1998 Toshiba Classic – Singles

Singles
1998 Toshiba Classic
1997 Champion	Martina Hingis
Final
Champion	Lindsay Davenport
Runner-up	Mary Pierce
Score	6–3, 6–1
Details
Draw	28
Seeds	8
Events
Singles Doubles
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Martina Hingis was the defending champion but lost in the semifinals to Mary Pierce.

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.

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

Qualifiers

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	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)