# 1998 ATP German Open – Doubles

Luis Lobo and Javier Sánchez were the defending champions, but lost in the second round to Tomás Carbonell and Francisco Roig.
Donald Johnson and Francisco Montana won the title, defeating David Adams and Brett Steven, 6–2, 7–5.

## Seeds

Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated. The top four seeds received a bye to the second round.
* Ellis Ferreira / Rick Leach (semifinals)
* Jim Grabb / Cyril Suk (second round)
* Luis Lobo / Javier Sánchez (second round)
* Donald Johnson / Francisco Montana (champions)
* Neil Broad / Piet Norval (quarterfinals)
* Mahesh Bhupathi / Mark Knowles (quarterfinals)
* Joshua Eagle / Andrew Florent (quarterfinals)
* Trevor Kronemann / David Macpherson (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

### Finals

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | Ellis Ferreira Rick Leach | 4 | 6 | 4 | | | | |
| 4 | Donald Johnson Francisco Montana | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | |
| 4 | Donald Johnson Francisco Montana | 6 | 3 | 6 | 4 | Donald Johnson Francisco Montana | 6 | 7 |
| | | | | | | D Adams Brett Steven | 2 | 5 |
| | Tomás Carbonell Francisco Roig | 6 | 4 | | | D Adams Brett Steven | 2 | 5 |
| | D Adams Brett Steven | 7 | 6 | | | | | |

### Top 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 | Semifinals |
| | | | | | | A Kratzmann D Roditi | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Kratzmann D Roditi | 6 | 6 | 7 | 1 | E Ferreira R Leach | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Olhovskiy P Vízner | 4 | 7 | 6 | | | | | 1 | E Ferreira R Leach | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | T Henman M Ríos | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 7 | J Eagle A Florent | 3 | 2 | | | | | |
| | T Kempers M Oosting | 2 | 3 | | | T Henman M Ríos | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | J Eagle A Florent | 6 | 3 | 6 | 7 | J Eagle A Florent | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | W Ferreira Y Kafelnikov | 4 | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | | | 1 | E Ferreira R Leach | 4 | 6 | 4 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | D Johnson F Montana | 6 | 3 | 6 |
| | | | | | 4 | D Johnson F Montana | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | J-L de Jager R Koenig | 7 | 7 | | | J-L de Jager R Koenig | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| | D Dier M Kohlmann | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 4 | D Johnson F Montana | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | J Knippschild R Schüttler | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | | 5 | Neil Broad Piet Norval | 4 | 4 | | | | | |
| | A Kitinov P Nyborg | 6 | 4 | 4 | | J Knippschild R Schüttler | 2 | 5 | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | N Broad P Norval | 4 | 6 | 7 | 5 | N Broad P Norval | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
| | G Kuerten F Meligeni | 6 | 3 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### 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 |
| 6 | M Bhupathi M Knowles | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | R Fromberg F Maggi | 4 | 3 | | 6 | M Bhupathi M Knowles | w/o | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Berasategui F Wibier | 6 | 6 | | | A Berasategui F Wibier | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | T Haas N Kiefer | 1 | 3 | | | | | | | 6 | M Bhupathi M Knowles | 4 | 4 | | | | |
| | T Carbonell F Roig | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | T Carbonell F Roig | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | J Alonso N Lapentti | 6 | 4 | 0 | | T Carbonell F Roig | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 3 | L Lobo J Sánchez | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | T Carbonell F Roig | 6 | 4 |
| | P Albano F Santoro | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | D Adams B Steven | 7 | 6 |
| 8 | T Kronemann D Macpherson | 0 | 4 | | | P Albano F Santoro | 6 | 5 | 5 | | | | | | | | |
| | D Adams B Steven | 7 | 6 | | | D Adams B Steven | 3 | 7 | 7 | | | | | | | | |
| | B Becker G Ivanišević | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | | D Adams B Steven | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | |
| | L Arnold D Orsanic | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | L Arnold D Orsanic | 4 | 7 | 4 | | | |
| | M-K Goellner D Prinosil | 2 | 6 | | | L Arnold D Orsanic | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 2 | J Grabb C Suk | 2 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |