# 1998 Heineken Trophy – Men's singles

Richard Krajicek was the defending champion, but he withdrew prior to his quarterfinal match this year.
Patrick Rafter won the tournament, beating Martin Damm in the final, 7–6$^{(7–2)}$, 6–2.

## Seeds

* Patrick Rafter (champion)
* Yevgeny Kafelnikov (first round)
* Karol Kučera (quarterfinals)
* Richard Krajicek (quarterfinals, withdrew)
* Nicolas Kiefer (first round)
* Gustavo Kuerten (first round)
* Jan Siemerink (semifinals)
* Guillaume Raoux (second 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 | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | Patrick Rafter | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| Q | Dennis van Scheppingen | 3 | 4 | | | | |
| Q | Dennis van Scheppingen | 3 | 4 | 1 | Patrick Rafter | 7$^7$ | 6 |
| | | | | | Martin Damm | 6$^2$ | 2 |
| | Martin Damm | 7$^7$ | 6 | | Martin Damm | 6$^2$ | 2 |
| 7 | Jan Siemerink | 6$^5$ | 3 | | | | |

### 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 | P Rafter | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | D Vacek | 3 | 6 | 4 | 1 | P Rafter | 7$^7$ | 4 | 7$^9$ | | | | | | | | |
| Q | A Medvedev | 6 | 6 | | Q | A Medvedev | 6$^2$ | 6 | 6$^7$ | | | | | | | | |
| | Á Calatrava | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | 1 | P Rafter | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | S Schalken | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | S Schalken | 1 | 4 | | | | |
| | K Alami | 0 | 1 | | | S Schalken | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
| | T Johansson | 3 | 4 | | 8 | G Raoux | 2 | 5 | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | G Raoux | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | P Rafter | 6 | 6 |
| 4 | R Krajicek | 7$^7$ | 4 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | | | Q | D van Scheppingen | 3 | 4 |
| | R Fromberg | 6$^0$ | 6 | 6$^5$ | 4 | R Krajicek | 7$^7$ | 6$^4$ | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | A Pavel | 2 | 4 | | | S Doseděl | 6$^3$ | 7$^7$ | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| | S Doseděl | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 4 | R Krajicek | | | | | | |
| | J-M Gambill | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | Q | D van Scheppingen | w/o | | | | | |
| WC | P Wessels | 6 | 6 | | WC | P Wessels | 6$^5$ | 6$^3$ | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | D van Scheppingen | 3 | 6 | 7$^7$ | Q | D van Scheppingen | 7$^7$ | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | G Kuerten | 6 | 4 | 6$^2$ | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### 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 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| 5 | N Kiefer | 5 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | J van Lottum | 7 | 6 | | | J van Lottum | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | V Spadea | 4 | 5 | | | M Damm | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Damm | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | M Damm | 6$^1$ | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | K Carlsen | 5 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 3 | K Kučera | 7$^7$ | 1 | 4 | | | | |
| Q | R Sluiter | 7 | 3 | 3 | | K Carlsen | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | H Dreekmann | 3 | 2 | | 3 | K Kučera | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | K Kučera | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | M Damm | 7$^7$ | 6 |
| 7 | J Siemerink | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | 7 | J Siemerink | 6$^5$ | 3 |
| | M Rosset | 3 | 5 | | 7 | J Siemerink | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | J van Herck | 6$^2$ | 3 | | | F Dewulf | 2 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | F Dewulf | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | 7 | J Siemerink | 2 | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | P Haarhuis | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | S Campbell | 6 | 1 | 3 | | | | |
| Q | J Knippschild | 3 | 6 | 3 | | P Haarhuis | 6 | 3 | 6$^1$ | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Campbell | 7 | 6 | | | S Campbell | 2 | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | Y Kafelnikov | 5 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |