# 1998 Kremlin Cup – Women's singles

Mary Pierce defeated Monica Seles in the final, 7–6$^{(7–2)}$, 6–3 to win the women's singles tennis title at the 1998 Kremlin Cup.
Jana Novotná was the reigning champion, but chose not to compete that year.

## 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.
* Venus Williams (semifinals)
* Monica Seles (final)
* Conchita Martínez (quarterfinals)
* Patty Schnyder (second round)
* Mary Pierce (champion)
* Anna Kournikova (first round)
* Sandrine Testud (semifinals)
* Irina Spîrlea (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

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | Venus Williams | 6 | 2 | 0 | | | | |
| 5 | Mary Pierce | 2 | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| 5 | Mary Pierce | 2 | 6 | 6 | 5 | Mary Pierce | 7$^7$ | 6 |
| | | | | | 2 | Monica Seles | 6$^2$ | 3 |
| 7 | Sandrine Testud | 3 | 6$^7$ | | 2 | Monica Seles | 6$^2$ | 3 |
| 2 | Monica Seles | 6 | 7$^9$ | | | | | |

### 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 | Semifinals |
| | | | | | 1 | V Williams | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | E Likhovtseva | 3 | 6 | 6 | | E Likhovtseva | 3 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| | R Dragomir | 6 | 3 | 3 | | | | | 1 | V Williams | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | J Kruger | 4 | 6 | 4 | | | | | Q | K Studeníková | 1 | 0 | | | | | |
| Q | K Studeníková | 6 | 3 | 6 | Q | K Studeníková | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
| | C Rubin | 6 | 6 | | | C Rubin | 3 | 5 | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | I Spîrlea | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | 1 | V Williams | 6 | 2 | 0 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | 5 | M Pierce | 2 | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | 4 | P Schnyder | 6$^3$ | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Serna | 5 | 6 | 6 | | M Serna | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | L Raymond | 7 | 3 | 4 | | | | | | M Serna | 5 | 3 | | | | | |
| Q | E Dementieva | 4 | 4 | | | | | | 5 | M Pierce | 7 | 6 | | | | | |
| WC | S Appelmans | 6 | 6 | | WC | S Appelmans | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Sugiyama | 7 | 2 | 4 | 5 | M Pierce | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | M Pierce | 5 | 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 | Semifinals |
| 7 | S Testud | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | N Dechy | 2 | 2 | | 7 | S Testud | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| WC | T Panova | 3 | 2 | | | N Zvereva | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| | N Zvereva | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 7 | S Testud | 7$^7$ | 7 | | | | |
| WC | N Petrova | 6$^5$ | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | 3 | C Martínez | 6$^4$ | 5 | | | | |
| | I Majoli | 7$^7$ | 6$^5$ | 0 | WC | N Petrova | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 3 | C Martínez | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | 7 | S Testud | 3 | 6$^7$ |
| 6 | A Kournikova | 6$^5$ | 6 | 1 | | | | | | | | | 2 | M Seles | 6 | 7$^9$ |
| | S Farina | 7$^7$ | 4 | 6 | | S Farina | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| Q | K Habšudová | 2 | 3 | | | H Nagyová | 3 | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| | H Nagyová | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | S Farina | 0 | 1 | | | | |
| | B Schett | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 2 | M Seles | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | A Huber | 2 | 3 | | | B Schett | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 2 | M Seles | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |