# 1998 Investor Swedish Open – Singles

The 1998 Swedish Open was a men's tennis tournament played on Clay in Båstad, Sweden that was part of the International Series of the 1998 ATP Tour. It was the fifty-first edition of the tournament and was held from 6–12 July 1998.

## Seeds

Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.
* Magnus Gustafsson (champion)
* Magnus Norman (second round)
* Andrea Gaudenzi (quarterfinals)
* Magnus Larsson (first round)
* Richard Fromberg (second round)
* Thomas Johansson (semifinals)
* Dominik Hrbatý (semifinals)
* Carlos Costa (second 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

### Finals

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | Magnus Gustafsson | 6 | | 7 | | | | |
| 6 | Thomas Johansson | 3 | 6 | 5 | | | | |
| 6 | Thomas Johansson | 3 | 6 | 5 | 1 | Magnus Gustafsson | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | | Andriy Medvedev | 2 | 3 |
| | Andriy Medvedev | 6 | 7 | | | Andriy Medvedev | 2 | 3 |
| 7 | Dominik Hrbatý | 3 | 6$^2$ | | | | | |

### Top half

| 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 | Semifinals |
| 1 | M Gustafsson | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | F Jonsson | 1 | 3 | | 1 | M Gustafsson | 2 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Hipfl | 6 | 1 | 7 | | M Hipfl | 6 | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Vinciguerra | 2 | 6 | 6$^5$ | | | | | | 1 | M Gustafsson | 6$^7$ | 1 | | | | | | |
| | J Golmard | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | J Golmard | 7 | 0 | R | | | | | |
| | F Squillari | 4 | 2 | | | J Golmard | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | C Costa | 6 | 6 | | 8 | C Costa | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | T Nydahl | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | M Gustafsson | 6 | 4 | 7 |
| | F Vicente | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | 6 | T Johansson | 3 | 6 | 5 |
| 4 | M Larsson | 6$^4$ | 0 | | | F Vicente | 6 | 6$^3$ | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | K Alami | 5 | | | | K Alami | 1 | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Pavel | 0 | R | | | | | | | | K Alami | | | | | | | | |
| | D Sanguinetti | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 6 | T Johansson | w/o | | | | | | | |
| | M Tillström | 3 | 2 | | | D Sanguinetti | 7 | 3 | 6$^5$ | | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | T Johansson | 7 | 6 | | 6 | T Johansson | 6$^5$ | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Clément | 5 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Bottom half

| 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 |
| 5 | R Fromberg | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Sánchez | 1 | 2 | | 5 | R Fromberg | 7 | 5 | 6$^2$ | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Medvedev | 6 | 6 | | | A Medvedev | 6$^5$ | 7 | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
| | B Karbacher | 2 | 1 | | | | | | | | A Medvedev | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | JA Marín | 4 | 7 | 6 | | | | | | 3 | A Gaudenzi | 3 | 4 | | | | | |
| | A Di Pasquale | 6 | 6$^3$ | 4 | | JA Marín | 2 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | A Gaudenzi | 3 | 6 | 6 | 3 | A Gaudenzi | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | D Nargiso | 6 | 2 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | A Medvedev | 6 | 7 |
| 7 | D Hrbatý | 6 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | 7 | D Hrbatý | 3 | 6$^2$ |
| | J Burillo | 3 | 1 | R | 7 | D Hrbatý | 1 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Safin | 6 | 7 | | | M Safin | 6 | 2 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Palmer | 3 | 5 | | | | | | | 7 | D Hrbatý | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | J Novák | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | J Novák | 6 | 4 | 4 | | | | |
| | D Pescariu | 5 | 4 | | | J Novák | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | M Norman | 7 | 6 | | 2 | M Norman | 6 | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| | H Arazi | 5 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |