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1998 French Open – Men's singles

January 01, 1970

Carlos Moyá defeated Àlex Corretja in the final, 6–3, 7–5, 6–3 to win the men's singles tennis title at the 1998 French Open. It was his first and only major singles title.

Men's singles
1998 French Open
Final
Champion Carlos Moyá
Runner-up Àlex Corretja
Score6–3, 7–5, 6–3
Details
Draw128
Seeds16
Events
Singles men women boys girls
Doubles men women mixed boys girls
WC Singles men women quad
WC Doubles men women quad
Legends −45 45+ women
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Main article: 1998 French Open

Gustavo Kuerten was the defending champion, but he lost in the second round to future world No. 1 and two-time major champion Marat Safin, who was appearing in the main draw of a major for the first time.

Seeds edit

01.     Pete Sampras (second round)
02.     Petr Korda (first round)
03.     Marcelo Ríos (quarterfinals)
04.     Pat Rafter (second round)
05.     Greg Rusedski (first round)
06.     Yevgeny Kafelnikov (second round)
07.     Jonas Björkman (first round)
08.     Gustavo Kuerten (second round)
09.     Karol Kučera (first round)
10.     Richard Krajicek (third round)
11.     Michael Chang (third round)
12.     Carlos Moyá (champion)
13.     Albert Costa (fourth round)
14.     Àlex Corretja (final)
15.     Félix Mantilla (semifinals)
16.     Alberto Berasategui (fourth round)

Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.

Qualifying edit

Main article: 1998 French Open – Men's singles qualifying

Draw edit

Key edit

Finals edit

Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
                     
15   Félix Mantilla 6 6 4 6
    Thomas Muster 4 2 6 3
15   Félix Mantilla 7 2 4 2
12   Carlos Moyá 5 6 6 6
3   Marcelo Ríos 1 6 2 4
12   Carlos Moyá 6 2 6 6
12   Carlos Moyá 6 7 6
14   Àlex Corretja 3 5 3
    Filip Dewulf 5 4 3
14   Àlex Corretja 7 6 6
14   Àlex Corretja 6 6 6
    Cédric Pioline 3 4 2
    Cédric Pioline 3 6 78 4 6
    Hicham Arazi 6 2 66 6 3

Top half edit

Section 1 edit

First round Second round Third round Fourth round
1   P Sampras 6 6 6
  T Martin 4 3 3 1   P Sampras 66 3 4
  R Delgado 6 0   R Delgado 78 6 6
  M Damm 2 0r   R Delgado 2 77 6 79
  S Sargsian 5   S Sargsian 6 64 4 67
  T Henman 2r   S Sargsian 6 6 65 6
  A Medvedev 65 1 6 6 1   A Gaudenzi 4 2 77 4
  A Gaudenzi 77 6 0 2 6   R Delgado 2 2 4
  L Arnold Ker 4 6 6 6 15   F Mantilla 6 6 6
  D Sanguinetti 6 4 1 4   L Arnold Ker 6 6 4 0 3
  F Santoro 6 6 6   F Santoro 4 4 6 6 6
WC   J-F Bachelot 3 1 2   F Santoro 6 2 2 5
  A Clément 4 1 2 15   F Mantilla 4 6 6 7
  B Black 6 6 6   B Black 2 2 62
Q   W Schranz 2 4 2 15   F Mantilla 6 6 77
15   F Mantilla 6 6 6

Section 2 edit

First round Second round Third round Fourth round
9   K Kučera 6 2 4 3
  T Woodbridge 1 6 6 6   T Woodbridge 6 4 6 6
  JA Marín 3 66 62   G Raoux 4 6 3 0
  G Raoux 6 78 77   T Woodbridge 5 3 2
  V Spadea 5 5   F Meligeni 7 6 6
  D Nestor 7 2r   V Spadea 65 63 3
  F Meligeni 6 6 6   F Meligeni 77 77 6
  T Johansson 4 2 4   F Meligeni 4 710 3 6 3
  T Nydahl 3 62 3   T Muster 6 68 6 3 6
  S Draper 6 77 6   S Draper 3 6 77 62 2
  M Craca 1 1 1 Q   C Van Garsse 6 3 65 77 6
Q   C Van Garsse 6 6 6 Q   C Van Garsse 2 6 63 2
  N Kiefer 6 6 77   T Muster 6 4 77 6
  T Haas 1 2 63   N Kiefer 2 1 3
  T Muster 6 6 6   T Muster 6 6 6
7   J Björkman 3 3 3

