Jump to content

1998 Toshiba Classic – Singles

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Singles
1998 Toshiba Classic
1997 ChampionSwitzerland Martina Hingis
Final
ChampionUnited States Lindsay Davenport
Runner-upFrance Mary Pierce
Score6–3, 6–1
Details
Draw28
Seeds8
Events
Singles Doubles
← 1997 · Toshiba Classic · 1999 →

Martina Hingis was the defending champion but lost in the semifinals to Mary Pierce.

Lindsay Davenport won in the final 6–3, 6–1 against Pierce.

Seeds

[edit]

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.

  1. Switzerland Martina Hingis (semifinals)
  2. United States Lindsay Davenport (champion)
  3. United States Venus Williams (quarterfinals)
  4. United States Monica Seles (semifinals)
  5. Spain Conchita Martínez (second round)
  6. Germany Steffi Graf (second round)
  7. Romania Irina Spîrlea (first round)
  8. France Nathalie Tauziat (quarterfinals)

Draw

[edit]

Key

[edit]

Final

[edit]
Final
  France Mary Pierce 3 1  
2 United States Lindsay Davenport 6 6  

Section 1

[edit]
First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
1 Switzerland M Hingis 6 6  
WC Croatia M Lučić 63 3     Belarus N Zvereva 3 2  
  Belarus N Zvereva 77 6   1 Switzerland M Hingis 6 6  
  Croatia I Majoli 77 6     South Africa J Kruger 1 3  
  France A Fusai 61 3     Croatia I Majoli 3 61  
  South Africa J Kruger 3 6 6   South Africa J Kruger 6 77  
7 Romania I Spîrlea 6 2 4 1 Switzerland M Hingis 6 67 2
  France M Pierce 3 79 6
3 United States V Williams 6 6  
  Indonesia Y Basuki 0 1     United States C Rubin 3 2  
  United States C Rubin 6 6   3 United States V Williams 6 63 0r
  Austria B Paulus 3 5     France M Pierce 2 77 4
  France M Pierce 6 7     France M Pierce 61 6 6
  United States K Po 4 2   5 Spain C Martínez 77 2 3
5 Spain C Martínez 6 6  

Section 2

[edit]
First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
6 Germany S Graf 6 6  
  France J Halard-Decugis 2 2   6 Germany S Graf 4 6 5
  Japan A Sugiyama 5 6 6   Japan A Sugiyama 6 1 7
Q United States J Capriati 7 2 2   Japan A Sugiyama 4 3  
  France S Testud 4 6 6 4 United States M Seles 6 6  
WC United States A Stevenson 6 2 0   France S Testud 65 5  
4 United States M Seles 77 7  
4 United States M Seles 4 6 5
8 France N Tauziat 7 3 6 2 United States L Davenport 6 2 7
Q Chinese Taipei S-T Wang 5 6 1 8 France N Tauziat 6 3 6
Q Chinese Taipei J Lee 64 2   Q United States A Frazier 2 6 1
Q United States A Frazier 77 6   8 France N Tauziat 4 3  
  Russia E Likhovtseva 2 1r 2 United States L Davenport 6 6  
  United States L Raymond 6 5     United States L Raymond 1 4  
2 United States L Davenport 6 6  

Qualifying

[edit]

Qualifying seeds

[edit]
  1. Italy Rita Grande (first round)
  2. China Li Fang (second round)
  3. Thailand Tamarine Tanasugarn (qualifying competition)
  4. France Anne-Gaëlle Sidot (second round)
  5. United States Amy Frazier (qualified)
  6. Japan Miho Saeki (first round)
  7. France Nathalie Dechy (qualifying competition)
  8. United States Sandra Cacic (second round)

Qualifiers

[edit]

Qualifying draw

[edit]

First qualifier

[edit]
First round Second round Qualifying competition
1 Italy Rita Grande 2 4
Canada Jana Nejedly 6 6 Canada Jana Nejedly 3 3
WC United States Allison Bradshaw 3 1 Chinese Taipei Wang Shi-ting 6 6
Chinese Taipei Wang Shi-ting 6 6 Chinese Taipei Wang Shi-ting 6 7
Japan Nana Miyagi 6 6 Japan Nana Miyagi 2 5
Canada Maureen Drake 2 2 Japan Nana Miyagi 6 6
WC Russia Lioudmila Skavronskaia 6 5 2 8 United States Sandra Cacic 2 0
8 United States Sandra Cacic 3 7 6

Second qualifier

[edit]
First round Second round Qualifying competition
4 France Anne-Gaëlle Sidot 4 6 6
United States Jolene Watanabe 6 1 3 4 France Anne-Gaëlle Sidot 5 6
WC United States Ania Bleszynski 3 6 Italy Adriana Serra Zanetti 7 7
Italy Adriana Serra Zanetti 6 7 Italy Adriana Serra Zanetti 6 6 1
Chinese Taipei Janet Lee 4 6 6 Chinese Taipei Janet Lee 7 4 6
Japan Rika Hiraki 6 3 3 Chinese Taipei Janet Lee 7 6
Canada Sonya Jeyaseelan 7 6 Canada Sonya Jeyaseelan 5 0
6 Japan Miho Saeki 5 1

Third qualifier

[edit]
First round Second round Qualifying competition
5 United States Amy Frazier 6 6
United States Samantha Reeves 1 3 5 United States Amy Frazier 6 6
WC Argentina Inés Gorrochategui 4 7 3 Japan Yuka Yoshida 3 4
Japan Yuka Yoshida 6 6 6 5 United States Amy Frazier 6 6
United States Ginger Helgeson-Nielsen 6 6 3 Thailand Tamarine Tanasugarn 2 3
Zimbabwe Cara Black 3 4 United States Ginger Helgeson-Nielsen 2 6 3
Paraguay Larissa Schaerer 1 1 3 Thailand Tamarine Tanasugarn 6 3 6
3 Thailand Tamarine Tanasugarn 6 6

Fourth qualifier

[edit]
First round Second round Qualifying competition
7 France Nathalie Dechy 6 6
Germany Julia Abe 3 2 7 France Nathalie Dechy 6 6
United States Lilia Osterloh 6 2 2 Bulgaria Pavlina Stoyanova 4 2
Bulgaria Pavlina Stoyanova 2 6 6 7 France Nathalie Dechy 6 6 1
Czech Republic Sandra Kleinová 2 0 United States Jennifer Capriati 7 2 6
United States Jennifer Capriati 6 6 United States Jennifer Capriati 6 6
Colombia Fabiola Zuluaga 3 3 2 China Li Fang 1 3
2 China Li Fang 6 6
[edit]