1998 Toshiba Classic – Singles

Martina Hingis was the defending champion but lost in the semifinals to Mary Pierce.

Singles
1998 Toshiba Classic
1997 Champion Martina Hingis
Champion Lindsay Davenport
Runner-up Mary Pierce
Final score6–3, 6–1
Draw28
Seeds8

Lindsay Davenport won in the final 6–3, 6–1 against Pierce.

Seeds

A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated. The top four seeds received a bye to the second round.

  1. Martina Hingis (Semifinals)
  2. Lindsay Davenport (Champion)
  3. Venus Williams (Quarterfinals)
  4. Monica Seles (Semifinals)
  5. Conchita Martínez (Second Round)
  6. Steffi Graf (Second Round)
  7. Irina Spîrlea (First Round)
  8. Nathalie Tauziat (Quarterfinals)

Draw

Key

Final
Final
  Mary Pierce 3 1  
2 Lindsay Davenport 6 6  

Section 1
First Round Second Round Quarterfinals Semifinals
1 M Hingis 6 6  
WC M Lučić 63 3     N Zvereva 3 2  
  N Zvereva 77 6   1 M Hingis 6 6  
  I Majoli 77 6     J Kruger 1 3  
  A Fusai 61 3     I Majoli 3 61  
  J Kruger 3 6 6   J Kruger 6 77  
7 I Spîrlea 6 2 4 1 M Hingis 6 67 2
  M Pierce 3 79 6
3 V Williams 6 6  
  Y Basuki 0 1     C Rubin 3 2  
  C Rubin 6 6   3 V Williams 6 63 0r
  B Paulus 3 5     M Pierce 2 77 4
  M Pierce 6 7     M Pierce 61 6 6
  K Po 4 2   5 C Martínez 77 2 3
5 C Martínez 6 6  

Section 2
First Round Second Round Quarterfinals Semifinals
6 S Graf 6 6  
  J Halard-Decugis 2 2   6 S Graf 4 6 5
  A Sugiyama 5 6 6   A Sugiyama 6 1 7
Q J Capriati 7 2 2   A Sugiyama 4 3  
  S Testud 4 6 6 4 M Seles 6 6  
WC A Stevenson 6 2 0   S Testud 65 5  
4 M Seles 77 7  
4 M Seles 4 6 5
8 N Tauziat 7 3 6 2 L Davenport 6 2 7
Q S-T Wang 5 6 1 8 N Tauziat 6 3 6
Q J Lee 64 2   Q A Frazier 2 6 1
Q A Frazier 77 6   8 N Tauziat 4 3  
  E Likhovtseva 2 1r 2 L Davenport 6 6  
  L Raymond 6 5     L Raymond 1 4  
2 L Davenport 6 6  

Qualifying

Qualifying seeds
  1. Rita Grande (First round)
  2. Li Fang (Second round)
  3. Tamarine Tanasugarn (Qualifying Competition)
  4. Anne-Gaëlle Sidot (Second round)
  5. Amy Frazier (Qualified)
  6. Miho Saeki (First round)
  7. Nathalie Dechy (Qualifying Competition)
  8. Sandra Cacic (Second round)

Qualifiers
  1. Wang Shi-ting
  2. Janet Lee
  3. Amy Frazier
  4. Jennifer Capriati

Qualifying draw

First qualifier
First Round Second Round Qualifying Competition
1 Rita Grande 2 4
Jana Nejedly 6 6 Jana Nejedly 3 3
WC Allison Bradshaw 3 1 Wang Shi-ting 6 6
Wang Shi-ting 6 6 Wang Shi-ting 6 7
Nana Miyagi 6 6 Nana Miyagi 2 5
Maureen Drake 2 2 Nana Miyagi 6 6
WC Lioudmila Skavronskaia 6 5 2 8 Sandra Cacic 2 0
8 Sandra Cacic 3 7 6

Second qualifier
First Round Second Round Qualifying Competition
4 Anne-Gaëlle Sidot 4 6 6
Jolene Watanabe 6 1 3 4 Anne-Gaëlle Sidot 5 6
WC Anna Bleszynski 3 6 Adriana Serra Zanetti 7 7
Adriana Serra Zanetti 6 7 Adriana Serra Zanetti 6 6 1
Janet Lee 4 6 6 Janet Lee 7 4 6
Rika Hiraki 6 3 3 Janet Lee 7 6
Sonya Jeyaseelan 7 6 Sonya Jeyaseelan 5 0
6 Miho Saeki 5 1

Third qualifier
First Round Second Round Qualifying Competition
5 Amy Frazier 6 6
Samantha Reeves 1 3 5 Amy Frazier 6 6
WC Inés Gorrochategui 4 7 3 Yuka Yoshida 3 4
Yuka Yoshida 6 6 6 5 Amy Frazier 6 6
Ginger Helgeson-Nielsen 6 6 3 Tamarine Tanasugarn 2 3
Cara Black 3 4 Ginger Helgeson-Nielsen 2 6 3
Larissa Schaerer 1 1 3 Tamarine Tanasugarn 6 3 6
3 Tamarine Tanasugarn 6 6

Fourth qualifier
First Round Second Round Qualifying Competition
7 Nathalie Dechy 6 6
Julia Abe 3 2 7 Nathalie Dechy 6 6
Lilia Osterloh 6 2 2 Pavlina Stoyanova 4 2
Pavlina Stoyanova 2 6 6 7 Nathalie Dechy 6 6 1
Sandra Kleinová 2 0 Jennifer Capriati 7 2 6
Jennifer Capriati 6 6 Jennifer Capriati 6 6
Fabiola Zuluaga 3 3 2 Li Fang 1 3
2 Li Fang 6 6
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