1998 Rado Open – Doubles
1998 tennis event results
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The 1998 Rado Open was a men's tennis tournament played on Clay in Gstaad, Switzerland that was part of the International Series of the 1998 ATP Tour. It was the thirty-first edition of the tournament and was held from 6 July – 12 July 1998.
Champions
Gustavo Kuerten
Fernando Meligeni[1]
Gustavo Kuerten Fernando Meligeni[1]Runners-up
Daniel Orsanic
Cyril Suk
Daniel Orsanic 
Cyril SukScore6–4, 7–5
Draw16 (3WC/1Q/1LL)
| Doubles | |
|---|---|
| 1998 Rado Open | |
| Champions | Gustavo Kuerten Fernando Meligeni[1] |
| Runners-up | Daniel Orsanic Cyril Suk |
| Score | 6–4, 7–5 |
| Draw | 16 (3WC/1Q/1LL) |
| Seeds | 4 |
Seeds
Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.
Donald Johnson / Francisco Montana (first round)- Daniel Orsanic / Cyril Suk (final)
Tomás Carbonell / Francisco Roig (semifinals)- Pablo Albano /
Nicolás Lapentti (quarterfinals)
Draw
Key
- Q = Qualifier
- WC = Wild card
- LL = Lucky loser
- Alt = Alternate
- ITF = ITF entry
- PR = Protected ranking
- SR = Special ranking
- SE = Special exempt
- JE = Junior exempt
- JR = Junior Accelerator Programme entrant
- CO = College Accelerator Programme entrant
- NG = Next Gen Accelerator Program entrant
- w/o = Walkover
- r = Retired
- d = Defaulted
Finals
| First round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| G Kuerten F Meligeni
| 2 | 6 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 |  D Johnson F Montana
| 6 | 2 | 6 | G Kuerten F Meligeni
| 7 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||
 M Barnard A Kitinov
| 6 | 6 | M Barnard A Kitinov
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| LL |  M Chiudinelli J Kato
| 2 | 4 | G Kuerten F Meligeni
| 6 | 5 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | P Albano N Lapentti
| 6 | 6 | Q |  J Balcells A Berasategui
| 2 | 7 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||
| WC | G Bastl I Heuberger
| 2 | 2 | 4 | P Albano N Lapentti
| 6 | 6 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Q | J Balcells A Berasategui
| 7 | 7 | Q | J Balcells A Berasategui
| 3 | 7 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||
| WC | A Costa M Ríos
| 6 | 6 | G Kuerten F Meligeni
| 6 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WC |  N Kiefer C Pioline
| 6 | 6 | 2 | D Orsanic C Suk
| 4 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| D Adams C Doseděl
| 3 | 2 | WC | N Kiefer C Pioline
| 6r | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | T Carbonell F Roig
| 6 | 2 | 7 | 3 | T Carbonell F Roig
| 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| L Arnold M Hood
| 3 | 6 | 6 | 3 | T Carbonell F Roig
| 6 | 7 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||
| L Pimek T Anzari
| 6 | 6 | 6 | 2 | D Orsanic C Suk
| 7 | 6 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||
| G Raoux F Santoro
| 7 | 4 | 2 | L Pimek T Anzari
| 3 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | D Orsanic C Suk
| 7 | 3 | 6 | 2 | D Orsanic C Suk
| 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||
| J Alonso A Portas
| 6 | 6 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Qualifying
Qualifying seeds
- Joan Balcells / Alberto Berasategui (qualified)
Giorgio Galimberti / Massimo Valeri (qualifying competition)
Qualifiers
Lucky losers
Qualifying draw
| First round | Qualifying competition | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Joan Balcells Alberto Berasategui
| 7 | 6 | ||||||||||
| WC | Marco Chiudinelli Jun Kato
| 2 | 2 | 2 |  Giorgio Galimberti Massimo Valeri
| 5 | 4 | ||||||
| 2 | Giorgio Galimberti Massimo Valeri
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||