1998 Heineken Open
Encyclopedia
The 1998 Heineken Open was a tennis
tournament played on outdoor hard courts in Auckland
, New Zealand that was part of the International Series
of the 1998 ATP Tour
. The tournament was held from January 12 through January 18, 1998.
Marcelo Ríos
defeated
Richard Fromberg
, 4–6, 6–4, 7–
Patrick Galbraith
/ Brett Steven
defeated
Tom Nijssen
/ Jeff Tarango
, 6–4, 6–2
Tennis
Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...
tournament played on outdoor hard courts in Auckland
Auckland
The Auckland metropolitan area , in the North Island of New Zealand, is the largest and most populous urban area in the country with residents, percent of the country's population. Auckland also has the largest Polynesian population of any city in the world...
, New Zealand that was part of the International Series
ATP International Series
The International Series was a series of professional tennis tournaments held internationally as part of the ATP Tour until 2008....
of the 1998 ATP Tour
1998 ATP Tour
The ATP Tour is the elite tour for professional tennis organized by the ATP. The ATP Tour includes the four Grand Slam tournaments, the ATP World Tour Finals, the ATP Super 9, the International Series Gold and the International Series Tournaments tournaments....
. The tournament was held from January 12 through January 18, 1998.
Men's Singles
Marcelo RíosMarcelo Ríos
Marcelo Andrés Ríos Mayorga is a former World No. 1 tennis player from Chile. Nicknamed El Chino and El zurdo de Vitacura , he became the first Latin American player to reach the top position on the Association of Tennis Professionals singles rankings in 1998. He held the World No...
defeated
Richard FrombergRichard Fromberg
Richard James Fromberg is a former professional tennis player from Australia.Fromberg began playing tennis at the age of 10. In 1987, he reached the Australian Open Junior finals in both singles and doubles. He turned professional in 1988...
, 4–6, 6–4, 7–
- It was Rios' 1st title of the year and the 7th of his career.
Men's Doubles
Patrick GalbraithPatrick Galbraith
Patrick Galbraith is a former professional tennis player from the United States.A doubles specialist, Galbraith reached the World No. 1 doubles ranking in 1993. During his career he won 38 top-level doubles titles. He was a mixed doubles champion at the US Open in 1994 and 1996...
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Brett StevenBrett Steven
Brett Andrew Steven is a tennis player from New Zealand.Steven turned professional in 1988 and won his first tour doubles title in 1991 at Newport, Rhode Island....
defeated
Tom NijssenTom Nijssen
Tom Nijssen is a former professional tennis player from the Netherlands.A doubles specialist, he won two Grand Slam mixed doubles titles with Manon Bollegraf, the French Open in 1989 and the U.S. Open in 1991. They were runner-up at the Wimbledon mixed doubles tournament in 1993. In 1992 Nijssen...
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Jeff TarangoJeff Tarango
Jeffrey Gail Tarango is a retired American professional tennis player. He was a top ten doubles player and a French Open doubles runner up, but is mostly remembered for defaulting a match at Wimbledon and his wife assaulting the umpire once Tarango had left the court.-Career summary:Tarango...
, 6–4, 6–2
- It was Galbraith's only title of the year and the 34th of his career. It was Steven's only title of the year and the 9th of his career.