1998 Australian Open – Men's doubles
# 1998 Australian Open – Men's doubles

Jonas Björkman and Jacco Eltingh defeated the defending champions Todd Woodbridge and Mark Woodforde in the final, 6–2, 5–7, 2–6, 6–4, 6–3 to win the men's doubles tennis title at the 1998 Australian Open.

## Seeds

Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.

* Todd Woodbridge / Mark Woodforde (final)
* Mahesh Bhupathi / Leander Paes (semifinals)
* Alex O'Brien / Jonathan Stark (third round)
* Ellis Ferreira / Rick Leach (quarterfinals)
* Jonas Björkman / Jacco Eltingh (champions)
* Mark Knowles / Daniel Nestor (first round)
* Sébastien Lareau / Piet Norval (first round)
* Luis Lobo / Javier Sánchez (quarterfinals)
* Mark Philippoussis / Patrick Rafter (first round)
* Donald Johnson / Francisco Montana (third round)
* Sandon Stolle / Cyril Suk (third round)
* Patrick Galbraith / Brett Steven (quarterfinals)
* Olivier Delaître / Fabrice Santoro (third round)
* Lucas Arnold Ker / Daniel Orsanic (first round)
* David Adams / Aleksandar Kitinov (second round)
* Byron Black / Nicklas Kulti (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

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde | 6 | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Luis Lobo Javier Sánchez | 3 | 4 | $6^1$ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Luis Lobo Javier Sánchez | 3 | 4 | $6^1$ | | | 1 | Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde | 6 | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | David Macpherson David Wheaton | 4 | 5 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| | David Macpherson David Wheaton | 7 | $6^3$ | 3 | 7 | 13 | | David Macpherson David Wheaton | 4 | 5 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| 12 | Patrick Galbraith Brett Steven | $6^5$ | 7 | 6 | $6^6$ | 11 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 12 | Patrick Galbraith Brett Steven | $6^5$ | 7 | 6 | $6^6$ | 11 | | | | | | | | 1 | Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde | 2 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 3 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 5 | Jonas Björkman Jacco Eltingh | 6 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 6 |
| 5 | Jonas Björkman Jacco Eltingh | 6 | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 5 | Jonas Björkman Jacco Eltingh | 6 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 6 |
| 4 | Ellis Ferreira Rick Leach | 2 | 4 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | Ellis Ferreira Rick Leach | 2 | 4 | 5 | | | 5 | Jonas Björkman Jacco Eltingh | 4 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | 2 | Mahesh Bhupathi Leander Paes | 6 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | |
| | Justin Gimelstob Brian MacPhie | $6^2$ | 3 | 2 | | | 2 | Mahesh Bhupathi Leander Paes | 6 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | |
| 2 | Mahesh Bhupathi Leander Paes | 7 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Top half

**Section 1**

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | T Woodbridge M Woodforde | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Keil T. J. Middleton | 4 | 4 | | 1 | T Woodbridge M Woodforde | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | G Doyle T Larkham | 6 | 6 | | | G Doyle T Larkham | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Berasategui D Roditi | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | 1 | T Woodbridge M Woodforde | 6 | 6 | | | | | | |
| | J-L de Jager R Koenig | 7 | 5 | 6 | | | | | | | J-L de Jager R Koenig | 1 | 3 | | | | | | |
| | T Nijssen T Anzari | 5 | 7 | 4 | | J-L de Jager R Koenig | 7 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | J-P Fleurian P Nyborg | 6 | 6 | | | J-P Fleurian P Nyborg | 5 | 6 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 16 | B Black N Kulti | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | T Woodbridge M Woodforde | 6 | 6 | 7 |
| | P Albano À Corretja | 6 | 3 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | 8 | L Lobo J Sánchez | 3 | 4 | $6^1$ |
| 9 | M Philippoussis P Rafter | 3 | 6 | 5 | | P Albano À Corretja | 7 | 0 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | D Randall J Waite | 7 | 6 | | | D Randall J Waite | 5 | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | D Flach K Kinnear | 5 | 4 | | | | | | | | P Albano À Corretja | 4 | 6 | 8 | | | | | |
| | T Kempers M Oosting | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | 8 | L Lobo J Sánchez | 6 | 2 | 10 | | | | | |
| | D Petrović G Silcock | 3 | 6 | 3 | | T Kempers M Oosting | 6 | 3 | 16 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | L Lobo J Sánchez | 6 | 6 | | 8 | L Lobo J Sánchez | 3 | 6 | 18 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Siemerink D Vacek | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

