# 1998 Campionati Internazionali di Sicilia – Singles

The 1998 Campionati Internazionali di Sicilia was a men's tennis tournament played on Clay in Palermo, Italy that was part of the International Series of the 1998 ATP Tour. It was the seventeenth edition of the tournament and was held from 5 October – 11 October.

## Seeds

Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.
* Àlex Corretja (semifinals)
* Alberto Berasategui (first round)
* Félix Mantilla (first round)
* Gustavo Kuerten (second round)
* Francisco Clavet (second round)
* Dominik Hrbatý (second round)
* Davide Sanguinetti (first round)
* Carlos Costa (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 |
| 1 | Àlex Corretja | 5 | 2 | | | | |
| | Mariano Puerta | 7 | 6 | | | | |
| | Mariano Puerta | 7 | 6 | | Mariano Puerta | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | Franco Squillari | 3 | 2 |
| | Franco Squillari | 6 | 2 | 7 | Franco Squillari | 3 | 2 |
| | Galo Blanco | 1 | 6 | 6 | | | |

### 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 | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| 1 | À Corretja | 6 | 2 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Bruguera | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | À Corretja | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Portas | 6 | 7 | | | A Portas | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Voinea | 3 | 5 | | | | | | | 1 | À Corretja | 7 | 6 | | | | |
| | N Lapentti | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | N Lapentti | 5 | 2 | | | | |
| | J Novák | 3 | 5 | | | N Lapentti | 7 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Valeri | 7 | 6 | | | M Valeri | 6 | 1$^r$ | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | C Costa | 6 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | À Corretja | 5 | 2 |
| 4 | G Kuerten | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | M Puerta | 7 | 6 |
| | G Cañas | 3 | 6 | 2 | 4 | G Kuerten | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| | F Vicente | 7 | 6 | | | F Vicente | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | D Pescariu | 6 | 4 | | | | | | | | F Vicente | 4 | 4 | | | | |
| | M Puerta | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | M Puerta | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | JA Marín | 6 | 1 | | | M Puerta | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | F Clavet | 6 | 6 | | 5 | F Clavet | 4 | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| | A Medvedev | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### 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 | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| 6 | D Hrbatý | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | O Gross | 3 | 4 | | 6 | D Hrbatý | 4 | 6 | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| | F Squillari | 6 | 6 | | | F Squillari | 6 | 2 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | F Luzzi | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | F Squillari | 5 | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | M Zabaleta | 6 | 4 | 7 | | | | | | M Zabaleta | 7 | 4 | 3 | | | | |
| | Ó Serrano | 2 | 6 | 6 | | M Zabaleta | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Martelli | 7 | 6 | | | M Martelli | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | F Mantilla | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | F Squillari | 6 | 2 | 7 |
| | G Blanco | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | G Blanco | 1 | 6 | 6 |
| 7 | D Sanguinetti | 3 | 2 | | | G Blanco | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | J-P Perlant | 6 | 6 | | | J-P Perlant | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Á Calatrava | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | G Blanco | 7 | 6 | | | | | |
| | A Di Pasquale | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | A Di Pasquale | 6 | 2 | | | | | |
| | L Arnold | 3 | 1$^r$ | | | A Di Pasquale | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Sánchez | 6 | 6 | | | J Sánchez | 0 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | A Berasategui | 4 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |