1998 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles qualifying

Men's singles qualifying
1998 Wimbledon Championships

Main articles: 1998 Wimbledon Championships and 1998 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles

Players and pairs who neither have high enough rankings nor receive wild cards may participate in a qualifying tournament held one week before the annual Wimbledon Tennis Championships.

Seeds

1. Alex O'Brien (qualified)
2. Sébastien Grosjean (qualified)
3. Christian Vinck (first round)
4. Christophe Van Garsse (qualifying competition, lucky loser)
5. Lars Burgsmüller (second round)
6. Tuomas Ketola (qualified)
7. Sandon Stolle (second round)
8. Óscar Burrieza (qualifying competition)
9. Michael Sell (second round)
10. Michael Kohlmann (second round)
11. Peter Tramacchi (qualifying competition)
12. Brian MacPhie (qualified)
13. Ján Krošlák (first round)
14. Ivo Heuberger (qualified)
15. Lleyton Hewitt (first round)
16. Alex Rădulescu (qualified)
17. Todd Larkham (qualifying competition)
18. Neville Godwin (qualified)
19. Alejandro Hernández (qualifying competition)
20. David Rikl (first round)
21. Stefano Pescosolido (qualified)
22. Nuno Marques (qualifying competition)
23. Eyal Erlich (first round)
24. Wade McGuire (qualified)
25. Petr Luxa (first round)
26. Glenn Weiner (first round)
27. Rodolphe Gilbert (second round)
28. Gerald Mandl (first round)
29. Vladimir Voltchkov (qualified)
30. Gastón Etlis (second round)
31. Dušan Vemić (first round)
32. David Witt (first round)

Qualifiers

1. Alex O'Brien
2. Sébastien Grosjean
3. Vladimir Voltchkov
4. Mahesh Bhupathi
5. David Nainkin
6. Tuomas Ketola
7. Mark Knowles
8. Mark Draper
9. Wade McGuire
10. David DiLucia
11. Stefano Pescosolido
12. Brian MacPhie
13. Daniele Bracciali
14. Ivo Heuberger
15. Neville Godwin
16. Alex Rădulescu

Lucky loser

1. Christophe Van Garsse

Qualifying draw

First qualifier

	First round							Second round							Qualifying competition
	1	Alex O'Brien	4	7	6
		Bobby Kokavec	6	6	3
								1	Alex O'Brien	6	6
									Jeff Coetzee	4	0
		Jeff Coetzee	6	6
		Mark Nielsen	4	4
															1	Alex O'Brien	6	6
																Grant Doyle	3	2
		Grant Doyle	7	6
		Damien Roberts	5	2
									Grant Doyle	5	6	6
									Sergi Durán	7	1	3
		Sergi Durán	6	6
	31	Dušan Vemić	4	4

Second qualifier

	First round							Second round							Qualifying competition
	2	Sébastien Grosjean	6	6
		Lorenzo Manta	3	3
								2	Sébastien Grosjean	6	6
									Toby Mitchell	3	3
		Toby Mitchell	7	6
		Marc Merry	6	4
															2	Sébastien Grosjean	4	7	11
																Mark Merklein	6	6	9
		Dick Norman	2	1
		Mark Merklein	6	6
									Mark Merklein	6	7
									Kalle Flygt	4	6
		Kalle Flygt	0	7	6
	32	David Witt	6	6	1

Third qualifier

	First round							Second round							Qualifying competition
	3	Christian Vinck	6	3
		Amir Hadad	7	6
									Amir Hadad	7	6	6
									Max Mirnyi	5	7	3
		Max Mirnyi	7	6
		Stéphane Huet	6	2
																Amir Hadad	3	6
															29	Vladimir Voltchkov	6	7
		Jared Palmer	6	6
		Paul Hand	4	2
									Jared Palmer	4	6
								29	Vladimir Voltchkov	6	7
		Luke Milligan	6	3	3
	29	Vladimir Voltchkov	3	6	6

Fourth qualifier

	First round							Second round							Qualifying competition
	4	Christophe Van Garsse	6	6
		Kevin Ullyett	1	2
								4	Christophe Van Garsse	6	6
									Ofer Sela	4	4
		Ofer Sela	6	6
	WC	Andrei Olhovskiy	3	2
															4	Christophe Van Garsse	6	2
																Mahesh Bhupathi	7	6
		Andy Fahlke	1	2
		Mahesh Bhupathi	6	6
									Mahesh Bhupathi	6	6	12
								30	Gastón Etlis	7	4	10
		Jamie Delgado	6	6	2
	30	Gastón Etlis	7	2	6

Fifth qualifier

	First round							Second round							Qualifying competition
	5	Lars Burgsmüller	6	6
		Leonardo Olguín	4	1
								5	Lars Burgsmüller	6	3	5
								WC	Nick Weal	3	6	7
	WC	Nick Weal	6	6
	WC	Dan Lobb	1	2
															WC	Nick Weal	3	3
																David Nainkin	6	6
		David Nainkin	6	6
		Nick Gould	3	3
									David Nainkin	7	6
									Miles Maclagan	6	1
		Miles Maclagan	6	4	6
	28	Gerald Mandl	4	6	4

Sixth qualifier

	First round							Second round							Qualifying competition
	6	Tuomas Ketola	6	6
		Takao Suzuki	3	4
								6	Tuomas Ketola	7	6
									Alexander Shvets	5	4
		Jean-Philippe Fleurian	3	4
		Alexander Shvets	6	6
															6	Tuomas Ketola	6	6	6
																Fredrik Lovén	7	4	4
		James Sekulov	3	2
		Fredrik Lovén	6	6
									Fredrik Lovén	5	7	6
								27	Rodolphe Gilbert	7	6	2
		Michael Joyce	2	5
	27	Rodolphe Gilbert	6	7

Seventh qualifier

	First round							Second round							Qualifying competition
	7	Sandon Stolle	6	6
		Jean-François Bachelot	3	1
								7	Sandon Stolle	3	4
								WC	Mark Knowles	6	6
	WC	Mark Knowles	6	7
		Wayne Arthurs	3	6
															WC	Mark Knowles	6	6	6
																Ben Ellwood	7	3	1
	WC	Andrew Foster	6	1
		Ben Ellwood	7	6
									Ben Ellwood	7	6
									Kentaro Masuda	5	4
		Kentaro Masuda	6	4	7
	26	Glenn Weiner	2	6	5

Eighth qualifier

	First round							Second round							Qualifying competition
	8	Óscar Burrieza	7	2	6
		Mosé Navarra	6	6	3
								8	Óscar Burrieza	6	6
									Sébastien de Chaunac	1	2
		Gastón Gaudio	7	4	1
		Sébastien de Chaunac	5	6	6
															8	Óscar Burrieza	6	5
																Mark Draper	7	7
		Wesley Whitehouse	7	6
	WC	Ben Haran	5	2
									Wesley Whitehouse	7	3	4
									Mark Draper	6	6	6
		Mark Draper	7	6
	25	Petr Luxa	6	4

Ninth qualifier

	First round							Second round							Qualifying competition
	9	Michael Sell	2	6	6
		Chris Haggard	6	3	4
								9	Michael Sell	3	6
									Michael Hill	6	7
		Michael Hill	6	6
		Agustín Calleri	4	3
																Michael Hill	3	4
															24	Wade McGuire	6	6
		Damián Furmanski	1	3
		Martijn Belgraver	6	6
									Martijn Belgraver	6	2	4
								24	Wade McGuire	4	6	6
		Grégory Carraz	6	4	1
	24	Wade McGuire	3	6	6

Tenth qualifier

	First round							Second round							Qualifying competition
	10	Michael Kohlmann	7	6
	WC	Tom Spinks	6	3
								10	Michael Kohlmann	3	6	2
									David DiLucia	6	2	6
		Valentin Sanon	4	1
		David DiLucia	6	6
																David DiLucia	6	6	6
																Andrés Zingman	7	2	2
		Yaoki Ishii	6	6
		Elia Grossi	4	1
									Yaoki Ishii	3	6	3
									Andrés Zingman	6	1	6
		Andrés Zingman	3	6	6
	23	Eyal Erlich	6	4	4

