1998 du Maurier Open – Men's doubles
1998 tennis event results
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Mahesh Bhupathi and Leander Paes were the defending champions, but lost in the semifinals to the eventual runners-up Ellis Ferreira and Rick Leach.
Champions
Martin Damm
Jim Grabb
Martin Damm 
Jim GrabbRunners-up
Ellis Ferreira
Rick Leach
Ellis Ferreira Rick LeachScore6–7, 6–2, 7–6
Draw28 (5WC/2Q)
| Men's doubles | |
|---|---|
| 1998 du Maurier Open | |
| Champions | Martin Damm Jim Grabb |
| Runners-up | Ellis Ferreira Rick Leach |
| Score | 6–7, 6–2, 7–6 |
| Draw | 28 (5WC/2Q) |
| Seeds | 8 |
Martin Damm and Jim Grabb won the title, by defeating Ferreira and Leach, 6–7, 6–2, 7–6 in the final.[1][2]
Seeds
Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.
Mahesh Bhupathi / Leander Paes (semifinals)
Jonas Björkman / 
Patrick Rafter (semifinals, retired)- Ellis Ferreira / Rick Leach (final)
Yevgeny Kafelnikov / Daniel Vacek (second round)- Donald Johnson / Francisco Montana (quarterfinals)
- Unknown (withdrew)
Mark Knowles / 
Daniel Nestor (quarterfinals)
Wayne Black / Sébastien Lareau (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
| Semifinals | Final[1] | ||||||||||||
| 1 |  Mahesh Bhupathi Leander Paes
| 6 | 3 | ||||||||||
| 3 | Ellis Ferreira Rick Leach
| 7 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 3 | Ellis Ferreira Rick Leach
| 7 | 2 | 6 | |||||||||
| Martin Damm Jim Grabb
| 6 | 6 | 7 | ||||||||||
| Martin Damm Jim Grabb
| 3 | 7 | |||||||||||
| 2 |  Jonas Björkman Patrick Rafter
| 6 | 6r | ||||||||||
Top half
| First round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | M Bhupathi L Paes
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| B Coupe D Randall
| 6 | 6 | B Coupe D Randall
| 4 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
G Stafford K Ullyett
| 3 | 4 | 1 | M Bhupathi L Paes
| 6 | 5 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
 O Delaître F Santoro
| 7 | 6 | 8 | W Black S Lareau
| 2 | 7 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| B Kokavec F Niemeyer
| 5 | 2 | O Delaître F Santoro
| 4 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | W Black S Lareau
| 6 | 6 | 8 | W Black S Lareau
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| D Macpherson B MacPhie
| 1 | 2 | 1 | M Bhupathi L Paes
| 6 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | E Ferreira R Leach
| 7 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | E Ferreira R Leach
| 4 | 7 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
J Eagle J Siemerink
| 6 | 7 | J Eagle J Siemerink
| 6 | 6 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||
 T Haas J Robichaud
| 2 | 5 | 3 | E Ferreira R Leach
| 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
 S Sargsian G Van Emburgh
| 7 | 6 | 5 | D Johnson F Montana
| 2 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| L Jensen M Jensen
| 6 | 0 | S Sargsian G Van Emburgh
| 1 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | D Johnson F Montana
| 2 | 6 | 6 | 5 | D Johnson F Montana
| 6 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||
| S Larose J Turek
| 6 | 4 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bottom half
| First round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| M Damm J Grabb
| 6 | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| D Flach M Tebbutt
| 7 | 3 | 0 | M Damm J Grabb
| w/o | ||||||||||||||||||||||
A Kratzmann G Kuerten
| 6 | 3 | 6 | A Kratzmann G Kuerten
| |||||||||||||||||||||||
 D Roditi J Tarango
| 3 | 6 | 3 | M Damm J Grabb
| 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| S Stolle C Suk
| 7 | 6 | S Stolle C Suk
| 3 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| J-L de Jager R Koenig
| 6 | 4 | S Stolle C Suk
| 4 | 7 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 |  Y Kafelnikov D Vacek
| 6 | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| M Damm J Grabb
| 3 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 7 |  M Knowles D Nestor
| 6 | 7 | 2 | J Björkman P Rafter
| 6 | 6r | ||||||||||||||||||||
 A Kitinov F Wibier
| 3 | 5 | 7 | M Knowles D Nestor
| 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
 G Ivanišević M Philippoussis
| 6 | 6 | G Ivanišević M Philippoussis
| 2r | |||||||||||||||||||||||
D Adams Max Mirnyi
| 3 | 4 | 7 | M Knowles D Nestor
| 5 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| P Galbraith T Martin
| 6 | 7 | 6 | 2 | J Björkman P Rafter
| 7 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| B Black A O'Brien
| 7 | 5 | 2 | P Galbraith T Martin
| 2 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | J Björkman P Rafter
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Qualifying
Qualifying seeds
- Brandon Coupe / Dave Randall (qualified)
- Mark Keil / T. J. Middleton (first round)
- Patrick Galbraith / Todd Martin (qualifying competition)
- Neville Godwin /
Tuomas Ketola (qualifying competition)
Qualifiers
Qualifying draw
First qualifier
| First round | Qualifying competition | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Brandon Coupe Dave Randall
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||
| WC | Dominic Boulet David Kepka
| 3 | 2 | ||||||||||
| 1 | Brandon Coupe Dave Randall
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 4 | Neville Godwin Tuomas Ketola
| 3 | 3 | ||||||||||
| WC | Emin Ağayev Bobby Mahal
| 4 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 4 | Neville Godwin Tuomas Ketola
| 6 | 7 | ||||||||||
Second qualifier
| First round | Qualifying competition | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Mark Keil T. J. Middleton
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Sargis Sargsian Greg Van Emburgh
| 7 | 7 | |||||||||||
| Sargis Sargsian Greg Van Emburgh
| 6 | 6 | |||||||||||
| 3 | Patrick Galbraith Todd Martin
| 2 | 4 | ||||||||||
| WC | Hugues Laverdière Charles-Antoine Sévigny
| 2 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 3 | Patrick Galbraith Todd Martin
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||