# 1998 Pilot Pen International – Men's doubles

The 1998 Pilot Pen International was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at the Cullman-Heyman Tennis Center in New Haven, Connecticut, in the United States that was part of the International Series Gold of the 1998 ATP Tour and of Tier II of the 1998 WTA Tour. The men's tournament was held from August 17 through August 23, 1998, while the women's tournament was held from August 24 through August 30, 1998.

## Seeds

Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.
* Mahesh Bhupathi / Leander Paes (second round)
* Todd Woodbridge / Mark Woodforde (semifinals)
* Yevgeny Kafelnikov / Daniel Vacek (semifinals)
* Sébastien Lareau / Alex O'Brien (finale)
* Marc-Kevin Goellner / David Prinosil (quarterfinals)
* Justin Gimelstob / Jonathan Stark (first round)
* Julián Alonso / Javier Sánchez (first round)
* Pablo Albano / Nicolás Lapentti (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 | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| | Wayne Arthurs Peter Tramacchi | 6 | 7 | | | | | |
| 3 | Yevgeny Kafelnikov Daniel Vacek | 4 | 6 | | | | | |
| 3 | Yevgeny Kafelnikov Daniel Vacek | 4 | 6 | | Wayne Arthurs Peter Tramacchi | 7 | 1 | 6 |
| | | | | 4 | Sébastien Lareau Alex O'Brien | 6 | 6 | 3 |
| 4 | Sébastien Lareau Alex O'Brien | 6 | 6 | 4 | Sébastien Lareau Alex O'Brien | 6 | 6 | 3 |
| 2 | Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde | 3 | 2 | | | | | |

### Top half

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| | | | | | 1 | M Bhupathi L Paes | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| | W Arthurs P Tramacchi | 3 | 6 | 6 | | W Arthurs P Tramacchi | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | D Orsanic J Siemerink | 6 | 2 | 3 | | | | | | W Arthurs P Tramacchi | 2 | 6 | 7 | | | | |
| | O Delaître J Tarango | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | O Delaître J Tarango | 6 | 3 | 5 | | | | |
| | M Barnard B Talbot | 6 | 3 | | | O Delaître J Tarango | 7 | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
| | N Godwin V Santopadre | 6 | 6 | | | N Godwin V Santopadre | 5 | 5 | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | Julián Alonso Javier Sánchez | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | W Arthurs P Tramacchi | 6 | 7 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | Y Kafelnikov D Vacek | 4 | 6 |
| | | | | | 3 | Y Kafelnikov D Vacek | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | N Kiefer A Rădulescu | 6 | 3 | 6 | | N Kiefer A Rădulescu | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Holmes T Anzari | 4 | 6 | 0 | | | | | 3 | Y Kafelnikov D Vacek | 7 | 5 | 6 | | | | |
| | G Köves E Taino | 6 | 1 | 6 | | | | | | S Humphries J Salzenstein | 5 | 7 | 3 | | | | |
| | S Noteboom F Wibier | 3 | 6 | 3 | | G Köves E Taino | 3 | 5 | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Humphries J Salzenstein | 6 | 7 | | | S Humphries J Salzenstein | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | J Gimelstob Jonathan Stark | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Bottom half

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| 5 | M-K Goellner D Prinosil | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Keil TJ Middleton | 3 | 3 | | 5 | M-K Goellner D Prinosil | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | D Bowen M Hood | 4 | 6 | 6 | | D Bowen M Hood | 3 | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| | G Kuerten M Mirnyi | 6 | 2 | 3 | | | | | 5 | M-K Goellner D Prinosil | 6 | 3 | | | | |
| | L Arnold L Lobo | 7 | 7 | | | | | | 4 | S Lareau A O'Brien | 7 | 6 | | | | |
| | C Doseděl S Sargsian | 6 | 5 | | | L Arnold L Lobo | 6 | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 4 | S Lareau A O'Brien | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | S Lareau A O'Brien | 6 | 6 |
| 8 | P Albano N Lapentti | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | 2 | T Woodbridge M Woodforde | 3 | 2 |
| | J Blake T Blake | 4 | 3 | | 8 | P Albano N Lapentti | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | N Behr E Erlich | 6 | 6 | | | N Behr E Erlich | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| | G Raoux F Santoro | 2 | 2 | | | | | | 8 | P Albano N Lapentti | 5 | 3 | | | | |
| | G Grant P McEnroe | 7 | 7 | | | | | | 2 | T Woodbridge M Woodforde | 7 | 6 | | | | |
| | G Ivanišević G Van Emburgh | 5 | 5 | | | G Grant P McEnroe | 6 | 5 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 2 | T Woodbridge M Woodforde | 7 | 7 | | | | | | | | |