# 1998 Abierto Mexicano Telcel – Singles

The 1998 Abierto Mexicano Telcel was a men's tennis tournament played on Clay in Mexico City, Mexico that was part of the International Series of the 1998 ATP Tour. It was the sixth edition of the tournament and was held from 26 October – 1 November.

## Seeds

Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.
* Félix Mantilla (second round)
* Alberto Berasategui (first round)
* Gustavo Kuerten (first round)
* Francisco Clavet (semifinals)
* Dominik Hrbatý (second round)
* Mariano Puerta (semifinals)
* Fernando Meligeni (second round)
* Franco Squillari (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 |
| | Xavier Malisse | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| 4 | Francisco Clavet | 2 | 2 | | | | |
| 4 | Francisco Clavet | 2 | 2 | | Xavier Malisse | 3 | 3 |
| | | | | | Jiří Novák | 6 | 6 |
| 6 | Mariano Puerta | 3 | 7 | 3 | Jiří Novák | 6 | 6 |
| | Jiří Novák | 6 | 6$^1$ | 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 | F Mantilla | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | F Vicente | 4 | 3 | | 1 | F Mantilla | 6$^4$ | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | X Malisse | 6 | 6 | | | X Malisse | 7 | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| | Á Calatrava | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | X Malisse | 6 | 7 | | | | |
| | JA Marín | 7 | 2 | 6 | | | | | | | JA Marín | 3 | 5 | | | | |
| | S Sargsian | 6$^7$ | 6 | 0 | | JA Marín | 6 | 4 | 7 | | | | | | | | |
| | JA Viloca | 4 | 7 | 6 | | JA Viloca | 4 | 6 | 6$^1$ | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | F Squillari | 6 | 6$^2$ | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | X Malisse | 6 | 6 |
| 4 | F Clavet | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | 4 | F Clavet | 2 | 2 |
| | M Rodriguez | 6 | 3 | 2 | 4 | F Clavet | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | Y El Aynaoui | 6 | 6 | | | Y El Aynaoui | 6 | 0 | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| | M Zabaleta | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | 4 | F Clavet | 7 | 7 | | | | |
| | D Sanguinetti | 6$^3$ | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | D Sanguinetti | 6$^1$ | 5 | | | | |
| | J Courier | 7 | 3 | 5 | | D Sanguinetti | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | D Hrbatý | 6 | 6 | | 5 | D Hrbatý | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| | C Ruud | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Bottom half

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| 6 | M Puerta | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | K Alami | 4 | 4 | | 6 | M Puerta | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | L Arnold | 6 | 6$^3$ | 6 | | L Arnold | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Campbell | 4 | 7 | 3 | | | | | 6 | M Puerta | 5 | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | G Cañas | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | A Hernández | 7 | 1 | 4 | | | | | |
| | J Alonso | 6$^1$ | 4 | | | G Cañas | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Hernández | 6 | 7 | | | A Hernández | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | G Kuerten | 3 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | 6 | M Puerta | 3 | 7 | 3 |
| 7 | F Meligeni | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | J Novák | 6 | 6$^1$ | 6 |
| | M Hood | 3 | 4 | | 7 | F Meligeni | 6$^3$ | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Burillo | 6 | 6 | | | J Burillo | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | N Lapentti | 1 | 4 | | | | | | | J Burillo | 3 | 6 | 3 | | | | | |
| | J Novák | 6 | 6$^5$ | 7 | | | | | | J Novák | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | |
| | R Delgado | 4 | 7 | 6$^4$ | | J Novák | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | L Lavalle | 6 | 7 | | | L Lavalle | 3 | 6$^1$ | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | A Berasategui | 3 | 6$^3$ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |