# 1998 du Maurier Open – Men's doubles

Mahesh Bhupathi and Leander Paes were the defending champions, but lost in the semifinals to the eventual runners-up Ellis Ferreira and Rick Leach.
Martin Damm and Jim Grabb won the title, by defeating Ferreira and Leach, 6–7, 6–2, 7–6 in the final.

## 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 (semifinals)
* Jonas Björkman / Patrick Rafter (semifinals, retired)
* Ellis Ferreira / Rick Leach (final)
* Yevgeny Kafelnikov / Daniel Vacek (second round)
* Donald Johnson / Francisco Montana (quarterfinals)
* Unknown (withdrew)
* Mark Knowles / Daniel Nestor (quarterfinals)
* Wayne Black / Sébastien Lareau (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 |
| 1 | Mahesh Bhupathi Leander Paes | 6 | 3 | | | | | |
| 3 | Ellis Ferreira Rick Leach | 7 | 6 | | | | | |
| 3 | Ellis Ferreira Rick Leach | 7 | 6 | 3 | Ellis Ferreira Rick Leach | 7 | 2 | 6 |
| | | | | | Martin Damm Jim Grabb | 6 | 6 | 7 |
| | Martin Damm Jim Grabb | 3 | 7 | | Martin Damm Jim Grabb | 6 | 6 | 7 |
| 2 | Jonas Björkman Patrick Rafter | 6 | 6$^r$ | | | | | |

### 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 |
| | | | | | 1 | M Bhupathi L Paes | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | B Coupe D Randall | 6 | 6 | | | B Coupe D Randall | 4 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | G Stafford K Ullyett | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | 1 | M Bhupathi L Paes | 6 | 5 | 6 | | | | |
| | O Delaître F Santoro | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | 8 | W Black S Lareau | 2 | 7 | 4 | | | | |
| | B Kokavec F Niemeyer | 5 | 2 | | | O Delaître F Santoro | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | W Black S Lareau | 6 | 6 | | 8 | W Black S Lareau | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | D Macpherson B MacPhie | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | M Bhupathi L Paes | 6 | 3 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | E Ferreira R Leach | 7 | 6 |
| | | | | | 3 | E Ferreira R Leach | 4 | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Eagle J Siemerink | 6 | 7 | | | J Eagle J Siemerink | 6 | 6 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| | T Haas J Robichaud | 2 | 5 | | | | | | | 3 | E Ferreira R Leach | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | S Sargsian G Van Emburgh | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | 5 | D Johnson F Montana | 2 | 1 | | | | | |
| | L Jensen M Jensen | 6 | 0 | | | S Sargsian G Van Emburgh | 1 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | D Johnson F Montana | 2 | 6 | 6 | 5 | D Johnson F Montana | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Larose J Turek | 6 | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### 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 | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| | M Damm J Grabb | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | D Flach M Tebbutt | 7 | 3 | 0 | | M Damm J Grabb | w/o | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Kratzmann G Kuerten | 6 | 3 | 6 | | A Kratzmann G Kuerten | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | D Roditi J Tarango | 3 | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | M Damm J Grabb | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | S Stolle C Suk | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | S Stolle C Suk | 3 | 1 | | | | |
| | J-L de Jager R Koenig | 6 | 4 | | | S Stolle C Suk | 4 | 7 | 7 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 4 | Y Kafelnikov D Vacek | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | M Damm J Grabb | 3 | 7 |
| 7 | M Knowles D Nestor | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | J Björkman P Rafter | 6 | 6$^r$ |
| | A Kitinov F Wibier | 3 | 5 | | 7 | M Knowles D Nestor | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | G Ivanišević M Philippoussis | 6 | 6 | | | G Ivanišević M Philippoussis | 2$^r$ | | | | | | | | | | |
| | D Adams Max Mirnyi | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | 7 | M Knowles D Nestor | 5 | 3 | | | | |
| | P Galbraith T Martin | 6 | 7 | 6 | | | | | | 2 | J Björkman P Rafter | 7 | 6 | | | | |
| | B Black A O'Brien | 7 | 5 | 2 | | P Galbraith T Martin | 2 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 2 | J Björkman P Rafter | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |

## Qualifying
### Qualifying seeds

* Brandon Coupe / Dave Randall (qualified)
* Mark Keil / T. J. Middleton (first round)
* Patrick Galbraith / Todd Martin (qualifying competition)
* Neville Godwin / Tuomas Ketola (qualifying competition)

### Qualifiers

* Brandon Coupe / Dave Randall
* Sargis Sargsian / Greg Van Emburgh

### Qualifying draw
#### First qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 1 | Brandon Coupe Dave Randall | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| WC | Dominic Boulet David Kepka | 3 | 2 | | | | |
| WC | Dominic Boulet David Kepka | 3 | 2 | 1 | Brandon Coupe Dave Randall | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | 4 | Neville Godwin Tuomas Ketola | 3 | 3 |
| WC | Emin Ağayev Bobby Mahal | 4 | 6 | 4 | Neville Godwin Tuomas Ketola | 3 | 3 |
| 4 | Neville Godwin Tuomas Ketola | 6 | 7 | | | | |

#### Second qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 2 | Mark Keil T. J. Middleton | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | Sargis Sargsian Greg Van Emburgh | 7 | 7 | | | | |
| | Sargis Sargsian Greg Van Emburgh | 7 | 7 | | Sargis Sargsian Greg Van Emburgh | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | 3 | Patrick Galbraith Todd Martin | 2 | 4 |
| WC | Hugues Laverdière Charles-Antoine Sévigny | 2 | 0 | 3 | Patrick Galbraith Todd Martin | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | Patrick Galbraith Todd Martin | 6 | 6 | | | | |