1998 Open 13 - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

The 1998 Open 13 was a tennis

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 indoor hard courts in Marseille

Marseille

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, France

France

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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

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. The tournament was held from February 2 through February 9, 1998.

Men's Singles

Thomas Enqvist
Thomas Enqvist
Thomas Karl Johan Enqvist is a former professional tennis player from Sweden.He was quickly touted as the only Swede who could follow in the footsteps of Stefan Edberg and Björn Borg, and was ranked as high as No. 4 on the ATP Rankings.Enqvist was a force on the Swedish Davis Cup team...

defeated

Yevgeny Kafelnikov

Yevgeny Aleksandrovich Kafelnikov is a former World No. 1 tennis player from Russia. He won two Grand Slam singles titles , four Grand Slam doubles titles, and the men's singles gold medal at the Sydney Olympic Games. He also helped Russia win the Davis Cup in 2002...

6–4, 6–1

It was Enqvist's 1st title of the year and the 13th of his career.

Men's Doubles

Donald Johnson
Donald Johnson
----Donald James "Don" Johnson is a former professional tennis player from the United States who reached the World No. 1 doubles ranking in 2002. Although born in Bethlehem, PA he was raised and learned the sport of tennis in the Pittsburgh suburb of Mt. Lebanon, Pennsylvania...

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Francisco Montana
Francisco Montana
Francisco Montana is a former professional male tennis player from the United States. He turned pro in 1990.He reached his career high doubles ranking, World No. 13, on July 8, 1998.-Doubles titles :...

defeated

Mark Keil

Mark Keil is a former professional tennis player from the United States and now tennis coach who won 5 ATP World Tour doubles tournaments and was runner up at 8 more.-Early life and college:...

T.J. Middleton

T.J. Middleton is a former professional tennis player from the United States. Middleton attended the University of Georgia where he helped lead the Bulldogs to the 1987 National Championship. He was the 1990 SEC Doubles Champion. He is a member of the Delta Chapter of the Sigma Chi Fraternity...

6–4, 3–6, 6–3

It was Johnson's 1st title of the year and the 4th of his career. It was Montana's 1st title of the year and the 7th of his career.

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