# Tennis at the 1998 Asian Games – Men's singles

The men's singles tennis event was part of the tennis programme and took place between December 13 and 18, at the Muang Thong Thani Tennis Centre.

## Schedule

All times are Indochina Time (UTC+07:00)
| Date | Time | Event |
| Sunday, 13 December 1998 | 10:00 | 1st round |
| Monday, 14 December 1998 | 10:00 | 2nd round |
| Tuesday, 15 December 1998 | 10:00 | Quarterfinals |
| Wednesday, 16 December 1998 | 10:00 | Quarterfinals |
| Thursday, 17 December 1998 | 10:00 | Semifinals |
| Friday, 18 December 1998 | 10:00 | Final |

## Results
### Legend

* r — Retired

### Final

| Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 6 | Satoshi Iwabuchi (JPN) | 7 | 4 | 3 | 2 | |
| 5 | Yoon Yong-il (KOR) | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | |

### Top half

| 1st round | 1st round | 1st round | 1st round | 1st round | 2nd round | 2nd round | 2nd round | 2nd round | 2nd round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| | | | | | 1 | Oleg Ogorodov (UZB) | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Wayne Wong (HKG) | 6 | 4 | | | Danai Udomchoke (THA) | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Danai Udomchoke (THA) | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | 1 | Oleg Ogorodov (UZB) | 3 | 6 | 5 | | | | |
| | Bryan Junio (PHI) | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 7 | Mahesh Bhupathi (IND) | 6 | 3 | 7 | | | | |
| | Akbar Taheri (IRI) | 4 | 3 | | | Bryan Junio (PHI) | 6$^4$ | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Mohammad Ghareeb (KUW) | 2 | 1 | | 7 | Mahesh Bhupathi (IND) | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | Mahesh Bhupathi (IND) | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | 7 | Mahesh Bhupathi (IND) | 4 | 6$^1$ |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 6 | Satoshi Iwabuchi (JPN) | 6 | 7$^7$ |
| | | | | | 3 | Lee Hyung-taik (KOR) | 7$^7$ | 2 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Zhang Yu (CHN) | 4 | 4 | | | Lin Bing-chao (TPE) | 6$^2$ | 6 | 0 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Lin Bing-chao (TPE) | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 3 | Lee Hyung-taik (KOR) | 4 | 5 | | | | | |
| | Ali Hamadeh (LIB) | 7 | 1 | r | | | | | | 6 | Satoshi Iwabuchi (JPN) | 6 | 7 | | | | | |
| | Sultan Al-Alawi (QAT) | 5 | 6 | | | Sultan Al-Alawi (QAT) | 0 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) | 2 | 4 | | 6 | Satoshi Iwabuchi (JPN) | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | Satoshi Iwabuchi (JPN) | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Bottom half

| 1st round | 1st round | 1st round | 1st round | 1st round | 2nd round | 2nd round | 2nd round | 2nd round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| | | | | | 5 | Yoon Yong-il (KOR) | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | D. Erdenebileg (MGL) | 0 | 0 | | | Ramin Raziani (IRI) | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| | Ramin Raziani (IRI) | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 5 | Yoon Yong-il (KOR) | 7 | 6 | | | | |
| | Zhu Benqiang (CHN) | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | Takahiro Terachi (JPN) | 5 | 4 | | | | |
| | Takahiro Terachi (JPN) | 6 | 6 | | | Takahiro Terachi (JPN) | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 4 | Paradorn Srichaphan (THA) | 1 | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | 5 | Yoon Yong-il (KOR) | 6 | 6 |
| 8 | Srinath Prahlad (IND) | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | 8 | Srinath Prahlad (IND) | 3 | 3 |
| | Adel Al-Shatti (KUW) | 2 | 3 | | 8 | Srinath Prahlad (IND) | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | |
| | Chen Wei-ju (TPE) | 3 | 6 | 6 | | Chen Wei-ju (TPE) | 4 | 5 | | | | | | | | |
| | Joseph Lizardo (PHI) | 6 | 2 | 1 | | | | | 8 | Srinath Prahlad (IND) | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | Melvin Tong (HKG) | 6 | 2 | 6 | | | | | 2 | Vadim Kutsenko (UZB) | 4 | 2 | | | | |
| | Muhammad Khaliq (PAK) | 3 | 6 | 2 | | Melvin Tong (HKG) | 0 | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 2 | Vadim Kutsenko (UZB) | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |