1998 US Open – Men's Singles Qualifying

Men's Singles Qualifying
	1998 US Open
Events
	← 1997; US Open; 1999 →;

Players who neither had high enough rankings nor received wild cards to enter the main draw of the annual US Open Tennis Championships participated in a qualifying tournament held over several days before the event.^[1]

Seeds

Martin Rodriguez (Qualified)
Rainer Schuettler (Second round)
Laurence Tieleman (Second round)
Michael Tebbutt (Second round)
Takao Suzuki (Second round)
Grant Stafford (Qualifying Competition)
Brian Macphie (Second round)
Vincenzo Santopadre (Second round)
Ivo Heuberger (Second round)
Neville Godwin (Qualifying Competition)
Andre Sa (First round)
Tuomas Ketola (Second round)
Tomas Zib (First round)
Lleyton Hewitt (Second round)
Lars Burgsmuller (First round)
Wolfgang Schranz (First round)
Alex Radulescu (Qualified)
Cristiano Caratti (First round)
Michael Kohlmann (Qualified)
Arnaud Di Pasquale (Qualified)
Peter Tramacchi (First round)
Francisco Cabello (First round)
Bernd Karbacher (Qualified)
Mark Draper (First round))
Sebastián Prieto (Second round)
Petr Luxa (Qualifying Competition)
Michael Sell (First round)
Vladimir Voltchkov (Qualifying Competition)
Peter Wessels (First round)
Gerard Solves (Qualifying Competition)
Stefano Pescosolido (Qualifying Competition)
Adriano Ferreira (First round)

Qualifiers

Qualifying draw

Key

w/o = Walkover
r = Retired
d = Defaulted

First qualifier

First Round					Second Round				Qualifying Competition

1	Martin Rodriguez	6	6
	Julien Boutter	4	1		1	Martin Rodriguez	6	6
	Joaquin Munoz-Hernandez	5	2		WC	Wynn Criswell	4	1
WC	Wynn Criswell	7	6						1	Martin Rodriguez	6	5	7
	Gabriel Trifu	6	6						31	Stefano Pescosolido	2	7	5
	Denis Van Uffelen	3	4			Gabriel Trifu	6	2
	Eyal Ran	2	6	1	31	Stefano Pescosolido	7	6
31	Stefano Pescosolido	6	1	6

Second qualifier

First Round				Second Round					Qualifying Competition

2	Rainer Schuettler	6	2
WC	Mike Bryan	2	0^r	2	Rainer Schuettler	7	6	2
	Ota Fukarek	5	3		Yong-Il Yoon	6	7	6
	Yong-Il Yoon	7	6							Yong-Il Yoon	3	6	6
	Marc Merry	6	3							Iztok Bozic	6	2	4
	Iztok Bozic	7	6		Iztok Bozic	6	2	6
	Nick Gould	6	7		Nick Gould	3	6	1
32	Adriano Ferreira	3	6

Third qualifier

First Round					Second Round				Qualifying Competition

3	Laurence Tieleman	7	4	6
	Frederic Niemeyer	6	6	3	3	Laurence Tieleman	4	2
	Wayne Arthurs	7	7			Wayne Arthurs	6	6
	Gouichi Motomura	6	5							Wayne Arthurs	4	6	6
	Wade McGuire	6	6						30	Gerard Solves	6	2	4
	Tommi Lenho	4	2			Wade McGuire	2	6
	David Witt	5	7	6	30	Gerard Solves	6	7
30	Gerard Solves	7	5	7

Fourth qualifier

First Round					Second Round					Qualifying Competition

4	Michael Tebbutt	6	6
	Hideki Kaneko	4	3		4	Michael Tebbutt	4	7	5
	David Caldwell	6	3	3		Jean-Baptiste Perlant	6	6	7
	Jean-Baptiste Perlant	3	6	6							Jean-Baptiste Perlant	3	6	6
WC	Patrick McEnroe	4	2								Doug Flach	6	2	2
	Michael Joyce	6	6			Michael Joyce	5	4
	Doug Flach	6	7			Doug Flach	7	6
29	Peter Wessels	1	6

Fifth qualifier

First Round				Second Round					Qualifying Competition

5	Takao Suzuki	6	6
	Yahiya Doumbia	3	2	5	Takao Suzuki	5	3
	Barry Cowan	4	6		James Sekulov	7	6
	James Sekulov	6	7							James Sekulov	7	4	6
	Jim Thomas	6	6						28	Vladimir Voltchkov	6	6	2
	Steven Randjelovic	2	4		Jim Thomas	6	2	1
	Scott Humphries	6	4	28	Vladimir Voltchkov	3	6	6
28	Vladimir Voltchkov	7	6

Sixth qualifier

First Round				Second Round				Qualifying Competition

6	Grant Stafford	6	6
	Regis Lavergne	3	2	6	Grant Stafford	6	6
	Lior Mor	6	7		Lior Mor	3	3
	Andrey Merinov	3	5					6	Grant Stafford	3	7	3
	Mariano Sanchez	6	6						Karsten Braasch	6	6	6
WC	Kevin Kim	4	4		Mariano Sanchez	3	3
	Karsten Braasch	6	6		Karsten Braasch	6	6
27	Michael Sell	4	4

Seventh qualifier

First Round				Second Round				Qualifying Competition

7	Brian Macphie	6	6
WC	Marc Silva	3	4	7	Brian Macphie	5	2
	Rodolphe Gilbert	6	6		Rodolphe Gilbert	7	6
	Daniele Bracciali	2	2						Rodolphe Gilbert	4	6	6
	Mark Merklein	7	7						Mark Merklein	6	3	7
WC	Adam Seri	6	5		Mark Merklein	6	6
	Justin Bower	2	3	25	Sebastián Prieto	4	4
25	Sebastián Prieto	6	6

