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Singles
1998 International Raiffeisen Grand Prix
Final
Champion Chile Marcelo Ríos [1]
Runner-up United States Vincent Spadea
Score6–2, 6–0
Events
Singles men women
Doubles men women
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The 1998 International Raiffeisen Grand Prix was a men's tennis tournament played on Clay in St. Pölten, Austria that was part of the International Series of the 1998 ATP Tour. It was the eighteenth edition of the tournament and was held from 18–24 May 1998.

Seeds

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

  1. Chile Marcelo Ríos (champion)
  2. Australia Patrick Rafter (first round)
  3. Austria Thomas Muster (quarterfinals)
  4. Italy Andrea Gaudenzi (semifinals)
  5. France Guillaume Raoux (first round)
  6. Spain Francisco Clavet (quarterfinals)
  7. Spain Galo Blanco (quarterfinals)
  8. Australia Richard Fromberg (second round)

Draw

Key

Finals

Semifinals Final [1]
          
1 Chile Marcelo Ríos 6 6
4 Italy Andrea Gaudenzi 4 3
1 Chile Marcelo Ríos 6 6
  United States Vince Spadea 2 0
  Uruguay Marcelo Filippini 2 0
  United States Vince Spadea 6 6

Top half

First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
1 Chile M Ríos 6 6
Australia S Draper 1 3 1 Chile M Ríos 6 6
Germany M-K Goellner 3 7 6 Germany M-K Goellner 4 3
Zimbabwe W Black 6 63 1 1 Chile M Ríos 6 6
Sweden T Nydahl 6 5 6 7 Spain G Blanco 2 2
Spain Á Calatrava 4 7 2 Sweden T Nydahl 3 5
7 Spain G Blanco 6 7 7 Spain G Blanco 6 7
Italy M Meneschincheri 3 63 1 Chile M Ríos 6 6
4 Italy A Gaudenzi 6 7 4 Italy A Gaudenzi 4 3
United States J-M Gambill 3 5 4 Italy A Gaudenzi 6 4 6
Italy D Nargiso 6 6 Italy D Nargiso 2 6 3
Argentina H Gumy 4 2 4 Italy A Gaudenzi 6 6
Spain J Sánchez 6 6 6 Spain F Clavet 3 4
Italy G Pozzi 2 3 Spain J Sánchez 7 5 0
6 Spain F Clavet 6 6 6 Spain F Clavet 6 7 6
United States S Campbell 3 1

Bottom half

First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
Uruguay M Filippini 6 6
5 France G Raoux 2 2 Uruguay M Filippini 7 6
Spain Ó Serrano 6 6 Spain Ó Serrano 64 3
Austria M Hipfl 4 3 Uruguay M Filippini 6 6
Costa Rica JA Marín 7 6 3 Austria T Muster 3 4
Ecuador N Lapentti 5 3 Costa Rica JA Marín 3 7 2
3 Austria T Muster 4 6 7 3 Austria T Muster 6 64 6
Austria C Trimmel 6 1 5 Uruguay M Filippini 2 0
8 Australia R Fromberg 63 7 6 United States V Spadea 6 6
South Africa G Stafford 7 61 1 8 Australia R Fromberg 6 3 3
United States V Spadea 7 7 United States V Spadea 4 6 6
Denmark K Carlsen 5 5 United States V Spadea 7 6
Netherlands S Schalken 6 6 Netherlands S Schalken 63 1
Spain JA Viloca 1 3 Netherlands S Schalken 6 6
Zimbabwe B Black 6 6 Zimbabwe B Black 1 4
2 Australia P Rafter 3 4

References

  1. ^ a b "1998 St. Polten". International Tennis Federation. Retrieved 15 December 2014.[ permanent dead link]