# 1998 ATP Tour World Championships – Doubles

Jacco Eltingh and Paul Haarhuis defeated Mark Knowles and Daniel Nestor in the final, 6–4, 6–2, 7–5 to win the doubles tennis title at the 1998 ATP Tour World Championships.
Rick Leach and Jonathan Stark were the defending champions, but did not compete together in 1998. Stark failed to qualify with another partner; Leach partnered Ellis Ferreira, but was eliminated in the round-robin stage.

## Seeds

* Jacco Eltingh / Paul Haarhuis (champions)
* Mahesh Bhupathi / Leander Paes (round robin, withdrew due to a left ankle injury of Paes)
* Todd Woodbridge / Mark Woodforde (round robin)
* Mark Knowles / Daniel Nestor (final)
* Ellis Ferreira / Rick Leach (round robin)
* Sandon Stolle / Cyril Suk (round robin)
* Olivier Delaître / Fabrice Santoro (semifinals)
* Donald Johnson / Francisco Montana (semifinals)
* Joshua Eagle / Andrew Florent (round robin)

## 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 | Final |
| 1 | Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis | 7 | 6 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Donald Johnson Francisco Montana | 6$^1$ | 4 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Donald Johnson Francisco Montana | 6$^1$ | 4 | | 1 | Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis | 6 | 6 | 7 |
| | | | | | 4 | Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor | 4 | 2 | 5 |
| 4 | Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor | 4 | 6 | 7 | 4 | Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor | 4 | 2 | 5 |
| 7 | Olivier Delaître Fabrice Santoro | 6 | 4 | 5 | | | | | |

### Green group

| | | Eltingh Haarhuis | Woodbridge Woodforde | Ferreira Leach | Delaître Santoro | RR W–L | Set W–L | Game W–L | Standings |
| 1 | Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis | | 7–6$^{(7–3)}$, 6–4 | 6–4, 6–4 | 4–6, 7–5, 7–5 | 3–0 | 6–1 | 43–34 | 1 |
| 3 | Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde | 6–7$^{(3–7)}$, 4–6 | | 6–7$^{(3–7)}$, 3–6 | 7–6$^{(7–1)}$, 3–6, 4–6 | 0–3 | 1–6 | 33–44 | 4 |
| 5 | Ellis Ferreira Rick Leach | 4–6, 4–6 | 7–6$^{(7–3)}$, 6–3 | | 6–7$^{(1–7)}$, 6–4, 6–7$^{(3–7)}$ | 1–2 | 3–4 | 39–39 | 3 |
| 7 | Olivier Delaître Fabrice Santoro | 6–4, 5–7, 5–7 | 6–7$^{(1–7)}$, 6–3, 6–4 | 7–6$^{(7–1)}$, 4–6, 7–6$^{(7–3)}$ | | 2–1 | 5–4 | 52–50 | 2 |
Standings are determined by: 1. number of wins; 2. number of matches; 3. in two-players-ties, head-to-head records; 4. in three-players-ties, percentage of sets won, or of games won; 5. steering-committee decision.

### Gold group

| | | Bhupathi Paes Eagle Florent | Knowles Nestor | Stolle Suk | Johnson Montana | RR W–L | Set W–L | Game W–L | Standings |
| 2 9 | Mahesh Bhupathi Leander Paes Joshua Eagle Andrew Florent | | 7–6$^{(7–5)}$, 6–0 (w/ Eagle / Florent) | 6–4, 3–6, 4–6 (w/ Bhupathi / Paes) | 6–3, 4–6, 6–7$^{(4–7)}$ (w/ Bhupathi / Paes) | 0–2 1–0 | 2–4 2–0 | 29–32 13–6 | 5 4 |
| 4 | Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor | 6–7$^{(5–7)}$, 0–6 (w/ Eagle / Florent) | | 2–6, 6–4, 6–2 | 6–3, 6–2 | 2–1 | 4–3 | 32–30 | 1 |
| 6 | Sandon Stolle Cyril Suk | 4–6, 6–3, 6–4 (w/ Bhupathi / Paes) | 6–2, 4–6, 2–6 | | 7–6$^{(8–6)}$, 6–7$^{(5–7)}$, 6–7$^{(4–7)}$ | 1–2 | 4–5 | 47–47 | 3 |
| 8 | Donald Johnson Francisco Montana | 3–6, 6–4, 7–6$^{(7–4)}$ (w/ Bhupathi / Paes) | 3–6, 2–6 | 6–7$^{(6–8)}$, 7–6$^{(7–5)}$, 7–6$^{(7–4)}$ | | 2–1 | 4–4 | 41–47 | 2 |
Standings are determined by: 1. number of wins; 2. number of matches; 3. in two-players-ties, head-to-head records; 4. in three-players-ties, percentage of sets won, or of games won; 5. steering-committee decision.