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1998 President's Cup – Singles

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Singles
1998 President's Cup
Final
ChampionUnited Kingdom Tim Henman[1]
Runner-upRussia Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Score7–5, 6–4
Events
Singles Doubles
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The 1998 President's Cup was a men's tennis tournament played on Hard in Tashkent, Uzbekistan that was part of the International Series of the 1998 ATP Tour. It was the second edition of the tournament and was held from 14 September – 20 September.

Seeds

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Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.

  1. Russia Yevgeny Kafelnikov (final)
  2. United Kingdom Tim Henman (champion)
  3. France Cédric Pioline (semifinals)
  4. France Nicolas Escudé (semifinals)
  5. Switzerland Marc Rosset (second round)
  6. Russia Marat Safin (quarterfinals)
  7. Denmark Kenneth Carlsen (first round)
  8. Germany David Prinosil (first round)

Draw

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Key

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Finals

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Semifinals Final[1]
          
1 Russia Yevgeny Kafelnikov 6 6
3 France Cédric Pioline 2 2
1 Russia Yevgeny Kafelnikov 5 4
2 United Kingdom Tim Henman 7 6
4 France Nicolas Escudé 6 3 4
2 United Kingdom Tim Henman 3 6 6

Top half

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First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
1 Russia Y Kafelnikov 6 6
Q Germany M Sinner 4 2 1 Russia Y Kafelnikov 6 6
South Africa D Nainkin 3 6 6 South Africa D Nainkin 3 0
France L Roux 6 2 3 1 Russia Y Kafelnikov 6 3 6
Argentina G Etlis 2 6 7 Argentina G Etlis 3 6 1
South Africa N Godwin 6 4 5 Argentina G Etlis 7 6
Belarus V Voltchkov 6 4 6 Belarus V Voltchkov 5 2
8 Germany D Prinosil 4 6 4 1 Russia Y Kafelnikov 6 6
3 France C Pioline 6 6 3 France C Pioline 2 2
WC Uzbekistan V Kutsenko 3 3 3 France C Pioline 4 7 6
Italy L Tieleman 7 6 Italy Laurence Tieleman 6 66 4
Germany R Schüttler 66 3 3 France C Pioline 63 6 7
Netherlands R Wassen 3 6 6 6 Russia M Safin 7 2 63
Germany L Burgsmüller 6 2 3 Netherlands R Wassen 3 2
6 Russia M Safin 6 6 6 Russia M Safin 6 6
WC Uzbekistan T Ganiev 2 2

Bottom half

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First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
5 Switzerland M Rosset 7 7
Finland T Ketola 610 5 5 Switzerland M Rosset 4 7 3
Q Germany K Braasch 6 7 Q Germany K Braasch 6 66 6
Germany M Hantschk 4 65 Q Germany K Braasch 4 65
Netherlands S Schalken 6 65 7 4 France N Escudé 6 7
Spain Ó Burrieza 4 7 65 Netherlands S Schalken 4 67
4 France N Escudé 6 6 4 France N Escudé 6 7
WC Uzbekistan D Tomashevich 3 3 4 France N Escudé 6 3 4
Italy S Pescosolido 7 6 2 United Kingdom T Henman 3 6 6
7 Denmark K Carlsen 62 2 Italy S Pescosolido 4 7 6
Q Israel H Levy 6 3 6 Q Israel H Levy 6 61 3
Uzbekistan O Ogorodov 4 6 3 Italy S Pescosolido 4 4
Israel E Ran 6 6 2 United Kingdom T Henman 6 6
Czech Republic P Luxa 3 3 Israel E Ran 4 1
2 United Kingdom T Henman 6 6 2 United Kingdom T Henman 6 6
Q Israel N Welgreen 1 4

References

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  1. ^ a b "1998 Tashkent". International Tennis Federation. Archived from the original on 4 January 2015. Retrieved 4 January 2015.