1998 French Open – Women's singles qualifying

The qualifying rounds for the 1998 French Open were played from 21 to 23 May 1998 at the Stade Roland Garros in Paris, France.

Women's singles qualifying
1998 French Open

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

Seeds

1. Withdrew
2. Seda Noorlander (second round)
3. Jolene Watanabe (first round)
4. Elena Tatarkova (qualified)
5. Sandra Dopfer (first round)
6. Karin Miller (first round)
7. Mariana Díaz Oliva (qualified)
8. Radka Bobková (qualified)
9. Samantha Smith (second round)
10. Karin Kschwendt (second round)
11. Shinobu Asagoe (first round)
12. Ana Alcázar (qualified)
13. Conchita Martínez Granados (qualifying competition)
14. Meghann Shaughnessy (qualifying competition)
15. Raluca Sandu (first round)
16. Kristine Kunce (first round)
17. Aleksandra Olsza (qualifying competition)

Qualifiers

1. Ana Alcázar
2. Radka Bobková
3. Liezel Horn
4. Els Callens
5. Mariana Díaz Oliva
6. Elena Tatarkova
7. Cara Black
8. Eva Bes Ostáriz

Draw

First qualifier

	First round							Second round							Qualifying competition
	17	Aleksandra Olsza	6	77
	WC	Élodie Le Bescond	2	63
								17	Aleksandra Olsza	6	6
									Larissa Schaerer	3	3
		Martina Nejedly	4	65
		Larissa Schaerer	6	77
															17	Aleksandra Olsza	4	7	0
															12	Ana Alcázar	6	5	6
		Lorna Woodroffe	4	3
		Erika deLone	6	6
									Erika deLone	1	4
								12	Ana Alcázar	6	6
		Lindsay Lee	2	4
	12	Ana Alcázar	6	6

Second qualifier

	First round							Second round							Qualifying competition
	13	Conchita Martínez Granados	6	6
		Siobhan Drake-Brockman	3	3
								13	Conchita Martínez Granados	2	6	6
									Evie Dominikovic	6	1	2
		Daphne van de Zande	1	4
		Evie Dominikovic	6	6
															13	Conchita Martínez Granados	2	0
															8	Radka Bobková	6	6
		Kristina Triska	1	2
		Julie Pullin	6	6
									Julie Pullin	0	3
								8	Radka Bobková	6	6
	PR	Virginie Buisson	4	61
	8	Radka Bobková	6	77

Third qualifier

	First round							Second round							Qualifying competition
	3	Jolene Watanabe	6	0	6
		Karen Cross	3	6	8
									Karen Cross	7	6
								WC	Edith Nunes-Bersot	5	1
	WC	Edith Nunes-Bersot	4	6	10
	WC	Sophie Erre	6	1	8
																Karen Cross	4	2
																Liezel Horn	6	6
		Nancy Feber	5	6	2
		Liezel Horn	7	2	6
									Liezel Horn	6	6
									Veronika Martinek	3	4
		Veronika Martinek	6	6
	16	Kristine Kunce	1	3

Fourth qualifier

	First round							Second round							Qualifying competition
	9	Samantha Smith	77	1	6
	WC	Virginie Razzano	63	6	4
								9	Samantha Smith	4	2
									Els Callens	6	6
		Svetlana Krivencheva	60	2
		Els Callens	77	6
																Els Callens	6	5	6
																Adriana Serra Zanetti	3	7	1
		Brie Rippner	5	6	9
		Rika Hiraki	7	2	7
									Brie Rippner	3	3
									Adriana Serra Zanetti	6	6
		Adriana Serra Zanetti	6	6
	6	Karin Miller	3	4

Fifth qualifier

	First round							Second round							Qualifying competition
	7	Mariana Díaz Oliva	6	6
		Ludmila Richterová	0	2
								7	Mariana Díaz Oliva	4	6	6
									Alicia Ortuño	6	3	3
	WC	Kildine Chevalier	1	2
		Alicia Ortuño	6	6
															7	Mariana Díaz Oliva	6	6
																Marlene Weingärtner	2	2
		Rita Kuti-Kis	6	79
		Jeon Mi-ra	1	67
									Rita Kuti-Kis	1	6	3
									Marlene Weingärtner	6	3	6
		Marlene Weingärtner	3	6	7
	11	Shinobu Asagoe	6	4	5

Sixth qualifier

	First round							Second round							Qualifying competition
	14	Meghann Shaughnessy	65	7	6
	Alt	Joanne Ward	77	5	1
								14	Meghann Shaughnessy	5	7	6
									Kim Eun-ha	7	5	4
	WC	Sophie Georges	4	3
		Kim Eun-ha	6	6
															14	Meghann Shaughnessy	4	62
															4	Elena Tatarkova	6	77
		Surina De Beer	4	77	6
		Petra Langrová	6	62	4
									Surina De Beer	3	1
								4	Elena Tatarkova	6	6
		Eva Martincová	2	3
	4	Elena Tatarkova	6	6

Seventh qualifier

	First round							Second round							Qualifying competition
	5	Sandra Dopfer	4	6	2
	WC	Cara Black	6	2	6
								WC	Cara Black	6	6
									Fabiola Zuluaga	2	3
		Fabiola Zuluaga	3	6	7
		Maureen Drake	6	3	5
															WC	Cara Black	6	2	6
																Laurence Courtois	1	6	3
		Laurence Courtois	6	6
	WC	Karolina Jagieniak	0	1
									Laurence Courtois	6	6
								10	Karin Kschwendt	2	2
		Catherine Barclay	6	64	0
	10	Karin Kschwendt	3	77	6

Eighth qualifier

	First round							Second round							Qualifying competition
	15	Raluca Sandu	0	7	6
		Tathiana Garbin	6	5	8
									Tathiana Garbin	6	4	5
									Eva Bes Ostáriz	4	6	7
		Eva Bes Ostáriz	6	2	6
		Tina Križan	2	6	4
																Eva Bes Ostáriz	6	6
															PR	Petra Kamstra	2	3
		Nirupama Vaidyanathan	3	3
	PR	Petra Kamstra	6	6
								PR	Petra Kamstra	6	2	6
								2	Seda Noorlander	4	6	4
		Sandra Načuk	4	4
	2	Seda Noorlander	6	6

References

• Official Results Archive (WTA)
• 1998 French Open – Women's draws and results at the International Tennis Federation