title: 1998 Australian Men's Hardcourt Championships – Doubles
text: # 1998 Australian Men's Hardcourt Championships – Doubles
  
  Patrick Rafter and Bryan Shelton were the defending champions, but did not participate this year.
  
  Joshua Eagle and Andrew Florent won the title, defeating Ellis Ferreira and Rick Leach 6–4, 6–7, 6–3 in the final.
  
  ## Seeds
  
  Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.
  
  * Todd Woodbridge / Mark Woodforde (quarterfinals)
  * Ellis Ferreira / Rick Leach (final)
  * Neil Broad / Piet Norval (first round)
  * Patrick Galbraith / Brett Steven (quarterfinals)
  
  ## Draw
  
  ### Key
  
  * Q = Qualifier
  * WC = Wild card
  * LL = Lucky loser
  * Alt = Alternate
  * SE = Special exempt
  * PR = Protected ranking
  * ITF = ITF entry
  * JE = Junior exempt
  * w/o = Walkover
  * r = Retired
  * d = Defaulted
  * SR = Special ranking
  
  ### Finals
  
  | First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | T Woodbridge M Woodforde | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | D Adams A Kitinov | 6 | 4 | | 1 | T Woodbridge M Woodforde | 3 | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
  | | J Eagle A Florent | 6 | 6 | | | J Eagle A Florent | 6 | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
  | | D Randall J Waite | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | J Eagle A Florent | 6 | 7 | | | | | |
  | 3 | N Broad P Norval | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | B Black N Kulti | 3 | 6 | | | | | |
  | | B Black N Kulti | 6 | 6 | | | B Black N Kulti | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | J Apell J Björkman | 6 | 4 | 4 | | S Stolle C Suk | 4 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | S Stolle C Suk | 2 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | J Eagle A Florent | 6 | 6 | 6 |
  | WC | L Hewitt L Smith | 1 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | E Ferreira R Leach | 4 | 7 | 3 |
  | | W Black A Kratzmann | 6 | 6 | | | W Black A Kratzmann | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | Q | M Damm S Doseděl | 5 | 7 | 6 | 4 | P Galbraith B Steven | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | 4 | P Galbraith B Steven | 7 | 5 | 7 | | | | | | | W Black A Kratzmann | 2 | 1 | | | | | |
  | | G Kuerten D Prinosil | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | 2 | E Ferreira R Leach | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
  | WC | S Draper J Stoltenberg | 6 | 6 | | WC | S Draper J Stoltenberg | 4 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | WC | W Arthurs R Fromberg | 3 | 4 | | 2 | E Ferreira R Leach | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | 2 | E Ferreira R Leach | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  