The 1998 Guardian Direct Cup was a men's tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts in London, Great Britain, that was part of the ATP Championship Series of the 1998 ATP Tour. It was the 21st edition of the tournament and was held 23 February – 1 March.
| Doubles | |
|---|---|
| 1998 Guardian Direct Cup | |
| Champions |  Martin Damm  Jim Grabb[1] |
| Runners-up |  Yevgeny Kafelnikov Daniel Vacek |
| Score | 6–4, 7–5 |
Seeds edit
Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.
Yevgeny Kafelnikov / 
Daniel Vacek (final)
Patrick Galbraith / 
Brett Steven (semifinals)- Martin Damm / Jim Grabb (champions)
Neil Broad / 
Piet Norval (first round)
Draw edit
Key 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
Finals edit
| First round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Y Kafelnikov D Vacek
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 W Ferreira A Richardson
| 4 | 4 | 1 | Y Kafelnikov D Vacek
| 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
 G Ivanišević I Ljubičić
| 2 | 6 | 7 | G Ivanišević I Ljubičić
| 1 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||
 A Kratzmann F Wibier
| 6 | 3 | 5 | 1 | Y Kafelnikov D Vacek
| 6 | 3 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||
| J Eagle A Florent
| 4 | 6 | 6 | J Eagle A Florent
| 4 | 6 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | N Broad P Norval
| 6 | 2 | 3 | J Eagle A Florent
| 6 | 6 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||
| T Kempers M Oosting
| 6 | 3 | 7 | T Kempers M Oosting
| 7 | 4 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
 M-K Goellner M Tillström
| 3 | 6 | 6 | 1 | Y Kafelnikov D Vacek
| 4 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||
 A Kitinov P Vízner
| 1 | 7 | 7 | 3 | M Damm J Grabb
| 6 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||
 P Albano P Nyborg
| 6 | 6 | 6 | A Kitinov P Vízner
| 3 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | M Damm J Grabb
| 7 | 7 | 3 | M Damm J Grabb
| 6 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||
T Henman M Rosset
| 5 | 6 | 3 | M Damm J Grabb
| 6 | 7 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
D Adams L Pimek
| 6 | 6 | 2 | P Galbraith B Steven
| 7 | 5 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| M Barnard B Talbot
| 1 | 4 | D Adams L Pimek
| 2 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | P Galbraith B Steven
| 6 | 7 | 2 | P Galbraith B Steven
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
 T Carbonell F Roig
| 1 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
References edit
- ^ a b "1998 London". International Tennis Federation. Archived from the original on 13 March 2016. Retrieved 14 December 2014.