1998 US Open – Men's singles

Men's singles
Men's singles
1998 US Open
Final
Champion	Patrick Rafter
Runner-up	Mark Philippoussis
Score	6–3, 3–6, 6–2, 6–1
Details
Draw	128
Seeds	16
Events

Defending champion Patrick Rafter defeated Mark Philippoussis in the final, 6–3, 3–6, 6–2, 6–0 to win the men's singles tennis title at the 1998 US Open. It was his second (and last) major singles title.

Seeds edit

Pete Sampras (semifinals)
Marcelo Ríos (third round)
Patrick Rafter (champion)
Petr Korda (first round)
Richard Krajicek (third round)
Greg Rusedski (third round)
Àlex Corretja (fourth round)
Andre Agassi (fourth round)
Karol Kučera (quarterfinals)
Carlos Moyà (semifinals)
Yevgeny Kafelnikov (fourth round)
Jonas Björkman (quarterfinals)
Tim Henman (fourth round)
Goran Ivanišević (fourth round)
Alberto Berasategui (first round)
Albert Costa (first round)

Qualifying edit

Draw edit

Key edit

Finals edit

Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final

1	Pete Sampras	6	7	6

9	Karol Kučera	3	5	4
							1	Pete Sampras	7¹⁰	4	6	4	3

							3	Patrick Rafter	6⁸	6	2	6	6
3	Patrick Rafter	6	6	7

12	Jonas Björkman	2	3	5
														3	Patrick Rafter	6	3	6	6

															Mark Philippoussis	3	6	2	0
	Thomas Johansson	6	3	7⁷	3	6¹⁰

	Mark Philippoussis	4	6	6³	6	7¹²
								Mark Philippoussis	6	6	5	6

							10	Carlos Moyà	1	4	7	4
10	Carlos Moyà	6	6	6

	Magnus Larsson	4	3	3

Top half edit

Section 1 edit

First round						Second round							Third round						Fourth round

1	P Sampras	6	6	6
	M-K Goellner	3	2	2		1	P Sampras	7⁷	2	6	6
WC	P Goldstein	6⁷	7⁷	6	3	WC	P Goldstein	6⁴	6	3	3
	A Ilie	7⁹	6⁴	4	0^r								1	P Sampras	6	6	6
WC	A Park	5	3	1										M Tillström	2	3	1
	M Tillström	7	6	6			M Tillström	1	6	7⁷	3	6
	S Doseděl	6	3	6	6		S Doseděl	6	3	6⁵	6	3
	F Dewulf	4	6	3	4														1	P Sampras	6	6	6
WC	T Dent	4	7	2																M Safin	4	3	2
Q	A Rădulescu	6	5	1^r		WC	T Dent	3	1	6²
	M Safin	6	3	6	7⁷		M Safin	6	6	7⁷
	M Gustafsson	2	6	3	6⁴									M Safin	6	6	1	6
	J Gimelstob	6	5	3^r										T Muster	4	4	6	3
	W Black	3	7	2			W Black	7⁷	4	3	0
	T Muster	7⁷	6	6			T Muster	6⁵	6	6	6
15	A Berasategui	6¹	2	3

Section 2 edit

First round							Second round							Third round					Fourth round

9	K Kučera	6	6	6
	S Campbell	4	2	4			9	K Kučera	7	6	6
	J Golmard	6	6	7⁷				J Golmard	5	3	0
	J Novák	3	4	6⁵										9	K Kučera	7	6	6
WC	B Bryan	3	6⁵	6	6	6									A Voinea	5	3	2
	M Ondruska	6	7⁷	1	4	4	WC	B Bryan	6	2	4	4
	A Voinea	6	3	6	2			A Voinea	0	6	6	6
	A Gaudenzi	4	6	2	0^r														9	K Kučera	6	6	6⁵	1	6
	M Damm	6	6	7															8	A Agassi	3	3	7⁷	6	3
	S Schalken	3	3	5				M Damm	6⁶	6⁵	4
Q	J Sekulov	4	4	2				D Sanguinetti	7⁸	7⁷	6
	D Sanguinetti	6	6	6											D Sanguinetti	2	3	0
	G Raoux	6	3	6	1	7⁸								8	A Agassi	6	6	6
	N Escudé	3	6	3	6	6⁶		G Raoux	3	2	7⁸	6	1
	S Grosjean	4	1	4			8	A Agassi	6	6	6⁶	3	6
8	A Agassi	6	6	6

