1998 Italian Open – Women's Singles


was the defending champion but lost in the third round to Mirjana Lučić.
Martina Hingis won in the final 6-3, 2-6, 6-3 against Venus Williams.

Seeds

A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated. The top eight seeds received a bye to the second round.
  1. Martina Hingis
  2. Jana Novotná '
  3. Amanda Coetzer '
  4. Mary Pierce '
  5. Arantxa Sánchez-Vicario '
  6. Monica Seles '
  7. Conchita Martínez '
  8. Iva Majoli '
  9. Venus Williams '
  10. Irina Spîrlea '
  11. Nathalie Tauziat '
  12. Sandrine Testud '
  13. Dominique Van Roost '
  14. Anna Kournikova '
  15. Lisa Raymond '
  16. Patty Schnyder

    Draw

Finals

Top Half

Section 1

Section 2

Bottom Half

Section 3

Section 4