Ahmedabad Challenger
Ahmedabad, India
December 21-27, 1998
32 Draw - $25,000+H
Surface - Hard

Seeds:
1. David Caldwell
2. Anthony Dupuis
3. Lior Mor
4. Oleg Ogorodov
5. Eyal Ran
6. Oren Motevassel
7. Goichi Motomura
8. Hideki Kaneko

First Round
Kentaro Masuda (JPN) [483] d. (1)David Caldwell (USA) [182] 6-1 7-6(4)
Barry Cowan (GBR) [309] d. (WC)Mahesh Bhupathi (IND) [383] 7-6(3) 6-3
(q)Dmitri Tomashevich (UZB) [395] d. Vadim Kutsenko (UZB) [335] 2-6 6-1 7-5
Noam Okun (ISR) [317] d. (8)Hideki Kaneko (JPN) [240] 6-2 7-5
(4)Oleg Ogorodov (UZB) [225] d. Olivier Malcor (FRA) [242] 6-1 6-0
Radovan Svetlik (CZE) [264] d. Gregory Carraz (FRA) [254] 3-6 6-2 6-3
(q)Arvind Parmar (GBR) [462] d. Nir Welgreen (ISR) [311] 3-6 6-2 6-3
(6)Oren Motevassel (ISR) [234] d. Miles MacLagan (GBR) [284] 6-4 6-1
(5)Eyal Ran (ISR) [230] d. (q)Sebastien De Chaunac (FRA) [371] 6-3 1-6 7-5
Julien Boutter (FRA) [276] d. Noam Behr (ISR) [265] 6-4 4-6 7-5
Alexandre Strambini (SUI) [360] d. Mark Joachim (GER) [267] 6-3 6-4
Ofer Sela (ISR) [281] d. (3)Lior Mor (ISR) [213] 6-3 6-3
(7)Goichi Motomura (JPN) [236] d. Andrei Merinov (RUS) [357] 6-3 1-6 6-3
(WC)Srinath Prahlad (IND) [390] d. Ivan Ljubicic (CRO) [293] 6-3 6-4
(q)Jamie Delgado (GBR) [426] d. (WC)Fazaluddin Syed (IND) [563] 6-3 7-5
(2)Anthony Dupuis (FRA) [208] d. (WC)Vijay Kannan (IND) [941] 6-2 2-6 6-0

Second Round
Kentaro Masuda (JPN) d. Barry Cowan (GBR) 7-6(2) 6-0
(q)Dmitri Tomashevich (UZB) d. Noam Okun (ISR) 4-6 6-2 6-2
(4)Oleg Ogorodov (UZB) d. Radovan Svetlik (CZE) 6-3 6-0
(6)Oren Motevassel (ISR) d. (q)Arvind Parmar (GBR) 6-3 6-4
(5)Eyal Ran (ISR) d. Julien Boutter (FRA) 6-2 7-6(0)
Ofer Sela (ISR) d. Alexandre Strambini (SUI) 6-2 6-3
(WC)Srinath Prahlad (IND) d. (7)Goichi Motomura (JPN) 6-4 6-3
(2)Anthony Dupuis (FRA) d. (q)Jamie Delgado (GBR) 7-6(4) 6-4

Quarterfinals
Kentaro Masuda (JPN) d. (q)Dmitri Tomashevich (UZB) 6-4 6-1
(4)Oleg Ogorodov (UZB) d. (6)Oren Motevassel (ISR) 6-0 6-2
(5)Eyal Ran (ISR) d. Ofer Sela (ISR) 6-2 1-6 6-1
(2)Anthony Dupuis (FRA) d. (WC)Srinath Prahlad (IND) 6-4 6-2

Semifinals
(4)Oleg Ogorodov (UZB) d. Kentaro Masuda (JPN) 6-2 3-6 7-5
(2)Anthony Dupuis (FRA) d. (5)Eyal Ran (ISR) 6-4 6-0

Finals
(2)Anthony Dupuis (FRA) d. (4)Oleg Ogorodov (UZB) 6-4 6-2


Doubles (no qualifying)
Seeds:
1. Noam Behr/Eyal Ran
2. Ivan Ljubicic/Goichi Motomura
3. Noam Okun/Nir Welgreen
4. Gregory Carraz/Regis Lavergne

First Round
(1)Noam Behr/Eyal Ran d. David Caldwell/Andrei Merinov 6-2 7-5
Mahesh Bhupathi/Prahlad Srinath d. Matej Pampoulov/Oren Motevassel 6-2 6-3
(4)Gregory Garraz/Regis Lavergne d. Lior Mor/Ofer Sela 6-4 6-7(6) 6-3
Jamie Delgado/Arvind Parmar d. Vijay Kannan/Vishal Uppal 6-4 6-4
Hideki Kaneko/Mitsuru Takada d. Syed Fazaluddin/Vikrand Chadha 6-7(5) 6-0 6-1
(3)Noam Okun/Nir Welgreen d. Nitin Kirtane/Sandeep Kirtane 6-3 7-5
Barry Cowan/Miles Maclagan d. Kirill Ivanov-Smolensky/Dmitri Tomashevich 4-6 7-6(1) 6-2
(2)Ivan Ljubicic/Goichi Motomura d. Vadim Kutsenko/Oleg Ogorodov 7-6(4) 6-2

Quarterfinals
(1)Noam Behr/Eyal Ran d. Mahesh Bhupathi/Prahlad Srinath w/o
(4)Gregory Garraz/Regis Lavergne d. Jamie Delgado/Arvind Parmar 6-0 6-4
(3)Noam Okun/Nir Welgreen d. Hideki Kaneko/Mitsuru Takada 7-5 6-2
(2)Ivan Ljubicic/Goichi Motomura d. Barry Cowan/Miles Maclagan 7-6(4) 4-6 7-6(6)

Semifinals
(1)Noam Behr/Eyal Ran d. (4)Gregory Garraz/Regis Lavergne w/o
(3)Noam Okun/Nir Welgreen d. (2)Ivan Ljubicic/Goichi Motomura 6-4 2-6 7-6(5)

Finals
(3)Noam Okun/Nir Welgreen d. (1)Noam Behr/Eyal Ran 3-6 6-0 6-4


courtesy R. Jayakrishnan