The 1998 du Maurier Open 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 outdoor hard courts

Hardcourt

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. It was the 110th edition of the Canada Masters

Canada Masters

The Canada Masters , currently sponsored as the Rogers Cup, is an annual tennis tournament held in Canada. The men's competition is a Masters 1000 event on the Association of Tennis Professionals tour. The women's competition is a Premier 5 tournament on the Women's Tennis Association tour...

 and was part of the Super 9

ATP World Tour Masters 1000

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 of the 1998 ATP Tour

1998 ATP Tour

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 and of Tier I

WTA Tier I tournaments

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 of the 1998 WTA Tour

1998 WTA Tour

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. The men's event took place at the National Tennis Centre

National Tennis Centre (Canada)

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 in Toronto

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 in Canada

Canada

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 from August 3 through August 10, 1998 while the women's event took place at the du Maurier Stadium in Montreal

Montreal

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 in Canada

Canada

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 from August 17 through August 23, 1998.

Men's Singles

  Patrick Rafter

Patrick Rafter

Patrick "Pat" Michael Rafter is an Australian former World No. 1 tennis player. He twice won the men's singles title at the US Open and was twice the runner-up at Wimbledon. Rafter was elected to the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 2006. He was known for his natural serve-and-volley style of...

defeated   Richard Krajicek

Richard 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...

 7–6 (7–3), 6–4

• It was Rafter's 4th title of the year and the 11th of his career. It was his 1st career Masters title.

Women's Singles

  Monica Seles

Monica Seles

Monica Seles is a former world no. 1 professional tennis player and a member of the International Tennis Hall of Fame. She was born in Novi Sad, Serbia, former Yugoslavia to Hungarian parents. She became a naturalized United States citizen in 1994 and also received Hungarian citizenship in June 2007...

defeated   Arantxa Sánchez-Vicario

Arantxa Sánchez Vicario

Aránzazu 'Arantxa' Isabel Maria Sánchez Vicario is a Spanish former professional tennis player...

 6–3, 6–2

• It was Seles' 1st title of the year and the 47th of her career. It was her 1st Tier I title of the year and her 8th overall.

Men's Doubles

  Martin Damm

Martin Damm

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/   Jim Grabb

Jim Grabb

Jim Grabb is a 6' 4" former professional tennis player.Grabb was twice ranked the World No. 1 doubles player, in 1989 and in 1993. A right-handed serve-and-volleyer, Grabb's best singles ranking was World No. 24, a ranking he achieved in February 1990.-College:Grabb is Jewish, and was born in...

defeated   Ellis Ferreira

Ellis Ferreira

Ellis Ferreira is a former professional male tennis player from South Africa. He played collegiately at the University of Alabama, earning all-SEC and all-American honors. He won 2 Grand Slam doubles titles, the Men's title at the 2000 Australian Open with Rick Leach and the mixed doubles at the...

 /   Rick Leach

Rick Leach

----Rick Leach is a former professional tennis player and a coach from the United States. A doubles specialist, he won 5 Grand Slam men's doubles titles , and 4 Grand Slam mixed doubles titles . Leach reached the World No...

 6–7, 6–2, 7–6

• It was Damm's 3rd title of the year and the 14th of his career. It was Grabb's 3rd title of the year and the 25th of his career.

Women's Doubles

  Martina Hingis

Martina Hingis

Martina Hingis is a retired Swiss professional tennis player who spent a total of 209 weeks as World No. 1. She won five Grand Slam singles titles...

/   Jana Novotná

Jana Novotná

Jana Novotná is a former professional tennis player from the Czech Republic. She played a serve and volley game, an increasingly rare style of play among women during her career. She won the women's singles title at Wimbledon in 1998 and was runner-up in three previous Grand Slam tournaments...

defeated   Yayuk Basuki

Yayuk Basuki

Yayuk Basuki is a professional tennis player from Indonesia. She is the highest-ever ranked tennis player from Indonesia, having reached #19 in the Women's Tennis Association singles rankings in October 1997...

 /   Caroline Vis

Caroline Vis

Caroline Vis is a retired professional tennis player from the Netherlands. Vis turned pro in 1989. A doubles specialist, Vis won nine titles during her career on the WTA Tour. She reached the mixed doubles final at the 1991 French Open, playing with countryman Paul Haarhuis. Her career-high...

6–3, 6–4

• It was Hingis' 12th title of the year and the 37th of her career. It was Novotná's 9th title of the year and the 102nd of her career.

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