title: 1998 ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament – Doubles
text: # 1998 ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament – Doubles
  
  Following are the results of the 1998 ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament doubles competition. The 1998 ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament was a tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts. It was the 26th edition of the event known that year as the ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament, and was part of the ATP International Series of the 1998 ATP Tour. It took place at the Rotterdam Ahoy indoor sporting arena in Rotterdam, Netherlands, from March 2 through March 18, 1998.
  
  Jacco Eltingh and Paul Haarhuis were the defending champions, and won in the final 7–6, 6–3, against Neil Broad and Piet Norval.
  
  ## Seeds
  
  * Jacco Eltingh / Paul Haarhuis (champions)
  * Neil Broad / Piet Norval (final)
  * Martin Damm / Jiří Novák (semifinals)
  * Joshua Eagle / Andrew Florent (first round)
  
  ## 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
  
  ### Draw
  
  | First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | J Eltingh P Haarhuis | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | N Kulti M Tillström | 4 | 3 | | 1 | J Eltingh P Haarhuis | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
  | WC | J Siemerink B Steven | 6 | 6 | | | A Kitinov P Vízner | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
  | | A Kitinov P Vízner | 7 | 7 | | | | | | 1 | J Eltingh P Haarhuis | 5 | 6 | 6 | | | | |
  | 3 | M Damm J Novák | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | 3 | M Damm J Novák | 7 | 3 | 4 | | | | |
  | | D Adams O Delaître | 2 | 6 | 4 | 3 | M Damm J Novák | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
  | | L Pimek F Wibier | 4 | 4 | | Q | T Kempers M Oosting | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
  | Q | T Kempers M Oosting | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | J Eltingh P Haarhuis | 7 | 6 |
  | WC | S Noteboom J van Lottum | 3 | 7 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | 2 | N Broad P Norval | 6 | 3 |
  | | P Albano P Nyborg | 6 | 6 | 7 | | P Albano P Nyborg | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
  | | T Carbonell F Roig | 6 | 6 | | | T Carbonell F Roig | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
  | 4 | J Eagle A Florent | 1 | 3 | | | | | | | T Carbonell F Roig | 3 | 3 | | | | | |
  | WC | R Sluiter P Wessels | 7 | 7 | | | | | | 2 | N Broad P Norval | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
  | | A Kratzmann A Olhovskiy | 6 | 6 | | WC | R Sluiter P Wessels | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
  | | M-K Goellner D Prinosil | 6 | 4 | | 2 | N Broad P Norval | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
  | 2 | N Broad P Norval | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  
  ## Qualifying
  
  ### Qualifying seeds
  
  * Tom Kempers / Menno Oosting (qualified)
  * Karim Alami / Tom Vanhoudt (qualifying competition, withdrew)
  
  ### Qualifiers
  
  * Tom Kempers / Menno Oosting
  
  ### Qualifying draw
  
  | First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Tom Kempers Menno Oosting | 6 | 2 | 7 | | | |
  | WC | Tom Nijssen Dennis van Scheppingen | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | |
  | WC | Tom Nijssen Dennis van Scheppingen | 3 | 6 | 6 | 1 | Tom Kempers Menno Oosting | w/o |
  | | | | | | 2 | Karim Alami Tom Vanhoudt | |
  | | Nicolas Escudé Guillaume Raoux | 3 | 2 | | 2 | Karim Alami Tom Vanhoudt | |
  | 2 | Karim Alami Tom Vanhoudt | 6 | 6 | | | | |
  