Section 3 edit

First round Second round Third round Fourth round
3   M Ríos 7 6 3 6
  B Steven 5 2 6 3 3   M Ríos 6 6 6
  E Benfele Álvarez 5 7 612 6 6   E Benfele Álvarez 4 2 2
  M Tebbutt 7 5 714 4 3 3   M Ríos 6 3
Q   B Karbacher 2 6 3 1   W Ferreira 1 3r
  M Norman 6 1 6 6   M Norman 4 4 4
  M Sinner 64 4 5   W Ferreira 6 6 6
  W Ferreira 77 6 7 3   M Ríos 4 6 6 6
  B Ulihrach 6 67 6 6 13   A Costa 6 4 3 3
  W Black 1 79 2 3   B Ulihrach 3 62 7 6 9
  M Philippoussis 6 7 6   M Philippoussis 6 77 5 4 7
LL   O Gross 1 5 4   B Ulihrach 3 3 0
  J Burillo 78 3 2 3 13   A Costa 6 6 6
  M-K Goellner 66 6 6 6   M-K Goellner 4 6 2
  K Carlsen 3 2 2 13   A Costa 6 7 6
13   A Costa 6 6 6

Section 4 edit

First round Second round Third round Fourth round
12   C Moyá 7 6 6
WC   S Grosjean 5 1 4 12   C Moyá 6 716 6
WC   J-B Perlant 66 6 3 6 1 Q   P Imaz 4 614 2
Q   P Imaz 78 3 6 3 6 12   C Moyá 6 77 6
  C Doseděl 5 1 2 Q   A Ilie 2 61 3
  M Tillström 7 6 6   M Tillström 711 3 3 4
  J Alonso 6 3 3 2 Q   A Ilie 69 6 6 6
Q   A Ilie 4 6 6 6 12   C Moyá 6 7 3 6
  J Courier 77 6 0 6 Q   J Knippschild 3 5 6 4
  R Fromberg 61 4 6 4   J Courier 4 2 3
Q   J Knippschild 6 6 6 Q   J Knippschild 6 6 6
  C Costa 4 2 4 Q   J Knippschild 2 0 78 6 6
Q   J Mas 0 6 6 77   J Van Herck 6 6 66 4 2
Q   M Sell 6 4 2 64 Q   J Mas 3 64 5
  J Van Herck 6 6 6   J Van Herck 6 77 7
5   G Rusedski 4 4 4

Bottom half edit

Section 5 edit

First round Second round Third round Fourth round
6   Y Kafelnikov 6 4 6 6
Q   M Navarra 4 6 1 4 6   Y Kafelnikov 6 610 64 1
  D Pescariu 64 4 4   T Enqvist 4 712 77 6
  T Enqvist 77 6 6   T Enqvist 3 2 3
Q   M Martelli 77 78 77   F Dewulf 6 6 6
  G Ivanišević 63 66 62 Q   M Martelli 65 4 67
  F Dewulf 77 7 77   F Dewulf 77 6 79
  M Larsson 60 5 65   F Dewulf 7 6 6
WC   A Di Pasquale 6 5 63 6 0   F Clavet 5 3 1
WC   O Delaître 2 7 77 1 6 WC   O Delaître 2 4 77 1
  F Clavet 6 6 6   F Clavet 6 6 64 6
PR   A Chesnokov 1 4 1   F Clavet 3 77 6 6
Q   J van Lottum 65 6 6 3 6 11   M Chang 6 65 2 4
  J Siemerink 77 3 2 6 2 Q   J van Lottum 5 2 0r
  Á Calatrava 5 3 2 11   M Chang 7 6 3
11   M Chang 7 6 6

