1998 European Community Championships – Singles

Singles
1998 European Community Championships
Champion United Kingdom Greg Rusedski
Runner-up Switzerland Marc Rosset
Final score 7–6(7–3), 3–6, 6–1, 6–4

The 1998 European Community Championships was a men's tennis tournament played on hard courts in Antwerp, Belgium, that was part of the Championship Series of the 1998 ATP Tour. It was the sixteenth edition of the tournament and was held 16 February – 22 February 1998.

Seeds

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

  1. Czech Republic Petr Korda (Quarterfinals)
  2. Australia Patrick Rafter (Semifinals)
  3. Sweden Jonas Björkman (First Round)
  4. Russia Yevgeny Kafelnikov (Second Round)
  5. United Kingdom Greg Rusedski (Champion)
  6. Croatia Goran Ivanišević (First Round)
  7. Slovakia Karol Kučera (Semifinals)
  8. United Kingdom Tim Henman (First Round)

Draw

Key

Finals

  Semifinals Final[1]
                         
  7  Slovakia Karol Kučera 4 3    
5  United Kingdom Greg Rusedski 6 6    
     United Kingdom Greg Rusedski 7 3 6
     Switzerland Marc Rosset 63 6 1
   Switzerland Marc Rosset 7 7  
  2  Australia Patrick Rafter 64 62    

Top Half

First Round   Second Round   Quarterfinals   Semifinals
1  Czech Republic P Korda 6 6  
 South Africa W Ferreira 3 3     1  Czech Republic P Korda 7 6  
 Spain A Portas 64 7 6      Spain A Portas 5 2  
 Slovakia D Hrbatý 7 61 4       1  Czech Republic P Korda 6 4 6  
 Czech Republic B Ulihrach 6 6       7  Slovakia K Kučera 3 6 2  
 France F Santoro 2 4      Czech Republic B Ulihrach 1 1
7  Slovakia K Kučera 63 6 6     7  Slovakia K Kučera 6 6  
 Belgium J Van Herck 7 4 2       7  Slovakia K Kučera 4 3
 Sweden T Johansson 6 6       5  United Kingdom G Rusedski 6 6
3  Sweden J Björkman 1 2      Sweden T Johansson 6 6  
 Czech Republic M Damm 4 7 6      Czech Republic M Damm 2 4  
 Belgium F Dewulf 6 66 4        Sweden T Johansson 3 6 4
 France G Raoux 7 5 6       5  United Kingdom G Rusedski 6 4 6  
 Spain F Clavet 64 7 2      France G Raoux 613 6 613
5  United Kingdom G Rusedski 7 3 6     5  United Kingdom G Rusedski 7 3 7  
 Morocco H Arazi 64 6 3  

Bottom Half

First Round   Second Round   Quarterfinals   Semifinals
 Netherlands J Siemerink 6 6  
6  Croatia G Ivanišević 4 3      Netherlands J Siemerink 3 3  
 Sweden M Larsson 6 6      Sweden M Larsson 6 6  
 Germany M-K Goellner 2 1        Sweden M Larsson  
 Switzerland M Rosset 7 4 7        Switzerland M Rosset W/O  
 Germany N Kiefer 63 6 65      Switzerland M Rosset 3 6 6
4  Russia Y Kafelnikov 7 5 6     4  Russia Y Kafelnikov 6 4 3  
 Czech Republic J Novák 5 7 3        Switzerland M Rosset 7 7
 Sweden M Norman 7 6       2  Australia P Rafter 64 62
8  United Kingdom T Henman 5 3      Sweden M Norman 62 2  
 United States J Tarango 3 6 6      United States J Tarango 7 6  
 Belgium D Norman 6 4 3        United States J Tarango 7 2 1
 France C Pioline 6 7       2  Australia P Rafter 61 6 6  
 Sweden M Gustafsson 4 65      France C Pioline 4 62
2  Australia P Rafter 6 7     2  Australia P Rafter 6 7  
 France A Boetsch 2 68  

References

  1. "1998 Antwerp". International Tennis Federation. Retrieved 13 December 2014.
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