1998 Italian Open (tennis)
Appearance
1998 Italian Open | |
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Date | 4–10 May (women) 11–17 May (men) |
Edition | 55th |
Surface | Clay / outdoor |
Location | Rome, Italy |
Venue | Foro Italico |
Champions | |
Men's singles | |
Marcelo Ríos[1] | |
Women's singles | |
Martina Hingis[2] | |
Men's doubles | |
Mahesh Bhupathi / Leander Paes[1] | |
Women's doubles | |
Virginia Ruano Pascual / Paola Suárez[2] |
The 1998 Italian Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 57th edition of the Rome Masters and was part of the Super 9 of the 1998 ATP Tour and of Tier I of the 1998 WTA Tour. Both the men's and women's events took place at the Foro Italico in Rome in Italy. The women's tournament was played from 4 to 10 May 1998; the men's tournament was played from 11 to 17 May 1998.
Finals
[edit]Men's singles
[edit]Marcelo Ríos defeated Albert Costa by walkover.[1]
- It was Ríos' 4th title of the year and the 10th of his career. It was his 3rd Super 9 title and his 4th overall.
Women's singles
[edit]Martina Hingis defeated Venus Williams, 6–3, 2–6, 6–3.[2]
- It was Hingis' 8th title of the year and the 18th of her career. It was her 2nd Tier I title of the year and her 5th overall.
Men's doubles
[edit]Mahesh Bhupathi / Leander Paes defeated Ellis Ferreira / Rick Leach, 6–4, 4–6, 7–6.[1]
- It was Bhupathi's 4th title of the year and the 10th of his career. It was Paes' 4th title of the year and the 10th of his career.
Women's doubles
[edit]Virginia Ruano Pascual / Paola Suárez defeated Amanda Coetzer / Arantxa Sánchez-Vicario, 7–6(7–1), 6–4.[2]
- It was Ruano Pascual's 4th title of the year and the 5th of her career. It was Suárez's 5th title of the year and the 6th of her career.
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "1998 Rome". International Tennis Federation. Archived from the original on 22 March 2016. Retrieved 15 December 2014.
- ^ a b c d "1998 Rome". International Tennis Federation. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 15 December 2014.