Section 6 edit

First round Second round Third round Fourth round
14   À Corretja 6 6 0 6
  K Alami 3 2 6 4 14   À Corretja 6 6 6
  F Vicente 4 6 6 6   F Vicente 3 2 3
  M Woodforde 6 4 2 1 14   À Corretja 6 5 64 7 9
  M Rosset 2 1 6 4   H Gumy 1 7 77 5 7
  G Pozzi 6 6 4 6   G Pozzi 2 3 6 7 9
  H Gumy 6 6 6   H Gumy 6 6 3 5 11
  S Bruguera 2 2 3 14   À Corretja 6 6 6
WC   O Mutis 4 6 6 3 2   J Stoltenberg 4 4 3
  D Prinosil 6 1 4 6 6   D Prinosil 4 3 711 1
  M Gustafsson 6 4 6 6   M Gustafsson 6 6 69 6
  A O'Brien 2 6 2 2   M Gustafsson 1 6 4 4
  J Stoltenberg 6 4 6 4 10   J Stoltenberg 6 2 6 6
  G Blanco 2 6 0 6 8   J Stoltenberg 6 2 6 6
  S Lareau 77 6 1 3 2 4   P Rafter 4 6 3 2
4   P Rafter 65 3 6 6 6

Section 7 edit

First round Second round Third round Fourth round
8   G Kuerten 6 6 6
WC   C Auffray 0 2 2 8   G Kuerten 6 65 6 1 4
Q   M Safin 5 7 6 3 6 Q   M Safin 3 77 3 6 6
  A Agassi 7 5 2 6 2 Q   M Safin 6 3 6 7
  S Schalken 6 2 4 5   D Vacek 3 6 3 5
  D Vacek 1 6 6 7   D Vacek 6 2 7 77
Q   M Rodríguez 3 2 4   J-M Gambill 4 6 5 60
  J-M Gambill 6 6 6 Q   M Safin 5 6 77 4 4
  M Filippini 1 6 5 77 4   C Pioline 7 4 65 6 6
  C Pioline 6 3 7 64 6   C Pioline 7 6 3 6
Q   J Boutter 66 6 6 77 Q   J Boutter 5 3 6 4
  C Vinck 78 3 4 65   C Pioline 6 6 7
Q   R Gilbert 6 6 2 2 11 10   R Krajicek 3 2 5
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January 01, 1970
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This article does not cite any sources Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources 1998 French Open Men s singles news newspapers books scholar JSTOR March 2020 Learn how and when to remove this message Carlos Moya defeated Alex Corretja in the final 6 3 7 5 6 3 to win the men s singles tennis title at the 1998 French Open It was his first and only major singles title Men s singles1998 French OpenFinalChampionCarlos MoyaRunner upAlex CorretjaScore6 3 7 5 6 3DetailsDraw128Seeds16EventsSingles men women boys girls Doubles men women mixed boys girls WC Singles men women quad WC Doubles men women quad Legends 45 45 women 1997 French Open 1999 Main article 1998 French Open Gustavo Kuerten was the defending champion but he lost in the second round to future world No 1 and two time major champion Marat Safin who was appearing in the main draw of a major for the first time Contents 1 Seeds 2 Qualifying 3 Draw 3 1 Key 3 2 Finals 3 3 Top half 3 3 1 Section 1 3 3 2 Section 2 3 3 3 Section 3 3 3 4 Section 4 3 4 Bottom half 3 4 1 Section 5 3 4 2 Section 6 3 4 3 Section 7 3 4 4 Section 8 4 External linksSeeds edit0 1 nbsp Pete Sampras second round 0 2 nbsp Petr Korda first round 0 3 nbsp Marcelo Rios quarterfinals 0 4 nbsp Pat Rafter second round 0 5 nbsp Greg Rusedski first round 0 6 nbsp Yevgeny Kafelnikov second round 0 7 nbsp Jonas Bjorkman