title: 1998 Generali Open – Doubles
text: # 1998 Generali Open – Doubles
  
  The 1998 Generali Open was a men's tennis tournament played on Clay in Kitzbühel, Austria that was part of the International Series of the 1998 ATP Tour. It was the forty-third edition of the tournament and was held from 27 July – 2 August 1998.
  
  ## Seeds
  
  Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.
  
  * Joshua Eagle / Andrew Kratzmann (final)
  * Tom Kempers / Daniel Orsanic (champions)
  * Pablo Albano / Nicolás Lapentti (semifinals)
  * David Adams / Fernon Wibier (second round)
  * Aleksandar Kitinov / Pavel Vízner (quarterfinals)
  * Wayne Arthurs / Jack Waite (second round)
  * Lucas Arnold Ker / Mariano Hood (quarterfinals)
  * Libor Pimek / Tomáš Anzari (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
  
  | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Joshua Eagle Andrew Kratzmann | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
  | | Marius Barnard Filippo Messori | 3 | 4 | | | | | |
  | | Marius Barnard Filippo Messori | 3 | 4 | | 1 | Joshua Eagle Andrew Kratzmann | 3 | 4 |
  | | | | | | 2 | Tom Kempers Daniel Orsanic | 6 | 6 |
  | 3 | Pablo Albano Nicolás Lapentti | 6 | 7 | 4 | 2 | Tom Kempers Daniel Orsanic | 6 | 6 |
  | 2 | Tom Kempers Daniel Orsanic | 7 | 5 | 6 | | | | |
  
  ### Top half
  
  | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | | | | 1 | J Eagle A Kratzmann | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
  | G Castrichella L Rehmann | 7 | 7 | | | G Castrichella L Rehmann | 6 | 2 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
  | J Greenhalgh N Zimonjić | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 1 | J Eagle A Kratzmann | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | |
  | J Balcells A Berasategui | 6 | 3 | 7 | | | | | | 7 | L Arnold M Hood | 6 | 4 | 4 | | | | |
  | K Braasch R Fromberg | 2 | 6 | 6 | | J Balcells A Berasategui | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | | | | 7 | L Arnold M Hood | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | J Eagle A Kratzmann | 6 | 6 |
  | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | M Barnard F Messori | 3 | 4 |
  | | | | | 4 | D Adams F Wibier | 6 | 5 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
  | M Barnard F Messori | 7 | 6 | 6 | | M Barnard F Messori | 1 | 7 | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
  | J Holmes P Tramacchi | 5 | 7 | 3 | | | | | | | M Barnard F Messori | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
  | J Alonso C Doseděl | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | 5 | A Kitinov P Vízner | 4 | 3 | | | | | |
  | M Bertolini D Bowen | 5 | 2 | | | J Alonso C Doseděl | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | | | | 5 | A Kitinov P Vízner | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | |
  
  ### Bottom half
  
  | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | | | 6 | W Arthurs J Waite | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | F Meligeni J Oncins | 6 | 6 | | F Meligeni J Oncins | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | J Cunha e Silva M Hilpert | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | F Meligeni J Oncins | 7 | 2 | 3 | | | | | |
  | S Noteboom A Olhovskiy | 6 | 7 | | | | | | 3 | P Albano N Lapentti | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
  | G Blumauer T Buchmayer | 4 | 6 | | S Noteboom A Olhovskiy | 0 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | | | 3 | P Albano N Lapentti | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | P Albano N Lapentti | 6 | 7 | 4 |
  | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | T Kempers D Orsanic | 7 | 5 | 6 |
  | | | | 8 | L Pimek T Anzari | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | A Cherkasov U Plamberger | 3 | 4 | | W Schranz T Strengberger | 6 | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | W Schranz T Strengberger | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 8 | L Pimek T Anzari | 7 | 2 | 4 | | | | | |
  | F Dewulf T Vanhoudt | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 2 | T Kempers D Orsanic | 5 | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
  | A Gaudenzi T Muster | 3 | 4 | | F Dewulf T Vanhoudt | 6 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | | | 2 | T Kempers D Orsanic | 7 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | |
  