# 1998 Paegas Czech Open – Singles

The 1998 Paegas Czech Open was a male tennis tournament played on Clay in Prague, Czech Republic that was part of the International Series of the 1998 ATP Tour. It was the twelfth edition of the tournament and was held from 27 April – 3 May 1998.

## Seeds

Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.
* Petr Korda (second round)
* Yevgeny Kafelnikov (second round)
* Karol Kučera (first round)
* Cédric Pioline (first round)
* Richard Fromberg (first round)
* Bohdan Ulihrach (first round)
* Jeff Tarango (first round)
* Marcelo Filippini (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

### Finals

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final |
| Ctislav Doseděl | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | |
| Nicolás Lapentti | 6 | 3 | 2 | | | |
| Nicolás Lapentti | 6 | 3 | 2 | Ctislav Doseděl | 1 | 4 |
| | | | | Fernando Meligeni | 6 | 6 |
| Dinu Mihai Pescariu | 6$^5$ | 6$^2$ | | Fernando Meligeni | 6 | 6 |
| Fernando Meligeni | 7 | 7 | | | | |

### 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 | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| 1 | P Korda | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | P Kralert | 2 | 1 | | 1 | P Korda | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| | C Doseděl | 2 | 7 | 6 | | C Doseděl | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | S Schalken | 6 | 6$^4$ | 1 | | | | | | C Doseděl | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | G Schaller | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | J Diaz | 1 | 4 | | | | |
| | M-K Goellner | 6$^3$ | 1 | | | G Schaller | 6 | 1 | 4 | | | | | | | |
| | J Diaz | 6 | 6 | | | J Diaz | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | |
| 8 | M Filippini | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | C Doseděl | 3 | 6 | 6 |
| | R Furlan | 0 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | N Lapentti | 6 | 3 | 2 |
| 4 | C Pioline | 6 | 1 | 2 | | R Furlan | 6 | 1 | 4 | | | | | | | |
| | F Vicente | 6 | 6 | | | F Vicente | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | |
| | J Burillo | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | F Vicente | 0 | 5 | | | | |
| | M Sinner | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | N Lapentti | 6 | 7 | | | | |
| | T Nurminen | 2 | 6 | 3 | | M Sinner | 2 | 0 | | | | | | | | |
| | N Lapentti | 6 | 6 | | | N Lapentti | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | B Ulihrach | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Bottom half

| 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 |
| | M Tabara | 7 | 2 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | R Fromberg | 6$^3$ | 6 | 5 | | M Tabara | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | |
| | D Pescariu | 6 | 7 | | | D Pescariu | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | |
| | D Prinosil | 3 | 5 | | | | | | D Pescariu | 6$^4$ | 6 | 6 | | | |
| | J Sánchez | 1 | 7 | 7 | | | | | J Sánchez | 7 | 3 | 3 | | | |
| | J Golmard | 6 | 5 | 6$^{11}$ | | J Sánchez | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | |
| | R Vašek | 6 | 1 | 6 | | R Vašek | 6$^{11}$ | 1 | | | | | | | |
| 3 | K Kučera | 2 | 6 | 2 | | | | | | | | | D Pescariu | 6$^5$ | 6$^2$ |
| | A Chesnokov | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | F Meligeni | 7 | 7 |
| 7 | J Tarango | 6$^4$ | 3 | | | A Chesnokov | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | |
| | A Portas | 7 | 6 | | | A Portas | 4 | 0 | | | | | | | |
| | H Dreekmann | 5 | 3 | | | | | | A Chesnokov | 3 | 1 | | | | |
| | F Meligeni | 6 | 6 | | | | | | F Meligeni | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | A Cherkasov | 4 | 3 | | | F Meligeni | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | |
| 2 | Y Kafelnikov | 4 | 6 | 6 | 2 | Y Kafelnikov | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | |
| | J Novák | 6 | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | |