Scott Melville and Piet Norval were the defending champions, but competed this year with different partners. Melville teamed up with Rick Leach and lost in second round to Marc-Kevin Goellner and Tom Kempers, while Norval teamed up with Gary Muller and lost in first round to Wayne Arthurs and Neil Broad.

Wayne Ferreira and Yevgeny Kafelnikov won the title by defeating Byron Black and Andrei Olhovskiy 6–1, 7–6 in the final.

Seeds

The first four seeds received a bye into the second round.

  1. Netherlands Jacco Eltingh / Netherlands Paul Haarhuis (semifinals)
  2. Canada Grant Connell / United States Patrick Galbraith (quarterfinals)
  3. Zimbabwe Byron Black / Russia Andrei Olhovskiy (final)
  4. South Africa Wayne Ferreira / Russia Yevgeny Kafelnikov (champions)
  5. Czech Republic Cyril Suk / Czech Republic Daniel Vacek (first round)
  6. The Bahamas Mark Knowles / Canada Daniel Nestor (first round)
  7. United States Trevor Kronemann / Australia David Macpherson (quarterfinals)
  8. South Africa Gary Muller / South Africa Piet Norval (first round)

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

Finals

SemifinalsFinal
1Netherlands Jacco Eltingh Netherlands Paul Haarhuis26
3Zimbabwe Byron Black Russia Andrei Olhovskiy67
3Zimbabwe Byron Black Russia Andrei Olhovskiy16
4South Africa Wayne Ferreira Russia Yevgeny Kafelnikov67
4South Africa Wayne Ferreira Russia Yevgeny Kafelnikov66
Australia Wayne Arthurs United Kingdom Neil Broad32

Top half

First roundSecond roundQuarterfinalsSemifinals
1Netherlands J Eltingh Netherlands P Haarhuis76
WCGermany B Karbacher Germany M Zoecke76WCGermany B Karbacher Germany M Zoecke63
Australia J Ireland Belgium L Pimek541Netherlands J Eltingh Netherlands P Haarhuis377
WCGermany J Knippschild Germany N Kiefer347United States T Kronemann Australia D Macpherson656
WCGermany M Stich Germany M Sinner66WCGermany M Stich Germany M Sinner34
LLAustralia S Draper Australia P Tramacchi237United States T Kronemann Australia D Macpherson66
7United States T Kronemann Australia D Macpherson661Netherlands J Eltingh Netherlands P Haarhuis26
3Zimbabwe B Black Russia A Olhovskiy67
3Zimbabwe B Black Russia A Olhovskiy616
WCGermany D Prinosil Germany J Renzenbrink56Australia J Eagle Australia A Florent363
Australia J Eagle Australia A Florent773Zimbabwe B Black Russia A Olhovskiy66
South Africa E Ferreira Netherlands S Noteboom44Germany MK Goellner Netherlands T Kempers34
Germany MK Goellner Netherlands T Kempers66Germany MK Goellner Netherlands T Kempers77
United States R Leach United States S Melville67United States R Leach United States S Melville56
6The Bahamas M Knowles Canada D Nestor36

Bottom half

First roundSecond roundQuarterfinalsSemifinals
5Czech Republic C Suk Czech Republic D Vacek25
Netherlands M Oosting Australia P Rafter67Netherlands M Oosting Australia P Rafter67
Sweden H Holm Sweden P Nyborg62Czech Republic V Flégl South Africa B Haygarth45
Czech Republic V Flégl South Africa B Haygarth76Netherlands M Oosting Australia P Rafter60
QUkraine D Poliakov France F Santoro664South Africa W Ferreira Russia Y Kafelnikov76
QGermany Helge Capell Germany A von Hugo33QUkraine D Poliakov France F Santoro34
4South Africa W Ferreira Russia Y Kafelnikov66
4South Africa W Ferreira Russia Y Kafelnikov66
8South Africa G Muller South Africa P Norval363Australia W Arthurs United Kingdom N Broad32
Australia W Arthurs United Kingdom N Broad636Australia W Arthurs United Kingdom N Broadw/o
United States M Bauer Netherlands T Nijssen664Spain T Carbonell Netherlands J Siemerink
Spain T Carbonell Netherlands J Siemerink476Australia W Arthurs United Kingdom N Broad76
South Africa L Bale South Africa JL de Jager6542Canada G Connell United States P Galbraith52
Argentina L Lobo Spain J Sánchez276Argentina L Lobo Spain J Sánchez744
2Canada G Connell United States P Galbraith666

Qualifying

Qualifying seeds

  1. Italy Andrea Gaudenzi / Croatia Goran Ivanišević (qualifying competition)
  2. Australia Scott Draper / Australia Peter Tramacchi (qualifying competition, lucky losers)
  3. Romania Alexandru Rădulescu / Germany Arne Thoms (first round)
  4. Ukraine Dimitri Poliakov / France Fabrice Santoro (qualified)

Qualifiers

  1. Ukraine Dimitri Poliakov / France Fabrice Santoro
  2. Germany Helge Capell / Germany Alexander von Hugo

Lucky losers

  1. Australia Scott Draper / Australia Peter Tramacchi

Qualifying draw

First qualifier

First roundQualifying competition
1Italy Andrea Gaudenzi Croatia Goran Ivanišević66
WCBrazil Gustavo Kuerten Ecuador Luis Morejón31
1Italy Andrea Gaudenzi Croatia Goran Ivanišević664
4Ukraine Dimitri Poliakov France Fabrice Santoro276
WCChile Gabriel Silberstein Peru Jaime Yzaga63
4Ukraine Dimitri Poliakov France Fabrice Santoro76

Second qualifier

First roundQualifying competition
2Australia Scott Draper Australia Peter Tramacchi656
Argentina Marcelo Charpentier Czech Republic Petr Pála374
2Australia Scott Draper Australia Peter Tramacchi664
WCGermany Helge Capell Germany Alexander von Hugo716
WCGermany Helge Capell Germany Alexander von Hugo757
3Romania Alexandru Rădulescu Germany Arne Thoms676

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