# 1998 Gold Flake Open – Singles

Patrick Rafter defeated Mikael Tillström 6–3, 6–4 to win the 1998 Chennai Open singles event. Tillström was the defending champion.

## Seeds

* Patrick Rafter (champion)
* Todd Woodbridge (semifinals)
* Mark Woodforde (quarterfinals)
* Boris Becker (second round)
* Mikael Tillström (final)
* Jérôme Golmard (second round)
* Arnaud Clément (second round)
* Andrei Pavel (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

### Finals

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | Patrick Rafter | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | |
| | Leander Paes | 3 | 6$^5$ | | | | |
| | Leander Paes | 3 | 6$^5$ | 1 | Patrick Rafter | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | 5 | Mikael Tillström | 3 | 4 |
| 5 | Mikael Tillström | 6 | 6 | 5 | Mikael Tillström | 3 | 4 |
| 2 | Todd Woodbridge | 2 | 2 | | | | |

### Section 1

| 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 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | O Stanoytchev | 2 | 1 | 1 | P Rafter | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | P Tramacchi | 2 | 5 | | I Heuberger | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | I Heuberger | 6 | 7 | | | | | | 1 | P Rafter | 7$^7$ | 0 | 7 | | | | |
| | M Sell | 0 | 2 | | | | | | | L Burgsmüller | 6$^3$ | 6 | 5 | | | | |
| | L Burgsmüller | 6 | 6 | | L Burgsmüller | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Richardson | 2 | 0 | 7 | A Clément | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | A Clément | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | P Rafter | 6 | 7$^7$ |
| 4 | B Becker | 7$^7$ | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | | | | | L Paes | 3 | 6$^5$ |
| Q | V Voltchkov | 6$^5$ | 6$^4$ | 4 | B Becker | 6 | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| | G Solvès | 7$^9$ | 6 | | G Solvès | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | J Salzenstein | 6$^7$ | 4 | | | | | | | G Solvès | 7$^7$ | 4 | 5 | | | | |
| | L Paes | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | L Paes | 6$^3$ | 6 | 7 | | | | |
| WC | B Phau | 2 | 2 | | L Paes | 7$^7$ | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | W Whitehouse | 3 | 3 | 6 | J Golmard | 6$^4$ | 6 | 1$^r$ | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | J Golmard | 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 | M Tillström | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | O Ogorodov | 1 | 0 | | 5 | M Tillström | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | D Scala | 1 | 3 | | | O Delaître | 5 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | O Delaître | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 5 | M Tillström | 6 | 2 | 7$^7$ | | | | |
| | S Koubek | 1 | 3 | | | | | | | 3 | M Woodforde | 3 | 6 | 6$^3$ | | | | |
| | R Schüttler | 6 | 6 | | | R Schüttler | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | D Nainkin | 2 | 4 | | 3 | M Woodforde | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | M Woodforde | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | 5 | M Tillström | 6 | 6 |
| 8 | A Pavel | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | T Woodbridge | 2 | 2 |
| | J Stark | 6$^4$ | 4 | | 8 | A Pavel | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Belobrajdic | 6 | 6 | | | A Belobrajdic | 4 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | P Luxa | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | 8 | A Pavel | 4 | 4 | | | | | |
| | C Caratti | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 2 | T Woodbridge | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | V Santopadre | 4 | 0 | | | C Caratti | 0 | 7$^7$ | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | M Bhupathi | 6 | 4 | 4 | 2 | T Woodbridge | 6 | 6$^5$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | T Woodbridge | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |