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1998 Japan Open Tennis Championships – Men's doubles

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Men's doubles
1998 Japan Open Tennis Championships
Final
ChampionsCanada Sébastien Lareau
Canada Daniel Nestor[1]
Runners-upFrance Olivier Delaître
Italy Stefano Pescosolido
Score6–3, 6–4
Events
Singles men women
Doubles men women
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The 1998 Japan Open Tennis Championships was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at the Ariake Coliseum in Tokyo in Japan that was part of the International Series Gold of the 1998 ATP Tour and of Tier III of the 1998 WTA Tour. The tournament was held from April 13 through April 19, 1998.

Seeds

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

  1. Unknown (withdrew)
  2. United States Alex O'Brien / United States Jonathan Stark (semifinals)
  3. Canada Sébastien Lareau / Canada Daniel Nestor (champions)
  4. Zimbabwe Byron Black / Australia Patrick Rafter (quarterfinals)
  5. United States Brian MacPhie / Australia Sandon Stolle (quarterfinals)
  6. Australia Michael Tebbutt / Sweden Mikael Tillström (first round)
  7. Sweden Peter Nyborg / Germany David Prinosil (semifinals)
  8. United States Kent Kinnear / United Kingdom Chris Wilkinson (first round)

Draw

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Key

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Finals

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Semifinals Final[1]
          
7 Sweden Peter Nyborg
Germany David Prinosil
3 7 1
3 Canada Sébastien Lareau
Canada Daniel Nestor
6 6 6
3 Canada Sébastien Lareau
Canada Daniel Nestor
6 6
France Olivier Delaître
Italy Stefano Pescosolido
3 4
  France Olivier Delaître
Italy Stefano Pescosolido
6 7
2 United States Alex O'Brien
United States Jonathan Stark
4 5

Top half

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First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
Australia J Holmes
Mexico B Martínez
7 2 2
Australia J Holmes
Mexico B Martínez
6 6 Czech Republic M Damm
Czech Republic D Vacek
6 6 6
Japan H Ishii
United Kingdom D Sapsford
4 3 Czech Republic M Damm
Czech Republic D Vacek
4 5
Japan S Iwabuchi
Japan M Takada
7 6 7 Sweden P Nyborg
Germany D Prinosil
6 7
Australia B Ellwood
Japan G Motomura
6 2 Japan S Iwabuchi
Japan M Takada
4 4
7 Sweden P Nyborg
Germany D Prinosil
6 7 7 Sweden P Nyborg
Germany D Prinosil
6 6
South Africa C Haggard
South Africa P Rosner
3 5 7 Sweden P Nyborg
Germany D Prinosil
3 7 1
3 Canada S Lareau
Canada D Nestor
6 6 6
Romania A Pavel
Sweden L-A Wahlgren
2r
Romania A Pavel
Sweden L-A Wahlgren
6 6 6 3 Canada S Lareau
Canada D Nestor
4
Italy G Pozzi
Japan T Suzuki
7 3 2 3 Canada S Lareau
Canada D Nestor
6 6
United States D DiLucia
United States M Sell
6 6 5 United States B MacPhie
Australia S Stolle
4 0
United States S Campbell
United States M Joyce
1 2 United States D DiLucia
United States M Sell
6 6 5
5 United States B MacPhie
Australia S Stolle
7 7 5 United States B MacPhie
Australia S Stolle
3 7 7
Spain Ó Burrieza
Czech Republic R Vašek
5 5

Bottom half

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First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
France O Delaître
Italy S Pescosolido
6 6 7
6 Australia M Tebbutt
Sweden M Tillström
7 3 6 France O Delaître
Italy S Pescosolido
3 6 6
France A Clément
France J Golmard
6 6 France A Clément
France J Golmard
6 3 4
Japan Y Ishii
Japan H Sato
4 3 France O Delaître
Italy S Pescosolido
6 3 6
South Africa N Godwin
Finland T Ketola
5 6 6 4 Zimbabwe B Black
Australia P Rafter
4 6 4
Sweden F Bergh
Sweden T Johansson
7 3 4 South Africa N Godwin
Finland T Ketola
6 4
4 Zimbabwe B Black
Australia P Rafter
7 6
France O Delaître
Italy S Pescosolido
6 7
Italy V Santopadre
United States V Spadea
7 6 2 United States A O'Brien
United States J Stark
4 5
8 United States K Kinnear
United Kingdom C Wilkinson
6 2 Italy V Santopadre
United States V Spadea
7 6
Japan T Chaen
Japan R Tsujino
3 6 6 Japan T Chaen
Japan R Tsujino
5 4
United States M Keil
United States T. J. Middleton
6 3 4 Italy V Santopadre
United States V Spadea
4 0
United States S Davis
United Kingdom A Richardson
7 6 7 2 United States A O'Brien
United States J Stark
6 6
Japan S Matsuoka
Japan M Onoda
6 7 6 United States S Davis
United Kingdom A Richardson
5 1
2 United States A O'Brien
United States J Stark
7 6

References

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  1. ^ a b "1998 Tokyo Outdoor". International Tennis Federation. Archived from the original on 17 March 2016. Retrieved 15 December 2014.