# 1998 Sydney International – Men's singles

Tim Henman was the defending champion, but lost in the final to Karol Kučera 7–5, 6–4.

## Seeds

* Patrick Rafter (semifinals)
* Jonas Björkman (first round)
* Carlos Moyá (first round)
* Sergi Bruguera (first round)
* Àlex Corretja (first round)
* Tim Henman (final)
* Albert Costa (quarterfinals)
* Cédric Pioline (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 | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | Patrick Rafter | 6$^5$ | 5 | | | | | |
| 6 | Tim Henman | 7$^7$ | 7 | | | | | |
| 6 | Tim Henman | 7$^7$ | 7 | | 6 | Tim Henman | 5 | 4 |
| | | | | | | Karol Kučera | 7 | 6 |
| | Karol Kučera | 4 | 7$^8$ | 6 | | Karol Kučera | 7 | 6 |
| Q | Michael Tebbutt | 6 | 6$^6$ | 0 | | | | |

### 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 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| 1 | P Rafter | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | T Woodbridge | 4 | 3 | | 1 | P Rafter | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Berasategui | 6 | 6$^6$ | 6 | | A Berasategui | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | F Santoro | 4 | 7$^8$ | 3 | | | | | | 1 | P Rafter | 6 | 6$^4$ | 6 | | | | |
| | T Johansson | 3 | 5 | | | | | | | | T Martin | 4 | 7$^7$ | 1 | | | | |
| | F Clavet | 6 | 7 | | | F Clavet | 6 | 1 | 6$^3$ | | | | | | | | | |
| | T Martin | 6 | 5 | 6 | | T Martin | 3 | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | C Pioline | 4 | 7 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | P Rafter | 6$^5$ | 5 |
| 3 | C Moyá | 7$^8$ | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | 6 | T Henman | 7$^7$ | 7 |
| | T Enqvist | 6$^6$ | 6 | 6 | | T Enqvist | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | S Sargsian | 6$^6$ | 6 | 1 | WC | S Draper | 6 | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | S Draper | 7$^8$ | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | T Enqvist | 6 | 5 | 4 | | | | |
| | A Portas | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 6 | T Henman | 3 | 7 | 6 | | | | |
| | M Norman | 3 | 3 | | | A Portas | 6$^5$ | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | M Woodforde | 2 | 6 | 4 | 6 | T Henman | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | T Henman | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Bottom half

| 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 |
| 5 | À Corretja | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | H Dreekmann | 6 | 6 | | Q | H Dreekmann | 6$^5$ | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Alonso | 3 | 2 | | SE | J Stoltenberg | 7$^7$ | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| SE | J Stoltenberg | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | SE | J Stoltenberg | 3 | 6 | 4 | | | | | |
| | K Kučera | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | K Kučera | 6 | 2 | 6 | | | | | |
| SE | S Schalken | 2 | 2 | | | K Kučera | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | N Kiefer | 7 | 6 | | | N Kiefer | 2$^r$ | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | S Bruguera | 5 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | K Kučera | 4 | 7$^8$ | 6 |
| 7 | A Costa | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | Q | M Tebbutt | 6 | 6$^6$ | 0 |
| | H Arazi | 3 | 4 | | 7 | A Costa | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Gustafsson | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | M Gustafsson | 6 | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | D Norman | 6$^5$ | 3 | | | | | | | 7 | A Costa | 3 | 3 | | | | | | |
| Q | M Tebbutt | 4 | 6 | 7 | | | | | | Q | M Tebbutt | 6 | 6 | | | | | | |
| | M Rosset | 6 | 4 | 5 | Q | M Tebbutt | 5 | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | L Hewitt | 6 | 6$^4$ | 6 | WC | L Hewitt | 7 | 3 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | J Björkman | 3 | 7$^7$ | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |