1998 Australian Open – Women's singles qualifying

This article displays the qualifying draw for the Women's Singles at the 1998 Australian Open.

Women's singles qualifying
1998 Australian Open

Main articles: 1998 Australian Open and 1998 Australian Open – Women's singles

Seeds

1. Annie Miller (qualified)
2. Pavlina Stoyanova (second round)
3. Seda Noorlander (first round)
4. Lea Ghirardi (qualifying competition)
5. Marketa Kochta (first round)
6. Samantha Smith (qualifying competition)
7. Petra Langrová (second round)
8. Elena Tatarkova (qualified)
9. Anne Kremer (second round)
10. Marlene Weingärtner (second round)
11. Lindsay Lee (second round)
12. Noëlle van Lottum (first round)
13. Karin Miller (qualifying competition)
14. Mariaan de Swardt (qualifying competition)
15. Eva Martincová (first round)
16. Jana Nejedly (qualified)

Qualifiers

1. Annie Miller
2. Samantha Reeves
3. Radka Bobková
4. Elena Tatarkova
5. Svetlana Krivencheva
6. Meghann Shaughnessy
7. Ginger Helgeson-Nielsen
8. Jana Nejedly

Qualifying 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
• SR = Special ranking

First qualifier

	First round							Second round							Qualifying competition
	1	Annie Miller	6	6
		Raluca Sandu	1	4
								1	Annie Miller	6	6
									Anna Smashnova	4	3
		Anna Smashnova	77	6
		Nino Louarsabishvili	65	3
															1	Annie Miller	4	6	6
																Daphne van de Zande	6	3	1
		Daphne van de Zande	6	6
		Ludmila Varmužová	3	3
									Daphne van de Zande	2	6	6
								10	Marlene Weingärtner	6	4	3
		Laura Pena	1	6	5
	10	Marlene Weingärtner	6	2	7

Second qualifier

	First round							Second round							Qualifying competition
	11	Lindsay Lee	65	6	6
	WC	Melissa Beadman	77	1	2
								11	Lindsay Lee	6	3	0
									Samantha Reeves	4	6	6
		Nancy Feber	3	2
		Samantha Reeves	6	6
																Samantha Reeves	77	6
															6	Samantha Smith	62	4
		Laurence Courtois	4	6	6
		Nannie de Villiers	6	2	3
									Laurence Courtois	6	2	2
								6	Samantha Smith	3	6	6
		Gail Biggs	4	2
	6	Samantha Smith	6	6

Third qualifier

	First round							Second round							Qualifying competition
	3	Seda Noorlander	4	4
		Radka Bobková	6	6
									Radka Bobková	6	1	6
									Ana Alcázar	0	6	1
		Silvija Talaja	65	3
		Ana Alcázar	77	6
																Radka Bobková	6	77
																Barbara Schwartz	4	62
		Kyōko Nagatsuka	1	6	3
		Kristina Triska	6	4	6
									Kristina Triska	0	1
									Barbara Schwartz	6	6
		Barbara Schwartz	6	6
	15	Eva Martincová	3	2

Fourth qualifier

	First round							Second round							Qualifying competition
	14	Mariaan de Swardt	6	6
		Miriam Schnitzer	3	4
								14	Mariaan de Swardt	6	6
									Julie Pullin	2	1
		Tathiana Garbin	2	4
		Julie Pullin	6	6
															14	Mariaan de Swardt	1	6	5
															8	Elena Tatarkova	6	4	7
		Caroline Dhenin	5	2
		Syna Schmidle	7	6
									Syna Schmidle	4	4
								8	Elena Tatarkova	6	6
		Aleksandra Olsza	4	2
	8	Elena Tatarkova	6	6

Fifth qualifier

	First round							Second round							Qualifying competition
	7	Petra Langrová	7	6
		Liezel Horn	5	0
								7	Petra Langrová	77	4	5
									Svetlana Krivencheva	64	6	7
		Stephanie Devillé	3	5
		Svetlana Krivencheva	6	7
																Svetlana Krivencheva	6	6
															13	Karin Miller	3	1
		Karin Kschwendt	6	3	6
		Kim Eun-ha	4	6	4
									Karin Kschwendt	62	0
								13	Karin Miller	77	6
		Virág Csurgó	1	3
	13	Karin Miller	6	6

Sixth qualifier

	First round							Second round							Qualifying competition
	12	Noëlle van Lottum	4	6	4
		Tina Križan	6	0	6
									Tina Križan	3	2
									Meghann Shaughnessy	6	6
	WC	Rochelle Rosenfield	5	1
		Meghann Shaughnessy	7	6
																Meghann Shaughnessy	6	6
															4	Lea Ghirardi	4	3
	WC	Cindy Watson	6	4	6
		Shinobu Asagoe	2	6	4
								WC	Cindy Watson	1	6	2
								4	Lea Ghirardi	6	2	6
	WC	Bryanne Stewart	6	4	2
	4	Lea Ghirardi	4	6	6

Seventh qualifier

	First round							Second round							Qualifying competition
	5	Marketa Kochta	3	0
	WC	Alicia Molik	6	6
								WC	Alicia Molik	3	0
									Ginger Helgeson-Nielsen	6	6
		Brie Rippner	3	63
		Ginger Helgeson-Nielsen	6	77
																Ginger Helgeson-Nielsen	6	6
															WC	Amanda Grahame	1	3
	WC	Amanda Grahame	6	7
	WC	Lisa McShea	3	5
								WC	Amanda Grahame	7	1	7
								9	Anne Kremer	5	6	5
	WC	Jenny-Ann Fetch	3	4
	9	Anne Kremer	6	6

Eighth qualifier

	First round							Second round							Qualifying competition
	16	Jana Nejedly	6	77
		Eva Bes-Ostariz	3	63
								16	Jana Nejedly	4	6	6
									Erika deLone	6	3	0
		Veronika Martinek	1	1
		Erika deLone	6	6
															16	Jana Nejedly	79	6
																Cara Black	67	2
		Cara Black	6	64	7
		Martina Nejedly	3	77	5
									Cara Black	0	6	6
								2	Pavlina Stoyanova	6	4	3
		Conchita Martínez Granados	65	3
	2	Pavlina Stoyanova	77	6

References

• 1998 Australian Open – Women's draws and results at the International Tennis Federation