Egypt F1
Cairo, Egypt
July 27-August 2, 1998
Surface: 
Main Draw      : 32
Qualifying Draw: 
$10,000

Singles
Seeds:
1. Martin Hromec
2. Mounir El Aarej
3. Mehdi Tahiri
4. Jicham Zaatini
5. Stephan Grebe
6. Amr Ghoneim
7. Roberto Menendez
8. Patrick Gottesleben

First Round
(1)Martin Hromec (Svk) d. (LL)Karim Benmansour (Mar) 1-6 6-1 6-0
Chemseddine Belal (Mar) d. (q)Jose Fernandez (Chi) 6-2 6-1
(q)Diego Bracco (Arg) d. (q)Sayed-Akram Zaman (Aus) 6-2 7-5
(WC)Karim Maamoun (Egy) d. (8)Patrick Gottesleben (Ger) 6-4 3-6 6-4
(4)Jicham Zaatini (Lib) d. Roberto Ribeiro (Bra) 6-1 6-1
Gabriel Trujillo (Esp) d. (q)Tiago Netto (Por) 6-1 6-1
Gehad El Deeb (Egy) d. Marco Pontarin (Ita) 6-4 6-2
(5)Stephan Grebe (Ger) d. (q)Alejandra Correa (Arg) 6-0 6-2
(6)Amr Ghoneim (Egy) d. Talal Ouahabi (Mar) 6-2 6-0
Paolo Cannova (Ita) d. Larbi Rharnit (Mar) 6-1 6-1
Tiago Sousa (Por) d. (WC)Mohamed Wafa (Egy) 3-6 6-4 6-1
(3)Mehdi Tahiri (Mar) d. Tamas Gyorgy (Hun) 6-3 6-4
(7)Roberto Menendez (Esp) d. Sherif Zaher (Egy) 6-1 6-3
(WC)Hisham Hemeda (Egy) d. (q)Anthonio van Grichin (Por) 6-2 6-0
(q)Thiemo Maier (Aut) d. (q)Jalal Chafai (Mar) 6-3 6-1
(2)Mounir El Aarej (Mar) d. (WC)Ali Ghoneim (Egy) 7-5 6-3

Second Round
(1)Martin Hromec (Svk) d. Chemseddine Belal (Mar) 6-2 4-6 6-3
(WC)Karim Maamoun (Egy) d. (q)Diego Bracco (Arg) 6-4 1-6 6-4
(4)Jicham Zaatini (Lib) d. Gabriel Trujillo (Esp) 6-4 7-6
(5)Stephan Grebe (Ger) d. Gehad El Deeb (Egy) 7-6 6-1
(3)Mehdi Tahiri (Mar) d. Tiago Sousa (Por) 6-4 1-6 6-4
(6)Amr Ghoneim (Egy) d. Paolo Cannova (Ita) 4-6 6-1 6-2
(7)Roberto Menendez (Esp) d. (WC)Hisham Hemeda (Egy) 6-4 6-3
(2)Mounir El Aarej (Mar) d. (q)Thiemo Maier (Aut) 6-4 6-4

Quarterfinals
(1)Martin Hromec (Svk) d. (WC)Karim Maamoun (Egy) 7-6 6-3
(4)Jicham Zaatini (Lib) d. (5)Stephan Grebe (Ger) 6-2 6-1
(3)Mehdi Tahiri (Mar) d. (6)Amr Ghoneim (Egy) 7-6 7-6
(7)Roberto Menendez (Esp) d. (2)Mounir El Aarej (Mar) 6-3 7-5

Semifinals
(4)Jicham Zaatini (Lib) d. (1)Martin Hromec (Svk) 6-1 6-4
(3)Mehdi Tahiri (Mar) d. (7)Roberto Menendez (Esp) 7-5 6-4

Finals
(3)Mehdi Tahiri (MAR) d. (4)Jicham Zaatini (LIB) 1-6 6-2 6-1


Doubles Final
Patrik Gottesleben (GER)/Martin Hromec (SVK) d. Jicham Zaatini (LIB)/Akram Zaman (LIB) 6-2 7-6(6)


courtesy Rudy Selva