1998 Bausch & Lomb Championships – Singles

Singles
Singles
1998 Bausch & Lomb Championships
Final
Champion	Mary Pierce
Runner-up	Conchita Martínez
Score	6–7, 6–0, 6–2
Details
Draw	56 (8 Q / 4 WC )
Seeds	16
Events
Singles	Doubles

Lindsay Davenport was the defending champion but lost in the semifinals to Mary Pierce.

Pierce won in the final 6–7, 6–0, 6–2 against Conchita Martínez.

Seeds

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

Lindsay Davenport (semifinals)
Amanda Coetzer (semifinals)
Monica Seles (third round)
Mary Pierce (champion)
Iva Majoli (quarterfinals)
Conchita Martínez (final)
Irina Spîrlea (second round)
Anna Kournikova (quarterfinals)
Patty Schnyder (third round)
Lisa Raymond (quarterfinals)
Ruxandra Dragomir (third round)
Joannette Kruger (first round)
Brenda Schultz-McCarthy (first round)
Barbara Paulus (third round)
Barbara Schett (second round)
Maria Vento (first round)

Draw

Key

Finals

Semifinals					Final

1	Lindsay Davenport	6	3	3

4	Mary Pierce	4	6	6
					4	Mary Pierce	6	6	6

					6	Conchita Martínez	7	0	2
6	Conchita Martínez	6	6

2	Amanda Coetzer	4	0

Top half

Section 1

First round					Second round				Third round				Quarterfinals

					1	L Davenport	6	6
Q	P Suárez	6	1			A Dechaume-Balleret	0	2
	A Dechaume-Balleret	7	6						1	L Davenport	7	6
	F Labat	6	6						14	B Paulus	5	4
	T Tanasugarn	4	2			F Labat	1	0
	A Mauresmo	6	3	5	14	B Paulus	6	6
14	B Paulus	2	6	7									1	L Davenport	7	6
9	P Schnyder	7	6										8	A Kournikova	5	3
	V Ruano Pascual	5	2		9	P Schnyder	6	6
WC	A Wunderlich	4	2		Q	M de Swardt	3	4
Q	M de Swardt	6	6						9	P Schnyder	1	3
	K Studeníková	2	1						8	A Kournikova	6	6
	W Probst	6	6			W Probst	1	2
					8	A Kournikova	6	6

Section 2

First round					Second round					Third round				Quarterfinals

					4	M Pierce	6	6
Q	C Cristea	7	6			C Cristea	1	2
	S Kleinová	6	4							4	M Pierce	6	6
Q	E Gagliardi	2	6	6							E Likhovtseva	4	1
	C Torrens Valero	6	2	4	Q	E Gagliardi	2	5
	E Likhovtseva	6	6			E Likhovtseva	6	7
12	J Kruger	4	2											4	M Pierce	6	6
15	B Schett	6	7											5	I Majoli	3	2
Q	T Panova	1	6		15	B Schett	2	3
WC	J Capriati	6	6		WC	J Capriati	6	6
WC	L Osterloh	4	2							WC	J Capriati	4	1
	C Rubin	6	1							5	I Majoli	6	6
Q	B Rittner	7	6		Q	B Rittner	7	3	6
					5	I Majoli	5	6	7

Bottom half

Section 3

First round					Second round					Third round				Quarterfinals

					6	C Martínez	6	6
	G León García	2	2			A Miller	4	3
	A Miller	6	6							6	C Martínez	6	6
	C Morariu	1	7	0							M Sánchez Lorenzo	3	1
Q	L Neiland	6	5	6	Q	L Neiland	3	7	3
	M Sánchez Lorenzo	7	7			M Sánchez Lorenzo	6	6	6
16	M Vento	5	5											6	C Martínez	6	7
10	L Raymond	4	7	6										10	L Raymond	4	5
Q	M Maruska	6	5	4	10	L Raymond	6	6
LL	J Kandarr	4	6	6	LL	J Kandarr	1	2
	S Cecchini	6	4	4						10	L Raymond	7	6
	M Babel	6	6							3	M Seles	6	4
	F Li	2	2			M Babel	3	2	r
					3	M Seles	6	1

Section 4

First round					Second round					Third round					Quarterfinals

					7	I Spîrlea	6	2	3
WC	T Snyder	6	6	6	WC	T Snyder	2	6	6
	P Hy-Boulais	0	7	0						WC	T Snyder	5	6	6
	A-G Sidot	5	0								R McQuillan	7	2	1
	E Makarova	7	6			E Makarova	1	3
	R McQuillan	6	2	7		R McQuillan	6	6
13	B Schultz-McCarthy	1	6	6											WC	T Snyder	4	4
11	R Dragomir	6	6												2	A Coetzer	6	6
	S Cacic	3	2		11	R Dragomir	7	6
	O Barabanschikova	3	0			Å Carlsson	5	2
	Å Carlsson	6	6							11	R Dragomir	4	7	0
	S-T Wang	2	3							2	A Coetzer	6	6	6
	M Serna	6	6			M Serna	3	3
					2	A Coetzer	6	6

External links

ITF tournament edition details Archived 2016-08-03 at the Wayback Machine