BPCA Open de Nice
Nice, France
April 13-19, 1998
Surface: Clay
Prize Money: $100,000+H

Seeds:
1. Magnus Norman
2. Alex Calatrava
3. Martin Sinner
4. Marcello Craca
5. Sebastien Grosjean
6. Andre Sa
7. Francisco Cabello
8. Deigo Nargiso

First Round
(1)(WC)Magnus Norman d. Gerard Solves 6-3 6-1
Adrian Voinea d. (WC)Carlos Gomez-Diaz 6-1 6-2
Alex Lopez-Moron d. (q)Kris Goossens 6-3 6-3
(8)Diego Nargiso d. Jan Kroslak 6-4 6-4
(4)Marcello Craca d. Marcos Ondruska 6-3 6-4
(SE)Razvan Sabau d. Renzo Furlan 3-6 6-4 6-4
Mariano Puerta d. (q)Gaston Etlis 6-3 2-6 7-6(3)
(q)Markus Hipfl d. (5)Sebastien Grosjean 3-6 6-3 7-6(5)
Marzio Martelli d. (6)Andre Sa 6-4 6-2
Guillermo Canas d. Marco Meneschincheri 6-4 6-4
(WC)Arnaud Di Pasquale d. Gilbert Schaller 6-1 2-6 4-0 ret.
(3)Martin Sinner d. Orlin Stanoytchev 7-5 2-6 6-2
(7)Francisco Cabello d. Michael Kohlmann 6-3 6-4
Martin Rodriguez d. Ion Moldovan 6-3 6-2
(q)Dusan Vemic d. Davide Scala 7-5 6-3
(2)Alex Calatrava d. (WC)Julian Jean-Pierre 6-1 6-2

Second Round
(1)Magnus Norman d. Adrian Voinea 1-6 7-6(2) 6-4
Alex Lopez-Moron d. Diego Nargiso 6-4 6-4
(4)Marcello Craca d. (SE)Razvan Sabau 6-4 6-2
Mariano Puerta d. (q)Markus Hipfl 6-0 6-0
Guillermo Canas d. Marzio Martelli 6-2 6-3
(WC)Arnaud Di Pasquale d. (3)Martin Sinner 6-1 6-1
Martin Rodriguez d. (7)Francisco Cabello 6-4 7-6(4)
(q)Dusan Vemic d. (2)Alex Calatrava 7-6(5) 7-6(6)

Quarterfinals
(1)Magnus Norman d. Alex Lopez-Moron 6-2 6-1
Mariano Puerta d. (4)Marcello Craca 6-2 6-1
(WC)Arnaud Di Pasquale d. Guillermo Canas 6-3 6-1
Martin Rodriguez d. (q)Dusan Vemic 6-4 7-5

Semifinals
Mariano Puerta d. (1)Magnus Norman 7-5 6-7(4) 7-5
(WC)Arnaud Di Pasquale d. Martin Rodriguez 6-3 7-6

Finals
Mariano Puerta d. (WC)Arnaud Di Pasquale 6-7(4) 6-4 6-4


Doubles Main Draw
Seeds:
1. Stephen Noteboom/Marcos Ondruska
2. Marius Barnard/Brent Haygarth
3. Tamer El Sawy/Gabor Koves
4. Devin Bowen/Mariano Hood

First Round
(1)Stephen Noteboom/Marcos Ondruska d. Juan Ignacio Carrasco/Diego Del Rio 6-4 3-6 6-1
Michael Kohlmann/Udo Plamberger d. Oscar Ortiz/Grant Silcock 6-3 6-4
(4)Devin Bowen/Mariano Hood d. (WC)Sebastien Grosjean/Olivier Mutis 6-2 6-4
(WC)Laurent Bensadoun/Laurent Orsini d. (WC)Carlos Gomez-Diaz/Jerome Haehnel 7-6(5) 7-5
Mariano Puerta/Andre Sa d. Nebojsa Djordjevic/Dusan Vemic 6-3 6-7(9) 7-5
Alex Calatrava/Alex Lopez-Moron d. (3)Tamer El Sawy/Gabor Koves 6-3 6-7(9) 7-5
(q)Gaston Etlis/Ivan Ljubicic d. Georg Blumauer/Dejan Petrovic 6-3 4-6 6-3
(2)Marius Barnard/Brent Haygarth d. Thomas Buchmayer/Thomas Strengberger 6-1 6-0

Quarterfinals
Michael Kohlmann/Udo Plamberger d. (1)Stephen Noteboom/Marcos Ondruska 6-4 6-7(3) 6-3
(4)Devin Bowen/Mariano Hood d. (WC)Laurent Bensadoun/Laurent Orsini 6-1 6-2
Mariano Puerta/Andre Sa d. Alex Calatrava/Alex Lopez-Moron 6-4 6-1
(2)Marius Barnard/Brent Haygarth d. (q)Gaston Etlis/Ivan Ljubicic 6-3 6-2

Semifinals
(4)Devin Bowen/Mariano Hood d. Michael Kohlmann/Udo Plamberger w/o
Mariano Puerta/Andre Sa d. (2)Marius Barnard/Brent Haygarth 6-4 7-5

Finals
(4)Devin Bowen/Mariano Hood d. Mariano Puerta/Andre Sa 7-5 3-6 6-4