1998 Toshiba Classic – Singles

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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

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.

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.

Martina Hingis (semifinals)
Lindsay Davenport (champion)
Venus Williams (quarterfinals)
Monica Seles (semifinals)
Conchita Martínez (second round)
Steffi Graf (second round)
Irina Spîrlea (first round)
Nathalie Tauziat (quarterfinals)

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	0^r
	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

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	1^r							2	L Davenport	6	6
	L Raymond	6	5			L Raymond	1	4
					2	L Davenport	6	6

Rita Grande (first round)
Li Fang (second round)
Tamarine Tanasugarn (qualifying competition)
Anne-Gaëlle Sidot (second round)
Amy Frazier (qualified)
Miho Saeki (first round)
Nathalie Dechy (qualifying competition)
Sandra Cacic (second round)

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

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

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

Mary Pierce

Lindsay Davenport

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