1998 European Community Championships – Singles

Singles
1998 European Community Championships
Champion	Greg Rusedski
Runner-up	Marc Rosset
Score	7–6(7–3), 3–6, 6–1, 6–4

The 1998 European Community Championships was a men's tennis tournament played on hard courts in Antwerp, Belgium, that was part of the Championship Series of the 1998 ATP Tour. It was the sixteenth edition of the tournament and was held 16–22 February 1998.

Seeds

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

1. Petr Korda (quarterfinals)
2. Patrick Rafter (semifinals)
3. Jonas Björkman (first round)
4. Yevgeny Kafelnikov (second round)
5. Greg Rusedski (champion)
6. Goran Ivanišević (first round)
7. Karol Kučera (semifinals)
8. Tim Henman (first round)

Draw

Key

• Q = Qualifier
• WC = Wild card
• LL = Lucky loser
• Alt = Alternate
• ITF = ITF entry
• PR = Protected ranking
• SR = Special ranking
• SE = Special exempt
• JE = Junior exempt
• JR = Junior Accelerator Programme entrant
• CO = College Accelerator Programme entrant
• NG = Next Gen Accelerator Program entrant
• w/o = Walkover
• r = Retired
• d = Defaulted

Finals

	Semifinals							Final
	7	Karol Kučera	4	3
	5	Greg Rusedski	6	6
									Greg Rusedski	7	3	6
									Marc Rosset	63	6	1
		Marc Rosset	7	7
	2	Patrick Rafter	64	62

Top half

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
	1	P Korda	6	6
		W Ferreira	3	3				1	P Korda	7	6
		A Portas	64	7	6				A Portas	5	2
		D Hrbatý	7	61	4										1	P Korda	6	4	2
		B Ulihrach	6	6											7	K Kučera	3	6	6
		F Santoro	2	4					B Ulihrach	1	1
	7	K Kučera	63	6	6			7	K Kučera	6	6
		J Van Herck	7	4	2																	7	K Kučera	4	3
		T Johansson	6	6																		5	G Rusedski	6	6
	3	J Björkman	1	2					T Johansson	6	6
		M Damm	4	7	6				M Damm	2	4
		F Dewulf	6	66	4											T Johansson	3	6	4
		G Raoux	7	5	6										5	G Rusedski	6	4	6
		F Clavet	64	7	2				G Raoux	613	6	613
	5	G Rusedski	7	3	6			5	G Rusedski	7	3	7
		H Arazi	64	6	3

Bottom half

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
		J Siemerink	6	6
	6	G Ivanišević	4	3					J Siemerink	3	3
		M Larsson	6	6					M Larsson	6	6
		M-K Goellner	2	1												M Larsson
		M Rosset	7	4	7											M Rosset	w/o
		N Kiefer	63	6	65				M Rosset	3	6	6
	4	Y Kafelnikov	7	5	6			4	Y Kafelnikov	6	4	3
		J Novák	5	7	3																		M Rosset	7	7
		M Norman	7	6																		2	P Rafter	64	62
	8	T Henman	5	3					M Norman	62	2
		J Tarango	3	6	6				J Tarango	7	6
		D Norman	6	4	3											J Tarango	7	2	1
		C Pioline	6	7											2	P Rafter	61	6	6
		M Gustafsson	4	65					C Pioline	4	62
	2	P Rafter	6	7				2	P Rafter	6	7
		A Boetsch	2	68

References

• Qualifying Draw