1998
Titles (4)
Philadelphia
Atlanta
Wimbledon
Vienna
- At the Aussie Open, was underprepared due
to calf injury suffered during last
year's Davis Cup final and lost to Kucera
in the QF
- Second round exit at the French open
- Placed his first five set Grand Slam
final against Goran Invanisevic to claim
his 5th Wimbledon
and 11th GS title.
- Tied Bjorn Borg’s record of 5
Wimbledon, albeit non consecutively.
- At the US Open lost to Rafter in the
semifinals 6-7, 6-4, 2-6, 6-4, 6-3.
During the match, he pulled his quad
muscle in the third set, hampering his
movement.
- was no. 1 for 102 consecutive weeks. The
third longest behind Conners's 160 weeks
and Lendl's 157 weeks
- On March 30, lost the no. 1 ranking to
Rios
- Reclaimed the top position on April 27
until August 10 when he lost in the QF
against Agassi in Toronto. This was his
first tourney after undergoing minor
surgery to remove the plantar wart on his
foot.
- He regain the no. 1 ranking on August 31
with Moya and Rafter chasing closely.
- Spent consecutive 6 weeks in Europe
(Basel, Vienna, Lyon, Stuggart, Paris,
Stockholm) in his successful quest to
break the # 1 record set by Connors.
- Boris Becker gave his wildcard in Vienna
to Pete
- The top ranking was not known until the
ATP Finals. Second rank Rios withdrew
after 1 match in the round robin. Pete
won his round robin matches. Though he
lost to Alex Corretja in the SF, seized
the no. 1 position for the record
breaking 6th consecutive year.
- Received the MARCA Legend Award [1998] in
recognition of his spectacular
achievement in tennis. Pete is the 10th
sports personality to receive the award,
after Michael Jordan, Pele, Carlos Sainz,
Miguel Indurain, Gary Kasparov, Michael
Doohan, Alberto Tomba, Arantxa
Sanchez-Vicario and Manuel Estiarte. The
Spanish newspaper MARCA, is the
best-selling publication in Spain.
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