1998 Toyota Princess Cup – Singles

Singles
1998 Toyota Princess Cup
1997 Champion Monica Seles
Champion Monica Seles
Runner-up Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
Score4–6, 6–3, 6–4

Monica Seles was the defending champion and won in the final 4–6, 6–3, 6–4 against Arantxa Sánchez Vicario.

Seeds

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.

  1. Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (final)
  2. Monica Seles (champion)
  3. Amanda Coetzer (second round)
  4. Dominique Van Roost (second round)
  5. Anna Kournikova (quarterfinals)
  6. Lisa Raymond (first round)
  7. Anke Huber (semifinals)
  8. Henrieta Nagyová (second round)

Draw

Key

Final

Final
1 Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 6 3 4
2 Monica Seles 4 6 6

Section 1

First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
1 A Sánchez Vicario 6 6  
  E Likhovtseva 6 6     E Likhovtseva 0 4  
  J Husárová 3 4   1 A Sánchez Vicario 6 6  
  S-T Wang 6 6   5 A Kournikova 3 2  
Q H Inoue 0 4     S-T Wang 0 4  
  A Gerši 2 1   5 A Kournikova 6 6  
5 A Kournikova 6 6   1 A Sánchez Vicario 6 3 6
7 A Huber 1 6 3
4 D Van Roost 6 3 5
  O Barabanschikova 3 6 6   O Barabanschikova 3 6 7
WC M Saeki 6 3 3   O Barabanschikova 3 1  
  F Li 6 6   7 A Huber 6 6  
Q M-R Jeon 2 0     F Li 5 3  
Q N Kijimuta 3 6 0 7 A Huber 7 6  
7 A Huber 6 3 6

Section 2

First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
8 H Nagyová 7 6  
Q J Lee 5 1   8 H Nagyová 4 6  
WC Y Yoshida 4 3     T Tanasugarn 6 7  
  T Tanasugarn 6 6     T Tanasugarn 6 6  
  A Frazier 6 6     A Frazier 1 3  
  M Lučić 2 3     A Frazier 0 6 6
3 A Coetzer 6 3 2
  T Tanasugarn 1 4  
6 L Raymond 6 5   2 M Seles 6 6  
  M J Fernández 7 7     M J Fernández 1 3  
  J Halard-Decugis 6 6     J Halard-Decugis 6 6  
  K Po 0 3     J Halard-Decugis 2 1  
  A Smashnova 1 2   2 M Seles 6 6  
  N Sawamatsu 6 6     N Sawamatsu 3 6 3
2 M Seles 6 3 6