1998 Wimbledon Championships


The 1998 Wimbledon Championships was a tennis tournament played on grass courts at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London in England. It was the 112th edition of the Wimbledon Championships and was held from 22 June to 5 July 1998.

Prize money

The total prize money for 1998 championships was £7,207,590. The winner of the men's title earned £435,000 while the women's singles champion earned £391,500.
EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32Round of 64Round of 128
Men's Singles£435,000
Women's Singles£391,500
Men's Doubles *£178,220
£154,160
Mixed Doubles *£75,700

* per team

Champions

Seniors

Men's Singles

Pete Sampras defeated Goran Ivanišević, 6–7, 7–6, 6–4, 3–6, 6–2
Jana Novotná defeated Nathalie Tauziat, 6–4, 7–6
Jacco Eltingh / Paul Haarhuis defeated Todd Woodbridge / Mark Woodforde, 2–6, 6–4, 7–6, 5–7, 10–8
Martina Hingis / Jana Novotná defeated Lindsay Davenport / Natasha Zvereva, 6–3, 3–6, 8–6
Max Mirnyi / Serena Williams defeated Mahesh Bhupathi / Mirjana Lučić, 6–4, 6–4

Boys' Singles

Roger Federer defeated Irakli Labadze, 6–4, 6–4

Girls' Singles

Katarina Srebotnik defeated Kim Clijsters, 7–6, 6–3

Boys' Doubles

Roger Federer / Olivier Rochus defeated Michaël Llodra / Andy Ram, 3–6, 6–4, 7–5

Girls' Doubles

Eva Dyrberg / Jelena Kostanić defeated Petra Rampre / Iroda Tulyaganova, 6–2, 7–6

Singles seeds

Men's singles

  1. Pete Sampras
  2. Marcelo Ríos '
  3. Petr Korda '
  4. Greg Rusedski '
  5. Carlos Moyá '
  6. Pat Rafter '
  7. Yevgeny Kafelnikov '
  8. Cédric Pioline '
  9. Richard Krajicek '
  10. Àlex Corretja '
  11. Jonas Björkman '
  12. Tim Henman '
  13. Andre Agassi '
  14. Goran Ivanišević '
  15. Karol Kučera '
  16. Félix Mantilla

    Women's singles

  17. Martina Hingis '
  18. Lindsay Davenport '
  19. Jana Novotná
  20. Steffi Graf '
  21. Arantxa Sánchez Vicario '
  22. Monica Seles '
  23. Venus Williams '
  24. Conchita Martínez '
  25. Amanda Coetzer '
  26. Irina Spîrlea '
  27. Mary Pierce '
  28. Anna Kournikova '
  29. Patty Schnyder '
  30. Sandrine Testud '
  31. Dominique Van Roost '
  32. Nathalie Tauziat