# 1998 Faber Grand Prix – Singles

Iva Majoli was the defending champion but lost in the second round to Patty Schnyder.
Schnyder won in the final 6–0, 2–6, 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.
* Jana Novotná (final)
* Steffi Graf (quarterfinals)
* Iva Majoli (second round)
* n/a
* Irina Spîrlea (first round)
* Anke Huber (quarterfinals)
* Nathalie Tauziat (quarterfinals)
* Lisa Raymond (quarterfinals)

## 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 | Jana Novotná | 0 | 6 | 5 |
| | Patty Schnyder | 6 | 2 | 7 |

### Section 1

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| | | | | | 1 | J Novotná | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | A Cocheteux | 2 | 0 | | | D Van Roost | 6 | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| | D Van Roost | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 1 | J Novotná | 6 | 7 | | | | | |
| | R Dragomir | 1 | 7 | 6 | | | | | | 8 | L Raymond | 1 | 5 | | | | | |
| Q | A Gerši | 6 | 6 | 7 | Q | A Gerši | 1 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | A Fusai | 6 | 2 | | 8 | L Raymond | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | L Raymond | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | J Novotná | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | A Kournikova | 3 | 3 |
| | | | | | LL | W Probst | 3 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Kournikova | 6 | 6 | | | A Kournikova | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Farina | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | A Kournikova | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | |
| | F Labat | 5 | 1 | | | | | | | 6 | A Huber | 4 | 6 | 4 | | | | |
| | B Schett | 7 | 6 | | | B Schett | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | E Likhovtseva | 7 | 2 | 4 | 6 | A Huber | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | A Huber | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Section 2

| 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 |
| 7 | N Tauziat | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Grzybowska | 2 | 1 | | 7 | N Tauziat | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | |
| | K Habšudová | 6 | 7 | | | K Habšudová | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | |
| WC | B Rittner | 4 | 6 | | | | | | 7 | N Tauziat | 4 | 3 | | | |
| | A-G Sidot | 0 | 2 | | | | | | | P Schnyder | 6 | 6 | | | |
| | P Schnyder | 6 | 6 | | | P Schnyder | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 3 | I Majoli | 1 | 3 | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | P Schnyder | 6 | 6 |
| 5 | I Spîrlea | 1 | r | | | | | | | | | | S Appelmans | 3 | 3 |
| | S Appelmans | 4 | | | | S Appelmans | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | |
| Q | M Babel | 4 | 2 | | | M Maleeva | 5 | 3 | | | | | | | |
| | M Maleeva | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | S Appelmans | 6 | 7 | | | |
| WC | A Glass | 2 | 6 | 6 | | | | | 2 | S Graf | 3 | 6 | | | |
| | B Paulus | 6 | 3 | 0 | WC | A Glass | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 2 | S Graf | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | |