1998 Romanian Open – Singles

Singles
1998 Romanian Open
Champion	Francisco Clavet
Runner-up	Arnaud Di Pasquale
Score	6–4, 2–6, 7–5
Draw	32
Seeds	8

The 1998 Romanian Open was a men's tennis tournament played on Clay in Bucharest, Romania that was part of the World Series of the 1998 ATP Tour. It was the sixth edition of the tournament and was held from 14 September – 21 September.

Seeds

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

1. Francisco Clavet (champion)
2. Richard Fromberg (second round)
3. Dominik Hrbatý (first round)
4. Carlos Costa (second round)
5. Andrew Ilie (first round)
6. Nicolás Lapentti (second round)
7. Mariano Puerta (first round)
8. Julián Alonso (quarterfinals)

Draw

Key

• 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

	Semifinals							Final
	1	Francisco Clavet	3	6	6
		Albert Portas	6	0	2
								1	Francisco Clavet	6	4	7
									Arnaud Di Pasquale	2	6	5
		Arnaud Di Pasquale	6	2	7
		Adrian Voinea	3	6	5

Top half

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
	1	F Clavet	6	7
		C Vinck	2	62				1	F Clavet	3	7	6
		D Pescariu	6	6					D Pescariu	6	5	2
		C Ruud	3	4											1	F Clavet	7	6
		Á Calatrava	6	3	1										8	J Alonso	5	0
		O Gross	3	6	1r				Á Calatrava	2	7	4
	8	J Alonso	1					8	J Alonso	6	64	6
		T Zíb	0r																			1	F Clavet	3	6	6
	4	C Costa	6	7																			A Portas	6	0	2
		S Grosjean	2	5				4	C Costa	7	3	1
		A Pavel	6	6					A Pavel	66	6	6
		F Maggi	0	3												A Pavel	6	3	5
		A Portas	6	6												A Portas	2	6	7
		J Sánchez	3	3					A Portas	4	7	6
		A Sávolt	6	6					A Sávolt	6	63	2
	5	A Ilie	0	2

Bottom half

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
	6	N Lapentti	6	6
		J Apell	3	4				6	N Lapentti	2	7	1
		A Di Pasquale	7	7					A Di Pasquale	6	67	6
		G Trifu	61	65												A Di Pasquale	7	2	6
		J Díaz	6	6												G Blanco	62	6	2
		B Karbacher	1	3					J Díaz	4	2
		G Blanco	7	7					G Blanco	6	6
	3	D Hrbatý	66	5																			A Di Pasquale	6	2	7
		I Moldovan	6	6																			A Voinea	3	6	5
	7	M Puerta	4	4					I Moldovan	3	4
		A Voinea	6	6					A Voinea	6	6
		JA Marín	4	3												A Voinea	6	6
		E Benfele Álvarez	6	6												E Benfele Álvarez	4	1
		N Rovas	3	2					E Benfele Álvarez	7	3	7
	2	R Fromberg	64	6	6			2	R Fromberg	64	6	5
		R Sabău	7	1	3

External links

• Main draw