# 1998 Toyota Princess Cup – Singles

Monica Seles was the defending champion and won in the final 4–6, 6–3, 6–4 against Arantxa Sánchez Vicario.

## Seeds

A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated. The top four seeds received a bye to the second round.
* Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (final)
* Monica Seles (champion)
* Amanda Coetzer (second round)
* Dominique Van Roost (second round)
* Anna Kournikova (quarterfinals)
* Lisa Raymond (first round)
* Anke Huber (semifinals)
* Henrieta Nagyová (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

### Final

| Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | Arantxa Sánchez Vicario | 6 | 3 | 4 |
| 2 | Monica Seles | 4 | 6 | 6 |

### 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 | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| | | | | | 1 | A Sánchez Vicario | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | E Likhovtseva | 6 | 6 | | | E Likhovtseva | 0 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Husárová | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | 1 | A Sánchez Vicario | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | S-T Wang | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 5 | A Kournikova | 3 | 2 | | | | | |
| Q | H Inoue | 0 | 4 | | | S-T Wang | 0 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Gerši | 2 | 1 | | 5 | A Kournikova | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | A Kournikova | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | A Sánchez Vicario | 6 | 3 | 6 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 7 | A Huber | 1 | 6 | 3 |
| | | | | | 4 | D Van Roost | 6 | 3 | 5 | | | | | | | | | |
| | O Barabanschikova | 3 | 6 | 6 | | O Barabanschikova | 3 | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | M Saeki | 6 | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | O Barabanschikova | 3 | 1 | | | | | |
| | F Li | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 7 | A Huber | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| Q | M-R Jeon | 2 | 0 | | | F Li | 5 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | N Kijimuta | 3 | 6 | 0 | 7 | A Huber | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | A Huber | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Section 2

| 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 |
| 8 | H Nagyová | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | J Lee | 5 | 1 | 8 | H Nagyová | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | Y Yoshida | 4 | 3 | | T Tanasugarn | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
| | T Tanasugarn | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | T Tanasugarn | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | A Frazier | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | A Frazier | 1 | 3 | | | | |
| | M Lučić | 2 | 3 | | A Frazier | 0 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | 3 | A Coetzer | 6 | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | T Tanasugarn | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | L Raymond | 6 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | 2 | M Seles | 6 | 6 |
| | M J Fernández | 7 | 7 | | M J Fernández | 1 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Halard-Decugis | 6 | 6 | | J Halard-Decugis | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | K Po | 0 | 3 | | | | | | | J Halard-Decugis | 2 | 1 | | | | |
| | A Smashnova | 1 | 2 | | | | | | 2 | M Seles | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | N Sawamatsu | 6 | 6 | | N Sawamatsu | 3 | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | 2 | M Seles | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | |