The 1998 Heineken Trophy was a
tennis tournament played on
grass courts in
Rosmalen,
's-Hertogenbosch
s-Hertogenbosch (), colloquially known as Den Bosch (), is a city and municipality in the Netherlands with a population of 157,486. It is the capital of the province of North Brabant and its fourth largest by population. The city is south of th ...
in the Netherlands that was part of the
International Series of the
1998 ATP Tour
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and of
Tier III of the
1998 WTA Tour
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. The tournament was held from 15 June through 21 June 1998.
Patrick Rafter and
Julie Halard-Decugis won the singles titles.
Finals
Men's singles
Patrick Rafter defeated
Martin Damm 7–6
(7–2), 6–2
* It was Rafter's 3rd title of the year and the 10th of his career.
Women's singles
Julie Halard-Decugis defeated
Miriam Oremans 6–3, 6–4
* It was Halard-Decugis' 2nd title of the year and the 11th of her career.
Men's doubles
Guillaume Raoux
Guillaume Raoux (born 14 February 1970) is a retired tennis player from France.
Career
Raoux reached the Wimbledon junior singles final in 1988. He turned professional in 1989.
Pro tour
The right-hander won one singles career title (Queensland ...
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Jan Siemerink defeated
Joshua Eagle
Joshua Eagle (born 10 May 1973) is a former professional male tennis player and current professional tennis coach from Australia.
In January 2013 he was appointed as the Australian Davis Cup coach, having previously won Tennis Australia's eli ...
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Andrew Florent 7–6
(7–5), 6–2
* It was Raoux's only title of the year and the 5th of his career. It was Siemerink's 2nd title of the year and the 12th of his career.
Women's doubles
Sabine Appelmans
Sabine Appelmans (born 22 April 1972) is a former professional tennis player from Belgium. She was Belgium's Fed Cup captain from 2007 until 2011.
Career
Appelmans started playing at the neighbour's court at the age of seven. Her first traine ...
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Miriam Oremans defeated
Cătălina Cristea
Cătălina Cristea (born 2 June 1975) is a former tennis player from Romania. She was ranked No. 59 in singles (21 July 1997) and No. 40 in doubles (17 August 1998). She retired from professional tennis in September 2001, before returning in 20 ...
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Eva Melicharová 6–7
(4–7), 7–6
(8–6), 7–6
(7–5)
* It was Appelmans' 2nd title of the year and the 10th of her career. It was Oremans' 2nd title of the year and the 3rd of her career.
References
External links
ATP Tournament ProfileITF – Tournament Details
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Heineken Trophy
Heineken Trophy
Rosmalen Grass Court Championships
1998 in Dutch tennis