India F2 - Gold Flake Aces
Ahmedabad, India
January 18-24, 1999
Surface: Hard
Main Draw      : 32
Qualifying Draw: 64
$10,000

Singles
Seeds: (c/o Andi Ram - 602)
1. Filippo Messori
2. Martin Lee
3. Boris Borgula
4. Srinath Prahlad
5. Michel Kratochvil
6. Luke Milligan
7. Amir Hadad
8. Jonathan Erlich

First Round
(1)Filippo Messori (Ita) d. (q)Josef Nesticky (Cze) 5-7 6-1 6-2
(q)Nitin Kirtane (Ind) d. (WC)Vishal Uppal (Ind) 6-2 4-6 6-3
Martin Hromec (Svk) d. Denis Golovanov (Rus) 6-3 6-4
(8)Jonathan Erlich (Isr) d. Armando Allegro (Ita) 3-6 6-2 6-4
(4)Srinath Prahlad (Ind) d. (WC)Vinod Sridhar (Ind) 6-4 6-1
Jocelyn Robichaud (Can) d. Jan Hernych (Cze) 7-5 1-6 6-4
Cedric Kauffmann (Fra) d. Patrick Erhardt (Ger) 6-1 6-0
(q)Filip Kascak (Svk) d. (6)Luke Milligan (GB) 6-3 6-3
(5)Michel Kratochvil (Sui) d. Fazaluddin Syed (Ind) 7-5 6-1
(q)Simon Larose (Can) d. Andi Ram (Isr) 6-2 3-0 ret.
Danai Udomchoke (Tha) d. (q)Luben Pampoulov (Aut) 6-4 6-4
(3)Boris Borgula (Svk) d. (WC)Harsh Mankad (Ind) 6-2 6-1
(7)Amir Hadad (Isr) d. Andrew Rueb (USA) 6-4 6-2
Simon Aspelin (Swe) d. (WC)Vijay Kannan (Ind) 6-4 7-5
(q)Aisam Qureshi (Pak) d. (q)Andrea Serra (Ita) 6-1 6-0
(q)Scott Barron (Ire) d. (2)Martin Lee (GB) 6-2 6-2

Second Round
(1)Filippo Messori (Ita) d. (q)Nitin Kirtane (Ind) 6-3 6-3
(8)Jonathan Erlich (Isr) d. Martin Hromec (Svk) 6-7 6-4 6-2
(4)Srinath Prahlad (Ind) d. Jocelyn Robichaud (Can) 6-4 0-6 6-4
(q)Filip Kascak (Svk) d. Cedric Kauffmann (Fra) 6-1 6-2
(q)Simon Larose (Can) d. (5)Michel Kratochvil (Sui) 0-6 6-4 6-2
(3)Boris Borgula (Svk) d. Danai Udomchoke (Tha) 6-3 6-4
(7)Amir Hadad (Isr) d. Simon Aspelin (Swe) 6-3 6-2
(q)Scott Barron (Ire) d. (q)Aisam Qureshi (Pak) 6-4 6-4

Quarterfinals
(1)Filippo Messori (Ita) d. (8)Jonathan Erlich (Isr) 0-6 6-2 6-4
(q)Filip Kascak (Svk) d. (4)Srinath Prahlad (Ind) 7-6(2) 6-4
(3)Boris Borgula (Svk) d. (q)Simon Larose (Can) 7-6(5) 3-0 ret.
(7)Amir Hadad (Isr) d. (q)Scott Barron (Ire) 7-5 2-6 3-2 ret.

Semifinals
(q)Filip Kascak (Svk) d. (1)Filippo Messori (Ita) 7-6(6) 6-1
(3)Boris Borgula (Svk) d. (7)Amir Hadad (Isr) 6-3 6-7(1) 6-4

Finals
(3)Boris Borgula (Svk) d. (q)Filip Kascak (Svk) 6-4 6-3


Doubles
Seeds: (c/o Chvapil/Hernych - 1437)
1. Marcus Hilpert/Filippo Messori
2. Amir Hadad/Jonathan Erlich
3. Tomon Larose/Jocelyn Robichaud
4. Todd Meringoff/Andrew Rueb

First Round
(1)Marcus Hilpert (Ger)/Filippo Messori (Ita) d. Mustafa Ghouse/Vishal Uppal (Ind) 6-4 6-7(5) 7-5
Boris Borgula/Martin Hromec (Svk) d. (WC)Bobby Mahal (Can)/Sunu Thomas (U.S.) 7-5 6-1
(4)Todd Meringoff/Andrew Rueb (USA) d. Cedric Kauffmann/Fazaluddin Syed (Ind) 6-2 6-2
Simon Aspelin (Swe)/Minh Le (USA) d. Ondrej Chvapil/Jan Hernych (Cze) 6-4 6-4
Armando Allegro/Michel Kratochvil (Sui) d. Martin Lee/Luke Milligan (GBr) 6-3 6-7(6) 6-1
(3)Simon Larose/Jocelyn Robichaud (Can) d. Harsh Mankad (Ind)/Iain Bates (GBR) 6-3 6-3
Ivo Karlovic (Cro)/Michael Kogan (Isr) d. Patrick Erhardt (Ger)/Jun Kato (Sui) 5-7 6-1 7-5
(2)Amir Hadad/Jonathan Erlich (Isr) d. Nitin Kirtane/Sandeep Kirtane (Ind) 4-6 6-2 6-3

Quarterfinals
(1)Marcus Hilpert (Ger)/Filippo Messori (Ita) d. Boris Borgula/Martin Hromec (Svk) 3-6 7-5 7-5
(4)Todd Meringoff/Andrew Rueb (USA) d. Simon Aspelin (Swe)/Minh Le (USA) 7-6(3) 7-6(5)
(3)Simon Larose/Jocelyn Robichaud (Can) d. Armando Allegro/Michel Kratochvil (Sui) 6-4 6-4
(2)Amir Hadad/Jonathan Erlich (Isr) d. Ivo Karlovic (Cro)/Michael Kogan (Isr) 1-6 7-5 6-2

Semifinals
(4)Todd Meringoff/Andrew Rueb (USA) d. (1)Marcus Hilpert (Ger)/Filippo Messori (Ita) 6-3 6-3
(3)Simon Larose/Jocelyn Robichaud (Can) d. (2)Amir Hadad/Jonathan Erlich (Isr) 7-5 7-6(4)

Finals
(4)Todd Meringoff/Andrew Rueb (USA) d. (3)Simon Larose/Jocelyn Robichaud (Can) 7-6(5) 6-3


courtesy R. Jayakrishnan