1998 WTA Tour

Schedule

This is the complete schedule of events on the 1998 WTA Tour, with player progression documented from the quarter-final stage.

Key

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

Statistical information

List of players and titles won, last name alphabetically:

• USA Lindsay Davenport – Tokyo (Tier I), Stanford, San Diego, Los Angeles, US Open, Zurich (6)
• SUI Martina Hingis – Australian Open, Indian Wells, Hamburg, Rome, WTA Championships (5)
• SUI Patty Schnyder – Hobart, Hanover, Madrid, Maria Lankowitz, Palermo (5)
• CZE Jana Novotná – Linz, Eastbourne, Wimbledon, Prague (4)
• FRA Mary Pierce – Paris, Amelia Island, Moscow, Luxembourg (4)
• GER Steffi Graf – New Haven, Leipzig, Philadelphia (3)
• USA Venus Williams – Oklahoma City, Miami and Grand Slam Cup (3)
• FRA Julie Halard-Decugis – 's-Hertogenbosch and Pattaya City (2)
• ESP Conchita Martínez – Berlin, Warsaw (2)
• SVK Henrieta Nagyová – Sopot, Istanbul (2)
• ESP Arantxa Sánchez Vicario – Sydney, French Open (2)
• USA Monica Seles – Montreal, Tokyo (Tier II) (2)
• JPN Ai Sugiyama – Gold Coast, Tokyo (Tier III) (2)
• RSA Amanda Coetzer – Hilton Head (1)
• RSA Mariaan de Swardt – Boston (1)
• CZE Květa Hrdličková – Makarska (1)
• CRO Mirjana Lučić – Bol (1)
• ESP Virginia Ruano Pascual – Budapest (1)
• USA Tara Snyder – Quebec City (1)
• ROU Irina Spîrlea – Strasbourg (1)
• ARG Paola Suárez – Bogotá (1)
• FRA Sandrine Testud – Filderstadt (1)
• BEL Dominique Van Roost – Auckland (1)

The following players won their first title:

• SUI Patty Schnyder
• ARG Paola Suárez
• USA Venus Williams
• CZE Květa Hrdličková
• RSA Mariaan de Swardt
• USA Tara Snyder

List of titles won by country:

• United States – 12 – Tokyo (Tier I), Oklahoma City, Miami, Stanford, San Diego, Los Angeles, Montreal, US Open, Tokyo (Tier II), Grand Slam Cup, Zurich, Quebec City
• Switzerland – 10 – Hobart, Australian Open, Hanover, Indian Wells, Hamburg, Rome, Madrid, Maria Lankowitz, Palermo, WTA Championships
• France – 7 – Paris, Amelia Island, 's-Hertogenbosch, Filderstadt, Moscow, Luxembourg, Pattaya City
• – 5 – Linz, Makarska, Eastbourne, Wimbledon, Prague
• Spain – 5 – Sydney, Budapest, Berlin, French Open, Warsaw
• Germany – 3 – New Haven, Leipzig, Philadelphia
• – 2 – Gold Coast, Tokyo (Tier III)
• South Africa – 2 – Hilton Head, Boston
• – 1 – Sopot, Istanbul
• Argentina – 1 – Bogotá
• Belgium – 1 – Auckland
• – 1 – Bol
• – 1 – Strasbourg

Rankings

Below are the 1998 WTA year-end rankings in both singles and doubles competition:

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References

References

1. Hill, James. (2011-11-11). "Corel WTA Tour Rankings Rank Date: 23 November 1998". [[Women's Tennis Association.
2. Hill, James. (2011-11-11). "Corel WTA Tour Rankings Rank Date: 23 November 1998". [[Women's Tennis Association.