Uzbekistan F5 Karshi, Uzbekistan October 12-18, 1998 Surface: Hard Main Draw : 32 Qualifying Draw: 32 $15,000 Singles Seeds: 1. Tapio Nurminen 2. Vadim Kutsenko 3. Oleg Ogorodov 4. Giorgio Galimberti 5. Andrei Stoliarov 6. Tommi Lenho 7. Herbert Wiltschnig 8. Igor Gaudi First Round (1)Tapio Nurminen d. Vladimir Platenik 6-3 6-7(5) Dmitri Tomashevich d. Evgeny Mikheev 7-6(3) 7-6(5) (q)Artem Derepasko d. (q)Stanislav Pribylov 6-4 6-0 Igor Kunitcin d. (8)Igor Gaudi 7-5 6-2 Alexey Gavrilov d. (4)Giorgio Galimberti 1-6 6-3 6-1 Mark Nielsen d. (WC)Dimitri Mazur 6-3 6-4 Ladislav Svarc d. (LL)Peter Madarassy 7-6(5) 5-7 6-3 [Madarassy replaces Jerome Hanquez] Alexander Shvec d. (6)Tommi Lenho 6-2 3-6 6-1 (5)Andrei Stoliarov d. Amr Ghoneim 6-0 6-2 Andrei Merinov d. (WC)Anton Kokurin 6-1 6-1 (q)Serguei Pozdnev d. (WC)Abdulhamid Makhkamov 3-6 7-6(5) 6-3 (3)Oleg Ogorodov d. (WC)Timor Ganiev 6-2 6-2 (7)Herbert Wiltschnig d. Gergely Kisgyorgy 7-6(5) 7-6(2) (q)Andrei Nosov d. (q)Andrei Youznyi 6-3 6-4 Andrei Rybalko d. (q)Alexey Kedriouk 6-3 6-2 (q)Bjorn Rehnquist d. (2)Vadim Kutsenko 6-3 6-4 Second Round (1)Tapio Nurminen d. Dmitri Tomashevich 6-3 2-6 6-4 Igor Kunitcin d. (q)Artem Derepasko 6-4 7-6(4) Mark Nielsen d. Alexey Gavrilov 6-3 7-5 Alexander Shvec d. Ladislav Svarc 7-6(8) 6-3 Andrei Merinov d. (5)Andrei Stoliarov 7-6(6) 2-6 6-2 (3)Oleg Ogorodov d. (q)Serguei Pozdnev 1-6 7-5 6-4 (7)Herbert Wiltschnig d. (q)Andrei Nosov 6-1 6-1 Andrei Rybalko d. (q)Bjorn Rehnquist 4-6 6-3 6-4 Quarterfinals (1)Tapio Nurminen d. Igor Kunitcin 6-3 6-4 Alexander Shvec d. Mark Nielsen 4-6 6-2 6-4 (3)Oleg Ogorodov d. Andrei Merinov 6-4 6-2 (7)Herbert Wiltschnig d. Andrei Rybalko 6-3 4-6 6-3 Semifinals (1)Tapio Nurminen d. Alexander Shvec 6-4 7-6(0) (3)Oleg Ogorodov d. (7)Herbert Wiltschnig 6-1 6-3 Finals (3)Oleg Ogorodov d. (1)Tapio Nurminen 6-2 6-3 Doubles Seeds: 1. Oleg Ogorodov/Dmitri Tomashevich 2. Tommi Lenho/Tapio Nurminen 3. Mark Nielsen/Vladimir Platenik 4. Andrei Merinov/Andrei Stoliarov First Round (1)Oleg Ogorodov/Dmitri Tomashevich d. Timur Ganiev/Abdulhamid Makhkamov 1-6 6-3 6-2 Vladimir Bistryavichus/Sergi Krotiouk d. Anton Kokurin/Dimitry Mazur 7-6(4) 6-4 Andrei Rybalko/Alexander Shvec d. (3)Mark Nielsen/Vladimir Platenik 7-5 6-3 Alexander Maltsev/Ivan Surov d. Ulugbek Musaev/Konstantin Tomashevic 6-1 4-6 6-4 Artem Derepasko/Igor Kunitcin d. Serguei Pozdnev/Vitaly Shvets 6-1 6-3 (4)Andrei Merinov/Andrei Stoliarov d. Alexey Kedriouk/Stanislav Pribylov 6-4 3-6 6-3 Bjorn Rehnquist/Herbert Wiltschnig d. Alexey Gavrilov/Evgeni Mikheev 6-4 6-2 (2)Tommi Lenho/Tapio Nurminen d. Alexander Sikanov/Andrei Youznyi 6-4 2-6 7-6(5) Quarterfinals (1)Oleg Ogorodov/Dmitri Tomashevich d. Vladimir Bistryavichus/Sergi Krotiouk 6-0 6-1 Andrei Rybalko/Alexander Shvec d. Alexander Maltsev/Ivan Surov 6-3 6-3 (4)Andrei Merinov/Andrei Stoliarov d. Artem Derepasko/Igor Kunitcin 6-4 6-4 (2)Tommi Lenho/Tapio Nurminen d. Bjorn Rehnquist/Herbert Wiltschnig 6-3 7-5 Semifinals (1)Oleg Ogorodov/Dmitri Tomashevich d. Andrei Rybalko/Alexander Shvec 7-6(6) 2-6 6-1 (4)Andrei Merinov/Andrei Stoliarov d. (2)Tommi Lenho/Tapio Nurminen 7-6(3) 6-7(8) 6-4 Finals (1)Oleg Ogorodov/Dmitri Tomashevich d. (4)Andrei Merinov/Andrei Stoliarov 3-6 6-2 6-3