# 1998 SEAT Open – Singles

Amanda Coetzer was the defending champion but lost in the first round to Elena Tatarkova.
Mary Pierce won the final 6–0, 2–0 after Silvia Farina was forced to retire.

## Seeds

A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated. The top two seeds received a bye to the second round.
* Nathalie Tauziat (semifinals)
* Mary Pierce (champion)
* Irina Spîrlea (quarterfinals)
* Amanda Coetzer (first round)
* Ai Sugiyama (quarterfinals)
* Anke Huber (quarterfinals)
* Iva Majoli (second round)
* Henrieta Nagyová (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 |
| | Silvia Farina | 0 | 0 | r |
| 2 | Mary Pierce | 6 | 2 | |

### 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 | Semifinals |
| | | | | | 1 | N Tauziat | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | V Ruano Pascual | 4 | 2 | | Q | S Plischke | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | S Plischke | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 1 | N Tauziat | 6 | 6 | | | | | | |
| | A Mauresmo | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 6 | A Huber | 3 | 3 | | | | | | |
| | C Black | 3 | 4 | | | A Mauresmo | 3 | 7 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | R Kuti-Kis | 5 | 2 | | 6 | A Huber | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | A Huber | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | N Tauziat | 2 | 6 | 3 |
| 3 | I Spîrlea | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | S Farina | 6 | 2 | 6 |
| WC | M Oremans | 3 | 1 | | 3 | I Spîrlea | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Serna | 7 | 4 | 0 | | S Appelmans | 3 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Appelmans | 5 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 3 | I Spîrlea | 4 | 6 | 3 | | | | | |
| | J Kruger | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | S Farina | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | | |
| WC | A Kremer | 6 | 6 | | WC | A Kremer | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Farina | 6 | 6 | | | S Farina | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | H Nagyová | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### 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 |
| 7 | I Majoli | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | R Dragomir | 2 | 4 | | 7 | I Majoli | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Grzybowska | 6 | 1 | r | Q | E Kulikovskaya | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | E Kulikovskaya | 1 | 5 | | | | | | | Q | E Kulikovskaya | 2 | 0 | | | | |
| | E Likhovtseva | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | E Likhovtseva | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| Q | R Grande | 1 | 1 | | | E Likhovtseva | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | E Tatarkova | 6 | 6 | | | E Tatarkova | 2 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | A Coetzer | 1 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | E Likhovtseva | 1 | 5 |
| 5 | A Sugiyama | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | 2 | M Pierce | 6 | 7 |
| Q | K Hrdličková | 3 | 6 | 1 | 5 | A Sugiyama | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | A Fusai | 1 | 4 | | | B Schett | 4 | 6 | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| | B Schett | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 5 | A Sugiyama | 3 | 2 | | | | |
| | A-G Sidot | 3 | 1 | | | | | | | 2 | M Pierce | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | S Pitkowski | 6 | 6 | | | S Pitkowski | 6 | 1 | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 2 | M Pierce | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |