ATP Japan Open 1998 Draw, Results & Schedule

Andrei Pavel won the 1998 Japan Open, defeating Byron Black 6-3 6-4 in the final. The ATP 250 event was played on hard courts in Tokyo, Japan, from April 13 to April 19, 1998. The match log contains 53 recorded singles results for this edition.

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Champion
def. Byron Black , 6-3 6-4
Dates
Apr 13 — Apr 19
Location
Tokyo, Japan
Category
ATP 250
Surface
Hard
Prize money
Japan Open 1998 match log
WinnerScoreLoserH2HMatch DataDateRound
F (1)
Andrei Pavel #109 6-3 6-4 Byron Black #67 H2H Match data Apr 19, 1998* F
SF (2)
Andrei Pavel #109 6-4 6-3 Jan-Michael Gambill #81 H2H Match data Apr 18, 1998* SF
Byron Black #67 6-3 7-5 Daniel Vacek #89 H2H Match data Apr 18, 1998* SF
QF (4)
Byron Black #67 6-2 6-3 Hendrik Dreekmann #113 H2H Match data Apr 18, 1998* QF
Jan-Michael Gambill #81 6-3 4-6 6-3 Tim Henman #15 H2H Match data Apr 18, 1998* QF
Daniel Vacek #89 6-4 6-1 David Prinosil #102 H2H Match data Apr 18, 1998* QF
Andrei Pavel #109 6-3 7-6(4) David Dilucia #441 H2H Match data Apr 18, 1998* QF
R16 (8)
Byron Black #67 6-3 6-4 Cristiano Caratti #143 H2H Match data Apr 17, 1998* R16
Jan-Michael Gambill #81 6-0 6-0 Rainer Schuettler #121 H2H Match data Apr 17, 1998* R16
Daniel Vacek #89 7-5 6-3 Sandon Stolle #118 H2H Match data Apr 17, 1998* R16
David Prinosil #102 6-4 7-6(5) Mikael Tillstrom #93 H2H Match data Apr 17, 1998* R16
David Dilucia #441 6-3 0-6 6-3 Ivo Heuberger #154 H2H Match data Apr 17, 1998* R16
Andrei Pavel #109 3-6 6-3 6-4 Brian Macphie #181 H2H Match data Apr 17, 1998* R16
Tim Henman #15 6-4 6-1 Jerome Golmard #85 H2H Match data Apr 17, 1998* R16
Hendrik Dreekmann #113 6-2 5-7 6-4 Michael Chang #13 H2H Match data Apr 17, 1998* R16
R32 (16)
Tim Henman #15 6-2 7-5 Daniel Nestor #105 H2H Match data Apr 16, 1998* R32
Jan-Michael Gambill #81 6-0 6-3 Kotaro Miyachi #460 H2H Match data Apr 16, 1998* R32
Rainer Schuettler #121 6-2 6-4 Martin Damm Sr Match data Apr 16, 1998* R32
David Dilucia #441 4-6 6-3 6-3 Kenneth Carlsen #63 H2H Match data Apr 16, 1998* R32 Upset: winner had a 17 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
Byron Black #67 6-4 6-2 Lars Burgsmuller #128 H2H Match data Apr 16, 1998* R32
David Prinosil #102 6-3 6-3 Thomas Johansson #42 H2H Match data Apr 16, 1998* R32
Michael Chang #13 6-4 6-1 John Van Lottum Match data Apr 16, 1998* R32
Cristiano Caratti #143 6-3 7-6(4) Gianluca Pozzi #69 H2H Match data Apr 16, 1998* R32
Sandon Stolle #118 6-3 6-0 Vincent Spadea #62 H2H Match data Apr 16, 1998* R32
Mikael Tillstrom #93 5-7 6-4 6-4 Alex Obrien Match data Apr 16, 1998* R32
Brian Macphie #181 6-3 7-6(4) Patrick Rafter #4 H2H Match data Apr 16, 1998* R32 Upset: winner had a 10 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
Daniel Vacek #89 6-2 6-2 Gouichi Motomura #192 H2H Match data Apr 16, 1998* R32
Ivo Heuberger #154 6-3 7-6(4) Steve Campbell #78 H2H Match data Apr 16, 1998* R32
Jerome Golmard #85 6-4 6-4 Satoshi Iwabuchi #600 H2H Match data Apr 16, 1998* R32
Andrei Pavel #109 5-7 6-0 7-5 Radomir Vasek #115 H2H Match data Apr 16, 1998* R32
Hendrik Dreekmann #113 7-6(6) 7-6(4) Tuomas Ketola #135 H2H Match data Apr 16, 1998* R32
R64 (22)
Jan-Michael Gambill #81 6-3 6-2 Stefano Pescosolido #184 H2H Match data Apr 15, 1998* R64
Radomir Vasek #115 6-4 4-6 7-6(5) Sebastien Lareau #99 H2H Match data Apr 15, 1998* R64
Tuomas Ketola #135 6-4 6-4 Michael Tebbutt #97 H2H Match data Apr 15, 1998* R64
Byron Black #67 3-6 7-6(2) 6-4 Jonathan Stark #130 H2H Match data Apr 15, 1998* R64
Rainer Schuettler #121 6-4 3-6 6-3 Christian Vinck #104 H2H Match data Apr 15, 1998* R64
David Dilucia #441 6-3 3-6 6-3 David Wheaton #126 H2H Match data Apr 15, 1998* R64
Gouichi Motomura #192 4-6 6-4 7-5 Chris Wilkinson #167 H2H Match data Apr 15, 1998* R64
David Prinosil #102 6-2 6-1 Michael Sell #140 H2H Match data Apr 15, 1998* R64
Daniel Nestor #105 6-2 6-2 Neville Godwin #190 H2H Match data Apr 15, 1998* R64
Cristiano Caratti #143 6-0 7-6(3) Ben Ellwood #219 H2H Match data Apr 15, 1998* R64
Sandon Stolle #118 6-2 6-3 Takao Suzuki #271 H2H Match data Apr 15, 1998* R64
Mikael Tillstrom #93 4-6 6-3 6-0 Kentaro Masuda #369 H2H Match data Apr 15, 1998* R64
Lars Burgsmuller #128 6-4 6-1 Stefan Koubek #149 H2H Match data Apr 15, 1998* R64
Hendrik Dreekmann #113 6-3 6-4 Arnaud Clement #91 H2H Match data Apr 15, 1998* R64
Andrei Pavel #109 6-3 6-0 Olivier Delaitre #151 H2H Match data Apr 15, 1998* R64
Satoshi Iwabuchi #600 7-5 0-1 (ret.) Danny Sapsford #231 H2H Match data Apr 15, 1998* R64
Kotaro Miyachi #460 6-2 6-1 Allen Belobrajdic #169 H2H Match data Apr 15, 1998* R64
Daniel Vacek #89 6-1 6-4 Vincenzo Santopadre #129 H2H Match data Apr 15, 1998* R64
Brian Macphie #181 7-6(2) 6-4 Kalle Flygt #376 H2H Match data Apr 15, 1998* R64
Jerome Golmard #85 6-2 3-6 6-1 Tetsuya Chaen #357 H2H Match data Apr 15, 1998* R64
Ivo Heuberger #154 6-3 6-3 Shuzo Matsuoka #572 H2H Match data Apr 15, 1998* R64
Steve Campbell #78 6-1 7-6(6) Andrew Richardson #152 H2H Match data Apr 15, 1998* R64

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