1998 Wimbledon Championships

Prize money

The total prize money for 1998 championships was £7,207,590. The winner of the men's title earned £435,000 while the women's singles champion earned £391,500.

• per team

Champions

Seniors

Men's singles

Main article: 1998 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles

USA Pete Sampras defeated CRO Goran lvanisevic, 6–7(2–7), 7–6(11–9), 6–4, 3–6, 6–2

• It was Sampras' 11th career Grand Slam singles title and his 5th at Wimbledon.

Women's singles

Main article: 1998 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles

CZE Jana Novotná defeated FRA Nathalie Tauziat, 6–4, 7–6(7–2)

• It was Novotná's 1st and only career Grand Slam singles title.

Men's doubles

Main article: 1998 Wimbledon Championships – Men's doubles

NED Jacco Eltingh / NED Paul Haarhuis defeated AUS Todd Woodbridge / AUS Mark Woodforde, 2–6, 6–4, 7–6(7–3), 5–7, 10–8

• It was Eltingh's 6th and last career Grand Slam doubles title and his 1st at Wimbledon. It was Haarhuis' 5th career Grand Slam doubles title and his 1st and only at Wimbledon.

Women's doubles

Main article: 1998 Wimbledon Championships – Women's doubles

SUI Martina Hingis / CZE Jana Novotná defeated USA Lindsay Davenport / BLR Natasha Zvereva, 6–3, 3–6, 8–6

• It was Hingis' 5th career Grand Slam doubles title and her 2nd at Wimbledon. It was Novotná's 11th career Grand Slam doubles title and her 4th and last at Wimbledon.

Mixed doubles

Main article: 1998 Wimbledon Championships – Mixed doubles

BLR Max Mirnyi / USA Serena Williams defeated IND Mahesh Bhupathi / CRO Mirjana Lučić, 6–4, 6–4

• It was Williams' 1st career Grand Slam mixed doubles title. It was Mirnyi's 1st career Grand Slam mixed doubles title.

Juniors

Boys' singles

Main article: 1998 Wimbledon Championships – Boys' singles

SUI Roger Federer defeated GEO Irakli Labadze, 6–4, 6–4

Girls' singles

Main article: 1998 Wimbledon Championships – Girls' singles

SLO Katarina Srebotnik defeated BEL Kim Clijsters, 7–6(7–3), 6–3

Boys' doubles

Main article: 1998 Wimbledon Championships – Boys' doubles

SUI Roger Federer / BEL Olivier Rochus defeated FRA Michaël Llodra / ISR Andy Ram, 3–6, 6–4, 7–5

Girls' doubles

Main article: 1998 Wimbledon Championships – Girls' doubles

DEN Eva Dyrberg / CRO Jelena Kostanić defeated SLO Petra Rampre / UZB Iroda Tulyaganova, 6–2, 7–6(7–5)

Singles seeds

Men's singles

1. USA Pete Sampras (champion)
2. CHI Marcelo Ríos (first round, lost to Francisco Clavet)
3. CZE Petr Korda (quarterfinals, lost to Tim Henman)
4. GBR Greg Rusedski (first round, lost to Mark Draper)
5. ESP Carlos Moyá (second round, lost to Hicham Arazi)
6. AUS Patrick Rafter (fourth round, lost to Tim Henman)
7. RUS Yevgeny Kafelnikov (first round, lost to Mark Philippoussis)
8. FRA Cédric Pioline (first round, lost to Marc Rosset)
9. NED Richard Krajicek (semifinals, lost to Goran Ivanišević)
10. ESP Àlex Corretja (first round, lost to Justin Gimelstob)
11. SWE Jonas Björkman (third round, lost to Jan Siemerink)
12. GBR Tim Henman (semifinals, lost to Pete Sampras)
13. USA Andre Agassi (second round, lost to Tommy Haas)
14. CRO Goran Ivanišević (final, lost to Pete Sampras)
15. SVK Karol Kučera (first round, lost to Vladimir Voltchkov)
16. ESP Félix Mantilla (third round, lost to Sébastien Grosjean)

Women's singles

1. SUI Martina Hingis (semifinals, lost to Jana Novotná)
2. USA Lindsay Davenport (quarterfinals, lost to Nathalie Tauziat)
3. CZE Jana Novotná (champion)
4. GER Steffi Graf (third round, lost to Natasha Zvereva)
5. ESP Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (quarterfinals, lost to Martina Hingis)
6. USA Monica Seles (quarterfinals, lost to Natasha Zvereva)
7. USA Venus Williams (quarterfinals, lost to Jana Novotná)
8. ESP Conchita Martínez (third round, lost to Sam Smith)
9. RSA Amanda Coetzer (second round, lost to Naoko Sawamatsu)
10. ROM Irina Spîrlea (fourth round, lost to Jana Novotná)
11. FRA Mary Pierce (first round, lost to Elena Tatarkova)
12. RUS Anna Kournikova (withdrew before the tournament began)
13. SUI Patty Schnyder (second round, lost to Cara Black)
14. FRA Sandrine Testud (fourth round, lost to Monica Seles)
15. BEL Dominique Van Roost (fourth round, lost to Arantxa Sánchez Vicario)
16. FRA Nathalie Tauziat (final, lost to Jana Novotná)

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