1998 Queen's Club Championships
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The 1998 Stella Artois Championships was a tennis
tournament played on grass court
s at the Queen's Club
in London
in the United Kingdom
and was part of the International Series
of the 1998 ATP Tour
. The tournament ran from June 8 through June 15, 1998.
Scott Draper
defeated
Laurence Tieleman
7–6 (7–5), 6–4
Todd Woodbridge
/ Mark Woodforde
vs.
Jonas Björkman
/ Patrick Rafter
Tennis
Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...
tournament played on grass court
Grass court
A grass court is one of the four different types of tennis court. Grass courts are made of rye grass in different compositions depending on the tournament...
s at the Queen's Club
Queen's Club
The Queen's Club is a private sporting club in West Kensington, London, England. Founded in 1886, the Queen's Club was the world's first multipurpose sports complex and named after Queen Victoria, its first patron...
in London
London
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in the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
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and was part of the International Series
ATP International Series
The International Series was a series of professional tennis tournaments held internationally as part of the ATP Tour until 2008....
of the 1998 ATP Tour
1998 ATP Tour
The ATP Tour is the elite tour for professional tennis organized by the ATP. The ATP Tour includes the four Grand Slam tournaments, the ATP World Tour Finals, the ATP Super 9, the International Series Gold and the International Series Tournaments tournaments....
. The tournament ran from June 8 through June 15, 1998.
Men's Singles
Scott DraperScott Draper
-Personal life:Draper was born in Queensland, Australia. His first wife, Kellie, died in 1999 from cystic fibrosis. He is now married to Jessica and they have two children, a son Jayden Scott Draper and a daughter, Jaimie Draper .-Tennis career:...
defeated
Laurence TielemanLaurence Tieleman
Laurence Tieleman is a former tennis player from Italy.Turning professional in 1993, Tieleman has a Dutch father and an Italian mother, both working for the European Community. He won one doubles title during his career...
7–6 (7–5), 6–4
- It was Draper's only title of the year and the 1st of his career. He was the lowest ranked player ever to win the tournament, while Tieleman was the lowest ranked finalist.
Men's Doubles
Todd WoodbridgeTodd Woodbridge
Todd Andrew Woodbridge is an Australian former tennis player. He was born in Sydney and turned professional in 1988. He is best known for his successful Doubles partnerships with Mark Woodforde and later Jonas Björkman...
/
Mark WoodfordeMark Woodforde
Mark Woodforde is a former professional tennis player from Australia. He is best known as one half of "The Woodies", a doubles partnership with Todd Woodbridge....
vs.
Jonas BjörkmanJonas Björkman
Jonas Lars Björkman is a former World Number 4 Swedish professional tennis player. He is also a former World No. 1 in doubles. Björkman retired from professional tennis after competing at the 2008 Tennis Masters Cup Doubles championships....
/
Patrick RafterPatrick Rafter
Patrick "Pat" Michael Rafter is an Australian former World No. 1 tennis player. He twice won the men's singles title at the US Open and was twice the runner-up at Wimbledon. Rafter was elected to the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 2006. He was known for his natural serve-and-volley style of...
- The doubles final was cancelled due to bad weather. This was the second time in the Open Era that a final at the Championships had been cancelled, the first being the washout of both the singles and doubles finals in 19681968 Queen's Club ChampionshipsThe 1968 Queen's Club Championships was a tennis tournament played on grass courts. It was the 69th edition of the Queen's Club Championships and was played at the Queen's Club in London in the United Kingdom, beginning on June 17, 1968.-Final:...
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