1998 Lipton Championships
Encyclopedia
The 1998 Lipton Championships was a tennis
tournament played on outdoor hard courts
. It was the 14th edition of the Miami Masters
and was part of the Super 9
of the 1998 ATP Tour
and of Tier I
of the 1998 WTA Tour
. Both the men's and the women's events took place at the Tennis Center at Crandon Park
in Key Biscayne, Florida
in the United States
from March 16 through March 29, 1998.
Marcelo Ríos
defeated
Andre Agassi
7–5, 6–3, 6–4
Venus Williams
defeated
Anna Kournikova
2–6, 6–4, 6–1
Ellis Ferreira
/ Rick Leach
defeated Alex O'Brien
/ Jonathan Stark
6–2, 6–4
Martina Hingis
/
Jana Novotná
defeated
Arantxa Sánchez-Vicario
/
Natasha Zvereva
6–2, 3–6, 6–3
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 outdoor hard courts
Hardcourt
Hardcourt or hard court describes a form of surface or floor on which a sport is played. It may refer to an indoor court made from a wood, or more specifically hardwood such as maple, as in basketball or indoor soccer. Alternatively, it may refer to outdoor materials such as asphalt, shale, or clay...
. It was the 14th edition of the Miami Masters
Miami Masters
The Miami Masters is an annual tennis tournament for men and women held in Key Biscayne, Miami, Florida. It is an ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event on the men's tour and a Premier Mandatory event on the women's tour and is played on hard courts at the Tennis Center at Crandon Park...
and was part of the Super 9
ATP World Tour Masters 1000
The ATP World Tour Masters 1000 is a series of nine tennis tournaments that are part of the Association of Tennis Professionals tour, held annually throughout the year in Europe, North America and Asia...
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....
and of Tier I
WTA Tier I tournaments
The WTA Tier I tournaments were Women's Tennis Association tennis elite tournaments held from 1988 until 2008 season. Minimum prize money, from 2004 is $1,340,000...
of the 1998 WTA Tour
1998 WTA Tour
The WTA Tour is the elite tour for professional women's tennis organised by the Women's Tennis Association . The WTA Tour includes the four Grand Slam tournaments, the WTA Tour Championships and the WTA Tier I, Tier II, Tier III and Tier IV events...
. Both the men's and the women's events took place at the Tennis Center at Crandon Park
Tennis Center at Crandon Park
The 13,300-seat Stadium Court is the centerpiece of the Tennis Center at Crandon Park facility, home of the Sony Ericsson Open in Key Biscayne, Florida since 1987. The Sony Ericsson Open uses 12 courts in competition courts, plus six practice courts...
in Key Biscayne, Florida
Key Biscayne, Florida
Key Biscayne is a village in Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States on the island of Key Biscayne. The population was 10,507 at the 2000 census. As of 2004, the population estimated by the U.S. Census Bureau is 10,324....
in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
from March 16 through March 29, 1998.
Men's Singles
Marcelo RíosMarcelo Ríos
Marcelo Andrés Ríos Mayorga is a former World No. 1 tennis player from Chile. Nicknamed El Chino and El zurdo de Vitacura , he became the first Latin American player to reach the top position on the Association of Tennis Professionals singles rankings in 1998. He held the World No...
defeated
Andre AgassiAndre Agassi
Andre Kirk Agassi is a retired American professional tennis player and former world no. 1. Generally considered by critics and fellow players to be one of the greatest tennis players of all time, Agassi has been called the best service returner in the history of the game...
7–5, 6–3, 6–4
- It was Ríos' 3rd title of the year and the 9th of his career. It was his 2nd Super 9 title of the year and his 3rd overall.
Women's Singles
Venus WilliamsVenus Williams
Venus Ebony Starr Williams is an American professional tennis player who is a former World No. 1 and is ranked World No. 101 as of 10 October 2011 in singles and World No. 20 in doubles as of 2011. She has been ranked World No. 1 in singles by the Women's Tennis Association on three separate...
defeated
Anna KournikovaAnna Kournikova
Anna Sergeyevna Kournikova is a Russian retired professional tennis player. Her beauty and celebrity status made her one of the best known tennis stars worldwide, despite the fact that she never won a WTA singles title. At the peak of her fame, fans looking for images of Kournikova made her name...
2–6, 6–4, 6–1
- It was Williams' 4th title of the year and the 4th of her career. It was her 1st Tier I title of the year and her 1st overall.
Men's Doubles
Ellis FerreiraEllis Ferreira
Ellis Ferreira is a former professional male tennis player from South Africa. He played collegiately at the University of Alabama, earning all-SEC and all-American honors. He won 2 Grand Slam doubles titles, the Men's title at the 2000 Australian Open with Rick Leach and the mixed doubles at the...
/
Rick LeachRick Leach
----Rick Leach is a former professional tennis player and a coach from the United States. A doubles specialist, he won 5 Grand Slam men's doubles titles , and 4 Grand Slam mixed doubles titles . Leach reached the World No...
defeated
Alex O'BrienAlex O'Brien
Alex O'Brien is a professional tennis player from the United States, who competed on the ATP Tour. He was the No. 1 doubles player in the world and was ranked as high as 30 in the world in singles .He won his only singles title at New Haven, Connecticut, in 1996...
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Jonathan StarkJonathan Stark
Jonathan Stark is a former professional tennis player from the United States. During his career he won two Grand Slam doubles titles . Stark reached the World No. 1 doubles ranking in 1994.-Early life:Stark was born in Southern Oregon in the city of Medford on April 3, 1971...
6–2, 6–4
- It was Ferreira's 1st title of the year and the 9th of his career. It was Leach's 1st title of the year and the 35th of his career.
Women's Doubles
Martina HingisMartina Hingis
Martina Hingis is a retired Swiss professional tennis player who spent a total of 209 weeks as World No. 1. She won five Grand Slam singles titles...
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Jana NovotnáJana Novotná
Jana Novotná is a former professional tennis player from the Czech Republic. She played a serve and volley game, an increasingly rare style of play among women during her career. She won the women's singles title at Wimbledon in 1998 and was runner-up in three previous Grand Slam tournaments...
defeated
Arantxa Sánchez-VicarioArantxa Sánchez Vicario
Aránzazu 'Arantxa' Isabel Maria Sánchez Vicario is a Spanish former professional tennis player...
/
Natasha ZverevaNatasha Zvereva
Natalya "Natasha" Zvereva, or Zverava is a former tennis player from Belarus. Zvereva was the first major athlete in the Soviet Union to demand publicly that she should be able to keep her tournament earnings...
6–2, 3–6, 6–3
- It was Hingis' 6th title of the year and the 31st of her career. It was Novotná's 2nd title of the year and the 95th of her career.