| 1998 Australian Open | |
|---|---|
| Date | 19 January β 1 February 1998 |
| Edition | 86th |
| Category | Grand Slam (ITF) |
| Surface | Hardcourt (Rebound Ace) |
| Location | Melbourne, Australia |
| Venue | Melbourne Park |
| Champions | |
| Men's singles | |
| π Czech Republic Petr Korda | |
| Women's singles | |
| π Switzerland Martina Hingis | |
| Men's doubles | |
| π Sweden Jonas BjΓΆrkman / π Netherlands Jacco Eltingh | |
| Women's doubles | |
| π Switzerland Martina Hingis / π Croatia Mirjana LuΔiΔ | |
| Mixed doubles | |
| π United States Venus Williams / π United States Justin Gimelstob | |
| Boys' singles | |
| π France Julien Jeanpierre | |
| Girls' singles | |
| π Croatia Jelena KostaniΔ | |
| Boys' doubles | |
| π France JΓ©rΓ΄me Haehnel / π France Julien Jeanpierre | |
| Girls' doubles | |
| π Australia Evie Dominikovic / π Australia Alicia Molik | |
The 1998 Australian Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at Melbourne Park in Melbourne in Victoria in Australia. It was the 86th edition of the Australian Open and was held from 19 January through 1 February 1998.
Seniors
[edit]Men's singles
[edit]π Czech Republic
Petr Korda defeated π Chile
Marcelo RΓos 6β2, 6β2, 6β2
- It was Korda's only Grand Slam title.
Women's singles
[edit]π Switzerland
Martina Hingis defeated π Spain
Conchita MartΓnez 6β3, 6β3
- It was Hingis' 4th career Grand Slam title and her 2nd Australian Open title.[1]
Men's doubles
[edit]π Sweden
Jonas BjΓΆrkman / π Netherlands
Jacco Eltingh defeated π Australia
Todd Woodbridge / π Australia
Mark Woodforde 6β2, 5β7, 2β6, 6β4, 6β3
- It was BjΓΆrkman's 1st career Grand Slam title and his 1st Australian Open title. It was Eltingh's 4th career Grand Slam title and his 2nd and last Australian Open title.
Women's doubles
[edit]π Switzerland
Martina Hingis / π Croatia
Mirjana LuΔiΔ[a] defeated π United States
Lindsay Davenport / π Belarus
Natasha Zvereva 6β4, 2β6, 6β3
- It was Hingis' 7th career Grand Slam title and her 4th Australian Open title. It was LuΔiΔ's only career Grand Slam title.
Mixed doubles
[edit]π United States
Venus Williams / π United States
Justin Gimelstob defeated π Czech Republic
Helena SukovΓ‘ / π Czech Republic
Cyril Suk 6β2, 6β1
- It was Williams' 1st career Grand Slam title and her 1st Australian Open title. It was Gimelstob's 1st career Grand Slam title and his only Australian Open title.
Juniors
[edit]Boys' singles
[edit]π France
Julien Jeanpierre defeated π Sweden
Andreas Vinciguerra 4β6, 6β4, 6β3
Girls' singles
[edit]π Croatia
Jelena KostaniΔ defeated π Indonesia
Wynne Prakusya 6β0, 7β5
Boys' doubles
[edit]π France
JΓ©rΓ΄me Haehnel / π France
Julien Jeanpierre defeated π Croatia
Mirko Pehar / π Croatia
Lovro Zovko 6β3, 6β3
Girls' doubles
[edit]π Australia
Evie Dominikovic / π Australia
Alicia Molik defeated π New Zealand
Leanne Baker / π New Zealand
Rewa Hudson 6β3, 3β6, 6β2
Notes
[edit]- ^ LuΔiΔ became the first Croatian tennis player to win the Australian Open.
References
[edit]- ^ "WTA | Women's Tennis News, Tournaments, Videos, Scores and Player Info". Archived from the original on 2 March 2011. Retrieved 4 January 2011.