The 1998 French Open was a

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tournament that took place on the outdoor

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s at the Stade Roland Garros in Paris, France. The tournament was held from 25 May until 7 June. It was the 102nd staging of the

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, and the second Grand Slam tennis event of 1998.

Seniors

Men's singles

Carlos Moyá defeated Àlex Corretja, 6–3, 7–5, 6–3 :• It was Moyá's 1st and only career Grand Slam singles title.

Women's singles

Arantxa Sánchez Vicario defeated Monica Seles, 7–6^(7–5), 0–6, 6–2 :• It was Sánchez's 4th and last career Grand Slam singles title and her 3rd title at the French Open.

Men's doubles

Jacco Eltingh Jacco Folkert Eltingh (born 29 August 1970) is a former professional male tennis player and former world No. 1 doubles player from the Netherlands. He is best known for his success in doubles with fellow countryman Paul Haarhuis. Together they ...

/ Paul Haarhuis defeated Mark Knowles /

Daniel Nestor Daniel Mark Nestor ( ; sr, Данијел Нестор, Danijel Nestor; born September 4, 1972) is a Canadian former professional tennis player. Nestor won 91 men's doubles titles (with 11 different partners), including an Olympic gold medal ...

, 6–3, 3–6, 6–3 :• It was Eltingh's 5th career Grand Slam doubles title and his 2nd and last title at the French Open. :• It was Haarhuis' 4th career Grand Slam doubles title and his 2nd title at the French Open.

Women's doubles

Martina Hingis Martina Hingis (, sk, Martina Hingisová; 30 September 1980) is a Swiss former professional tennis player. Hingis is the first Swiss player, male or female, to win a major title and attain a world No. 1 ranking. She spent a total of 209 weeks a ...

/ Jana Novotná defeated Lindsay Davenport /

Natalia Zvereva Natallia Marataŭna Zvierava ( be, Наталля Маратаўна Зверава; russian: Наталья Маратовна Зверева, Natalia Maratovna Zvereva; born 16 April 1971) is a former professional tennis player from Belarus. ...

, 6–1, 7–6^(7–4) :• It was Hingis' 4th career Grand Slam doubles title and her 1st title at the French Open. :• It was Novotná's 10th career Grand Slam doubles title and her 3rd and last title at the French Open.

Mixed doubles

Venus Williams / Justin Gimelstob defeated

Serena Williams Serena Jameka Williams (born September 26, 1981) is an American inactive professional tennis player. Considered among the greatest tennis players of all time, she was ranked world No. 1 in singles by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) for ...

/ Luis Lobo, 6–4, 6–4 :• It was Williams' 2nd and last career Grand Slam mixed doubles title and her 1st title at the French Open. :• It was Gimelstob's 2nd and last career Grand Slam mixed doubles title.

Juniors

Boys' singles

Fernando González defeated

Juan Carlos Ferrero Juan Carlos Ferrero Donat (; born 12 February 1980) is a Spanish former world No. 1 tennis player. He won the men's singles title at the 2003 French Open, and in September of that year became the 21st player to hold the top ranking, which he h ...

, 4–6, 6–4, 6–3

Girls' singles

Nadia Petrova defeated Jelena Dokić, 6–3, 6–3

Boys' doubles

José de Armas José de Armas (born March 25, 1981, in Florida Florida is a state located in the Southeastern region of the United States. Florida is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the northwest by Alabama, to the north by Georgia, to ...

/ Fernando González defeated

/ Feliciano López,López won the 2016 men's doubles title. 6–7, 7–5, 6–3

Girls' doubles

Kim Clijsters / Jelena Dokić defeated Elena Dementieva / Nadia Petrova, 6–4, 7–6

Notes

External links

French Open official website
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