1998 Generali Open – Singles

Singles
1998 Generali Open
Champion Spain Albert Costa[1]
Runner-up Italy Andrea Gaudenzi
Final score 6–2, 1–6, 6–2, 3–6, 6–1

The 1998 Generali Open was a men's tennis tournament played on Clay in Kitzbühel, Austria that was part of the International Series of the 1998 ATP Tour. It was the forty-third edition of the tournament and was held from 27 July – 2 August 1998.

Seeds

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

  1. Russia Yevgeny Kafelnikov (Third Round)
  2. Spain Albert Costa (Champions)
  3. Spain Alberto Berasategui (Second Round)
  4. Austria Thomas Muster (Third Round)
  5. Spain Andrea Gaudenzi (Semifinals)
  6. Italy Andrea Gaudenzi (Final)
  7. Australia Richard Fromberg (Quarterfinals)
  8. Czech Republic Ctislav Doseděl (Second Round)
  9. Spain Julián Alonso (Third Round)
  10. Morocco Hicham Arazi (Second Round)
  11. Belgium Albert Costa (Quarterfinals)
  12. Brazil Fernando Meligeni (Quarterfinals)
  13. Spain Carlos Costa (Second Round)
  14. Ecuador Nicolás Lapentti (Quarterfinals)
  15. Argentina Franco Squillari (Semifinals)
  16. Russia Marat Safin (Second Round)

Draw

Key

Finals

  Semifinals Final[1]
                             
  16  Argentina Franco Squillari 5 6 3  
3  Spain Albert Costa 7 1 6  
  3  Spain Albert Costa 6 1 6 3 6
  7  Italy Andrea Gaudenzi 2 6 2 6 2
6  Spain Francisco Clavet 2 6 2
  7  Italy Andrea Gaudenzi 6 2 6  

Top Half

Section 1

First Round   Second Round   Third Round   Quarterfinals
 
    17  Russia M Safin 6 4  
 Australia W Arthurs 6 6 6      Australia W Arthurs 7 6  
 Italy M Meneschincheri 4 7 2        Australia W Arthurs 6 7 4  
 Norway C Ruud 6 6       16  Argentina F Squillari 7 6 6  
 Spain Á López Morón 1 4      Norway C Ruud 4 3
    16  Argentina F Squillari 6 6  
      16  Argentina F Squillari 6 4 6
      8  Australia R Fromberg 4 6 4
    9  Czech Republic C Doseděl 2 2  
 Argentina L Arnold 3 6 6      Argentina L Arnold 6 6  
 Germany O Gross 6 4 3        Argentina L Arnold 6 2 4
 Austria T Schiessling 6 6       8  Australia R Fromberg 3 6 6  
 Austria G Mandl 4 2      Austria T Schiessling 7 3 3
    8  Australia R Fromberg 5 6 6  
 

Section 2

First Round   Second Round   Third Round   Quarterfinals
 
     Germany R Schüttler 1 3  
 Germany R Schüttler 6 7     3  Spain A Costa 6 6  
 Germany B Bachert 4 6       3  Spain A Costa 6 3 6  
 France S Huet 1 6 6        France S Huet 4 6 3  
 Spain Á Calatrava 6 3 4      France S Huet 4 5  
    14  Spain C Costa 6 0r    
      3  Spain A Costa 2 6 6
      12  Belgium F Dewulf 6 3 4
     France S Grosjean 7 3 3  
 France S Grosjean 6 7     12  Belgium F Dewulf 6 6 6  
 Australia P Tramacchi 4 6       12  Belgium F Dewulf 6 6
 Slovakia J Krošlák 2 7 7       5  Austria T Muster 2 4  
 Uruguay M Filippini 6 6 6      Slovakia J Krošlák 2 6 2
    5  Austria T Muster 6 4 6  
 

Bottom Half

Section 3

First Round   Second Round   Third Round   Quarterfinals
 
     Germany C Vinck 3 3  
 Germany C Vinck 6 7     6  Spain F Clavet 6 6  
 Germany M Craca 1 5       6  Spain F Clavet 6 6  
 Austria M Hipfl 4 6 7        Austria M Hipfl 4 1  
 Spain G Blanco 6 3 6      Austria M Hipfl 6 6
    11  Morocco H Arazi 2 1  
      6  Spain F Clavet 6 6  
      13  Brazil F Meligeni 3 1  
     Austria W Schranz 4 5  
 Austria W Schranz 6 6 6     13  Brazil F Meligeni 6 7  
 Spain JA Viloca 7 1 1       13  Brazil F Meligeni 7 6
 Germany B Karbacher 7 6        Germany B Karbacher 6 3  
 Austria S Koubek 6 3      Germany B Karbacher 4 6 7
    4  Spain A Berasategui 6 4 6  
 

Section 4

First Round   Second Round   Third Round   Quarterfinals
 
     Germany L Rehmann 6 2  
 Germany L Rehmann 6 6     7  Italy A Gaudenzi 7 6  
 Argentina A Schneiter 0 2       7  Italy A Gaudenzi 5 6 6  
 Germany H Dreekmann 6 6       10  Spain J Alonso 7 2 4  
 Spain E Benfele Álvarez 4 3      Germany H Dreekmann 6 2 3
    10  Spain J Alonso 4 6 6  
      7  Italy A Gaudenzi 6 7  
      15  Ecuador N Lapentti 3 6  
     Spain F Vicente 4 1  
 Spain F Vicente 6 7     15  Ecuador N Lapentti 6 6  
 Germany M Sinner 1 5       15  Ecuador N Lapentti 6 6
 Czech Republic R Vašek 7 1 6       2  Russia Y Kafelnikovnikov 4 1  
 Spain A Portas 5 6 2      Czech Republic R Vašek 7 3 6
    2  Russia Y Kafelnikovnikov 6 6 7  
 

References

  1. 1 2 "1998 Kitzbuhel". International Tennis Federation. Retrieved 30 December 2014.
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