1998 Japan Open Tennis Championships – Men's Doubles

1998 Japan Open Tennis Championships
Champions		Sébastien Lareau Daniel Nestor[1]
Runners-up		Olivier Delaître Stefano Pescosolido
Final score		6–3, 6–4
Events
Singles		men		women
Doubles		men		women
Japan Open Tennis Championships  < 1997 1999 >

The 1998 Japan Open Tennis Championships was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at the Ariake Coliseum in Tokyo in Japan that was part of the International Series Gold of the 1998 ATP Tour and of Tier III of the 1998 WTA Tour. The tournament was held from April 13 through April 19, 1998.

Seeds

Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.

Draw

Key

Finals

	Semifinals							Final[1]
	7	Peter Nyborg   David Prinosil	3	7	1
	3	Sébastien Lareau   Daniel Nestor	6	6	6
								3	Sébastien Lareau   Daniel Nestor	6	6
									Olivier Delaître   Stefano Pescosolido	3	4
		Olivier Delaître   Stefano Pescosolido	6	7
	2	Alex O'Brien   Jonathan Stark	4	5

Top Half

First Round							Second Round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
								J Holmes   B Martínez	7	2	2
	J Holmes   B Martínez	6	6					M Damm   D Vacek	6	6	6
	H Ishii   D Sapsford	4	3												M Damm   D Vacek	4	5
	S Iwabuchi   M Takada	7	6											7	P Nyborg   D Prinosil	6	7
	B Ellwood   G Motomura	6	2					S Iwabuchi   M Takada	4	4
7	P Nyborg   D Prinosil	6	7				7	P Nyborg   D Prinosil	6	6
	C Haggard   P Rosner	3	5																		7	P Nyborg   D Prinosil	3	7	1
																					3	S Lareau   D Nestor	6	6	6
								A Pavel   L-A Wahlgren	2r
	A Pavel   L-A Wahlgren	6	6	6			3	S Lareau   D Nestor	4
	G Pozzi   T Suzuki	7	3	2										3	S Lareau   D Nestor	6	6
	D DiLucia   M Sell	6	6											5	B MacPhie   S Stolle	4	0
	S Campbell   M Joyce	1	2					D DiLucia   M Sell	6	6	5
5	B MacPhie   S Stolle	7	7				5	B MacPhie   S Stolle	3	7	7
	Ó Burrieza   R Vašek	5	5

Bottom Half

First Round							Second Round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
	O Delaître   S Pescosolido	6	6	7
6	M Tebbutt   M Tillström	7	3	6				O Delaître   S Pescosolido	3	6	6
	A Clément   J Golmard	6	6					A Clément   J Golmard	6	3	4
	Y Ishii   H Sato	4	3												O Delaître   S Pescosolido	6	3	6
	N Godwin   T Ketola	5	6	6										4	B Black   P Rafter	4	6	4
	F Bergh   T Johansson	7	3	4				N Godwin   T Ketola	6	4
							4	B Black   P Rafter	7	6
																						O Delaître   S Pescosolido	6	7
	V Santopadre   V Spadea	7	6																		2	A O'Brien   J Stark	4	5
8	K Kinnear   C Wilkinson	6	2					V Santopadre   V Spadea	7	6
	T Chaen   R Tsujino	3	6	6				T Chaen   R Tsujino	5	4
	M Keil   T. J. Middleton	6	3	4											V Santopadre   V Spadea	4	0
	S Davis   A Richardson	7	6	7										2	A O'Brien   J Stark	6	6
	S Matsuoka   M Onoda	6	7	6				S Davis   A Richardson	5	1
							2	A O'Brien   J Stark	7	6

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