Section 3 edit

First round							Second round						Third round					Fourth round

3	P Rafter	4	4	6	6	6
	H Arazi	6	6	3	3	1	3	P Rafter	6	6	6
	JA Marín	3	6	6	2	1		H Gumy	4	1	2
	H Gumy	6	0	4	6	6							3	P Rafter	6	6	6
Q	M Merklein	7⁷	0	4	4								Q	D Nainkin	1	1	1
Q	D Nainkin	6³	6	6	6		Q	D Nainkin	2	6	6	6
Q	N Behr	6	4	3	4			G Kuerten	6	4	3	4
	G Kuerten	4	6	6	6													3	P Rafter	6	6	4	6
	G Blanco	3	0	2														14	G Ivanišević	3	4	6	1
	G Cañas	6	6	6				G Cañas	1	1	5
	J Alonso	4	3	2				P Haarhuis	6	6	7
	P Haarhuis	6	6	6										P Haarhuis	6⁵	3	4
	T Martin	7⁷	6	7									14	G Ivanišević	7⁷	6	6
	J Tarango	6⁴	2	5				T Martin	6	6⁵	5	3
	M Woodforde	3	4	4			14	G Ivanišević	1	7⁷	7	6
14	G Ivanišević	6	6	6

Section 4 edit

First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round

12	J Björkman	6	4	6	6³	6
	C Pioline	2	6	1	7⁷	2	12	J Björkman	6	6	6
Q	Y-i Yoon	2	4	4			WC	J Stark	2	3	1
WC	J Stark	6	6	6										12	J Björkman	6	6	6
Q	W Arthurs	6	5	6	6										F Santoro	3	1	2
	C Costa	3	7	4	4		Q	W Arthurs	6³	4	3
	N Lapentti	6	5	3	6	6⁴		F Santoro	7⁷	6	6
	F Santoro	4	7	6	3	7⁷															12	J Björkman	6	2	6	6
	D Pescariu	4	3	0																		J Siemerink	4	6	2	2
	J Siemerink	6	6	6				J Siemerink	6	6	6
	M Rosset	6⁵	6³	5				D Hrbatý	4	3	4
	D Hrbatý	7⁷	7⁷	7											J Siemerink	1	6	5	6	6
	B Ulihrach	6	6	4	6									6	G Rusedski	6	4	7	2	4
	S Sargsian	1	3	6	4			B Ulihrach	6	3	6	2	5
	W Ferreira	6	6²	7	6⁷	4	6	G Rusedski	4	6	4	6	7
6	G Rusedski	4	7⁷	5	7⁹	6

Bottom half edit

Section 5 edit

First round						Second round						Third round					Fourth round

5	R Krajicek	6	6	6
	A Clément	3	1	1		5	R Krajicek	6	7⁷	6
WC	A O'Brien	7	6	7⁹		WC	A O'Brien	1	6⁵	2
	L Paes	5	3	6⁷								5	R Krajicek	7⁷	4^r
	H Dreekmann	6	1	6	6								T Johansson	6⁵	5
	R Fromberg	3	6	3	3		H Dreekmann	6	5	2	3
	T Johansson	7⁷	6	7⁷			T Johansson	2	7	6	6
	F Meligeni	6⁵	3	6³														T Johansson	3	6	6	7⁸
	F Clavet	6¹⁰	6	7	6												11	Y Kafelnikov	6	3	3	6⁶
	A Pavel	7¹²	4	5	2		F Clavet	4	6³	1
	N Kiefer	6	6	6			N Kiefer	6	7⁷	6
	L Roux	4	3	1									N Kiefer	4	0	2
	J Burillo	3	5	4								11	Y Kafelnikov	6	6	6
	T Haas	6	7	6			T Haas	5	2	6	5
	D van Scheppingen	1	2	4		11	Y Kafelnikov	7	6	1	7
11	Y Kafelnikov	6	6	6

