# 1998 Newsweek Champions Cup – Doubles

Mark Knowles and Daniel Nestor were the defending champions, but lost in the second round this year.
Jonas Björkman and Patrick Rafter won the title, defeating Todd Martin and Richey Reneberg 6–4, 7–6 in the final.

## Seeds

* Todd Woodbridge / Mark Woodforde (second round)
* Yevgeny Kafelnikov / Daniel Vacek (quarterfinals)
* Ellis Ferreira / Rick Leach (second round)
* Jonas Björkman / Patrick Rafter (champions)
* Donald Johnson / Francisco Montana (first round)
* Luis Lobo / Javier Sánchez (quarterfinals)
* Alex O'Brien / Jonathan Stark (semifinals)
* Mark Knowles / Daniel Nestor (second 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

### Finals

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 7 | Alex O'Brien Jonathan Stark | 3 | 6 | 1 | | | | |
| 4 | Jonas Björkman Patrick Rafter | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | |
| 4 | Jonas Björkman Patrick Rafter | 6 | 3 | 6 | 4 | Jonas Björkman Patrick Rafter | 6 | 7 |
| | | | | | WC | Todd Martin Richey Reneberg | 4 | 6 |
| WC | Todd Martin Richey Reneberg | 2 | 6 | 6 | WC | Todd Martin Richey Reneberg | 4 | 6 |
| | Joshua Eagle Andrew Florent | 6 | 3 | 4 | | | | |

### Top half

| First round | 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 | Semifinals |
| | | | | | 1 | T Woodbridge M Woodforde | 4 | 6 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | T Kronemann D Roditi | 5 | 3 | | | J Courier M Philippoussis | 6 | 2 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Courier M Philippoussis | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | J Courier M Philippoussis | 6 | 2 | 6 | | | | | |
| Q | D Randall J Waite | 6 | 3 | 2 | | | | | | 7 | A O'Brien J Stark | 4 | 6 | 7 | | | | | |
| | D Adams F Santoro | 3 | 6 | 6 | | D Adams F Santoro | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Lareau J Tarango | 6 | 1 | 5 | 7 | A O'Brien J Stark | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | A O'Brien J Stark | 2 | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | 7 | A O'Brien J Stark | 3 | 6 | 1 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | J Björkman P Rafter | 6 | 3 | 6 |
| | | | | | 4 | J Björkman P Rafter | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | P Albano À Corretja | 1 | 6 | | | T Henman G Ivanišević | 3 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | T Henman G Ivanišević | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | 4 | J Björkman P Rafter | 6 | 7 | 6 | | | | | |
| | G Kuerten F Meligeni | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | 6 | L Lobo J Sánchez | 7 | 6 | 3 | | | | | |
| | L Arnold D Orsanic | 4 | 5 | | | G Kuerten F Meligeni | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | W Black J Salzenstein | 2 | 4 | | 6 | L Lobo J Sánchez | 3 | 7 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | L Lobo J Sánchez | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Bottom half

| First round | 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 | Semifinals |
| 5 | D Johnson F Montana | 6 | 0$^r$ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | B Black J Grabb | 7 | 2 | | | B Black J Grabb | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | W Ferreira C Pioline | 6 | 4 | | WC | T Martin R Reneberg | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | T Martin R Reneberg | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | WC | T Martin R Reneberg | 6 | 6 | | | | | | |
| | J-L de Jager D Macpherson | 3 | 6 | 3 | | | | | | WC | S Stolle C Suk | 0 | 3 | | | | | | |
| WC | S Stolle C Suk | 6 | 3 | 6 | WC | S Stolle C Suk | 7 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 3 | E Ferreira R Leach | 6 | 7 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | WC | T Martin R Reneberg | 2 | 6 | 6 |
| 8 | M Knowles D Nestor | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | J Eagle A Florent | 6 | 3 | 4 |
| Q | R Bergh R Koenig | 6 | 4 | | 8 | M Knowles D Nestor | 6 | 5 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | L Jensen M Jensen | 7 | 3 | 5 | | J Eagle A Florent | 3 | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Eagle A Florent | 6 | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | J Eagle A Florent | 6 | 7 | 6 | | | | | |
| | N Broad P Norval | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | 2 | Y Kafelnikov D Vacek | 7 | 5 | 4 | | | | | |
| | P Galbraith B MacPhie | 6 | 6 | | | P Galbraith B MacPhie | 7 | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 2 | Y Kafelnikov D Vacek | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |

## Qualifying
### Seeds

* Dave Randall / Jack Waite (qualified)
* Julián Alonso / Nicolás Lapentti (qualifying competition)
* Scott Davis / Byron Talbot (qualifying competition)
* Rikard Bergh / Robbie Koenig (qualified)

### Qualifiers

* Dave Randall / Jack Waite
* Rikard Bergh / Robbie Koenig

### Qualifying draw
#### First qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 1 | Dave Randall Jack Waite | 6 | 7 | | | | | |
| WC | Sláva Doseděl Dominik Hrbatý | 4 | 5 | | 1 | Dave Randall Jack Waite | 7 | 6 |
| | Nicolas Kiefer Marc Rosset | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | Scott Davis Byron Talbot | 6 | 1 |
| 3 | Scott Davis Byron Talbot | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | |

#### Second qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 2 | Julián Alonso Nicolás Lapentti | 7 | 4 | 6 | | | | | |
| WC | George Bastl Kyle Spencer | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2 | Julián Alonso Nicolás Lapentti | 6 | 3 | 6 |
| WC | Karol Kučera Magnus Norman | 2 | 3 | | 4 | Rikard Bergh Robbie Koenig | 4 | 6 | 7 |
| 4 | Rikard Bergh Robbie Koenig | 6 | 6 | | | | | | |