**Section 2**

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 3 | A O'Brien J Stark | 7 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Barnard B Haygarth | $6^3$ | 5 | | 3 | A O'Brien J Stark | 4 | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | P Kilderry N Lapentti | 6 | 6 | | | P Kilderry N Lapentti | 6 | $6^4$ | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Groen G Ivanišević | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | 3 | A O'Brien J Stark | $6^2$ | $6^3$ | | | | | | | | |
| | D Macpherson D Wheaton | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | D Macpherson D Wheaton | 7 | 7 | | | | | | | | |
| | M Ondruska GV Emburgh | 4 | 4 | | | D Macpherson D Wheaton | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | K Alami T Vanhoudt | 2 | 6 | 6 | | K Alami T Vanhoudt | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 14 | L Arnold D Orsanic | 6 | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | D Macpherson D Wheaton | 7 | $6^3$ | 3 | 7 | 13 |
| 12 | P Galbraith B Steven | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | 12 | P Galbraith B Steven | $6^5$ | 7 | 6 | $6^6$ | 11 |
| | S Noteboom F Wibier | 2 | 4 | | 12 | P Galbraith B Steven | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Draper J Stoltenberg | 6 | 7 | | | S Draper J Stoltenberg | 2 | ;3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Burillo A Martín | 3 | $6^4$ | | | | | | | 12 | P Galbraith B Steven | $6^6$ | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | |
| | C Brandi F Messori | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | M-K Goellner D Prinosil | 7 | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | |
| | D Sapsford C Wilkinson | 2 | 4 | | | C Brandi F Messori | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M-K Goellner D Prinosil | 7 | 7 | | | M-K Goellner D Prinosil | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | M Knowles D Nestor | 5 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Bottom half

**Section 3**

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 5 | J Björkman J Eltingh | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | K Braasch M Kohlmann | 3 | 5 | | 5 | J Björkman J Eltingh | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Apell W Black | 7 | 5 | 6 | | J Apell W Black | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | G Stafford K Ullyett | 5 | 7 | 1 | | | | | | 5 | J Björkman J Eltingh | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | |
| | N Godwin C Haggard | 6 | 4 | 9 | | | | | | 11 | S Stolle C Suk | 3 | 6 | 4 | | | | | |
| | B Coupe P Rosner | 4 | 6 | 7 | | N Godwin C Haggard | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 11 | S Stolle C Suk | 6 | 6 | | 11 | S Stolle C Suk | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Knippschild J Tarango | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | 5 | J Björkman J Eltingh | 6 | 6 | 7 |
| 13 | O Delaître F Santoro | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | E Ferreira R Leach | 2 | 4 | 5 |
| | N Djordjevic A Sá | 5 | 4 | | 13 | O Delaître F Santoro | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Grabb R Reneberg | $6^5$ | 6 | 6 | | J Grabb R Reneberg | 6 | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | D Bowen J Cunha e Silva | 7 | 2 | 4 | | | | | | 13 | O Delaître F Santoro | 6 | 2 | 1 | | | | | |
| | G Kuerten M Sell | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | 4 | E Ferreira R Leach | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | R Bergh B Talbot | 4 | $6^5$ | | | G Kuerten M Sell | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | E Ferreira R Leach | 6 | 6 | | 4 | E Ferreira R Leach | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | T El-Sawy G Köves | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

**Section 4**

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | J Gimelstob B MacPhie | 7 | $6^3$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | S Lareau P Norval | $6^4$ | 7 | 3 | | J Gimelstob B MacPhie | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Eagle A Florent | 6 | 6 | | | J Eagle A Florent | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Tebbutt M Tillström | 1 | 3 | | | | | | | | J Gimelstob B MacPhie | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | |
| | S Doseděl L Pimek | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 10 | D Johnson F Montana | 3 | 6 | 1 | | | | | |
| | T Henman M Rosset | 2 | 4 | | | S Doseděl L Pimek | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 10 | D Johnson F Montana | 6 | 3 | 6 | 10 | D Johnson F Montana | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Alonso S Davis | 4 | 6 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | J Gimelstob B MacPhie | $6^2$ | 3 | 2 |
| 15 | D Adams A Kitinov | 7 | $6^6$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | M Bhupathi L Paes | 7 | 6 | 6 |
| | R Fromberg J Holmes | $6^5$ | 7 | 3 | 15 | D Adams A Kitinov | 3 | 7 | 12 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | L Hewitt L Smith | 6 | 6 | | | L Hewitt L Smith | 6 | $6^4$ | 14 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | J-D Gould J Kerr | 3 | 1 | | | | | | | | L Hewitt L Smith | 0 | $6^2$ | | | | | | |
| | W Arthurs A Kratzmann | 7 | 2 | 6 | | | | | | 2 | M Bhupathi L Paes | 6 | 7 | | | | | | |
| | B Ellwood P Tramacchi | 5 | 6 | 3 | | W Arthurs A Kratzmann | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | M Bhupathi L Paes | 6 | 6 | | 2 | M Bhupathi L Paes | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Mirnyi S Sargsian | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
