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1998 Chase Championships – Singles

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Singles
1998 Chase Championships
Final
ChampionSwitzerland Martina Hingis
Runner-upUnited States Lindsay Davenport
Score7–5, 6–4, 4–6, 6–2
Details
Draw16
Seeds8
Events
Singles Doubles
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Martina Hingis defeated Lindsay Davenport in the final, 7–5, 6–4, 4–6, 6–2 to win the singles tennis title at the 1998 Chase Championships.

Jana Novotná was the defending champion, but lost in the first round to Steffi Graf.

This marked the last WTA Championships final to be best-of-five-sets.

Seeds

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A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated.

  1. United States Lindsay Davenport (final)
  2. Switzerland Martina Hingis (champion)
  3. Czech Republic Jana Novotná (first round)
  4. Spain Arantxa Sánchez-Vicario (first round)
  5. United States Monica Seles (quarterfinals)
  6. France Mary Pierce (quarterfinals)
  7. Spain Conchita Martínez (first round)
  8. France Nathalie Tauziat (quarterfinals)

Draw

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Key

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  • NB: The Final was best of 5 sets while all other rounds were best of 3 sets.
First round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
1 United States Lindsay Davenport 4 7 6
  France Sandrine Testud 6 6 0 1 United States Lindsay Davenport 6 6  
  Belarus Natasha Zvereva 3 1   8 France Nathalie Tauziat 0 3  
8 France Nathalie Tauziat 6 6   1 United States Lindsay Davenport 6 2 6
3 Czech Republic Jana Novotná 7 4 1   Germany Steffi Graf 1 6 3
  Germany Steffi Graf 6 6 6   Germany Steffi Graf 1 6 6
  Russia Anna Kournikova 4 3   5 United States Monica Seles 6 4 4
5 United States Monica Seles 6 6   1 United States Lindsay Davenport 5 4 6 2  
7 Spain Conchita Martínez 6 2   2 Switzerland Martina Hingis 7 6 4 6  
  Belgium Dominique Van Roost 7 6     Belgium Dominique Van Roost 2 3  
  Romania Irina Spîrlea 7 6     Romania Irina Spîrlea 6 6  
4 Spain Arantxa Sánchez-Vicario 6 1     Romania Irina Spîrlea 2 6  
6 France Mary Pierce 6 6   2 Switzerland Martina Hingis 6 7  
  South Africa Amanda Coetzer 1 0   6 France Mary Pierce 6 4  
  Switzerland Patty Schnyder 6 0 3 2 Switzerland Martina Hingis 7 6  
2 Switzerland Martina Hingis 4 6 6
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