1998 Paris Open – Singles

1998 Paris Open
1997 champion   Pete Sampras
Champion   Greg Rusedski
Runner-up   Pete Sampras
Final score   6–4, 7–6 (7–4), 6–3
Events
Singles   Doubles

Contents

Seeds

A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated. All sixteen seeds received a bye into the second round.

  1. Pete Sampras (Final)
  2. Marcelo Ríos (Quarterfinals)
  3. Patrick Rafter (Third Round)
  4. Carlos Moyà (Second Round)
  5. Andre Agassi (Quarterfinals)
  6. Álex Corretja (Second Round)
  7. Karol Kučera (Third Round)
  8. Yevgeny Kafelnikov (Semifinals)
  1. Tim Henman (Third Round)
  2. Petr Korda (Second Round)
  3. Richard Krajicek (Second Round)
  4. Jonas Björkman (Second Round)
  5. Greg Rusedski (Champion)
  6. Goran Ivanišević (Second Round)
  7. Jan Siemerink (Second Round)
  8. Álbert Costa (Second Round)

Draw

Key

Finals

  Semifinals Final
                             
  1   Pete Sampras 6 77    
    Todd Martin 62 3    
  1   Pete Sampras 4 64 3    
  13   Greg Rusedski 6 77 6    
13   Greg Rusedski 6 4 6
  8   Yevgeny Kafelnikov 4 6 3  

Top Half

Section 1

First Round   Second Round   Third Round   Quarterfinals
 
    1   P Sampras 79 6    
WC   S Grosjean 64 77 4         T Johansson 67 1    
    T Johansson 77 63 6       1   P Sampras 64 6 6  
WC   J Golmard 77 6         WC   J Golmard 77 4 4  
    B Black 62 4       WC   J Golmard 3 7 7
    16   Á Costa 6 5 5  
      1   P Sampras 6 6  
          M Philippoussis 3 3  
    10   P Korda 6 4 4  
    D Vacek 65 66           M Philippoussis 2 6 6  
    M Philippoussis 77 78             M Philippoussis 6 4 7
    F Santoro 4 6 6       7   K Kučera 4 6 5  
    H Arazi 6 4 1         F Santoro 2 6 0
    7   K Kučera 6 3 6  
 

Section 2

First Round   Second Round   Third Round   Quarterfinals
 
    3   P Rafter 6 6    
WC   B Becker 77 5 4         N Escudé 3 1    
    N Escudé 62 7 6       3   P Rafter 7 65 66  
Q   P Haarhuis 77 4 4           T Martin 5 77 78  
    T Martin 64 6 6         T Martin 4 6 77
    14   G Ivanišević 6 1 64  
          T Martin 4 6 6
      5   A Agassi 6 4 4
    11   R Krajicek 4 7 5/r  
Q   M Rosset 6 6       Q   M Rosset 6 5 2  
    W Ferreira 3 4         Q   M Rosset 4 4  
Q   G Pozzi 6 6         5   A Agassi 6 6    
    T Enqvist 3 3       Q   G Pozzi 4 2  
    5   A Agassi 6 6    
 

Bottom Half

Section 3

First Round   Second Round   Third Round   Quarterfinals
 
    6   Á Corretja 62 6 3  
    C Costa 5 1           T Haas 77 2 6  
    T Haas 7 6             T Haas 4 2    
    M Chang 4 6 3           M Gustafsson 6 6    
    M Gustafsson 6 3 6         M Gustafsson 6 6  
    12   J Björkman 3 2    
          M Gustafsson 3 2  
      13   G Rusedski 6 6  
    13   G Rusedski 6 6    
    N Kiefer 7 6           N Kiefer 3 4    
Q   J Krošlák 5 1         13   G Rusedski 78 6  
    G Raoux 6 61 4           J Stoltenberg 66 4    
    J Stoltenberg 2 77 6         J Stoltenberg 2 6 6
    4   C Moyà 6 2 3  
 

Section 4

First Round   Second Round   Third Round   Quarterfinals
 
    8   Y Kafelnikov 3 6 6  
    M Norman 77 6           M Norman 6 3 4  
Q   A Clément 65 3         8   Y Kafelnikov 6 65 77  
    R Fromberg 3 4         9   T Henman 3 77 62  
WC   A di Pasquale 6 6       WC   A di Pasquale 3 3  
    9   T Henman 6 6    
      8   Y Kafelnikov 6 6  
      2   M Ríos 3 2  
    15   J Siemerink 63 6 64  
    C Pioline 4 4           V Spadea 77 3 77  
    V Spadea 6 6             V Spadea 5 4  
Q   T Woodbridge 6 2 77       2   M Ríos 7 6    
    B Ulihrach 3 6 63     Q   T Woodbridge 0 4  
    2   M Ríos 6 6    
 

References