Belo Horizonte Tennis Open
Belo Horizonte, Brazil
August 10-16, 1998
32 Draw - $25,000+H
Surface - Hard

Seeds:
1. Andre Sa
2. Eduardo Medica
3. Francisco Costa
4. Maurice Ruah
5. Jaime Oncins
6. Andrei Stoliarov
7. Barry Cowan
8. Goichi Motomura

First Round
Jeff Coetzee d. (1)Andre Sa 6-3 6-4
Nir Welgreen d. (WC)William Lage 3-1 ret.
Gaston Gaudio d. Alejandro Aramburu 7-6(2) 6-1
Barry Cowan d. Yaoki Ishii 7-6(6) 7-6(5)
Sebastien De Chaunac d. (4)Maurice Ruah 6-4 7-5
(LL)Alexandre Simoni d. (WC)Horacio Melo 6-1 6-3
Tomas Catar d. (LL)Damian Furmanski 6-4 6-2
(5)Jaime Oncins d. Nick Gould 6-2 7-6(5)
(6)Andrei Stoliarov d. (q)Satoshi Iwabuchi 6-2 6-2
Lars Jonsson d. Lior Mor 4-6 6-3 6-0
(q)Andres Zingman d. (q)Thomas Shimada 4-6 7-6(1) 6-2
(3)Francisco Costa d. Hideki Kaneko 6-2 6-0
(8)Goichi Motomura d. Richard Brostowicz 5-7 6-2 6-3
Harel Levy d. (WC)Daniel Melo 6-4 3-6 6-2
(q)Juan Ignacio Chela d. (WC)Paulo Baumer 6-1 6-2
Ricardo Schlachter d. (2)Eduardo Medica 6-7(1) 6-3 6-3

Second Round
Jeff Coetzee d. Nir Welgreen 6-1 6-1
Gaston Gaudio d. Barry Cowan 7-5 6-1
Sebastien De Chaunac d. (LL)Alexandre Simoni 7-6(5) 6-1
(5)Jaime Oncins d. Tomas Catar 6-3 6-3
Lars Jonsson d. (6)Andrei Stoliarov 7-6(4) 6-2
(3)Francisco Costa d. (q)Andres Zingman 6-3 7-6(7)
(8)Goichi Motomura d. Harel Levy 6-4 3-6 6-4
(q)Juan Ignacio Chela d. Ricardo Schlachter 6-2 6-3

Quarterfinals
Gaston Gaudio d. Jeff Coetzee 6-3 6-4
(5)Jaime Oncins d. Sebastien De Chaunac 6-3 1-0 ret.
(3)Francisco Costa d. Lars Jonsson 7-5 6-3
(8)Goichi Motomura d. (q)Juan Ignacio Chela 6-4 3-6 6-4

Semifinals
Gaston Gaudio d. (5)Jaime Oncins 1-6 6-1 7-6(3)
(3)Francisco Costa d. (8)Goichi Motomura 3-6 6-4 6-4

Finals
(3)Francisco Costa d. Gaston Gaudio 4-6 6-2 6-4


Doubles
Seeds:
1. Jaime Oncins/Andre Sa
2. Nelson Aerts/Cristiano Testa
3. Jeff Coetzee/Damien Roberts
4. Barry Cowan/Maurice Ruah

First Round
Paulo Taicher/Nir Welgreen d. (1)Jaime Oncins/Andre Sa 6-4 6-3
Damian Furmanski/Martin Garcia d. Alejandro Aramburu/Americo Tupi Venero 6-3 6-3
Satoshi Iwabuchi/Thomas Shimada d. (4)Barry Cowan/Maurice Ruah 7-6(9) 6-7(4) 6-2
Ricardo Schlachter/Alexandre Simoni d. S. Teixeira/J. Vieira 6-1 6-4
Francisco Costa/Goichi Motomura d. Harel Levy/Lior Mor 6-1 7-5
(3)Jeff Coetzee/Damien Roberts d. Sebastien De Chaunac/Lars Jonsson 7-5 6-1
Rodrigo Schtscherbyna /Andres Zingman d. Paulo Baumer/R. Santos 6-4 6-0
(2)Nelson Aerts/Cristiano Testa d. Daniel Melo/Antonio Prieto 6-4 6-4

Quarterfinals
Damian Furmanski/Martin Garcia d. Paulo Taicher/Nir Welgreen 3-6 6-3 7-6(2)
Satoshi Iwabuchi/Thomas Shimada d. Ricardo Schlachter/Alexandre Simoni 6-3 7-5
(3)Jeff Coetzee/Damien Roberts d. Francisco Costa/Goichi Motomura 6-3 2-6 6-2
(2)Nelson Aerts/Cristiano Testa d. Rodrigo Schtscherbyna /Andres Zingman 7-6(4) 6-1

Semifinals
Satoshi Iwabuchi/Thomas Shimada d. Damian Furmanski/Martin Garcia 6-7(5) 6-4 6-4
(3)Jeff Coetzee/Damien Roberts d. (2)Nelson Aerts/Cristiano Testa 7-5 4-6 6-4

Finals
Satoshi Iwabuchi/Thomas Shimada d. (3)Jeff Coetzee/Damien Roberts 6-7(2) 7-5 7-5