# 1998 Qatar Open – Singles

Petr Korda defeated Fabrice Santoro 6–0, 6–3 to win the 1998 Qatar ExxonMobil Open singles competition. Jim Courier was the defending champion but did not defend his title.

## Seeds

Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.
* Greg Rusedski (quarterfinals)
* Sergi Bruguera (first round)
* Petr Korda (champion)
* Goran Ivanišević (semifinals)
* Tim Henman (quarterfinals)
* Magnus Larsson (second round, withdrew)
* Andrei Medvedev (semifinals)
* Fabrice Santoro (final)

## 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 |
| 8 | Fabrice Santoro | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| 4 | Goran Ivanišević | 1 | 4 | | | | |
| 4 | Goran Ivanišević | 1 | 4 | 8 | Fabrice Santoro | 0 | 3 |
| | | | | 3 | Petr Korda | 6 | 6 |
| 3 | Petr Korda | 6 | 6 | 3 | Petr Korda | 6 | 6 |
| 7 | Andrei Medvedev | 3 | 4 | | | | |

### 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 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| 1 | G Rusedski | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Viloca | 4 | 4 | | 1 | G Rusedski | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | S Khalfan | 2 | 1 | | WC | K Alami | 2 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | K Alami | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 1 | G Rusedski | 2 | 6 | 3 | | | | |
| Q | M Sinner | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 8 | F Santoro | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | |
| LL | O Burrieza | 3 | 4 | | Q | M Sinner | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Gustafsson | 7$^7$ | 4 | 4 | 8 | F Santoro | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | F Santoro | 6$^5$ | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 8 | F Santoro | 6 | 6 |
| 4 | G Ivanišević | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | G Ivanišević | 1 | 4 |
| | H Arazi | 2 | 3 | | 4 | G Ivanišević | 6$^4$ | 7 | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Rosset | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | M Rosset | 7$^7$ | 5 | 5 | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Alonso | 2 | 6$^3$ | | | | | | | 4 | G Ivanišević | 7$^7$ | 6$^5$ | 6 | | | | |
| | T Nydahl | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | WC | B Karbacher | 6$^5$ | 7$^7$ | 3 | | | | |
| WC | B Karbacher | 6 | 6 | | WC | B Karbacher | w/o | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | J Krošlák | 5 | 4 | | 6 | M Larsson | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | M Larsson | 7 | 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 | T Henman | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Sánchez | 5 | 1 | | 5 | T Henman | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | G Raoux | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | G Raoux | 5 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | B Ulihrach | 6$^5$ | 4 | | | | | | | 5 | T Henman | 5 | 6 | 4 | | | | |
| | R Reneberg | 6 | 3 | 1 | | | | | | 3 | P Korda | 7 | 4 | 6 | | | | |
| Q | L Burgsmüller | 4 | 6 | 6 | Q | L Burgsmüller | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | O Delaître | 5 | 1 | | 3 | P Korda | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | P Korda | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | P Korda | 6 | 6 |
| 7 | A Medvedev | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | 7 | A Medvedev | 3 | 4 |
| | D Vacek | 3 | 4 | | 7 | A Medvedev | 6 | 2 | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Goellner | 3 | 4 | | | J Tarango | 2 | 6 | 5 | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Tarango | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 7 | A Medvedev | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | S Schalken | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | S Schalken | 6 | 4 | 4 | | | | |
| | F Dewulf | 0 | 4 | | | S Schalken | 7 | 2 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | | |
| | C Costa | 6 | 6 | | | C Costa | 5 | 6 | 6$^5$ | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | S Bruguera | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |