1998 Gold Flake Open – Singles

Singles
1998 Gold Flake Open
Final
ChampionAustralia Patrick Rafter
Runner-upSweden Mikael Tillström
Score6–3, 6–4
Details
Draw32
Seeds8
Events
Singles Doubles
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Patrick Rafter defeated Mikael Tillström 6–3, 6–4 to win the 1998 Chennai Open singles event. Tillström was the defending champion.

Seeds

  1. Australia Patrick Rafter (champion)
  2. Australia Todd Woodbridge (semifinals)
  3. Australia Mark Woodforde (quarterfinals)
  4. Germany Boris Becker (second round)
  5. Sweden Mikael Tillström (final)
  6. France Jérôme Golmard (second round)
  7. France Arnaud Clément (second round)
  8. Romania Andrei Pavel (quarterfinals)

Draw

Key

Finals

Semifinals Final
          
1 Australia Patrick Rafter 6 77  
  India Leander Paes 3 65  
1 Australia Patrick Rafter 6 6  
5 Sweden Mikael Tillström 3 4  
5 Sweden Mikael Tillström 6 6  
2 Australia Todd Woodbridge 2 2  

Section 1

First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
1 Australia P Rafter 6 6  
  Bulgaria O Stanoytchev 2 1   1 Australia P Rafter 6 6  
Q Australia P Tramacchi 2 5     Switzerland I Heuberger 2 4  
  Switzerland I Heuberger 6 7   1 Australia P Rafter 77 0 7
  United States M Sell 0 2     Germany L Burgsmüller 63 6 5
  Germany L Burgsmüller 6 6     Germany L Burgsmüller 6 6  
  United Kingdom A Richardson 2 0   7 France A Clément 3 2  
7 France A Clément 6 6   1 Australia P Rafter 6 77  
4 Germany B Becker 77 77     India L Paes 3 65  
Q Belarus V Voltchkov 65 64   4 Germany B Becker 6 3 2
  France G Solvès 79 6     France G Solvès 4 6 6
Q United States J Salzenstein 67 4     France G Solvès 77 4 5
  India L Paes 6 6     India L Paes 63 6 7
WC Germany B Phau 2 2     India L Paes 77 2 3
WC South Africa W Whitehouse 3 3   6 France J Golmard 64 6 1r
6 France J Golmard 6 6  

Section 2

First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
5 Sweden M Tillström 6 6  
  Uzbekistan O Ogorodov 1 0   5 Sweden M Tillström 7 6  
  Italy D Scala 1 3     France O Delaître 5 3  
  France O Delaître 6 6   5 Sweden M Tillström 6 2 77
  Austria S Koubek 1 3   3 Australia M Woodforde 3 6 63
  Germany R Schüttler 6 6     Germany R Schüttler 4 2  
Q South Africa D Nainkin 2 4   3 Australia M Woodforde 6 6  
3 Australia M Woodforde 6 6   5 Sweden M Tillström 6 6  
8 Romania A Pavel 77 6   2 Australia T Woodbridge 2 2  
  United States J Stark 64 4   8 Romania A Pavel 6 6  
  Australia A Belobrajdic 6 6     Australia A Belobrajdic 4 0  
  Czech Republic P Luxa 4 3   8 Romania A Pavel 4 4  
  Italy C Caratti 6 6   2 Australia T Woodbridge 6 6  
  Italy V Santopadre 4 0     Italy C Caratti 0 77 2
WC India M Bhupathi 6 4 4 2 Australia T Woodbridge 6 65 6
2 Australia T Woodbridge 3 6 6