1998 Great American Insurance ATP Championships – Doubles

Doubles
1998 Great American Insurance ATP Championships
Champions	Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor[1]
Runners-up	Olivier Delaître Fabrice Santoro
Final score	6–1, 2–1, retired

The 1998 Cincinnati Open, known by the corporate title of the Great American Insurance ATP Championships was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 95th edition of the tournament previously known as the Thriftway ATP Championships, and was part of the ATP Super 9 of the 1998 ATP Tour. It took place in Cincinnati, United States, from August 10 through August 17, 1998.

Seeds

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

Draw

Key

Finals

	Semifinals							Final[1]
		Olivier Delaître   Fabrice Santoro	6	6
	5	Yevgeny Kafelnikov   Daniel Vacek	2	2
									Olivier Delaître   Fabrice Santoro	1	1r
									Mark Knowles   Daniel Nestor	6	2
		David Roditi   Michael Tebbutt	3	5
		Mark Knowles   Daniel Nestor	6	7

Top Half

First Round							Second Round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
							1	T Woodbridge   M Woodforde	7	7
	S Stolle   C Suk	4	7	6				S Stolle   C Suk	6	5
	J Eagle   A Florent	6	5	3										1	T Woodbridge   M Woodforde	7	1	5
	O Delaître   F Santoro	3	6	6											O Delaître   F Santoro	6	6	7
	A Kitinov   A Kratzmann	6	3	4				O Delaître   F Santoro	7	6
	M Damm   J Grabb	6	6					M Damm   J Grabb	6	1
	B Ellwood   M Ondruska	2	3																			O Delaître   F Santoro	6	6
																					5	Y Kafelnikov   D Vacek	2	2
							4	Ellis Ferreira   Rick Leach	2	6
	J Gimelstob   T Martin	6	7					J Gimelstob   T Martin	6	7
	À Corretja   J Siemerink	4	6												J Gimelstob   T Martin	4	1
	P Korda   M Ríos	1	6	6										5	Y Kafelnikov   D Vacek	6	6
	D Adams   F Wibier	6	3	2				P Korda   M Ríos
5	Y Kafelnikov   D Vacek	6	6				5	Y Kafelnikov   D Vacek	w/o
	L Jensen   M Jensen	4	4

Bottom Half

First Round							Second Round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
	D Roditi   M Tebbutt	7	6
6	P Galbraith   D Macpherson	6	4					D Roditi   M Tebbutt	7	6
	J-L de Jager   R Koenig	6	6	6				J-L de Jager   R Koenig	5	4
	B Black   A O'Brien	7	3	4											D Roditi   M Tebbutt	6	6	6
	W Black   S Lareau	6	4	6											W Black   S Lareau	7	4	4
	J Tarango   K Ullyett	3	6	1				W Black   S Lareau	6	6
							3	J Björkman   P Rafter	4	4
																						D Roditi   M Tebbutt	3	5
7	D Johnson   F Montana	6	6																			M Knowles   D Nestor	6	7
	J Thomas   D Wheaton	4	4				7	D Johnson   F Montana	5	6	6
	M Knowles   D Nestor	6	6					M Knowles   D Nestor	7	4	7
	B Coupe   D Randall	4	4												M Knowles   D Nestor	6	7
	P Albano   N Lapentti	6	6												P Albano   N Lapentti	3	6
	N Broad   P Norval	4	4					P Albano   N Lapentti	7	7
							2	M Bhupathi   P Haarhuis	5	6

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