# 1998 Intersport Grand Prix – Singles

Iva Majoli was the defending champion but lost in the second round to Barbara Schett.
Martina Hingis won in the final 6–3, 7–5 against Jana Novotná.

## 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.
* Martina Hingis (champion)
* Jana Novotná (final)
* Arantxa Sánchez-Vicario (quarterfinals)
* Iva Majoli (second round)
* Patty Schnyder (semifinals)
* Sabine Appelmans (first round)
* Ruxandra Dragomir (first round)
* Barbara Paulus (first round)

## Draw
### Key

* Q = Qualifier
* WC = Wild card
* LL = Lucky loser
* Alt = Alternate
* SE = Special exempt
* PR = Protected ranking
* ITF = ITF entry
* JE = Junior exempt
* w/o = Walkover
* r = Retired
* d = Defaulted
* SR = Special ranking

### Final

| Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | Martina Hingis | 6 | 7 | |
| 2 | Jana Novotná | 3 | 5 | |

### Section 1

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| | | | | | 1 | M Hingis | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| WC | W Probst | 4 | 0 | | | J Halard-Decugis | 5 | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| | J Halard-Decugis | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 1 | M Hingis | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| WC | J Capriati | 6 | 6 | | | | | | WC | J Capriati | 1 | 3 | | | | |
| | F Labat | 2 | 4 | | WC | J Capriati | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| Q | S Noorlander | 6 | 6 | | Q | S Noorlander | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | R Dragomir | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | 1 | M Hingis | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | B Schett | 2 | 2 |
| | | | | | 4 | I Majoli | 5 | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| | B Schett | 6 | 6 | | | B Schett | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | M Babel | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | B Schett | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| Q | R Bobková | 3 | 1 | | | | | | | V Ruano Pascual | 0 | 0 | | | | |
| | V Ruano Pascual | 6 | 6 | | | V Ruano Pascual | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | E Likhovtseva | 6 | 3 | 6 | | E Likhovtseva | 0 | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | S Appelmans | 0 | 6 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Section 2

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| 5 | P Schnyder | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | F Perfetti | 1 | 0 | | 5 | P Schnyder | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | A-G Sidot | 6 | 6 | | | A-G Sidot | 6 | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| | K Habšudová | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | 5 | P Schnyder | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | S Pitkowski | 1 | 7 | 3 | | | | | | 3 | A Sánchez-Vicario | 3 | 0 | | | | | |
| | H Nagyová | 6 | 5 | 6 | | H Nagyová | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 3 | A Sánchez-Vicario | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 5 | P Schnyder | 6 | 5 | 3 |
| 8 | B Paulus | 7 | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | 2 | J Novotná | 2 | 7 | 6 |
| | A Fusai | 6 | 6 | 6 | | A Fusai | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | P Hy-Boulais | 1 | 3 | | Q | J Abe | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | J Abe | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | Q | J Abe | 1 | 3 | | | | | |
| | M Serna | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | 2 | J Novotná | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| WC | S Klösel | 6 | 0 | | | M Serna | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 2 | J Novotná | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |