1998 ATP Challenger Series

The ATP Challenger Series is the second tier tour for professional tennis organised by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). The 1998 ATP Challenger Series calendar comprised 114 tournaments, with prize money ranging from $25,000 up to $125,000.

Schedule January DateCountryTournamentPrizemoneySurfaceSingles championDoubles champions 26.01. Heilbronn Open $ 100,000 Carpet (i) Martin Sinner Geoff Grant Mark Merklein

February DateCountryTournamentPrizemoneySurfaceSingles championDoubles champions 02.02. West Bloomfield Challenger $ 50,000 Hard (i) Alex O'Brien Jim Thomas Laurence Tieleman Lippstadt Challenger $ 25,000 Carpet (i) Dirk Dier Andrew Richardson Myles Wakefield 09.02. Volkswagen Challenger $ 25,000 Carpet (i) Ivo Heuberger Marat Safin Dušan Vemić 16.02. Singapore Challenger $ 50,000 Hard Fernando Vicente Jim Thomas Laurence Tieleman Warsteiner Challenger Lübeck $ 25,000 Carpet (i) Peter Wessels Lorenzo Manta Andrew Richardson 23.02. Ho Chi Minh Challenger $ 50,000 Hard André Sá Mahesh Bhupathi Peter Tramacchi Cherbourg Challenger $ 25,000 Hard (i) Jérôme Golmard Massimo Ardinghi Massimo Bertolini

March DateCountryTournamentPrizemoneySurfaceSingles championDoubles champions 02.03. Bangkok Challenger $ 50,000 Hard Leander Paes Peter Tramacchi Kevin Ullyett Residenza Open Magdeburg $ 25,000 Carpet (i) Lars Burgsmüller Eyal Erlich Mosé Navarra 09.03. Salinas Challenger $ 50,000 Hard André Sá David DiLucia Michael Sell Kyoto Challenger $ 25,000 Carpet (i) Michael Kohlmann Takao Suzuki Kevin Ullyett 30.03. Barletta Challenger $ 25,000 Clay Francisco Cabello Joan Balcells Juan Ignacio Carrasco

April DateCountryTournamentPrizemoneySurfaceSingles championDoubles champions 06.04. XL Bermuda Open $ 100,000 Clay Hernán Gumy Doug Flach Richey Reneberg Napoli Challenger $ 100,000 Clay Davide Sanguinetti Massimo Bertolini Devin Bowen San Luis Potosí Challenger $ 25,000 Clay Luis Morejón Edwin Kempes Peter Wessels 13.04. Nice Challenger $ 100,000 Clay Mariano Puerta Devin Bowen Mariano Hood Birmingham Challenger $ 50,000 Clay Christian Ruud Doug Flach David Witt Vadodara Challenger $ 50,000 Grass Peter Tramacchi Myles Wakefield Wesley Whitehouse Puerto Vallarta Challenger $ 25,000 Hard (i) Geoff Grant Luis Herrera Gabriel Trifu 20.04. Espinho Challenger $ 125,000 Clay Guillermo Cañas Jens Knippschild Stephen Noteboom Prague Challenger $ 25,000 Clay Michal Tabara Joan Balcells Nenad Zimonjić

May DateCountryTournamentPrizemoneySurfaceSingles championDoubles champions 04.05. Ljubljana Challenger $ 125,000 Clay Dinu Pescariu Marius Barnard Stephen Noteboom Jerusalem Challenger $ 50,000 Hard Neville Godwin Noam Behr Eyal Erlich 11.05. Košice Challenger $ 125,000 Clay Dominik Hrbatý Jiří Novák David Rikl Ostdeutscher Sparkassen Cup $ 50,000 Clay Dirk Dier Pablo Albano Sander Groen 18.05. Budapest Challenger I $ 50,000 Clay Marcos Ondruska Chris Haggard Paul Rosner 25.05. Kyiv Challenger $ 50,000 Clay Nenad Zimonjić Thomas Buchmayer Thomas Strengberger Medellín Challenger $ 25,000 Clay Adriano Ferreira Adriano Ferreira Cristiano Testa

