Following are the results of the 1998 ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament doubles competition. The 1998 ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament was a tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts. It was the 26th edition of the event known that year as the ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament, and was part of the ATP International Series of the 1998 ATP Tour. It took place at the Rotterdam Ahoy indoor sporting arena in Rotterdam, Netherlands, from March 2 through March 18, 1998.
| Doubles | |
|---|---|
| 1998 ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament | |
| Champions |  Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis |
| Runners-up |  Neil Broad Piet Norval |
| Score | 7–6, 6–3 |
| Draw | 16 (3WC/1Q) |
| Seeds | 4 |
Jacco Eltingh and Paul Haarhuis were the defending champions, and won in the final 7–6, 6–3, against Neil Broad and Piet Norval.[1]
Seeds
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Jacco Eltingh / Paul Haarhuis (champions)
Neil Broad / 
Piet Norval (final)
Martin Damm / Jiří Novák (semifinals)
Joshua Eagle / Andrew Florent (first round)
Draw
editKey
edit- Q = Qualifier
- WC = Wild card
- LL = Lucky loser
- Alt = Alternate
- SE = Special exempt
- PR = Protected ranking
- ITF = ITF entry
- JE = Junior exempt
- w/o = Walkover
- r = Retired
- d = Defaulted
- SR = Special ranking
Draw
edit| First round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | J Eltingh P Haarhuis
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 N Kulti M Tillström
| 4 | 3 | 1 | J Eltingh P Haarhuis
| 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WC | J Siemerink B Steven
| 6 | 6 |  A Kitinov P Vízner
| 3 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| A Kitinov P Vízner
| 7 | 7 | 1 | J Eltingh P Haarhuis
| 5 | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | M Damm J Novák
| 6 | 3 | 6 | 3 | M Damm J Novák
| 7 | 3 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
D Adams O Delaître
| 2 | 6 | 4 | 3 | M Damm J Novák
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
 L Pimek F Wibier
| 4 | 4 | Q | T Kempers M Oosting
| 2 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Q | T Kempers M Oosting
| 6 | 6 | 1 | J Eltingh P Haarhuis
| 7 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| WC | S Noteboom J van Lottum
| 3 | 7 | 5 | 2 | N Broad P Norval
| 6 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||
 P Albano P Nyborg
| 6 | 6 | 7 | P Albano P Nyborg
| 4 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||
 T Carbonell F Roig
| 6 | 6 | T Carbonell F Roig
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 |  J Eagle A Florent
| 1 | 3 | T Carbonell F Roig
| 3 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WC | R Sluiter P Wessels
| 7 | 7 | 2 | N Broad P Norval
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
A Kratzmann A Olhovskiy
| 6 | 6 | WC | R Sluiter P Wessels
| 4 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
 M-K Goellner D Prinosil
| 6 | 4 | 2 | N Broad P Norval
| 6 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | N Broad P Norval
| 7 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Qualifying
editQualifying seeds
edit- Tom Kempers / Menno Oosting (qualified)
Karim Alami / 
Tom Vanhoudt (qualifying competition, withdrew)
Qualifiers
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edit| First round | Qualifying competition | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Tom Kempers Menno Oosting
| 6 | 2 | 7 | |||||||||
| WC | Tom Nijssen Dennis van Scheppingen
| 3 | 6 | 6 | |||||||||
| 1 | Tom Kempers Menno Oosting
| w/o | |||||||||||
| 2 |  Karim Alami Tom Vanhoudt
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| Nicolas Escudé Guillaume Raoux
| 3 | 2 | |||||||||||
| 2 | Karim Alami Tom Vanhoudt
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||
References
edit- ^ Garber, Greg (18 November 1998). "It's a Family Thing". Hartford Courant. Connecticut. Retrieved 26 December 2021.
Eltingh and Haarhuis have entered 12 tournaments so far this year and won eight: the French Open, Wimbledon, Philadelphia, Rotterdam, Barcelona, Monte Carlo, Amsterdam and Boston.