# 1998 Swisscom Challenge – Singles

Defending champion Lindsay Davenport defeated Venus Williams in the final, 7–5, 6–3 to win the singles tennis title at the 1998 European Indoor Championships.

## 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.
* Lindsay Davenport (champion)
* Venus Williams (final)
* Conchita Martínez (second round)
* Nathalie Tauziat (semifinals)
* Patty Schnyder (second round)
* Amanda Coetzer (quarterfinals)
* Mary Pierce (quarterfinals)
* Dominique Van Roost (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 |
| 1 | Lindsay Davenport | 7 | 6 | |
| 2 | Venus Williams | 5 | 3 | |

### 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 |
| | | | | | 1 | L Davenport | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | A Sugiyama | 5 | 1 | | Q | J Halard-Decugis | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| Q | J Halard-Decugis | 7 | 6 | | | | | | 1 | L Davenport | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | R Dragomir | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | | 6 | A Coetzer | 3 | 1 | | | | |
| | A Huber | 6 | 4 | 4 | | R Dragomir | 3 | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| | N Zvereva | 5 | 4 | | 6 | A Coetzer | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | A Coetzer | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | 1 | L Davenport | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | I Spîrlea | 2 | 3 |
| | | | | | 3 | C Martínez | 2 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | I Spîrlea | 7 | 6 | | | I Spîrlea | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | |
| Q | M Oremans | 6 | 2 | | | | | | | I Spîrlea | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| Q | S Plischke | 6 | 4 | 1 | | | | | 8 | D Van Roost | 4 | 0 | | | | |
| WC | A Mauresmo | 4 | 6 | 6 | WC | A Mauresmo | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| | A Kournikova | 3 | 1 | | 8 | D Van Roost | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | D Van Roost | 6 | 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 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| 5 | P Schnyder | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Farina | 2 | 3 | | 5 | P Schnyder | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | B Schett | 6 | 6 | | WC | B Schett | 6 | 1 | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
| | K Po | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | WC | B Schett | 6 | 5 | 1 | | | | |
| LL | C Cristea | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | 4 | N Tauziat | 4 | 7 | 6 | | | | |
| | L Raymond | 6 | 6 | | | L Raymond | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 4 | N Tauziat | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | N Tauziat | 3 | 4 |
| 7 | M Pierce | 7 | 2 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | V Williams | 6 | 6 |
| WC | C Rubin | 5 | 6 | 3 | 7 | M Pierce | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| LL | K Hrdličková | 6 | 4 | 2 | LL | J Kruger | 6 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| LL | J Kruger | 2 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 7 | M Pierce | 4 | 1 | | | | | |
| Q | C Morariu | 6 | 2 | 6 | | | | | | 2 | V Williams | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | S Testud | 3 | 6 | 4 | Q | C Morariu | 5 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 2 | V Williams | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |