1998 RCA Championships – Doubles

Doubles
1998 RCA Championships
Champions Czech Republic Jiří Novák
Czech Republic David Rikl[1]
Runners-up The Bahamas Mark Knowles
Canada Daniel Nestor
Final score 6–2, 7–6

The 1998 RCA Championships was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 11th edition of the event known that year as the RCA Championships, and was part of the Championship Series of the 1998 ATP Tour. It was the 11th edition of the tournament and took place at the Indianapolis Tennis Center in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States.

Seeds

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

  1. United States Patrick Galbraith / Netherlands Paul Haarhuis (Semifinals)
  2. South Africa Ellis Ferreira / United States Rick Leach (Second Round)
  3. Unknown (Withdrew)
  4. United States Donald Johnson / United States Francisco Montana (Second Round)
  5. The Bahamas Mark Knowles / Canada Daniel Nestor (Final)
  6. Australia Joshua Eagle / Australia Andrew Florent (First Round)
  7. Sweden Jonas Björkman / South Africa Wayne Ferreira (Quarterfinals)
  8. South Africa David Adams / Zimbabwe Wayne Black (Second Round)

Draw

Key

Finals

  Semifinals Final[1]
                         
  1  United States Patrick Galbraith
 Netherlands Paul Haarhuis
3 4    
5  The Bahamas Mark Knowles
 Canada Daniel Nestor
6 6    
  5  The Bahamas Mark Knowles
 Canada Daniel Nestor
2 6  
     Czech Republic Jiří Novák
 Czech Republic David Rikl
6 7  
   Czech Republic Jiří Novák
 Czech Republic David Rikl
7 7  
     South Africa Brent Haygarth
 South Africa Marcos Ondruska
6 6    

Top Half

First Round   Second Round   Quarterfinals   Semifinals
 
    1  United States P Galbraith
 Netherlands P Haarhuis
5 6 6  
 United Kingdom N Broad
 South Africa P Norval
6 5 6      United Kingdom N Broad
 South Africa P Norval
7 4 2  
 Australia S Stolle
 Czech Republic C Suk
3 7 4       1  United States P Galbraith
 Netherlands P Haarhuis
7 6  
 Australia D Macpherson
 United States B MacPhie
7 7        Australia D Macpherson
 United States B MacPhie
6 4  
 United States L Jensen
 United States M Jensen
6 5      Australia D Macpherson
 United States B MacPhie
6 6
8  South Africa D Adams
 Zimbabwe W Black
6 6     8  South Africa D Adams
 Zimbabwe W Black
2 4  
 Sweden N Kulti
 Sweden M Tillström
2 2       1  United States P Galbraith
 Netherlands P Haarhuis
3 4  
      5  The Bahamas M Knowles
 Canada D Nestor
6 6  
     Czech Republic M Damm
 United States J Grabb
6 7    
 South Africa J-L de Jager
 South Africa R Koenig
7 6      South Africa J-L de Jager
 South Africa R Koenig
2 6    
 United States D Flach
 Mexico D Roditi
6 3        Czech Republic M Damm
 United States J Grabb
7 4 4
 South Africa C Haggard
 United States J Waite
6 6       5  The Bahamas M Knowles
 Canada D Nestor
6 6 6  
 United States T Martin
 United States R Reneberg
4 3      South Africa C Haggard
 United States J Waite
6 3 6
5  The Bahamas M Knowles
 Canada D Nestor
6 7     5  The Bahamas M Knowles
 Canada D Nestor
3 6 7  
 United States B Bryan
 United States M Bryan
3 5  

Bottom Half

First Round   Second Round   Quarterfinals   Semifinals
 Czech Republic J Novák
 Czech Republic D Rikl
7 7  
6  Australia J Eagle
 Australia A Florent
5 5      Czech Republic J Novák
 Czech Republic D Rikl
5 6 7  
 United States K Kinnear
 United States D Wheaton
6 6 6      United States K Kinnear
 United States D Wheaton
7 4 6  
 The Bahamas M Merklein
 United States V Spadea
4 7 1        Czech Republic J Novák
 Czech Republic D Rikl
7 4 6  
 South Africa G Stafford
 Zimbabwe K Ullyett
6 7        South Africa G Stafford
 Zimbabwe K Ullyett
5 6 1  
 Finland T Ketola
 Republic of Macedonia A Kitinov
2 6      South Africa G Stafford
 Zimbabwe K Ullyett
6 6
    4  United States D Johnson
 United States F Montana
2 4  
       Czech Republic J Novák
 Czech Republic D Rikl
7 7  
7  Sweden J Björkman
 South Africa W Ferreira
4 6 6        South Africa B Haygarth
 South Africa M Ondruska
6 6  
 United States S Davis
 United States D Pate
6 3 2     7  Sweden J Björkman
 South Africa W Ferreira
6 6 7  
 United States B Coupe
 United States D Randall
6 7      United States B Coupe
 United States D Randall
2 7 6  
 United States P Goldstein
 United States J Thomas
4 6       7  Sweden J Björkman
 South Africa W Ferreira
3 3
 South Africa B Haygarth
 South Africa M Ondruska
6 7        South Africa B Haygarth
 South Africa M Ondruska
6 6  
 Australia A Kratzmann
 Australia M Tebbutt
1 6      South Africa B Haygarth
 South Africa M Ondruska
3 7 7
    2  South Africa E Ferreira
 United States R Leach
6 6 5  
 

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