1998 Davidoff Swiss Indoors – Doubles

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Doubles
1998 Davidoff Swiss Indoors
Final
Champions Flag of France.svg Olivier Delaître
Flag of France.svg Fabrice Santoro [1]
Runners-up Flag of South Africa.svg Piet Norval
Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Kevin Ullyett
Score6–3, 7–6
Details
Draw16
Seeds4
Events
Singles Doubles
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The 1998 Davidoff Swiss Indoors was a tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 29th edition of the event known that year as the Davidoff Swiss Indoors, and was part of the World Series of the 1998 ATP Tour. It took place at the St. Jakobshalle in Basel, Switzerland, from 5 October until 11 October 1998.

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Tim Henman and Marc Rosset were the defending champions, but Henman did not compete this year in order to focus on the singles tournament. Rosset teamed up with Nicolas Kiefer and lost in the first round to tournament winners Olivier Delaître and Fabrice Santoro.

Delaître and Santoro won the title by defeating Piet Norval and Kevin Ullyett 6–3, 7–6 in the final. [2]

Seeds

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

  1. Flag of South Africa.svg Ellis Ferreira / Flag of the United States.svg Rick Leach (quarterfinals)
  2. Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Martin Damm / Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Cyril Suk (quarterfinals)
  3. Flag of Australia (converted).svg Joshua Eagle / Flag of Australia (converted).svg Andrew Florent (first round)
  4. Flag of France.svg Olivier Delaître / Flag of France.svg Fabrice Santoro (champions)

Draw

Key

Finals

First round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final [1]
1 Flag of South Africa.svg E Ferreira
Flag of the United States.svg R Leach
77
Flag of South Africa.svg D Adams
Flag of the Netherlands.svg T Kempers
6 5 1 Flag of South Africa.svg DE Ferreira
Flag of the United States.svg R Leach
4 72
Flag of Sweden.svg N Kulti
Flag of Australia (converted).svg D Macpherson
66 Flag of Sweden.svg N Kulti
Flag of Australia (converted).svg D Macpherson
66 6
Flag of South Africa.svg J-L de Jager
Flag of South Africa.svg R Koenig
4 4 Flag of Sweden.svg N Kulti
Flag of Australia (converted).svg D Macpherson
5 61
4 Flag of France.svg O Delaître
Flag of France.svg F Santoro
664 Flag of France.svg O Delaître
Flag of France.svg F Santoro
73 6
WC Flag of Germany.svg N Kiefer
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg M Rosset
4 2 4 Flag of France.svg O Delaître
Flag of France.svg F Santoro
71 6
Flag of Russia.svg Y Kafelnikov
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg D Vacek
76 Flag of Russia.svg Y Kafelnikov
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg D Vacek
6 64
WC Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg R Federer
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg I Heuberger
5 2 4 Flag of France.svg O Delaître
Flag of France.svg F Santoro
67
WC Flag of Germany.svg B Becker
Flag of Germany.svg T Haas
67 Flag of South Africa.svg P Norval
Flag of South Africa.svg K Ullyett
3 6
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg N Broad
Flag of South Africa.svg C Haggard
2 6 WC Flag of Germany.svg B Becker
Flag of Germany.svg T Haas
60 6
Flag of Spain.svg T Carbonell
Flag of Spain.svg F Roig
2 76 Flag of Spain.svg T Carbonell
Flag of Spain.svg F Roig
3 64
3 Flag of Australia (converted).svg J Eagle
Flag of Australia (converted).svg A Florent
65 4 WC Flag of Germany.svg B Becker
Flag of Germany.svg T Haas
63 4
Flag of South Africa.svg P Norval
Flag of South Africa.svg K Ullyett
6 67 Flag of South Africa.svg P Norval
Flag of South Africa.svg K Ullyett
4 66
Flag of South Africa.svg W Ferreira
Flag of Australia (converted).svg P Rafter
72 6 Flag of South Africa.svg P Norval
Flag of South Africa.svg K Ullyett
66
2 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg M Damm
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg C Suk
63 62 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg M Damm
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg C Suk
4 3
Q Flag of the Netherlands.svg M Oosting
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg P Vízner
3 63

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References

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