1998 Italian Open – Men's doubles

1998 Italian Open (tennis) 1998 Italian Open s IND Mahesh Bhupathi IND Leander Paes RSA Ellis Ferreira USA Rick Leach 6–4, 4–6, 7–6 32 8 Mark Knowles and Daniel Nestor were the defending champions, but Nestor chose not to participate this year. Knowles team up with Jim Grabb, but lost in the first round to Jonas Björkman and Pat Rafter. Mahesh Bhupathi and Leander Paes won the title, by defeating Ellis Ferreira and Rick Leach 6–4, 4–6, 7–6 in the final.International Tennis Federation World of Tennis 1999 1999 CollinsWillow London 9780002188623 John Barrett 148–149 Seeds Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated. 30em AUS Todd Woodbridge / AUS Mark Woodforde (first round) IND Mahesh Bhupathi / IND Leander Paes (champions) RUS Yevgeny Kafelnikov / CZE Daniel Vacek (quarterfinals) ZAF Ellis Ferreira / USA Rick Leach (final) SWE Jonas Björkman / AUS Patrick Rafter (quarterfinals) ARG Luis Lobo / ESP Javier Sánchez (semifinals) USA Donald Johnson / USA Francisco Montana (first round) AUS Joshua Eagle / AUS Andrew Florent (first round) Draw Finals Semifinals Finalhttp://www.itftennis.com/procircuit/tournaments/men%27s-tournament/info.aspx?tournamentid=1010001343 1998 Rome International Tennis Federation 15 December 2014 22 March 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160322000940/http://www.itftennis.com/procircuit/tournaments/men%27s-tournament/info.aspx?tournamentid=1010001343 dead 175 4 ZAF Ellis FerreiraUSA Rick Leach HRV Goran IvaniševićAUS Mark Philippoussis 6 3 6 7 7 6 2 IND Mahesh BhupathiIND Leander Paes 6 ARG Luis LoboESP Javier Sánchez 7 5 3 6 7 6 2 IND Mahesh BhupathiIND Leander Paes 4 ZAF Ellis FerreiraUSA Rick Leach 6 4 4 6 7 6 Top half First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals ECU N LapenttiMEX D Roditi 1 AUS T WoodbridgeAUS M Woodforde 6 4 6 3 USA P GalbraithNZL B Steven USA T KronemannAUS D Macpherson 6 2 6 4 HRV G IvaniševićAUS M Philippoussis AUS L HewittYUG D Vemić 6 3 7 6 RUS A OlhovskiyCZE P Vízner 7 USA D JohnsonUSA F Montana 7 6 6 3 4 ZAF E FerreiraUSA R Leach ARG L ArnoldARG D Orsanic 7 5 1 0R ITA D NargisoITA D Sanguinetti ZAF D AdamsZAF W Ferreira 6 4 1 6 6 3 SWE T EnqvistCHL M Ríos DEU M-K GoellnerUSA J Tarango 6 4 7 6 5 SWE J BjörkmanAUS P Rafter USA J GrabbBHS M Knowles 6 2 4 6 6 1 USA P GalbraithNZL B Steven ECU N LapenttiMEX D Roditi 6 3 3 6 6 2 HRV G IvaniševićAUS M Philippoussis RUS A OlhovskiyCZE P Vízner 6 3 6 2 4 ZAF E FerreiraUSA R Leach ITA D NargisoITA D Sanguinetti 6 3 6 3 5 SWE J BjörkmanAUS P Rafter SWE T EnqvistCHL M Ríos 6 3 7 6 HRV G IvaniševićAUS M Philippoussis USA P GalbraithNZL B Steven 6 2 6 3 4 ZAF E FerreiraUSA R Leach 5 SWE J BjörkmanAUS P Rafter 6 4 7 6 4 ZAF E FerreiraUSA R Leach HRV G IvaniševićAUS M Philippoussis 6 3 6 7 7 6 Bottom half First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals 6 ARG L LoboESP J Sánchez ITA C BrandiITA F Messori 6 4 6 2 SWE N KultiSWE P Nyborg NLD T KempersNLD M Oosting 5 7 7 6 6 3 USA L JensenUSA M Jensen GBR T HenmanUSA P Sampras 7 5 4 6 6 2 3 RUS Y KafelnikovCZE D Vacek ESP J AlonsoESP A Portas 2 0 0 0R AUS A KratzmannBRA G Kuerten 8 AUS J EagleAUS A Florent 6 4 2 6 6 3 BEL L PimekUSA J Waite MKD A KitinovNLD F Wibier 7 6 6 3 AUS S StolleCZE C Suk GBR N BroadZAF P Norval 7 6 3 6 7 6 2 IND M BhupathiIND L Paes ESP T CarbonellESP F Roig 6 0 6 4 6 ARG L LoboESP J Sánchez SWE N KultiSWE P Nyborg 6 1 6 4 3 RUS Y KafelnikovCZE D Vacek USA L JensenUSA M Jensen 6 7 6 2 6 2 AUS A KratzmannBRA G Kuerten BEL L PimekUSA J Waite 6 3 6 1 2 IND M BhupathiIND L Paes AUS S StolleCZE C Suk 6 7 7 5 6 1 6 ARG L LoboESP J Sánchez 3 RUS Y KafelnikovCZE D Vacek 5 7 6 4 6 4 2 IND M BhupathiIND L Paes AUS A KratzmannBRA G Kuerten 6 4 6 4 2 IND M BhupathiIND L Paes 6 ARG L LoboESP J Sánchez 7 5 3 6 7 6 References Men's Doubles