The 1998 CA-TennisTrophy was a men's
tennis tournament played on indoor
carpet courts at the
Wiener Stadthalle in
Vienna, Austria and was part of the
Championship Series
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Title match sy ...
of the
1998 ATP Tour
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. It was the 24th edition of the tournament and was held from 12 October through 19 October 1998. First-seeded
Pete Sampras
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, who entered the event on a wildcard, won the singles title.
Finals
Singles
Pete Sampras
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defeated
Karol Kučera
Karol Kučera (born 4 March 1974) is a retired ATP professional male tennis player from Slovakia. He achieved a career-high singles ranking of World No. 6 in September 1998, reaching the semi-finals of the Australian Open the same year.
In 20 ...
6–3, 7–6
(7–3), 6–1
* It was Sampras' 4th title of the year and the 58th of his career.
Doubles
Yevgeny Kafelnikov /
Daniel Vacek defeated
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/
John-Laffnie de Jager 7–5, 6–3
* It was Kafelnikov's 4th title of the year and the 34th of his career. It was Vacek's only title of the year and the 20th of his career.
References
External links
ATP tournament profileITF tournament edition details
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Vienna Open