Eighth qualifier

First Round					Second Round					Qualifying Competition

8	Vincenzo Santopadre	6	7
	Charles Aufy	2	5		8	Vincenzo Santopadre	6	2	3
	David Nainkin	1	6	6		David Nainkin	4	6	6
Alt	Damien Roberts	6	2	3							David Nainkin	7	6	6
	Oren Motevassel	7	6							26	Petr Luxa	5	7	4
	Jeff Coetzee	5	3			Oren Motevassel	4	6	2
	Cecil Mamiit	6	3	3	26	Petr Luxa	6	3	6
26	Petr Luxa	3	6	6

Ninth qualifier

First Round					Second Round				Qualifying Competition

9	Ivo Heuberger	7	6
	Frederic Fontang	6	1		9	Ivo Heuberger	3	5
	Giorgio Galimberti	4	7	3		Giorgio Galimberti	6	7
	Mose Navarra	6	6	0^r						Giorgio Galimberti	4	6	6
	Martijn Belgraver	7	6							Harel Levy	6	2	3
	Joao Cunha-Silva	6	4			Martijn Belgraver	5	3
	Harel Levy	6	6			Harel Levy	7	6
24	Mark Draper	4	4

Tenth qualifier

First Round					Second Round					Qualifying Competition

10	Neville Godwin	7	6
	Amir Hadad	5	2		10	Neville Godwin	4
	Oscar Burrieza-Lopez	5	6	4		Olivier Delaitre	2^r
	Olivier Delaitre	7	3	6						10	Neville Godwin	7	3	6
	Gerald Mandl	6	6	5						23	Bernd Karbacher	5	6	7
	Andres Zingman	7	4	7		Andres Zingman	2	6	5
	Max Mirnyi	6	4	4	23	Bernd Karbacher	6	4	7
23	Bernd Karbacher	3	6	6

Eleventh qualifier

First Round					Second Round					Qualifying Competition

11	Andre Sa	6	3	3
	Eyal Erlich	4	6	6		Eyal Erlich	6	3	7
	Nir Welgreen	7	1	2		Michael Hill	1	6	5
	Michael Hill	6	6	6							Eyal Erlich	6	7
	Toby Mitchell	6	5	6							Toby Mitchell	4	6
	Teo Susnjak	3	7	0		Toby Mitchell	2	6	7
	Ronald Agenor	7	6			Ronald Agenor	6	3	6
22	Francisco Cabello	5	4

Twelfth qualifier

First Round					Second Round					Qualifying Competition

12	Tuomas Ketola	7	1	6
	Stephane Simian	5	6	4	12	Tuomas Ketola	4	6	3
	Sergi Duran-Bernad	7	3	7		Sergi Duran-Bernad	6	3	6
	David Di Lucia	6	6	5							Sergi Duran-Bernad	4	6	4
	Jean-Francois Bachelot	4	6	0							Noam Behr	6	3	6
	Maurice Ruah	6	3	6		Maurice Ruah	2	6	2
	Noam Behr	6	6	6		Noam Behr	6	4	6
21	Peter Tramacchi	7	3	3

Thirteenth qualifier

First Round					Second Round					Qualifying Competition

13	Tomas Zib	2	3
	Antony Dupuis	6	6			Antony Dupuis	6	4	7
	Jared Palmer	6	3	4		Ben Ellwood	4	6	6
	Ben Ellwood	3	6	6							Antony Dupuis	6	6	3
	George Bastl	6	4	7						19	Michael Kohlmann	1	7	6
WC	Thomas Blake	3	6	5		George Bastl	5	2
WC	Adam Peterson	6	4		19	Michael Kohlmann	7	6
19	Michael Kohlmann	7	6

Fourteenth qualifier

First Round					Second Round					Qualifying Competition

14	Lleyton Hewitt	6	4	6
	Razvan Sabau	0	6	2	14	Lleyton Hewitt	7	6	4
	Stephane Huet	7	6			Stephane Huet	5	7	6
	Todd Larkham	6	2								Stephane Huet	5	6
	Danny Sapsford	3	6	7						20	Arnaud Di Pasquale	7	7
	Arnaud Boetsch	6	3	6		Danny Sapsford	3	3
	Grant Doyle	6	4		20	Arnaud Di Pasquale	6	6
20	Arnaud Di Pasquale	7	6

Fifteenth qualifier

First Round					Second Round				Qualifying Competition

15	Lars Burgsmuller	4	4
	Wesley Whitehouse	6	6			Wesley Whitehouse	6	6
	Hugo Armando	1	1			Kevin Ullyett	3	1
	Kevin Ullyett	6	6							Wesley Whitehouse	6	3	5
	Andrei Stoliarov	6	3	6					17	Alex Radulescu	4	6	7
	Miles Maclagan	2	6	3		Andrei Stoliarov	3	5
	Hyung-Taik Lee	5	4		17	Alex Radulescu	6	7
17	Alex Radulescu	7	6

Sixteenth qualifier

First Round					Second Round					Qualifying Competition

16	Wolfgang Schranz	7	6	5
WC	James Blake	6	7	7	WC	James Blake	6	7
	Louis Vosloo	6	7			Louis Vosloo	4	5
	Andrew Rueb	2	5							WC	James Blake	4	2
	Yaoki Ishii	5	3								David Wheaton	6	6
	David Wheaton	7	6			David Wheaton	5	6	7
	Allen Belobrajdic	4	6	6		Allen Belobrajdic	7	1	6
18	Cristiano Caratti	6	3	3

References

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External links

Qualifying draw (ITF)

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