Melvin Whinfield "Peerless Mel" Sheppard was an American athlete, member of the Irish American Athletic Club and winner of four gold medals and one silver medal at the 1908 Summer Olympics and 1912 Summer Olympics. Along with Henry Taylor of the United Kingdom, he was the most successful athlete at the 1908 Olympics.
Lleyton Hewitt defeated David Nalbandian in the final, 6–1, 6–3, 6–2 to win the gentlemen's singles tennis title at the 2002 Wimbledon Championships. It was his second major title, after winning the 2001 US Open. Hewitt became the first Australian to win the title since Pat Cash in 1987.
Fabrice Benichou is a French former professional boxer. In 1987 Benichou was rated as the #4 bantamweight in the world. He become World Champion of boxing in 1989. He is three times super bantamweight World Champion, and two times European bantamweight and featherweight champion.
Tatiana Golovin and Richard Gasquet were the defending champions, but they chose not to participate together. The tournament was won by Daniela Hantuchová and Fabrice Santoro.
Ondřej Hutník is a retired Czech Muay Thai kickboxer. He is a former SUPERKOMBAT Super Cruiserweight Championship title challenger.
Petr Korda defeated Fabrice Santoro 6–0, 6–3 to win the 1998 Qatar ExxonMobil Open singles competition. Jim Courier was the defending champion but did not defend his title.
Martin Damm and Cyril Suk were the defending champions but lost in the semifinals to Michaël Llodra and Fabrice Santoro.
Nicolas Escudé and Fabrice Santoro were the defending champions but only Santoro competed that year with Michaël Llodra.
Youssef Msakni is a Tunisian professional footballer who plays as a winger or forward for Qatar Stars League club Al Arabi on loan from Al-Duhail and the Tunisia national team.
Leander Paes and Nenad Zimonjić were the defending champions, but they chose not to participate together.
Paes partnered up with Martin Damm, but they were eliminated by Mahesh Bhupathi and Radek Štěpánek in the second round.
Zimonjić played alongside Fabrice Santoro and reached the final, where they lost to Jonas Björkman and Max Mirnyi.
Cross-country eliminator(XCE) is a mountain bike race format in which four riders compete against each other over a very short course. In each heat, the two fastest riders get to the next round, while the two slower riders are eliminated from the race. It is similar to four-cross, except that the course is not downhill.
Jacco Eltingh and Paul Haarhuis were the defending champions, but did not participate together this year. Eltingh partnered Sjeng Schalken, losing in the quarterfinals. Haarhuis did not participate this year.
Anton Cooper is a New Zealand cross-country cyclist who races for the Trek Factory Racing XC Team. He is the 2015 World Under 23 Cross-country Mountain bike champion and the 2012 World Junior Cross-country Mountain bike champion. One of the two contenders for the country's 2016 Summer Olympics quota spot, he developed chronic fatigue earlier in 2016 and the nomination went to Sam Gaze instead. Cooper represented New Zealand at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, finishing sixth in the Men's Cross-country Mountain Bike final.
Jolanda Neff is a Swiss cyclist, who currently rides for Trek Factory Racing in cross-country and cyclo-cross events. She won the gold medal in the women's cross-country event at the 2020 Summer Olympics.
Todd Woodbridge and Mark Woodforde were the defending champions, but lost in the quarterfinals to Olivier Delaître and Fabrice Santoro.
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 October 5 through October 11, 1998.
The Australian Athletics Team has been known as the Australian Flame since 2009. The team participates in several world multi-event athletics competitions: Summer Olympics, IAAF World Championships, IAAF World Indoor Championships and the Commonwealth Games. Australia also participates in specific event world championships including IAAF World Cross Country Championships and IAAF World Race Walking Cup.
Mahesh Bhupathi and Max Mirnyi were the defending champions, but played this tournament with different partners. Bhupathi teamed up with Todd Woodbridge while Mirnyi teamed up with Jonas Björkman. Both pairs were eliminated in semifinals.
Titouan Perrin-Ganier is a French cross-country mountain biker. He specializes in the cross-country eliminator event, in which he was world champion in 2017, 2018, 2019, and 2020. He was also European champion in the cross-country eliminator in 2017 and 2018. Ganier is a five-time national cross-country eliminator champion, winning five consecutive years, from 2013 to 2017.
