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 score	6–3, 6–1
Draw	28
Seeds	8

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

• Q = Qualifier
• WC = Wild Card
• LL = Lucky Loser
• Alt = Alternate
• SE = Special Exempt
• PR = Protected Ranking
• ITF = ITF entry
• JE = Junior Exempt
• w/o = Walkover
• r = Retired
• d = Defaulted

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	6^3	3					N Zvereva	3	2
		N Zvereva	7^7	6											1	M Hingis	6	6
		I Majoli	7^7	6												J Kruger	1	3
		A Fusai	6^1	3					I Majoli	3	6^1
		J Kruger	3	6	6				J Kruger	6	7^7
	7	I Spîrlea	6	2	4																	1	M Hingis	6	6^7	2
																							M Pierce	3	7^9	6
								3	V Williams	6	6
		Y Basuki	0	1					C Rubin	3	2
		C Rubin	6	6											3	V Williams	6	6^3	0^r
		B Paulus	3	5												M Pierce	2	7^7	4
		M Pierce	6	7					M Pierce	6^1	6	6
		K Po	4	2				5	C Martínez	7^7	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	6^5	5
								4	M Seles	7^7	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	6^4	2				Q	A Frazier	2	6	1
	Q	A Frazier	7^7	6											8	N Tauziat	4	3
		E Likhovtseva	2	1^r											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

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	Ania 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

External links

• 1998 Toshiba Classic draw
• Main draw (WTA)