Samarkand Challenger 
Samarkand, Uzbekistan
October 19-25, 1998
32 Draw - $25,000
Surface - Clay

Seeds:
1. David Caballero
2. Razvan Sabau
3. Eyal Ran
4. Noam Behr
5. Tomas Catar
6. Fredrik Jonsson
7. Tapio Nurminen
8. Vadim Kutsenko

First Round
Oleg Ogorodov d. (1)David Caballero 6-3 7-6(5)
Ivan Ljubicic d. (WC)Timur Ganiev 7-5 6-3
Miles Maclagan d. (q)Mark Nielsen 6-2 1-6 6-3
(7)Tapio Nurminen d. Giorgio Galimberti 6-2 7-6(2)
(4)Noam Behr d. Mark Joachim 7-6(3) 6-2
Herbert Wiltschnig d. Tommi Lenho 3-6 6-2 6-1
(q)Andrei Rybalko d. (WC)Dmitri Tomashevich 6-4 6-2
(WC)Mattias Hellstrom d. (5)Tomas Catar 6-1 1-6 6-4
(6)Fredrik Jonsson d. (WC)Anton Kokurin 6-1 6-0
Igor Gaudi d. Jan Weinzierl 6-3 3-6 6-1
Davide Scala d. Andrei Merinov 7-5 6-4
Alexander Shvec d. (3)Eyal Ran 7-5 6-2
(8)Vadim Kutsenko d. Andrei Stoliarov 2-6 6-3 6-3
(q)Igor Kunitcin d. (LL)Ladislav Svarc 6-1 ret.
Borut Urh d. Lars Jonsson 6-4 6-7(4) 7-5
(2)Razvan Sabau d. (q)Evgeni Mikheev 7-6(4) 6-2

Second Round
Oleg Ogorodov d. Ivan Ljubicic 4-6 6-4 7-5
(7)Tapio Nurminen d. Miles Maclagan 6-4 6-4
(4)Noam Behr d. Herbert Wiltschnig 6-2 6-3
(q)Andrei Rybalko d. (WC)Mattias Hellstrom 6-1 6-7(6) 7-6(4)
(6)Fredrik Jonsson d. Igor Gaudi 6-4 6-1
Alexander Shvec d. Davide Scala 3-6 6-2 7-5
(8)Vadim Kutsenko d. (q)Igor Kunitcin 1-6 6-3 6-3
(2)Razvan Sabau d. Borut Urh 7-6(4) 6-3

Quarterfinals
Oleg Ogorodov d. (7)Tapio Nurminen 6-4 6-3
(4)Noam Behr d. (q)Andrei Rybalko 6-2 7-5
(6)Fredrik Jonsson d. Alexander Shvec 6-1 6-7(2) 6-1
(2)Razvan Sabau d. (8)Vadim Kutsenko 6-0 7-5

Semifinals
Oleg Ogorodov d. (4)Noam Behr 4-6 6-3 6-1
(6)Fredrik Jonsson d. (2)Razvan Sabau 3-6 6-4 6-4

Finals
(6)Fredrik Jonsson d. Oleg Ogorodov 7-6(5) 6-3


Doubles
Seeds:
1. Noam Behr/Eyal Ran
2. Giorgio Galimberti/Igor Gaudi
3. David Caballero/Borut Urh
4. Oleg Ogorodov/Dmitri Tomashevich

First Round
(1)Noam Behr/Eyal Ran d. Andrei Ryablko/Alexander Shvec 6-4 6-2
Miles Maclagan/Razvan Sabau d. Andrej Gavrilov/Evgeni Mikheev 6-3 2-6 6-4
(4)Oleg Ogorodov/Dmitri Tomashevich d. Artem Derepasko/Vadim Kutsenko 6-4 5-7 6-4
(q)Fredrik Jonsson/Lars Jonsson d. Mark Joachim/Herbert Wiltschnig 6-3 6-3
Andrei Merinov/Andrei Stoliarov d. (WC)Timur Ganiev/Abdulhamid Makhkamov 6-3 6-2
(3)David Caballero/Borut Urh d. Tomas Catar/Ivan Ljubicic 7-6(3) 6-2
(WC)Mattias Hellstrom/Bjorn Rehnquist d. (WC)Anton Kokurin/Dmitri Mazur 6-1 6-2
(2)Giorgio Galimberti/Igor Gaudi d. Mark Nielsen/Timo Nurminen 4-6 6-2 6-1

Quarterfinals
(1)Noam Behr/Eyal Ran d. Miles Maclagan/Razvan Sabau 6-0 6-3
(q)Fredrik Jonsson/Lars Jonsson d. (4)Oleg Ogorodov/Dmitri Tomashevich 7-6(5) 6-3
Andrei Merinov/Andrei Stoliarov d. (3)David Caballero/Borut Urh 6-4 7-5
(2)Giorgio Galimberti/Igor Gaudi d. (WC)Mattias Hellstrom/Bjorn Rehnquist 6-4 5-7 7-5

Semifinals
(1)Noam Behr/Eyal Ran d. (q)Fredrik Jonsson/Lars Jonsson 6-7(2) 6-1 6-1
Andrei Merinov/Andrei Stoliarov d. (2)Giorgio Galimberti/Igor Gaudi 3-6 7-6(3) 7-6(8)

Finals
(1)Noam Behr/Eyal Ran d. Andrei Merinov/Andrei Stoliarov 1-6 6-4 7-6(4)