1998 St. Petersburg Open
Encyclopedia
The 1998 St. Petersburg Open was a tennis
tournament played on indoor carpet courts at the Petersburg Sports and Concert Complex in Saint Petersburg
in Russia
and was part of the World Series
of the 1998 ATP Tour
. The tournament ran from February 9 through February 15, 1998.
Richard Krajicek
defeated
Marc Rosset
6–4, 7–65
Nicklas Kulti
/ Mikael Tillström defeated 
Marius Barnard
/ Brent Haygarth
3–6, 6–3, 7–6
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 carpet courts at the Petersburg Sports and Concert Complex in Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg is a city and a federal subject of Russia located on the Neva River at the head of the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic Sea...
in Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
and was part of the World 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 ran from February 9 through February 15, 1998.
Men's Singles
Richard KrajicekRichard Krajicek
Richard Peter Stanislav Krajicek is a Dutch former professional tennis player. In 1996 he won the men's singles title at Wimbledon, the only Dutch player to have done so. In the quarterfinals of that tournament he defeated Pete Sampras. This was Sampras' only singles defeat at Wimbledon between...
defeated
Marc RossetMarc Rosset
Marc Rosset is a former professional tennis player from Switzerland who is best remembered for winning the men's singles Gold Medal at the 1992 Olympic Games....
6–4, 7–65
- It was Krajicek's 1st title of the year and the 14th of his career.
Men's Doubles
Nicklas KultiNicklas Kulti
Nicklas Kulti is a former professional tennis player from Sweden.Kulti was ranked the World No. 1 junior tennis player in 1989 after winning the Australian Open and Wimbledon junior titles, and finishing runner-up at the US Open.In 1990, Kulti won his first top-level singles title at Adelaide...
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Mikael Tillström defeated Marius BarnardMarius Barnard (tennis)
Marius Barnard is a retired South African professional tennis player, who primarily played in doubles matches.Barnard was born in Cape Town, South Africa.-External links:*...
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Brent HaygarthBrent Haygarth
Brent Haygarth , is a former professional tennis player from South Africa. He enjoyed most of his tennis success while playing doubles. During his career he won 6 doubles titles and finished runner-up an additional 6 times. He achieved a career-high doubles ranking of World No...
3–6, 6–3, 7–6
- It was Kulti's 1st title of the year and the 8th of his career. It was Tillström's 1st title of the year and the 4th of his career.