# 1998 Internationaux de Strasbourg – Singles

Steffi Graf was the defending champion but did not compete that year.
Second-seeded Irina Spîrlea won in the final 7–6, 6–3 against Julie Halard-Decugis.

## 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.
* Amanda Coetzer (quarterfinals)
* Irina Spîrlea (champion)
* Nathalie Tauziat (quarterfinals)
* Ai Sugiyama (quarterfinals)
* Yayuk Basuki (first round)
* n/a
* n/a
* Henrieta Nagyová (quarterfinals)

## 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 |
| WC | Julie Halard-Decugis | 6 | 3 | |
| 2 | Irina Spîrlea | 7 | 6 | |

### 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 | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| | | | | | 1 | A Coetzer | 7 | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | É Loit | 3 | 2 | | | F Li | 6 | 5 | | | | | | | | | |
| | F Li | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 1 | A Coetzer | 6 | 2 | | | | |
| | T Tanasugarn | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | WC | J Halard-Decugis | 7 | 6 | | | | |
| WC | J Halard-Decugis | 6 | 6 | | WC | J Halard-Decugis | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | R Grande | 6 | 3 | 2 | Q | A Cocheteux | 2 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | A Cocheteux | 2 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | WC | J Halard-Decugis | 6 | 7 |
| 3 | N Tauziat | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | E Likhovtseva | 3 | 6 |
| | A Miller | 3 | 1 | | 3 | N Tauziat | 7 | 3 | 7 | | | | | | | | |
| | N Sawamatsu | 4 | 1 | | | M Vento | 5 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | M Vento | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 3 | N Tauziat | 4 | 2 | | | | |
| LL | C Cristea | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | E Likhovtseva | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | A Glass | 4 | 4 | | LL | C Cristea | 6 | 0 | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| | E Likhovtseva | 6 | 7 | | | E Likhovtseva | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | Y Basuki | 1 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### 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 |
| LL | S Reeves | 5 | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | K-A Guse | 7 | 5 | 1 | LL | S Reeves | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | A Fusai | 3 | 6 | 7 | WC | A Fusai | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | M Maruska | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | WC | A Fusai | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | O Barabanschikova | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | 4 | A Sugiyama | 2 | 2 | | | | |
| | M Saeki | 1 | 5 | | | O Barabanschikova | 4 | 7 | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| WC | N Dechy | 6 | 4 | 3 | 4 | A Sugiyama | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | A Sugiyama | 1 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | WC | A Fusai | 5 | 3 |
| 8 | H Nagyová | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | 2 | I Spîrlea | 7 | 6 |
| Q | M de Swardt | 6 | 4 | 2 | 8 | H Nagyová | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | S Pitkowski | 6 | 6 | | | S Pitkowski | 6 | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| | S-T Wang | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | 8 | H Nagyová | 4 | 2 | | | | |
| | A-G Sidot | 6 | 7 | 3 | | | | | | 2 | I Spîrlea | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | A Gerši | 7 | 6 | 6 | | A Gerši | 2 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 2 | I Spîrlea | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |