The WTA Tour is the elite tour for professional women's tennis organised by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA). The WTA Tour includes the four Grand Slam tournaments, the WTA Tour Championships and the WTA Tier I, Tier II, Tier III and Tier IV events. ITF tournaments are not part of the WTA Tour, although they award points for the WTA World Ranking.
 Lindsay Davenport finished the year as world No. 1 for the first time in her career. She won six tournaments during the season, including a major at the US Open. She also won two Tier I events. | |
| Details | |
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| Duration | January 5 – November 23, 1998 |
| Edition | 28th |
| Tournaments | 52 |
| Categories | Grand Slam (4) WTA Championships Grand Slam Cup WTA Tier I (9) WTA Tier II (15) WTA Tier III (12) WTA Tier IV (11) |
| Achievements (singles) | |
| Most tournament titles |  Lindsay Davenport (6) |
| Most tournament finals | Lindsay Davenport (10) |
| Prize money leader |  Martina Hingis (US$3,375,989) |
| Points leader | Lindsay Davenport (5,654) |
| Awards | |
| Player of the year | Lindsay Davenport |
| Doubles team of the year | Martina Hingis Jana Novotná |
| Most improved player of the year | Patty Schnyder |
| Newcomer of the year | Serena Williams |
| Comeback player of the year | Monica Seles |
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Schedule edit
This is the complete schedule of events on the 1998 WTA Tour, with player progression documented from the quarter-final stage.
Key edit
| Grand Slam events |
| Year-end championships |
| WTA Tier I tournaments |
| WTA Tier II events |
| WTA Tier III events |
| WTA Tier IV events |
| Team events |
January edit
February edit
March edit
April edit
May edit
June edit
July edit
August edit
September edit
| Week | Tournament | Champions | Runners-up | Semifinalists | Quarterfinalists |
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| 14 Sep | Fed Cup: Final Geneva, Switzerland – hard (i) |
 Spain3–2 |
Switzerland |
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| 21 Sep | Toyota Princess Cup Tokyo, Japan Tier II event Hard – $450,000 – 28S/32Q/16D Singles – Doubles |
Monica Seles 4–6, 6–3, 6–4 |
Arantxa Sánchez Vicario |
 Anke Huber Tamarine Tanasugarn |
 Anna Kournikova Olga Barabanschikova Amy Frazier Julie Halard-Decugis
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| Anna Kournikova Monica Seles 6–4, 6–4 |
Mary Joe Fernández Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
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| 28 Sep | Compaq Grand Slam Cup Munich, Germany Year-end championships Hard (i) – $2,450,000 – 8S Singles |
Venus Williams 6–2, 3–6, 6–2 |
Patty Schnyder |
Martina Hingis Nathalie Tauziat |
Conchita Martínez Jana Novotná Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Lindsay Davenport
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October edit
November edit
Statistical information edit
List of players and titles won, last name alphabetically:
Lindsay Davenport – Tokyo (Tier I), Stanford, San Diego, Los Angeles, US Open, Zurich (6)
Martina Hingis – Australian Open, Indian Wells, Hamburg, Rome, WTA Championships (5)- Patty Schnyder – Hobart, Hanover, Madrid, Maria Lankowitz, Palermo (5)
Jana Novotná – Linz, Eastbourne, Wimbledon, Prague (4)
Mary Pierce – Paris, Amelia Island, Moscow, Luxembourg (4)
Steffi Graf – New Haven, Leipzig, Philadelphia (3)- Venus Williams – Oklahoma City, Miami and Grand Slam Cup (3)
- Julie Halard-Decugis – 's-Hertogenbosch and Pattaya City (2)
Conchita Martínez – Berlin, Warsaw (2)
Henrieta Nagyová – Sopot, Istanbul (2)- Arantxa Sánchez Vicario – Sydney, French Open (2)
- Monica Seles – Montreal, Tokyo (Tier II) (2)
Ai Sugiyama – Gold Coast, Tokyo (Tier III) (2)
Amanda Coetzer – Hilton Head (1)- Mariaan de Swardt – Boston (1)
- Květa Hrdličková – Makarska (1)
Mirjana Lučić – Bol (1)- Virginia Ruano Pascual – Budapest (1)
- Tara Snyder – Quebec City (1)
Irina Spîrlea – Strasbourg (1)
Paola Suárez – Bogotá (1)- Sandrine Testud – Filderstadt (1)
Dominique Van Roost – Auckland (1)
The following players won their first title:
List of titles won by country:
- United States – 12 – Tokyo (Tier I), Oklahoma City, Miami, Stanford, San Diego, Los Angeles, Montreal, US Open, Tokyo (Tier II), Grand Slam Cup, Zurich, Quebec City
- Switzerland – 10 – Hobart, Australian Open, Hanover, Indian Wells, Hamburg, Rome, Madrid, Maria Lankowitz, Palermo, WTA Championships
- France – 7 – Paris, Amelia Island, 's-Hertogenbosch, Filderstadt, Moscow, Luxembourg, Pattaya City
- Czech Republic – 5 – Linz, Makarska, Eastbourne, Wimbledon, Prague
- Spain – 5 – Sydney, Budapest, Berlin, French Open, Warsaw
- Germany – 3 – New Haven, Leipzig, Philadelphia
Japan – 2 – Gold Coast, Tokyo (Tier III)- South Africa – 2 – Hilton Head, Boston
- Slovakia – 1 – Sopot, Istanbul
- Argentina – 1 – Bogotá
- Belgium – 1 – Auckland
- Croatia – 1 – Bol
- Romania – 1 – Strasbourg
Rankings edit
Below are the 1998 WTA year-end rankings in both singles and doubles competition:
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See also edit
References edit
- ^ Hill, James (2011-11-11). "Corel WTA Tour Rankings Rank Date: 23 November 1998" (PDF). WTA. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-08-11. Retrieved 2011-05-24.
- ^ Hill, James (2011-11-11). "Corel WTA Tour Rankings Rank Date: 23 November 1998" (PDF). WTA. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-11-09. Retrieved 2011-05-24.