1998 Australian Men's Hardcourt Championships – Doubles

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Doubles
1998 Australian Men's Hardcourt Championships
Final
Champions Flag of Australia (converted).svg Joshua Eagle
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Andrew Florent [1]
Runners-up Flag of South Africa.svg Ellis Ferreira
Flag of the United States.svg Rick Leach
Score6–4, 6–7, 6–3
Events
Singles Doubles
  1997  · Australian Men's Hardcourt Championships ·  1999  

Patrick Rafter and Bryan Shelton were the defending champions, but did not participate this year.

Contents

Joshua Eagle and Andrew Florent won the title, defeating Ellis Ferreira and Rick Leach 6–4, 6–7, 6–3 in the final.

Seeds

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

  1. Flag of Australia (converted).svg Todd Woodbridge / Flag of Australia (converted).svg Mark Woodforde (quarterfinals)
  2. Flag of South Africa.svg Ellis Ferreira / Flag of the United States.svg Rick Leach (final)
  3. Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Neil Broad / Flag of South Africa.svg Piet Norval (first round)
  4. Flag of the United States.svg Patrick Galbraith / Flag of New Zealand.svg Brett Steven (quarterfinals)

Draw

Key

Finals

First round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final [1]
1 Flag of Australia (converted).svg T Woodbridge
Flag of Australia (converted).svg M Woodforde
76 
  Flag of South Africa.svg D Adams
Flag of North Macedonia.svg A Kitinov
6 4  1 Flag of Australia (converted).svg T Woodbridge
Flag of Australia (converted).svg M Woodforde
3 76
  Flag of Australia (converted).svg J Eagle
Flag of Australia (converted).svg A Florent
66   Flag of Australia (converted).svg J Eagle
Flag of Australia (converted).svg A Florent
66 7
  Flag of the United States.svg D Randall
Flag of the United States.svg J Waite
3 4    Flag of Australia (converted).svg J Eagle
Flag of Australia (converted).svg A Florent
67 
3 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg N Broad
Flag of South Africa.svg P Norval
4 2    Flag of Zimbabwe.svg B Black
Flag of Sweden.svg N Kulti
3 6  
  Flag of Zimbabwe.svg B Black
Flag of Sweden.svg N Kulti
66   Flag of Zimbabwe.svg B Black
Flag of Sweden.svg N Kulti
66 
  Flag of Sweden.svg J Apell
Flag of Sweden.svg J Björkman
64 4   Flag of Australia (converted).svg S Stolle
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg C Suk
4 0  
  Flag of Australia (converted).svg S Stolle
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg C Suk
2 66  Flag of Australia (converted).svg J Eagle
Flag of Australia (converted).svg A Florent
66 6
WC Flag of Australia (converted).svg L Hewitt
Flag of Australia (converted).svg L Smith
1 3  2 Flag of South Africa.svg E Ferreira
Flag of the United States.svg R Leach
4 73
  Flag of Zimbabwe.svg W Black
Flag of Australia (converted).svg A Kratzmann
66   Flag of Zimbabwe.svg W Black
Flag of Australia (converted).svg A Kratzmann
66 
Q Flag of the Czech Republic.svg M Damm
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg S Doseděl
5 76 4 Flag of the United States.svg P Galbraith
Flag of New Zealand.svg B Steven
4 3  
4 Flag of the United States.svg P Galbraith
Flag of New Zealand.svg B Steven
75 7  Flag of Zimbabwe.svg W Black
Flag of Australia (converted).svg A Kratzmann
2 1  
  Flag of Brazil.svg G Kuerten
Flag of Germany.svg D Prinosil
3 4  2 Flag of South Africa.svg E Ferreira
Flag of the United States.svg R Leach
66 
WC Flag of Australia (converted).svg S Draper
Flag of Australia (converted).svg J Stoltenberg
66 WC Flag of Australia (converted).svg S Draper
Flag of Australia (converted).svg J Stoltenberg
4 5  
WC Flag of Australia (converted).svg W Arthurs
Flag of Australia (converted).svg R Fromberg
3 4  2 Flag of South Africa.svg E Ferreira
Flag of the United States.svg R Leach
67 
2 Flag of South Africa.svg E Ferreira
Flag of the United States.svg R Leach
66 

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