June DateCountryTournamentPrizemoneySurfaceSingles championDoubles champions 01.06. Prostějov Challenger $ 125,000 Clay Richard Fromberg Edwin Kempes Peter Wessels Quelle Cup $ 50,000 Clay Christian Ruud Álex López Morón Albert Portas Surbiton Challenger $ 50,000 Grass Gianluca Pozzi Sandon Stolle Peter Tramacchi 08.06. Split Challenger $ 100,000 Clay Orlin Stanoytchev Geoff Grant Attila Sávolt ATU Cup $ 25,000 Clay Agustín Calleri Nuno Marques Nenad Zimonjić 15.06. Nord/LB Open $ 125,000 Clay Franco Squillari Tomás Carbonell Francisco Roig Zagreb Challenger $ 100,000 Clay Jiří Novák Julián Alonso Mariano Puerta 22.06. Biella Challenger $ 25,000 Clay Andrew Ilie Diego del Río Eric Taino Wartburg Open $ 25,000 Clay Edwin Kempes Jaime Oncins Cristiano Testa Příbram Challenger $ 25,000 Clay Arnaud Di Pasquale Ota Fukárek Udo Plamberger 29.06. Venice Challenger $ 100,000 Clay Adrian Voinea Nebojša Đorđević Marcos Ondruska Denver Challenger $ 50,000 Hard Takao Suzuki Michael Hill Glenn Weiner Müller Cup $ 50,000 Clay Younes El Aynaoui Márcio Carlsson Jaime Oncins Montauban Challenger $ 25,000 Clay Edwin Kempes Eduardo Nicolás Germán Puentes

July DateCountryTournamentPrizemoneySurfaceSingles championDoubles champions 06.07. Ostend Challenger $ 75,000 Clay Andrew Ilie Cristian Brandi Filippo Messori Bristol Challenger $ 50,000 Grass Denis van Uffelen Max Mirnyi Vladimir Voltchkov Granby Challenger $ 50,000 Hard Takao Suzuki Gouichi Motomura Takao Suzuki Oberstaufen Cup $ 25,000 Clay Wolfgang Schranz Nuno Marques Rogier Wassen 13.07. Merano Challenger $ 125,000 Clay Ctislav Doseděl Pablo Albano Nicolás Lapentti Aptos Challenger $ 50,000 Hard Cecil Mamiit Bob Bryan Mike Bryan Contrexéville Challenger $ 50,000 Clay Younes El Aynaoui Diego del Río Martín Rodríguez Manchester Challenger $ 50,000 Grass Chris Wilkinson Mosé Navarra Stefano Pescosolido 20.07. Newcastle Challenger $ 50,000 Clay Agustín Calleri Jeff Coetzee Edwin Kempes Tampere Challenger $ 50,000 Clay Tomáš Zíb Tobias Hildebrand Fredrik Lovén 27.07. Istanbul Challenger $ 50,000 Hard Tomáš Zíb Petr Luxa Eyal Ran Scheveningen Challenger $ 50,000 Clay Younes El Aynaoui Agustín Calleri Tobias Hildebrand Winnetka Challenger $ 50,000 Hard Geoff Grant Grant Silcock Myles Wakefield

August DateCountryTournamentPrizemoneySurfaceSingles championDoubles champions 03.08. Poznań Challenger $ 125,000 Clay Christian Ruud Sebastián Prieto Martín Rodríguez Open Castilla y León $ 100,000 Hard Radek Štěpánek Radek Štěpánek Tomáš Zíb Lexington Challenger $ 50,000 Hard Paul Goldstein Ben Ellwood Lleyton Hewitt Gramado Challenger $ 25,000 Hard André Sá Jeff Coetzee Damien Roberts Tijuana Challenger $ 25,000 Hard Michael Hill Michael Hill Scott Humphries 10.08. Binghamton Challenger $ 50,000 Hard Takao Suzuki Myles Wakefield Wesley Whitehouse Belo Horizonte Challenger $ 25,000 Hard Francisco Costa Satoshi Iwabuchi Thomas Shimada Nettingsdorf Challenger $ 25,000 Clay Markus Hipfl Tomáš Krupa Borut Urh Sopot Challenger $ 25,000 Clay Michał Chmela James Greenhalgh Nenad Zimonjić 17.08. Graz Challenger $ 100,000 Clay Carlos Costa Dinu Pescariu Albert Portas Bronx Challenger $ 50,000 Hard Miles Maclagan Jared Palmer Takao Suzuki Warsaw Challenger $ 50,000 Clay Jiří Vaněk James Greenhalgh Nenad Zimonjić 24.08. Geneva Challenger $ 50,000 Clay Juan Albert Viloca Rikard Bergh Jens Knippschild 31.08. Alpirsbach Challenger $ 25,000 Clay Stefan Koubek Tomáš Cibulec Leoš Friedl Belgrade Challenger $ 25,000 Hard Jiří Vaněk Raemon Sluiter Nenad Zimonjić Santa Cruz Challenger $ 25,000 Clay Gastón Gaudio Marcelo Charpentier Andrés Schneiter