first round 0 8 nbsp Gustavo Kuerten second round 0 9 nbsp Karol Kucera first round 10 nbsp Richard Krajicek third round 11 nbsp Michael Chang third round 12 nbsp Carlos Moya champion 13 nbsp Albert Costa fourth round 14 nbsp Alex Corretja final 15 nbsp Felix Mantilla semifinals 16 nbsp Alberto Berasategui fourth round Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section Qualifying editMain article 1998 French Open Men s singles qualifyingDraw editKey edit Q Qualifier WC Wild card LL Lucky loser Alt Alternate SE Special exempt PR Protected ranking ITF ITF entry JE Junior exempt w o Walkover r Retired d Defaulted SR Special ranking Finals edit QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal 15 nbsp Felix Mantilla6646 nbsp Thomas Muster426315 nbsp Felix Mantilla724212 nbsp Carlos Moya56663 nbsp Marcelo Rios162412 nbsp Carlos Moya626612 nbsp Carlos Moya67614 nbsp Alex Corretja353 nbsp Filip Dewulf54314 nbsp Alex Corretja76614 nbsp Alex Corretja666 nbsp Cedric Pioline342 nbsp Cedric Pioline367846 nbsp Hicham Arazi626663 Top half edit Section 1 edit First roundSecond roundThird roundFourth round1 nbsp P Sampras666 nbsp T Martin4331 nbsp P Sampras6634 nbsp R Delgado60 nbsp R Delgado7866 nbsp M Damm20r nbsp R Delgado277679 nbsp S Sargsian5 nbsp S Sargsian664467 nbsp T Henman2r nbsp S Sargsian66656 nbsp A Medvedev651661 nbsp A Gaudenzi42774 nbsp A Gaudenzi776026 nbsp R Delgado224 nbsp L Arnold Ker466615 nbsp F Mantilla666 nbsp D Sanguinetti6414 nbsp L Arnold Ker66403 nbsp F Santoro666 nbsp F Santoro44666WC nbsp J F Bachelot312 nbsp F Santoro6225 nbsp A Clement41215 nbsp F Mantilla4667 nbsp B Black666 nbsp B Black2262Q nbsp W Schranz24215 nbsp F Mantilla667715 nbsp F Mantilla666 Section 2 edit First roundSecond roundThird roundFourth round9 nbsp K Kucera6243 nbsp T Woodbridge1666 nbsp T Woodbridge6466 nbsp JA Marin36662 nbsp G Raoux4630 nbsp G Raoux67877 nbsp T Woodbridge532 nbsp V Spadea55 nbsp F Meligeni766 nbsp D Nestor72r nbsp V Spadea65633 nbsp F Meligeni666 nbsp F Meligeni77776 nbsp T Johansson424 nbsp F Meligeni4710363 nbsp T Nydahl3623 nbsp T Muster668636 nbsp S Draper6776 nbsp S Draper3677622 nbsp M Craca111Q nbsp C Van Garsse6365776Q nbsp C Van Garsse666Q nbsp C Van Garsse26632 nbsp N Kiefer6677 nbsp T Muster64776 nbsp T Haas1263 nbsp N Kiefer213 nbsp T Muster666 nbsp T Muster6667 nbsp J Bjorkman333 Section 3 edit First roundSecond roundThird roundFourth round3 nbsp M Rios7636 nbsp B Steven52633 nbsp M Rios666 nbsp E Benfele Alvarez5761266 nbsp E Benfele Alvarez422 nbsp M Tebbutt75714433 nbsp M Rios63Q nbsp B Karbacher2631 nbsp W Ferreira13r nbsp M Norman6166 nbsp M Norman444 nbsp M Sinner6445 nbsp W Ferreira666 nbsp W Ferreira77673 nbsp M Rios4666 nbsp B Ulihrach6676613 nbsp A Costa6433 nbsp W Black17923 nbsp B Ulihrach362769 nbsp M