# 1998 Boston Cup – Singles

Mariaan de Swardt won in the final 3–6, 7–6, 7–5 against Barbara Schett.

## Seeds

A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated. The top two seeds received a bye to the second round.
* Amanda Coetzer (quarterfinals)
* Anke Huber (quarterfinals)
* Lisa Raymond (semifinals)
* Silvia Farina (second round)
* Elena Likhovtseva (quarterfinals)
* n/a
* Barbara Schett (final)
* Corina Morariu (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 |
| 7 | Barbara Schett | 6 | 6 | 5 |
| | Mariaan de Swardt | 3 | 7 | 7 |

### 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 | Semifinals |
| | | | | | 1 | A Coetzer | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | R McQuillan | 4 | 2 | | Q | N Miyagi | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | N Miyagi | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 1 | A Coetzer | 7 | 4 | 1 | | | | | |
| Q | L Horn | 4 | 1 | | | | | | | 7 | B Schett | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | C Cristea | 6 | 6 | | | C Cristea | 0 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | K Brandi | 4 | 0 | | 7 | B Schett | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | B Schett | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | 7 | B Schett | 6 | 2 | 6 |
| 4 | S Farina | 1 | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | C Black | 2 | 6 | 2 |
| | M J Fernández | 6 | 2 | 5 | 4 | S Farina | 6 | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Plischke | 6 | 6 | 1 | | C Black | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | C Black | 7 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | C Black | 1 | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | S-T Wang | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 5 | E Likhovtseva | 6 | 1 | 2 | | | | | |
| | S Kleinová | 0 | 0 | | | S-T Wang | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Glass | 1 | 2 | r | 5 | E Likhovtseva | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | E Likhovtseva | 6 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### 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 | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| 8 | C Morariu | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Saeki | 1 | 2 | | 8 | C Morariu | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | M Shaughnessy | 6 | 6 | | WC | M Shaughnessy | 6 | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | N Pratt | 2 | 0 | | | | | | | 8 | C Morariu | 6 | 2 | | | | | |
| WC | R Dragomir | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 3 | L Raymond | 7 | 6 | | | | | |
| | T Panova | 1 | 1 | | WC | R Dragomir | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Frazier | 4 | 2 | | 3 | L Raymond | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | L Raymond | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | L Raymond | 6 | 4 | 5 |
| LL | Y Yoshida | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | M de Swardt | 4 | 6 | 7 |
| | N Dechy | 6 | 6 | | | N Dechy | 1 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Smith | 6 | 3 | 2 | | M de Swardt | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M de Swardt | 2 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | M de Swardt | 6 | 7 | | | | | |
| | O Barabanschikova | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 2 | A Huber | 3 | 6 | | | | | |
| WC | E deLone | 1 | 2 | | | O Barabanschikova | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 2 | A Huber | w/o | | | | | | | | | | | |