1998 U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships

The 1998 U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships
U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships
The U.S. Men's Clay Court Championship is an annual ATP Tour tennis tournament that started in 1910. It is the last remaining ATP Tour-level tournament in the United States to be played on clay courts....

was an Association of Tennis Professionals

Association of Tennis Professionals

The Association of Tennis Professionals or ATP was formed in 1972 by Donald Dell, Jack Kramer, and Cliff Drysdale to protect the interests of male professional tennis players. Since 1990, the association has organized the worldwide tennis tour for men and linked the title of the tour with the...

tennis

Tennis

Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...

tournament held in Orlando, Florida

Orlando, Florida

Orlando is a city in the central region of the U.S. state of Florida. It is the county seat of Orange County, and the center of the Greater Orlando metropolitan area. According to the 2010 US Census, the city had a population of 238,300, making Orlando the 79th largest city in the United States...

in the United States

United States

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. The tournament was held from April 20 to April 27.

Men's Singles

Jim Courier
Jim Courier
James Spencer "Jim" Courier, Jr. is a former world no. 1 professional tennis player from the United States. During his career, he won four Grand Slam singles titles, two at the French Open and two at the Australian Open...

defeated

Michael Chang

Michael Te-Pei Chang is a former American professional tennis player. He is best remembered for becoming the youngest-ever male player to win a Grand Slam singles title when he won the French Open in 1989 at the age of 17....

7-5, 3-6, 7-5

It was Courier's only title of the year and the 28th of his career.

Men's Doubles

Grant Stafford
Grant Stafford
Grant Stafford is a former tennis player from South Africa.Turning professional in 1990, Stafford won five doubles titles during his career. The right-hander reached his highest individual ranking on the ATP Tour on January 31, 1994, when he was ranked 53rd in the world.-External links:*...

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Kevin Ullyett
Kevin Ullyett
Kevin Ullyett is a former professional tennis player from Zimbabwe. His primary success on the tour has been in men's doubles. He has won 24 doubles titles, including the 2001 US Open and the 2005 Australian Open, both with Wayne Black...

defeated

Michael Tebbutt

Michael Tebbutt was an Australian tennis player.He was educated at St Johns Park High School and Northern Arizona University before starting his career as a professional tennis player....

Mikael Tillström 4-6, 6-4, 7-5

It was Stafford's 1st title of the year and the 2nd of his career. It was Ullyett's 2nd title of the year and the 3rd of his career.

External links

ATP Tournament Profile

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