France F9
Forbach, France
October 5-11, 1998
Surface: Carpet (Indoor)
Main Draw      : 32
Qualifying Draw: 
$10,000

Singles
Seeds:
1. Kotaro Miyachi
2. Kacper Cecek   WD
3. Kentaro Masuda
4. Slimane Saoudi
5. Claude N'Goran
6. Cyrille Saulnier
7. Jerome Haehnel
8. Pavel Kudrnac

First Round
(q)Thierry Massa d. (1)Kotaro Miyachi 6-4 6-1
Pavel Riha d. Alexander Gietl 6-1 6-2
(q)Arnaud Breistroff d. Frederic Petitjean 4-6 6-3 7-5
Jan Boruszewski d. (8)Pavel Kudrnac 7-5 7-5
(WC)Olivier Bouhamri d. (3)Kentaro Masuda 6-0 6-2
Matthias Muller d. (WC)Julien Benneteau 6-3 3-6 6-4
(q)Olivier Morel d. Stephane Matheu 6-2 6-2
(5)Claude N'Goran d. Djalmar Sistermans 6-4 6-4
(6)Cyrille Saulnier d. (WC)Olivier Patience 6-4 6-2
Arnaud L'Official d. Oualid Jallali 6-3 3-0 ret.
Julien Chauvin d. (q)Nicolas Perrein 6-4 6-4
(q)Gregory Girault d. (4)Slimane Saoudi 7-5 6-4
(q)Philippe Pasquier d. (7)(WC)Jerome Haehnel 7-6(5) 7-6(4)
Radim Zitko d. Simon Blanc 7-6(4) 7-6(2)
Julien Cuaz d. (q)Florian Marquardt 4-6 6-3 7-6(5)
(q)Olivier Rochus d. (LL)Josua Hausman 6-1 6-3

Second Round
Pavel Riha d. (q)Thierry Massa 6-3 7-6(8)
Jan Boruszewski d. (q)Arnaud Breistroff 6-4 6-1
Matthias Muller d. (WC)Olivier Bouhamri 6-3 6-4
(5)Claude N'Goran d. (q)Olivier Morel 7-6(2) 6-3
Arnaud L'Official d. (6)Cyrille Saulnier 6-3 6-2
(q)Gregory Girault d. Julien Chauvin 6-4 7-6(3)
(q)Philippe Pasquier d. Radim Zitko 6-3 6-1
(q)Olivier Rochus d. Julien Cuaz 7-5 6-4

Quarterfinals
Pavel Riha d. Jan Boruszewski 6-4 6-2
(5)Claude N'Goran d. Matthias Muller 6-4 3-2 ret.
(q)Gregory Girault d. Arnaud L'Official 6-4 3-6 6-4
(q)Olivier Rochus d. (q)Philippe Pasquier 6-4 4-6 6-3

Semifinals
Pavel Riha d. (5)Claude N'Goran 4-6 7-6(5) 6-4
(q)Olivier Rochus d. (q)Gregory Girault 4-6 7-6(2) 7-5

Finals
(q)Olivier Rochus d. Pavel Riha 6-4 6-7(4) 6-3


Doubles
Seeds:
1. Matthias Muller/Djalmar Sistermans
2. Mathias Huning/Tobias Huning
3. Stephane Matheu/Olivier Morel
4. Claude N'Goran/Nicolas Perrein

First Round
(1)Matthias Muller/Djalmar Sistermans d. (WC)Emmanuel Greff/Herve Karcher 6-3 7-6(5)
Brett Dickinson/Arnaud L'Official d. Jan Boruszewski/Erick Truempler 6-4 3-6 7-5
(4)Claude N'Goran/Nicolas Perrein d. Kacper Cecek/Alexander Gietl 7-6(3) 7-5
(WC)Gregory Girault/Sebastien Guillemart d. (WC)Olivier Bouhamri/Olivier Patience 6-4 6-2
Julien Cuaz/Cyrille Saulnier d. Karim Benmansour/Oualid Jallali 6-1 6-4
(3)Stephane Matheu/Olivier Morel d. Simon Blanc/Joshua Hausman 7-5 2-6 6-1
Pavel Kudrnac/Radim Zitko d. Julien Chauvin/Sebastien Lami 2-6 7-5 6-0
(2)Mathias Huning/Tobias Huning d. (q)Jan Riha/Pavel Riha 7-5 6-3

Quarterfinals
Brett Dickinson/Arnaud L'Official d. (1)Matthias Muller/Djalmar Sistermans 7-6(5) 7-6(5)
(4)Claude N'Goran/Nicolas Perrein d. (WC)Gregory Girault/Sebastien Guillemart 7-6(4) 5-7 6-3
Julien Cuaz/Cyrille Saulnier d. (3)Stephane Matheu/Olivier Morel 6-2 6-2
Pavel Kudrnac/Radim Zitko d. (2)Mathias Huning/Tobias Huning 7-6(5) 7-5

Semifinals
(4)Claude N'Goran/Nicolas Perrein d. Brett Dickinson/Arnaud L'Official 6-2 4-6 6-3
Pavel Kudrnac/Radim Zitko d. Julien Cuaz/Cyrille Saulnier w/o

Finals
Pavel Kudrnac/Radim Zitko d. (4)Claude N'Goran/Nicolas Perrein 6-1 6-4