Section 6 edit

First round						Second round						Third round						Fourth round

13	T Henman	6	7⁷	7⁷
	S Draper	3	6⁴	6³		13	T Henman	6	5	7	6
	F Mantilla	6	3	6	7		F Mantilla	3	7	5	4
	B Steven	3	6	4	5							13	T Henman	6	7	1	6
	T Woodbridge	7⁷	6⁰	4^r								Q	M Kohlmann	3	5	6	4
Q	M Kohlmann	6⁵	7⁷	4		Q	M Kohlmann	7	6	6
Q	D Wheaton	4	1	4		Q	A Di Pasquale	5	4	4
Q	A Di Pasquale	6	6	6														13	T Henman	5	6	4	1
	C Ruud	5	4	3															M Philippoussis	7	0	6	6
	M Philippoussis	7	6	6			M Philippoussis	6³	6	6	6
	S Lareau	7	7⁷	6			S Lareau	7⁷	3	3	4
	R Delgado	5	6³	3									M Philippoussis	7⁷	6	6
	K Carlsen	6⁰	4	6	1								L Arnold Ker	6⁵	3	3
	L Arnold Ker	7⁷	6	4	6		L Arnold Ker	7	3	6	6
Q	B Karbacher	2	6	6	6	Q	B Karbacher	5	6	2	3
4	P Korda	6	3	2	1

Section 7 edit

First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round

7	A Corretja	2	6	7	7
	G Pozzi	6	3	5	5		7	A Corretja	6	5	6⁸	6	6
Q	J-B Perlant	1	7	6	6		Q	J-B Perlant	4	7	7¹⁰	1	0
	J Stoltenberg	6	5	3	3									7	A Corretja	6	4	6	7⁷
	V Spadea	4	1	2											B Black	3	6	2	6⁵
	B Black	6	6	6				B Black	7⁷	6	7
	D Prinosil	4	3	6	4			F Vicente	6⁴	1	5
	F Vicente	6	6	2	6																7	A Corretja	6⁴	5	3
	M Norman	7⁹	6⁶	6⁴	6	6															10	C Moyà	7⁷	7	6
	D Nestor	6⁷	7⁸	7⁷	4	4		M Norman	4	2	7¹⁰	3
	J-M Gambill	6	1	6	7			J-M Gambill	6	6	6⁸	6
Q	K Braasch	3	6	3	5										J-M Gambill	2	6	6	3	6⁴
Q	E Erlich	1	3	1										10	C Moyà	6	3	3	6	7⁷
	M Chang	6	6	6				M Chang	6	6	6⁵	4	3
	M Puerta	1	6⁴	7⁷	4^r		10	C Moyà	3	1	7⁷	6	6
10	C Moyà	6	7⁷	6³	4

Section 8 edit

First round							Second round						Third round							Fourth round

16	A Costa	6	6	5	2	4
	O Gross	2	4	7	6	6		O Gross	6	6	6
Q	M Rodríguez	1	2	2				S Bruguera	1	3	4
	S Bruguera	6	6	6										O Gross	7	6⁵	5	6	7
	A Medvedev	6	7	6									WC	G Grant	5	7⁷	7	3	5
	J van Lottum	4	5	2				A Medvedev	6	3	6⁴	4
	J Sánchez	2	5	6	3		WC	G Grant	4	6	7⁷	6
WC	G Grant	6	7	4	6																O Gross	4	5	7	2
	M Larsson	3	6	1	6	6															M Larsson	6	7	5	6
	M Washington	6	3	6	4	4		M Larsson	6	6	6
	F Squillari	6⁵	0	1				M Filippini	3	2	2
	M Filippini	7⁷	6	6										M Larsson	6	6³	2	6	6
	M Russell	5	4	6	3								2	M Ríos	1	7⁷	6	3	2
Q	G Galimberti	7	6	3	6		Q	G Galimberti	2	7⁷	2	2
	D Vacek	4	2	3			2	M Ríos	6	6⁴	6	6
2	M Ríos	6	6	6

External links edit

Preceded by 1998 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles	Grand Slam men's singles	Succeeded by 1999 Australian Open – Men's singles