The 1998 German Open was a men's

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tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 92nd edition of the

Hamburg Masters The Hamburg Open (formerly ''German Open Tennis Championships'') is an annual tennis tournament for professional players held in Hamburg, Germany and part of the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) Tour and the Women's Tennis Association ...

(German Open), and was part of the ATP Super 9 of the

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. It took place at the Rothenbaum Tennis Center in

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, Germany, from through 4 May through 11 May 1998. The men's field was headlined by ATP No. 1, Indian Wells,

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titlist,

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finalist

Marcelo Ríos Marcelo Andrés Ríos Mayorga (; born 26 December 1975) is a Chilean former professional tennis player. He was ranked as the world No. 1 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), the first Latin American to reach the t ...

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winner, Indian Wells and 1997 U.S. Open runner-up

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and

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runner-up, 1994 Hamburg winner

Yevgeny Kafelnikov Yevgeny Aleksandrovich Kafelnikov ( rus, Евгений Александрович Кафельников, , jɪvˈɡʲenʲɪj ˈkafʲɪlʲnʲɪkəf, a=Ru-Yevgeny-Kafelnikov.ogg; born 18 February 1974) is a Russian former professional tennis p ...

. Other top seeds competing were

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titlist

Àlex Corretja Alejandro Corretja Verdegay (; born 11 April 1974) is a Spanish former professional tennis player. He was ranked world No. 2 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) in 1999. Corretja won 17 ATP Tour singles titles, incl ...

Gustavo Kuerten Gustavo "Guga" Kuerten (; born 10 September 1976) is a Brazilian former professional tennis player. He was ranked as the list of ATP number 1 ranked singles tennis players, world No. 1 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals f ...

Karol Kučera Karol Kučera (; born 4 March 1974) is a Slovak tennis coach and former professional player. He achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 6 in September 1998, reaching the semifinals of the Australian Open the same year. Tennis caree ...

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and

Alberto Berasategui Alberto Berasategui Salazar (born 28 June 1973) is a former top-10 professional tennis player from Spain. He was a Grand Slam finalist at the 1994 French Open, and won a total of 14 ATP singles titles, achieving a career-high singles ranking ...

Finals

Singles

Albert Costa Albert Costa Casals (; born 25 June 1975) is a Spanish former professional tennis player. He is best remembered for winning the men's singles title at the French Open in 2002. Tennis career Costa began playing tennis at the age of five. He ...

defeated

6–2, 6–0, 1–0, retired. *It was Albert Costa's 1st title of the year, and his 7th overall. It was his 1st Masters title of the year, and overall.

Doubles

Donald Johnson Donald James Johnson (born September 9, 1968) is an American former professional tennis player who reached the World No. 1 doubles ranking in 2002. Although born in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, he was raised and learned the sport of tennis in the ...

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defeated

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Brett Steven Brett Andrew Steven (born 27 April 1969) is a former New Zealand tennis player. Biography Steven began his tennis career at the age of 10 as a ball boy and by the age of 16 he participated at his first tournament. He attended Mount Roskill ...

6–4, 6–4

References

External links

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Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) tournament profile
{{1998 ATP Super 9 tournaments German Open ATP German Open ATP German Open Hamburg European Open