September DateCountryTournamentPrizemoneySurfaceSingles championDoubles champions 07.09. Brașov Challenger $ 50,000 Clay Dinu Pescariu Juan Ignacio Carrasco Jairo Velasco Jr. Edinburgh Challenger $ 50,000 Clay Tomas Nydahl Edwin Kempes Peter Wessels Quito Challenger $ 50,000 Clay Nicolás Massú Adriano Ferreira Óscar Ortiz Budva Challenger $ 25,000 Clay Tomas Behrend Eduardo Nicolás Germán Puentes 14.09. Florianópolis Challenger $ 125,000 Clay Guillermo Cañas Jaime Oncins André Sá Budapest Challenger II $ 50,000 Clay Renzo Furlan Gábor Köves Thomas Strengberger Skopje Challenger $ 25,000 Clay Jordi Mas Eduardo Nicolás Germán Puentes 21.09. Szczecin Challenger $ 125,000 Clay Younes El Aynaoui Orlin Stanoytchev Radomír Vašek Urbana Challenger $ 25,000 Hard Daniel Nestor Jared Palmer Jonathan Stark Copa Sevilla $ 25,000 Clay Alberto Martín Alberto Martín Salvador Navarro 28.09. Oporto Challenger $ 125,000 Clay Younes El Aynaoui Juan Ignacio Carrasco Jairo Velasco Jr. Caracas Challenger $ 100,000 Hard Adriano Ferreira Geoff Grant Maurice Ruah Dallas Challenger $ 50,000 Hard Daniel Nestor Jared Palmer Jonathan Stark Olbia Challenger $ 50,000 Hard Daniele Bracciali Todd Larkham Chris Wilkinson

October DateCountryTournamentPrizemoneySurfaceSingles championDoubles champions 05.10. Santiago Challenger $ 100,000 Clay Sebastián Prieto Ota Fukárek Attila Sávolt San Antonio Challenger $ 50,000 Hard Geoff Grant David DiLucia Michael Sell Tel Aviv Challenger $ 50,000 Hard Gianluca Pozzi Radek Štěpánek Michal Tabara 12.10. Barcelona Challenger $ 100,000 Clay Fernando Vicente José Antonio Conde Javier Sánchez São Paulo Challenger $ 100,000 Clay Fernando Meligeni Diego del Río Martín Rodríguez San Diego Challenger $ 50,000 Hard Ville Liukko Paul Goldstein Adam Peterson 19.10. Cairo Challenger $ 100,000 Clay Albert Portas Albert Portas Álex López Morón Montevideo Challenger $ 100,000 Clay Eduardo Medica Francisco Cabello Agustín Calleri Hongkong Challenger $ 50,000 Hard Not completed Okal Cup $ 25,000 Carpet (i) Jared Palmer Tomáš Cibulec Raemon Sluiter Samarkand Challenger $ 25,000 Clay Fredrik Jonsson Noam Behr Eyal Ran 26.10. Brest Challenger $ 100,000 Hard (i) Jérôme Golmard Neville Godwin Marcos Ondruska

November DateCountryTournamentPrizemoneySurfaceSingles championDoubles champions 02.11. Lambertz Open by STAWAG $ 50,000 Hard (i) Hendrik Dreekmann Menno Oosting Pavel Vízner 09.11. Las Vegas Challenger $ 50,000 Hard Cecil Mamiit Marcos Ondruska Byron Talbot 16.11. Andorra Challenger $ 100,000 Hard (i) Justin Gimelstob Justin Gimelstob Jack Waite Buenos Aires Challenger $ 100,000 Clay Younes El Aynaoui Guillermo Cañas Martín García Puebla Challenger $ 25,000 Hard Vladimir Voltchkov Alejandro González Mariano Sánchez Rancho Mirage Challenger $ 25,000 Hard Christian Ruud Wayne Arthurs Peter Tramacchi 23.11. Lima Challenger $ 100,000 Clay Stefan Koubek Diego del Río Martin Rodriguez Burbank Challenger $ 25,000 Hard Cecil Mamiit Mike Bryan Mike Bryan Portorož Challenger $ 25,000 Hard (i) Rainer Schüttler Max Mirnyi Andrei Olhovskiy Toluca Challenger $ 25,000 Clay Rogier Wassen Alejandro Hernández Mariano Sánchez 30.11. Guadalajara Challenger $ 100,000 Clay Markus Hipfl Sander Groen Ali Hamadeh Nümbrecht Challenger $ 50,000 Carpet (i) Christian Vinck Max Mirnyi Andrei Olhovskiy

December DateCountryTournamentPrizemoneySurfaceSingles championDoubles champions 07.12. Perth Challenger $ 25,000 Hard Lleyton Hewitt Lleyton Hewitt Paul Kilderry Cerveza Cristal $ 25,000 Clay Gastón Gaudio Enzo Artoni Federico Browne 21.12. Ahmedabad Challenger $ 25,000 Hard Antony Dupuis Noam Okun Nir Welgreen 28.12. Mumbai Challenger $ 25,000 Hard Antony Dupuis Noam Behr Eyal Ran

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