1998 President's Cup – Singles

Singles
1998 President's Cup (tennis)
Champion	Tim Henman
Runner-up	Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Final score	7–5, 6–4

The 1998 President's Cup was a men's tennis tournament played on Hard in Tashkent, Uzbekistan that was part of the International Series of the 1998 ATP Tour. It was the second edition of the tournament and was held from 14 September – 20 September.

Seeds

Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.

2

Draw

Key

• Q = Qualifier
• WC = Wild Card
• LL = Lucky Loser

• Alt = Alternate
• SE = Special Exempt
• PR = Protected Ranking

• w/o = Walkover
• r = Retired
• d = Defaulted

Finals

	Semifinals							Final
	1	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	6	6
	3	Cédric Pioline	2	2
								1	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	5	4
								2	Tim Henman	7	6
	4	Nicolas Escudé	6	3	4
	2	Tim Henman	3	6	6

Top Half

	First Round							Second Round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
	1	Y Kafelnikov	6	6
	Q	M Sinner	4	2				1	Y Kafelnikov	6	6
		D Nainkin	3	6	6				D Nainkin	3	0
		L Roux	6	2	3										1	Y Kafelnikov	6	3	6
		G Etlis	2	6	7											G Etlis	3	6	1
		N Godwin	6	4	5				G Etlis	7	6
		V Voltchkov	6	4	6				V Voltchkov	5	2
	8	D Prinosil	4	6	4																	1	Y Kafelnikov	6	6
	3	C Pioline	6	6																		3	C Pioline	2	2
	WC	V Kutsenko	3	3				3	C Pioline	4	7	6
		L Tieleman	7	6					Laurence Tieleman	6	66	4
		R Schüttler	66	3											3	C Pioline	63	6	7
		R Wassen	3	6	6										6	M Safin	7	2	63
		L Burgsmüller	6	2	3				R Wassen	3	2
	6	M Safin	6	6				6	M Safin	6	6
	WC	T Ganiev	2	2

Bottom Half

	First Round							Second Round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
	5	M Rosset	7	7
		T Ketola	610	5				5	M Rosset	4	7	3
	Q	K Braasch	6	7				Q	K Braasch	6	66	6
		M Hantschk	4	65											Q	K Braasch	4	65
		S Schalken	6	65	7										4	N Escudé	6	7
		Ó Burrieza	4	7	65				S Schalken	4	67
	4	N Escudé	6	6				4	N Escudé	6	7
	WC	D Tomashevich	3	3																		4	N Escudé	6	3	4
		S Pescosolido	7	6																		2	T Henman	3	6	6
	7	K Carlsen	62	2					S Pescosolido	4	7	6
	Q	H Levy	6	3	6			Q	H Levy	6	61	3
		O Ogorodov	4	6	3											S Pescosolido	4	4
		E Ran	6	6											2	T Henman	6	6
		P Luxa	3	3					E Ran	4	1
	2	T Henman	6	6				2	T Henman	6	6
	Q	N Welgreen	1	4