Eleventh qualifier

	First round							Second round							Qualifying competition
	11	Peter Tramacchi	6	4	6
		Jamie Holmes	2	6	4
								11	Peter Tramacchi	6	6
									David Škoch	2	1
		David Škoch	6	6
		Jurek Stasiak	4	4
															11	Peter Tramacchi	7	5	10
															21	Stefano Pescosolido	6	7	12
		Vaughan Snyman	6	6
		Harel Levy	3	4
									Vaughan Snyman	3	4
								21	Stefano Pescosolido	6	6
		Tommy Ho	1	0
	21	Stefano Pescosolido	6	6

Twelfth qualifier

	First round							Second round							Qualifying competition
	12	Brian MacPhie	6	7
		Julian Knowle	1	5
								12	Brian MacPhie	5
									Bill Behrens	2^r
		Leoš Friedl	6	6
		Bill Behrens	7	7
															12	Brian MacPhie	6	6
															22	Nuno Marques	4	4
		Arvind Parmar	3	6
		Rogier Wassen	6	7
									Rogier Wassen	1	4
								22	Nuno Marques	6	6
	WC	Ross Matheson	6	3
	22	Nuno Marques	7	6

Thirteenth qualifier

	First round							Second round							Qualifying competition
	13	Ján Krošlák	3	4
		Pier Gauthier	6	6
									Pier Gauthier	3	5
								WC	James Fox	6	7
	WC	James Fox	6	7
		Adriano Ferreira	4	6
															WC	James Fox	6	4
																Daniele Bracciali	7	6
		Julien Varlet	2	3
		Daniele Bracciali	6	6
									Daniele Bracciali	6	6
									Frédéric Fontang	3	4
		Frédéric Fontang	6	6
	20	David Rikl	3	4

Fourteenth qualifier

	First round							Second round							Qualifying competition
	14	Ivo Heuberger	7	7
		Arne Thoms	6	6
								14	Ivo Heuberger	7	6
									Jim Thomas	5	3
		Simon Aspelin	4	6
		Jim Thomas	6	7
															14	Ivo Heuberger	6	6
															19	Alejandro Hernández	1	4
		Gabriel Trifu	7	7
		Antony Dupuis	6	6
									Gabriel Trifu	2	6	1
								19	Alejandro Hernández	6	2	6
		Steven Randjelovic	4	2
	19	Alejandro Hernández	6	6

Fifteenth qualifier

	First round							Second round							Qualifying competition
	15	Lleyton Hewitt	6	5
		Nicklas Kulti	7	7
									Nicklas Kulti	6	6	7
									Satoshi Iwabuchi	7	4	9
		Kacper Cecek	6	2
		Satoshi Iwabuchi	7	6
																Satoshi Iwabuchi	5	6	1
															18	Neville Godwin	7	0	6
		Frederik Fetterlein	3	3
		Doug Flach	6	6
									Doug Flach	6	3	2
								18	Neville Godwin	2	6	6
		Fredrik Jonsson	6	3
	18	Neville Godwin	7	6

Sixteenth qualifier

	First round							Second round							Qualifying competition
	16	Alex Rădulescu	6	6
		Roberto Jabali	3	1
								16	Alex Rădulescu	6	4	6
									Oren Motevassel	2	6	4
		Filippo Veglio	4	4
		Oren Motevassel	6	6
															16	Alex Rădulescu	6	6	6
															17	Todd Larkham	4	7	4
		Marco Osorio	7	6
		Slimane Saoudi	6	0
									Marco Osorio	0	6	5
								17	Todd Larkham	6	4	7
		Julien Boutter	1	0^r
	17	Todd Larkham	6	0

External links

• Source for the draw at Wimbledon.com
• 1998 Wimbledon Championships – Men's draws and results at the International Tennis Federation