1998 Faber Grand Prix – Singles

Iva Majoli was the defending champion but lost in the second round to Patty Schnyder.

Singles
1998 Faber Grand Prix
1997 Champion Iva Majoli
Champion Patty Schnyder
Runner-up Jana Novotná
Final score6–0, 2–6, 7–5

Schnyder won in the final 6–0, 2–6, 7–5 against Jana Novotná.

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.

  1. Jana Novotná (Final)
  2. Steffi Graf (Quarterfinals)
  3. Iva Majoli (Second Round)
  4. n/a
  5. Irina Spîrlea (First Round)
  6. Anke Huber (Quarterfinals)
  7. Nathalie Tauziat (Quarterfinals)
  8. Lisa Raymond (Quarterfinals)

Draw

Key

Final
Final
1 Jana Novotná 0 6 5
  Patty Schnyder 6 2 7

Section 1
First Round Second Round Quarterfinals Semifinals
1 J Novotná 4 6 6
Q A Cocheteux 2 0     D Van Roost 6 4 3
  D Van Roost 6 6   1 J Novotná 6 7  
  R Dragomir 1 7 6 8 L Raymond 1 5  
Q A Gerši 6 6 7 Q A Gerši 1 0  
Q A Fusai 6 2   8 L Raymond 6 6  
8 L Raymond 7 6   1 J Novotná 6 6  
  A Kournikova 3 3  
LL W Probst 3 1  
  A Kournikova 6 6     A Kournikova 6 6  
  S Farina 4 3     A Kournikova 6 3 6
  F Labat 5 1   6 A Huber 4 6 4
  B Schett 7 6     B Schett 4 2  
  E Likhovtseva 7 2 4 6 A Huber 6 6  
6 A Huber 6 6 6

Section 2
First Round Second Round Quarterfinals Semifinals
7 N Tauziat 6 6  
  M Grzybowska 2 1   7 N Tauziat 6 6  
  K Habšudová 6 7     K Habšudová 4 4  
WC B Rittner 4 6   7 N Tauziat 4 3  
  A-G Sidot 0 2     P Schnyder 6 6  
  P Schnyder 6 6     P Schnyder 6 6  
3 I Majoli 1 3  
  P Schnyder 6 6  
5 I Spîrlea 1 r     S Appelmans 3 3  
  S Appelmans 4       S Appelmans 7 6  
Q M Babel 4 2     M Maleeva 5 3  
  M Maleeva 6 6     S Appelmans 6 7  
WC A Glass 2 6 6 2 S Graf 3 5  
  B Paulus 6 3 0 WC A Glass 4 2  
2 S Graf 6 6  
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