1998 Davidoff Swiss Indoors – Doubles

Doubles
1998 Davidoff Swiss Indoors
Final
Champions	Olivier Delaître Fabrice Santoro [1]
Runners-up	Piet Norval Kevin Ullyett
Score	6–3, 7–6
Details
Draw	16
Seeds	4
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.

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. Ellis Ferreira / Rick Leach (quarterfinals)
2. Martin Damm / Cyril Suk (quarterfinals)
3. Joshua Eagle / Andrew Florent (first round)
4. Olivier Delaître / Fabrice Santoro (champions)

Draw

Key

• Q = Qualifier
• WC = Wild card
• LL = Lucky loser
• Alt = Alternate
• ITF = ITF entry
• PR = Protected ranking
• SR = Special ranking
• SE = Special exempt
• JE = Junior exempt
• JR = Junior Accelerator Programme entrant
• CO = College Accelerator Programme entrant
• NG = Next Gen Accelerator Program entrant
• w/o = Walkover
• r = Retired
• d = Defaulted

Finals

	First round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final [1]
	1	E Ferreira R Leach	7	7
		D Adams T Kempers	6	5				1	DE Ferreira R Leach	4	7	2
		N Kulti D Macpherson	6	6					N Kulti D Macpherson	6	6	6
		J-L de Jager R Koenig	4	4												N Kulti D Macpherson	5	6	1
	4	O Delaître F Santoro	6	6											4	O Delaître F Santoro	7	3	6
	WC	N Kiefer M Rosset	4	2				4	O Delaître F Santoro	7	1	6
		Y Kafelnikov D Vacek	7	6					Y Kafelnikov D Vacek	6	6	4
	WC	R Federer I Heuberger	5	2																		4	O Delaître F Santoro	6	7
	WC	B Becker T Haas	6	7																			P Norval K Ullyett	3	6
		N Broad C Haggard	2	6				WC	B Becker T Haas	6	0	6
		T Carbonell F Roig	2	7	6				T Carbonell F Roig	3	6	4
	3	J Eagle A Florent	6	5	4										WC	B Becker T Haas	6	3	4
		P Norval K Ullyett	6	6	7											P Norval K Ullyett	4	6	6
		W Ferreira P Rafter	7	2	6				P Norval K Ullyett	6	6
	2	M Damm C Suk	6	3	6			2	M Damm C Suk	4	3
	Q	M Oosting P Vízner	3	6	3

References

1. "1998 Basel". International Tennis Federation. Archived from the original on 15 March 2016. Retrieved 5 January 2015.
2. "Singles & Doubles Winners". Swiss Indoors Basel. Basel . Retrieved 6 November 2021. 1998 - Olivier Delaitre (France) - Fabrice Santoro (France)

External links

• Official results archive (ATP)
• Official results archive (ITF)