1998 Great American Insurance ATP Championships

The 1998 Cincinnati Open, known by the corporate title of the Great American Insurance ATP Championships was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 95th edition of the tournament previously known as the Thriftway ATP Championships, and was part of the ATP Super 9 of the 1998 ATP Tour. It took place in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA, from August 10 through August 17, 1998.

The tournament had previously appeared on the Tier III of the WTA Tour but no event was held from 1989 to 2003.

The singles field was headlined by. Other top seeds were.

Champions

Singles

Patrick Rafter def. Pete Sampras, 1–6, 7–6(2), 6–4

• It was Patrick Rafter's 4th title of the year and his 6th overall. It was his 2nd Masters title of the year and overall.

Doubles

Mark Knowles / Daniel Nestor def. Olivier Delaître / Fabrice Santoro 6–1, 2–1 ret.

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