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.

Draw

Key

• Q = Qualifier
• WC = Wild card
• LL = Lucky loser
• Alt = Alternate
• ITF = ITF entry
• PR = Protected ranking
• SR = Special ranking
• SE = Special exempt
• JE = Junior exempt
• JR = Junior Accelerator Programme entrant
• CO = College Accelerator Programme entrant
• NG = Next Gen Accelerator Program entrant
• w/o = Walkover
• r = Retired
• d = Defaulted

Green group

		Template:Flagicon Eltingh Template:Flagicon Haarhuis	Template:Flagicon Woodbridge Template:Flagicon Woodforde	Template:Flagicon Ferreira Template:Flagicon Leach	Template:Flagicon Delaître Template:Flagicon Santoro	RR W–L	Set W–L	Game W–L	Standings
1	Template:Flagicon Jacco Eltingh Template:Flagicon 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	Template:Flagicon Todd Woodbridge Template:Flagicon 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	Template:Flagicon Ellis Ferreira Template:Flagicon 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	Template:Flagicon Olivier Delaître Template:Flagicon 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

		Template:Flagicon Bhupathi Template:Flagicon Paes Template:Flagicon Eagle Template:Flagicon Florent	Template:Flagicon Knowles Template:Flagicon Nestor	Template:Flagicon Stolle Template:Flagicon Suk	Template:Flagicon Johnson Template:Flagicon Montana	RR W–L	Set W–L	Game W–L	Standings
2 9	Template:Flagicon Mahesh Bhupathi Template:Flagicon Leander Paes Template:Flagicon Joshua Eagle Template:Flagicon 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	Template:Flagicon Mark Knowles Template:Flagicon 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	Template:Flagicon Sandon Stolle Template:Flagicon 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	Template:Flagicon Donald Johnson Template:Flagicon 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.