France F10 - Grand Prix de Saint-Dizier Saint-Dizier, France October 12-18, 1998 Surface: Carpet (Indoor) Main Draw : 32 Qualifying Draw: 64 $10,000 Singles Seeds: 1. Martijn Belgraver 2. Kotaro Miyachi WD 3. Frederic Niemeyer 4. Slimane Saoudi 5. Yuri Schukin 6. Mattias Muller 7. Claude N'Goran WD 8. Valentin Sanon 9. Arnaud Fontaine 10. Pavel Kudrnac note: Miyachi and N'Goran withdrew and Fontaine and Kudrnac, the next highest ranked players took their place as the #9 and #10 seeds, respectively. Their places in the draw were taken by Lucky Losers. First Round (WC)Olivier Patience d. (1)Martijn Belgraver 7-5 4-6 6-2 Arnaud Delinbeuf d. (q)Matteo Gotti 6-4 6-2 (LL)Andreas Tattermusch d. Frederic Petitjean 7-5 6-1 Radim Zitko d. (10)Pavel Kukrnac 6-4 6-3 (q)Philippe Kobzos d. (4)Slimane Saoudi 7-6(12) 7-6(4) (WC)Jean-Christophe Faurel d. (q)Melle van Gemierden 6-3 6-1 Oualid Jallali d. Rainer Gunther 6-2 6-2 Djalmar Sistermans d. (5)Yuri Schukin 7-6 6-1 Simon Blanc d. (6)Mattias Muller 7-5 6-2 (q)Gordon Bergraaf d. (q)Mounir El Aarej 7-5 6-0 (q)Jan Boruszewski d. Aleksander Mierzwinski 6-3 6-4 (WC)Olivier Ramos d. (3)Frederic Niemeyer 7-6(2) 1-6 6-2 (8)Valentin Sanon d. (WC)Olivier Bouhamri 6-3 6-4 (SE)Gregory Girault d. (q)Ulrich Tippenhauer 1-6 6-2 7-6(5) (LL)Felix Hardt d. (LL)Ralf Wilmink 6-3 6-3 (q)Arnaud L'Official d. (9)Arnaud Fontaine 7-5 3-6 6-3 Second Round Arnaud Delinbeuf d. (WC)Olivier Patience 6-3 6-3 Radim Zitko d. (LL)Andreas Tattermusch 6-1 6-2 (WC)Jean-Christophe Faurel d. (q)Philippe Kobzos 7-5 3-6 6-1 Oualid Jallali d. Djalmar Sistermans 6-2 6-3 Simon Blanc d. (q)Gordon Bergraaf 6-3 6-4 (WC)Olivier Ramos d. (q)Jan Boruszewski 7-5 3-6 6-2 (SE)Gregory Girault d. (8)Valentin Sanon 6-2 3-6 6-4 (q)Arnaud L'Official d. (LL)Felix Hardt 7-5 7-5 Quarterfinals Arnaud Delinbeuf d. Radim Zitko 6-2 3-6 6-4 (WC)Jean-Christophe Faurel d. Oualid Jallali 7-6(6) 3-6 7-6(7) Simon Blanc d. (WC)Olivier Ramos 7-6(3) 6-3 (SE)Gregory Girault d. (q)Arnaud L'Official 7-6(4) 6-3 Semifinals Arnaud Delinbeuf d. (WC)Jean-Christophe Faurel 7-6(2) 6-1 Simon Blanc d. (SE)Gregory Girault 7-5 6-2 Finals Simon Blanc d. Arnaud Delinbeuf 4-6 6-1 7-5 Doubles Seeds: 1. Matthias Muller/Djalmar Sistermans 2. Claude N'Goran/Nicolas Perrein 3. Jan Boruszewski/Erik Truempler 4. Brett Dickinson/Arnaud L'Official First Round (1)Matthias Muller/Djalmar Sistermans d. Olivier Bouhamri/Olivier Patience 6-4 6-3 Pavel Kudrnac/Radim Zitko d. John-Eun Chun/Matteo Triacca 7-5 6-3 Oualid Jallali/Yuri Schukin d. (4)Brett Dickinson/Arnaud L'Official 3-6 6-4 7-6(7) Simon Blanc/Joshua Hausman d. Eddy Bank/Martijn Belgraver 6-3 7-5 Gordon Bergraaf/Melle van Gemierden d. Karim Benmansour/Mounir El Aarej w/o (3)Jan Boruszewski/Erik Truempler d. Mark Philippen/Olivier Tauma w/o Frederic Niemeyer/Valentin Sanon d. Paul-Patrick Brabant/Wim Fissette 6-7(6) 6-3 6-4 Aleksander Mierzwinski/Andreas Tattermusch d. (2)Claude N'Goran/Nicolas Perrein w/o Quarterfinals Pavel Kudrnac/Radim Zitko d. (1)Matthias Muller/Djalmar Sistermans 3-6 6-4 6-2 Oualid Jallali/Yuri Schukin d. Simon Blanc/Joshua Hausman 6-4 4-6 6-2 Gordon Bergraaf/Melle van Gemierden d. (3)Jan Boruszewski/Erik Truempler 6-3 6-4 Frederic Niemeyer/Valentin Sanon d. Aleksander Mierzwinski/Andreas Tattermusch 7-6(8) 3-6 6-3 Semifinals Pavel Kudrnac/Radim Zitko d. Oualid Jallali/Yuri Schukin 6-3 7-5 Gordon Bergraaf/Melle van Gemierden d. Frederic Niemeyer/Valentin Sanon 6-1 7-5 Finals Pavel Kudrnac/Radim Zitko d. Gordon Bergraaf/Melle van Gemierden 6-4 6-4