Philippoussis676 nbsp M Philippoussis677547LL nbsp O Gross154 nbsp B Ulihrach330 nbsp J Burillo7832313 nbsp A Costa666 nbsp M K Goellner66666 nbsp M K Goellner462 nbsp K Carlsen32213 nbsp A Costa67613 nbsp A Costa666 Section 4 edit First roundSecond roundThird roundFourth round12 nbsp C Moya766WC nbsp S Grosjean51412 nbsp C Moya67166WC nbsp J B Perlant666361Q nbsp P Imaz46142Q nbsp P Imaz78363612 nbsp C Moya6776 nbsp C Dosedel512Q nbsp A Ilie2613 nbsp M Tillstrom766 nbsp M Tillstrom711334 nbsp J Alonso6332Q nbsp A Ilie69666Q nbsp A Ilie466612 nbsp C Moya6736 nbsp J Courier77606Q nbsp J Knippschild3564 nbsp R Fromberg61464 nbsp J Courier423Q nbsp J Knippschild666Q nbsp J Knippschild666 nbsp C Costa424Q nbsp J Knippschild207866Q nbsp J Mas06677 nbsp J Van Herck666642Q nbsp M Sell64264Q nbsp J Mas3645 nbsp J Van Herck666 nbsp J Van Herck67775 nbsp G Rusedski444 Bottom half edit Section 5 edit First roundSecond roundThird roundFourth round6 nbsp Y Kafelnikov6466Q nbsp M Navarra46146 nbsp Y Kafelnikov6610641 nbsp D Pescariu6444 nbsp T Enqvist4712776 nbsp T Enqvist7766 nbsp T Enqvist323Q nbsp M Martelli777877 nbsp F Dewulf666 nbsp G Ivanisevic636662Q nbsp M Martelli65467 nbsp F Dewulf77777 nbsp F Dewulf77679 nbsp M Larsson60565 nbsp F Dewulf766WC nbsp A Di Pasquale656360 nbsp F Clavet531WC nbsp O Delaitre277716WC nbsp O Delaitre24771 nbsp F Clavet666 nbsp F Clavet66646PR nbsp A Chesnokov141 nbsp F Clavet37766Q nbsp J van Lottum65663611 nbsp M Chang66524 nbsp J Siemerink773262Q nbsp J van Lottum520r nbsp A Calatrava53211 nbsp M Chang76311 nbsp M Chang766 Section 6 edit First roundSecond roundThird roundFourth round14 nbsp A Corretja6606 nbsp K Alami326414 nbsp A Corretja666 nbsp F Vicente4666 nbsp F Vicente323 nbsp M Woodforde642114 nbsp A Corretja656479 nbsp M Rosset2164 nbsp H Gumy177757 nbsp G Pozzi6646 nbsp G Pozzi23679 nbsp H Gumy666 nbsp H Gumy663511 nbsp S Bruguera22314 nbsp A Corretja666WC nbsp O Mutis46632 nbsp J Stoltenberg443 nbsp D Prinosil61466 nbsp D Prinosil437111 nbsp M Gustafsson6466 nbsp M Gustafsson66696 nbsp A O Brien2622 nbsp M Gustafsson1644 nbsp J Stoltenberg646410 nbsp J Stoltenberg6266 nbsp G Blanco26068 nbsp J Stoltenberg6266 nbsp S Lareau7761324 nbsp P Rafter46324 nbsp P Rafter653666 Section 7 edit First roundSecond roundThird roundFourth round8 nbsp G Kuerten666WC nbsp C Auffray0228 nbsp G Kuerten665614Q nbsp M Safin57636Q nbsp M Safin377366 nbsp A Agassi75262Q nbsp M Safin6367 nbsp S Schalken6245 nbsp D Vacek3635 nbsp D Vacek1667 nbsp D Vacek62777Q nbsp M Rodriguez324 nbsp J M Gambill46560 nbsp J M Gambill666Q nbsp M Safin567744 nbsp M Filippini165774 nbsp C Pioline746566 nbsp C Pioline637646 nbsp C Pioline7636Q nbsp J Boutter666677Q nbsp J Boutter5364 nbsp C Vinck783465 nbsp C Pioline667Q 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