1998 Wimbledon Championships – Boys' singles

Roger Federer defeated Irakli Labadze in the final, 6–4, 6–4 to win the boys' singles tennis title at the 1998 Wimbledon Championships.^[1] It was Federer's fourth juniors singles title. He would go on to win a record eight senior Wimbledon titles between 2003 and 2017.^[2]

Boys' singles
1998 Wimbledon Championships
Champion	Roger Federer
Runner-up	Irakli Labadze
Score	6–4, 6–4
Draw	64 (8 Q )
Seeds	16

Main article: 1998 Wimbledon Championships

Wesley Whitehouse was the reigning champion, but turned 18 years old during the season and, therefore, was ineligible to compete in juniors.

Seeds

01.   Julien Jeanpierre (quarterfinals)

02.   Fernando González (first round)

03.   Cheng Wei-jen (third round)

04.   Robin Vik (second round)

05.   Roger Federer (champion)

06.   Flávio Saretta (quarterfinals)

07.   Irakli Labadze (final)

08.   Ricardo Mello (first round)

09.   Olivier Rochus (first round)

10.   José de Armas (quarterfinals)

11.   Taylor Dent (second round)

12.   Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi (third round)

13.   Jacob Adaktusson (first round)

14.   Valentin Sanon (second round)

15.   Edgardo Massa (second round)

16.   Balázs Veress (first round)

Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.

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							Semifinals							Final
	1	Julien Jeanpierre	6	3
		Lovro Zovko	7	6
									Lovro Zovko	5	2
								5	Roger Federer	7	6
		David Sherwood	6	2
	5	Roger Federer	7	6
															5	Roger Federer	6	6
															7	Irakli Labadze	4	4
	7	Irakli Labadze	1	7	6
	10	José de Armas	6	6	3
								7	Irakli Labadze	3	7	6
									Kirill Ivanov-Smolensky	6	6	3
	6	Flávio Saretta	5	2
		Kirill Ivanov-Smolensky	7	6

Top half

Section 1

	First round							Second round							Third round							Quarterfinals
	1	Julien Jeanpierre	6	4	6
		Jorge Haro	2	6	3			1	J Jeanpierre	6	6
	Q	Sebastien Aickele	2	3					F Aniola	3	4
		Filip Aniola	6	6											1	J Jeanpierre	6	6
		Markus Polessnig	1	4												V Mazarakis	3	4
		Vasilis Mazarakis	6	6					V Mazarakis	6	3	6
	Q	Lazar Magdinčev	2	2				11	T Dent	4	6	0
	11	Taylor Dent	6	6																		1	J Jeanpierre	6	3
	13	Jacob Adaktusson	7	4	3																		L Zovko	7	6
		Lovro Zovko	6	6	6				L Zovko	6	6
	Q	Tom Higgins	1	5					R Brooks	4	4
		Richard Brooks	6	7												L Zovko	6	6
		Bob Borella	6	6											Q	A Park	0	4
		Vijay Kannan	1	4					B Borella	7	5	5
	Q	Andrew Park	7	1	6			Q	A Park	6	7	7
	8	Ricardo Mello	5	6	1

Section 2

	First round							Second round							Third round							Quarterfinals
	3	Cheng Wei-jen	6	6	7
		Ladislav Chramosta	7	4	5			3	W-j Cheng	3	6	6
	LL	Alexey Kedryuk	7	4	9			LL	A Kedryuk	6	2	0
		Jürgen Melzer	6	6	7										3	W-j Cheng	5	2
		Philipp Hammer	4	6	5											D Sherwood	7	6
		David Sherwood	6	3	7				D Sherwood	6	6
	LL	Marwan Zewar	6	4				15	E Massa	4	3
	15	Edgardo Massa	7	6																			D Sherwood	6	2
	14	Valentin Sanon	6	6	7																	5	R Federer	7	6
	Q	Dan Kiernan	7	1	5			14	V Sanon	0	0
		Simone Amorico	6	3	4				J Haehnel	6	6
		Jérôme Haehnel	3	6	6											J Haehnel	4	4
		Mikhail Youzhny	1	6											5	R Federer	6	6
		Andrej Kračman	6	7					A Kračman	6	3
		Philipp Langer	0	2				5	R Federer	7	6
	5	Roger Federer	6	6

Bottom half

Section 3

	First round							Second round							Third round							Quarterfinals
	7	Irakli Labadze	6	6
	Q	Luben Pampoulov	3	2				7	I Labadze	6	7
		Eduardo Bergmann	6	7					E Bergmann	1	5
		Andrew McDade	4	6											7	I Labadze	6	7	6
		Simon Dickson	6	6											12	A Qureshi	7	6	4
		KJ Hippensteel	0	3					S Dickson	2	3
		Maxim Belski	1	4				12	A Qureshi	6	6
	12	Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi	6	6																		7	I Labadze	1	7	6
	10	José de Armas	6	6																		10	J de Armas	6	6	3
		Emiliano Redondi	0	4				10	J de Armas	6	7
		Philipp Müllner	6	6					P Müllner	3	6
		Danai Udomchoke	2	4											10	J de Armas	6	6
		Michaël Llodra	2	6												A Ram	2	3
		Andy Ram	6	7					A Ram	4	6	8
	Q	Phillip King	4	1				4	R Vik	6	1	6
	4	Robin Vik	6	6

Section 4

	First round							Second round							Third round							Quarterfinals
	6	Flávio Saretta	6	6
		František Babej	0	2				6	F Saretta	6	6
		Mark Hilton	1	2					D Martin	4	3
		David Martin	6	6											6	F Saretta	6	6
		Andreas Fasching	1	2												K Pless	4	3
		Kristian Pless	6	6					K Pless	4	6	6
		Ignacio González King	6	6					I González King	6	3	4
	16	Balázs Veress	3	3																		6	F Saretta	5	2
	9	Olivier Rochus	5	4																			K Ivanov-Smolensky	7	6
	Q	Nicholas McDonald	7	6				Q	N McDonald	7	5	6
		Jakub Hašek	7	6	6				J Hašek	5	7	8
		Nathan Healey	6	7	2											J Hašek	1	3
		Kirill Ivanov-Smolensky	3	6	6											K Ivanov-Smolensky	6	6
		Lee Childs	6	3	4				K Ivanov-Smolensky	6	6
		Davor Grgić	4	7	6				D Grgić	3	2
	2	Fernando González	6	6	2

References

1. "Boys' Singles Finals 1947-2017". wimbledon.com. Wimbledon Championships. Retrieved 13 August 2017.
2. Nag, Utathya (23 March 2022). "Roger Federer at Wimbledon: When 'King Roger' ruled". Olympics. Retrieved 14 July 2022.

External links

• Source for the draw at Wimbledon.com
• "The Junior Championships, Wimbledon 1998". International Tennis Federation. Archived from the original on 6 January 2014. Retrieved 18 January 2018.