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Encyclopedia > 1998 ATP Tour World Championships

The 1998 ATP Tour World Championships were held in Hanover, Germany in between November 23 and November 29, 1998. 1998 (MCMXCVIII) is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Hanover (German: Hannover []), on the river Leine, is the capital of the federal state of Lower Saxony (Niedersachsen), Germany. ... November 23 is the 327th day of the year (328th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 38 days remaining. ... November 29 is the 333rd (in leap years the 334th) day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1998 (MCMXCVIII) is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ...

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Singles

Round Robin

Red Group

Pete Sampras (6-3, 6-3) Carlos Moya
Pete Sampras (6-2, 6-1) Karol Kucera
Pete Sampras (6-2, 6-4) Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Carlos Moya (6-75, 7-5, 6-3) Karol Kucera
Carlos Moya (7-5, 7-5) Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Karol Kucera (7-63, 3-6, 2-6) Yevgeny Kafelnikov
  1. Pete Sampras [1]
  2. Carlos Moya [4]
  3. Yevgeny Kafelnikov [8]
  4. Karol Kucera [6]

Country: United States Residence: Los Angeles, California, USA Height: 185 cm (61) Weight: 77 kg (170 lb) Plays: Right Turned pro: 1988 Retired: 2002 Highest singles ranking: 1 (1993-04-12) Singles titles: 64 Career Prize Money: US$43,280,489 Grand Slam Record Titles: 14 Australian Open W... Carles Moy Llompart, also known as Carlos Moy and Carlos Moy (born August 27, 1976), is a Spanish tennis player. ... Yevgeny Kafelnikov Yevgeny Aleksandrovich Kafelnikov (Russian: Евгений Александрович Кафельников) (yehv-GYEH-nee kah-FYELL-nee-koff; KAH-fyell-nee-koff in Russian) is a former World No. ... Karol Kučera (born March 4, 1974) is a professional male tennis player from the Slovakia. ...

White Group

Albert Costa (6-75, 1-6) Greg Rusedski
Albert Costa (2-6, 4-6) Alex Corretja
Marcelo Rios (5-7, 1-6) Tim Henman
Andre Agassi (7-65, 3-6, 1-2 retired) Alex Corretja
Greg Rusedski (6-2, 6-4) Tim Henman
Alex Corretja (6-74, 7-64, 2-6) Tim Henman
  1. Tim Henman [7]
  2. Alex Corretja [5]
  3. Greg Rusedski [A] replaced Andre Agassi [3] after his first match loss against Alex Corretja.
  4. Albert Costa [A] replaced Marcelo Rios [2] after his first match loss against Tim Henman.

Tim Henman, OBE (born September 6, 1974 in Oxford, England) is a British tennis player. ... Álex Corretja (born April 11, 1974) is a professional mens tennis player, who is currently ranked number 91 by the ATP. His highest singles rank was 2 on February 1, 1999. ... Greg Rusedski (born 6 September 1973) is a British tennis player. ... Country: United States Residence: Las Vegas, Nevada, USA Height: 5 ft 11. ... Álbert Costa Casals (June 25, 1975, in Lerida, Spain) is a professional tennis player from Spain. ... Marcelo Ríos (center) receives a lifetime achievement award from the Chilean press Marcelo Andrés Ríos Mayorga (born December 26, 1975), nicknamed Chino (Chinese), was a Chilean professional tennis player (1994—2004), who became the first Latin American male to reach number one in singles. ...

Semi-Finals

Pete Sampras (6-4, 3-6, 6-73) Alex Corretja
Tim Henman (4-6, 6-3, 5-7) Carlos Moya

Final

Alex Corretja (3-6, 3-6, 7-5, 6-3, 7-5) Carlos Moya
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Pete Sampras (1098 words)
Pete set a new ATP Tour record in 1993 when he became the first player to serve over 1000 aces in a season.
ATP Tour World Championships 1996 Final: defeated Boris Becker, 3-6, 7-6(5), 7-6(4), 6-7(11), 6-4, in a four-hour-long match, Sampras and Becker struggled against typical season-end fatigue on the indoor carpet in Hannover, Germany.
US Open 1998 Quarter-final: lost to Patrick Rafter, 6-7, 6-4, 2-6, 6-4, 6-3, in a sign that his dominance was fading.
Association of Tennis Professionals - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (1326 words)
The Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) was formed in 1972 to protect the interests of male professional Tennis players.
The ATP defines the ATP Race as "an easy-to-understand, simple-to-follow annual race from season start to season end.
The ATP explains that the reason behind continuing with a 52-week rolling system is "to determine seedings and tournament entry status, it is not practical to use the INDESIT ATP 2005 Race.
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