1998 Toshiba Classic – Singles

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

Singles
1998 Toshiba Classic
1997 ChampionSwitzerland Martina Hingis
Final
ChampionUnited States Lindsay Davenport
Runner-upFrance Mary Pierce
Score6–3, 6–1
Details
Draw28
Seeds8
Events
Singles Doubles
← 1997 · Toshiba Classic · 1999 →

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

Seeds

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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

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Final

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Final
    Mary Pierce 3 1  
2   Lindsay Davenport 6 6  

Section 1

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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

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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

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Qualifying seeds

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  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

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Qualifying draw

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First qualifier

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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

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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

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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

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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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