CA Tennis Trophy

After a bad week in Basil, Pete was desperate. He knew he needed to play as many tournaments as possible if he wanted to stay in the race for the year-end #1 ranking. Unfortunately, all of the wildcards for this event had already been given out. Desperate, Pete called the only person he could think of: Boris Becker, a longtime rival of Pete's before he retired. There was a lot of mutual respect between the two. Pete asked Boris if he would be using his wildcard, and Boris offered it to him. A classic gesture of sportsmanship between two players who had built up years of mutual respect.

Opponents:

1st round: Sjeng Schalken, def. 7-5 6-4 6-2

2nd round: Jeff Tarango, def. 5-7 6-1 6-3

QF: Tim Henman, def. 6-0 6-3

SF: Todd Martin, def. 6-3 7-6

Victory: Karol Kucera, who defeated Pete earlier in the year at the Australian Open, was his opponent in the final. Pete had avenged his AO loss at the US Open. He made it two in a row, defeating Kucera 6-3 7-6 6-1. Pete's fourth title of 1998.
Record to date: 49-13