Jim Grabb singles doubles 6–1, 3–6, 6–3 Stuttgart Open The 1998 Mercedes Cup was a men's tennis tournament played on Clay in Stuttgart, Germany, that was part of the International Series Gold of the 1998 ATP Tour. It was the fiftieth edition of the tournament and was held 20 July – 26 July. Seeds Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated. 30em IND Mahesh Bhupathi / RUS Yevgeny Kafelnikov (semifinals) USA Donald Johnson / USA Francisco Montana (second round) AUS Joshua Eagle / USA Jim Grabb (final) ARG Daniel Orsanic / CZE Cyril Suk (quarterfinals) GBR Neil Broad / ZAF Piet Norval (quarterfinals) ZAF David Adams / NLD Fernon Wibier (second round) AUS Andrew Kratzmann / NLD Menno Oosting (second round) NLD Tom Kempers / MKD Aleksandar Kitinov (quarterfinals) Draw Finals Semifinals Finalhttp://www.itftennis.com/procircuit/tournaments/men%27s-tournament/info.aspx?tournamentid=1010001373 1998 Stuttgart Outdoor International Tennis Federation 29 December 2014 29 December 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20141229164957/http://www.itftennis.com/procircuit/tournaments/men%27s-tournament/info.aspx?tournamentid=1010001373 dead 175   FRA Olivier DelaîtreFRA Fabrice Santoro 1 IND Mahesh BhupathiRUS Yevgeny Kafelnikov 3 6 6 3 7 6 3 AUS Joshua EagleUSA Jim Grabb   ZAF Chris HaggardUSA Jack Waite 6 2 7 6   FRA Olivier DelaîtreFRA Fabrice Santoro 3 AUS Joshua EagleUSA Jim Grabb 6 1 3 6 6 3 Top half First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals ARG L ArnoldARG L Lobo SWE M GustafssonSWE M Larsson 6 4 6 2 RUS A OlhovskiyCZE P Vízner DEU T HaasRUS M Safin 6 7 6 4 7 5 ESP J BalcellsUSA D Bowen BRA G KuertenBRA F Meligeni 6 1 2 6 6 2 FRA O DelaîtreFRA F Santoro ARG M HoodARG S Prieto 2 6 6 4 6 3 1 IND M BhupathiRUS Y Kafelnikov ARG L ArnoldARG L Lobo 6 2 7 5 8 NLD T KempersMKD A Kitinov RUS A OlhovskiyCZE P Vízner 7 5 6 4 4 ARG D OrsanicCZE C Suk ESP J BalcellsUSA D Bowen 7 6 4 6 7 5 FRA O DelaîtreFRA F Santoro 6 ZAF D AdamsNLD F Wibier 6 4 6 2 1 IND M BhupathiRUS Y Kafelnikov 8 NLD T KempersMKD A Kitinov 7 6 7 6 FRA O DelaîtreFRA F Santoro 4 ARG D OrsanicCZE C Suk 6 1 0 6 7 5 FRA O DelaîtreFRA F Santoro 1 IND M BhupathiRUS Y Kafelnikov 3 6 6 3 7 6 Bottom half First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals BEL L PimekCZE T Anzari USA B CoupeZAF P Rosner 6 1 7 5 ESP J AlonsoHUN G Köves ESP A BerasateguiESP A Martín 6 2 6 1 DEU K BraaschDEU B Karbacher ARG P AlbanoECU N Lapentti 6 4 6 0 ZAF C HaggardUSA J Waite DEU B BeckerDEU D Prinosil 7 6 6 4 5 GBR N BroadZAF P Norval BEL L PimekCZE T Anzari 6 3 6 4 3 AUS J EagleUSA J Grabb ESP J AlonsoHUN G Köves 6 4 6 2 DEU K BraaschDEU B Karbacher 7 AUS A KratzmannNLD M Oosting 4 6 7 5 6 3 ZAF C HaggardUSA J Waite 2 USA Donald JohnsonUSA F Montana 1 6 7 5 6 2 3 AUS J EagleUSA J Grabb 5 GBR N BroadZAF P Norval 6 4 4 6 6 4 ZAF C HaggardUSA J Waite DEU K BraaschDEU B Karbacher 6 3 7 5 3 AUS J EagleUSA J Grabb ZAF C HaggardUSA J Waite 6 2 7 6 References Doubles Doubles 1998