BellSouth Open Auckland, New Zealand January 12-18, 1998 32 Draw - $340,000 Surface: Hard First Round Marcelo Rios d. Nicolas Lapentti 6-3 6-3 Mark Nielsen d. Fernando Meligeni 6-4 7-6 7-6(6) Kenneth Carlsen d. Juan Albert Viloca 6-2 6-3 Alistair Hunt d. Daniel Vacek 6-4 7-6(0) MaliVai Washington d. Marcelo Filippini 6-7(1) 6-3 6-2 Byron Black d. Andrea Gaudenzi 6-1 6-3 Christian Vinck d. Glenn Weiner 6-1 7-6(3) Jeff Tarango d. Brian MacPhie 3-6 6-3 6-2 Brett Steven d. Teo Susnjak 6-1 6-2 Richard Fromberg d. Karim Alami 3-0 ret. Martin Damm d. Christian Ruud 7-6(5) 6-3 Dominik Hrbaty d. Richey Reneberg 6-2 6-4 Javier Sanchez d. Grant Stafford 6-4 7-5 Carlos Costa d. Lionel Roux 1-6 6-2 6-3 Michael Sell d. Mikael Tillstrom 6-3 2-6 7-5 Felix Mantilla d. Johan van Herck 7-6(3) 6-3 Second Round Marcelo Rios d. Mark Nielsen 7-5 6-1 Kenneth Carlsen d. Alistair Hunt 6-1 6-3 Byron Black d. MaliVai Washington 6-0 6-4 Christian Vinck d. Jeff Tarango 4-6 6-1 6-1 Richard Fromberg d. Brett Steven 7-6 6-3 Dominik Hrbaty d. Martin Damm 6-3 6-4 Carlos Costa d. Javier Sanchez 6-0 6-1 Felix Mantilla d. Michael Sell 6-3 7-6 Quarterfinals Marcelo Rios d. Kenneth Carlsen 5-7 6-4 6-1 Byron Black d. Christian Vinck 6-4 2-6 7-5 Richard Fromberg d. Dominik Hrbaty 6-2 7-6 Felix Mantilla d. Carlos Costa 6-2 6-3 Semifinals Marcelo Rios d. Byron Black 6-1 6-3 Richard Fromberg d. Felix Mantilla 6-3 7-6(8) Final Marcelo Rios d. Richard Fromberg 4-6 6-4 7-6 Doubles First Round Jim Grabb/Richey Reneberg d. Luis Lobo/Javier Sanchez 6-3 4-6 7-6 Nicolas Lapentti/Fernando Meligeni d. Alisair Hunt/Mark Nielsen 7-5 6-4 Tom Nijssen/Jeff Tarango d. David Adams/Aleksandar Kitinov 6-4 5-7 6-4 Andrea Gaudenzi/MaliVai Washington d. James Greenhalgh/Grant Silcock 7-6(4) 6-4 Jan Siemerink/Daniel Vacek d. Chris Haggard/Tomas Zdrazila 7-5 2-6 7-6(4) Kent Kinnear/Grant Stafford d. Lucas Arnold/Daniel Orsanic 6-3 3-6 6-3 Byron Black/Wayne Black d. Martin Damm/Mikael Tillstrom 6-2 7-5 Patrick Galbraith/Brett Steven d. Brandon Coupe/Paul Rosner 6-2 6-4 Quarterfinals Jim Grabb/Richey Reneberg d. Nicolas Lapentti/Fernando Meligeni 6-2 6-2 Tom Nijssen/Jeff Tarango d. Andrea Gaudenzi/MaliVai Washington w/o Jan Siemerink/Daniel Vacek d. Kent Kinnear/Grant Stafford 6-3 6-4 Patrick Galbraith/Brett Steven d. Byron Black/Wayne Black 7-6(1) 7-6(5) Semifinals Tom Nijssen/Jeff Tarango d. Jim Grabb/Richey Reneberg 6-3 7-6(3) Patrick Galbraith/Brett Steven d. Jan Siemerink/Daniel Vacek 4-6 6-1 6-3 Finals Patrick Galbraith/Brett Steven d. Tom Nijssen/Jeff Tarango 6-4 6-2