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, 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.
Schedule
This is the complete schedule of events on the 1998 WTA Tour, with player progression documented from the quarter-final stage.
Key
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
Statistical information
List of players and titles won, last name alphabetically:
*
Lindsay Davenport
Lindsay Ann Davenport Leach (born June 8, 1976) is an American former professional tennis player. She was ranked as the world No. 1 in women's singles by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) for 98 weeks (including as the year-end No. 1 four ...
– Tokyo (Tier I), Stanford, San Diego, Los Angeles, US Open, Zurich (6)
*
Martina Hingis
Martina Hingis (, ; born 30 September 1980) is a Swiss former professional tennis player. She was ranked as the world No. 1 in women's singles by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) for 209 weeks ( fifth-most of all time) and as the world No. ...
– Australian Open, Indian Wells, Hamburg, Rome, WTA Championships (5)
*
Patty Schnyder
Patty Schnyder (born 14 December 1978)
Weltwoche, 14. September 2011 is a Swiss reti ...
– Hobart, Hanover, Madrid, Maria Lankowitz, Palermo (5)
*
Jana Novotná
Jana Novotná (; 2 October 1968 – 19 November 2017) was a Czech professional tennis player. She was ranked world No. 2 in women's singles by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) in 1997, and as the world No. 1 in women's doubles for 67 weeks. ...
– Linz, Eastbourne, Wimbledon, Prague (4)
*
Mary Pierce
Mary Caroline Pierce (born 15 January 1975) is a French former professional tennis player. She was ranked world No. 3 in singles and in doubles by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA). Pierce won 18 singles titles on the WTA Tour, including two ...
– Paris, Amelia Island, Moscow, Luxembourg (4)
*
Steffi Graf
Stefanie Maria Graf ( , ; born 14 June 1969) is a German former professional tennis player. She was ranked as the List of WTA number 1 ranked singles tennis players, world No. 1 in women's singles by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) for a r ...
– New Haven, Leipzig, Philadelphia (3)
*
Venus Williams
Venus Ebony Starr Williams (born June 17, 1980) is an American inactive tennis player. She has been ranked as the List of WTA number 1 ranked singles tennis players, world No. 1 in women's singles by the Women's Tennis Association, WTA for 11 wee ...
– Oklahoma City, Miami and Grand Slam Cup (3)
*
Julie Halard-Decugis
Julie Halard-Decugis (born 10 September 1970) is a French former professional tennis player.
Tennis career
Halard-Decugis lived in La Baule, France, during the initial stages of her career and later moved to Pully, Switzerland. She turned profe ...
– 's-Hertogenbosch and Pattaya City (2)
*
Conchita Martínez
Conchita Martínez Bernat (born 16 April 1972) is a Spanish former professional tennis player and current coach. She was the first Spaniard to win the women's singles title at Wimbledon, doing so in 1994. Martínez also was the runner-up at th ...
– Berlin, Warsaw (2)
*
Henrieta Nagyová
Henrieta Nagyová (born 15 December 1978) is a former tennis player from Slovakia.
She turned professional in 1994 and has been ranked as high as No. 21 in the world (17 September 2001). She won nine singles tournaments and four doubles tournam ...
– Sopot, Istanbul (2)
*
Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
Aránzazu Isabel María "Arantxa" Sánchez Vicario (; born 18 December 1971) is a Spanish former professional tennis player. She was ranked as the world No. 1 in women's singles by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) for 12 weeks, as well as ...
– Sydney, French Open (2)
*
Monica Seles
Monica Seles (born December 2, 1973) is a Serbian–American former professional tennis player. She was ranked as the List of WTA number 1 ranked singles tennis players, world No. 1 in women's singles by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) for ...
– Montreal, Tokyo (Tier II) (2)
*
Ai Sugiyama
is a Japanese former tennis player. She reached the world No. 1 ranking in women's doubles on the WTA Tour and had a career-high singles ranking of world No. 8, achieved on February 9, 2004. In her career, she won six singles and 38 doubles ...
– Gold Coast, Tokyo (Tier III) (2)
*
Amanda Coetzer
Amanda Coetzer (born 22 October 1971, in Hoopstad) is a South African former professional tennis player. Coetzer finished in the WTA rankings top 20 for ten consecutive seasons (1992–2001), peaking at world No. 3. She reached three Grand Sla ...
– Hilton Head (1)
*
Mariaan de Swardt – Boston (1)
*
Květa Hrdličková
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Other forms
*Slovak: ''Kveta'', ''Kvetava'', ''Kvetana''
...
– Makarska (1)
*
Mirjana Lučić Mirjana (; ) is a South Slavic feminine given name.
The name is widespread throughout Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro and Serbia and North Macedonia.
Mirjana is a form of Miryam.
The name is also related to ′'' mir''′ ...
– Bol (1)
*
Virginia Ruano Pascual
Virginia Ruano Pascual (; born 21 September 1973) is a Spanish former professional tennis player. She had moderate success in singles, winning three WTA Tour titles as well as reaching two major quarterfinals and a top-30 ranking, but she had ...
– Budapest (1)
*
Tara Snyder
Tara Snyder (born May 26, 1977) is a former tennis player from the United States, who started a professional career in May 1995. She reached her highest individual ranking in the WTA Tour on November 16, 1998, when she was ranked No. 33 in the w ...
– Quebec City (1)
*
Irina Spîrlea
Irina Spîrlea (born 26 March 1974) is a retired tennis player from Romania who turned professional in 1990. She won four singles and six doubles titles. Spîrlea reached her career-high ranking on the WTA Tour on 13 October 1997, when she becam ...
– Strasbourg (1)
*
Paola Suárez
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– Bogotá (1)
*
Sandrine Testud
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Testud broke into top 20 singles rankings in July 1997. On February 7, 2000, she became the sixth Frenchwoman after Françoise Dürr, Mary Pierce, ...
– Filderstadt (1)
*
Dominique Van Roost
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Monami was born in Verviers. In 1995, she married her coach Bart Van Roost, with whom she has a daug ...
– Auckland (1)
The following players won their first title:
*
Patty Schnyder
Patty Schnyder (born 14 December 1978)
Weltwoche, 14. September 2011 is a Swiss reti ...
*
Paola Suárez
Paola Suárez (; born 23 June 1976) is a retired tennis player from Argentina. She was one of the most prominent women's doubles players throughout the early and mid-2000s, winning eight Grand Slam titles, all of them with Virginia Ruano Pascua ...
*
Venus Williams
Venus Ebony Starr Williams (born June 17, 1980) is an American inactive tennis player. She has been ranked as the List of WTA number 1 ranked singles tennis players, world No. 1 in women's singles by the Women's Tennis Association, WTA for 11 wee ...
*
Květa Hrdličková
Květa is a Slavic female given name, derived from the Czech word ''květ'' meaning ''flower, blossom''. Květa is also a nickname form of Květoslava (pronounced ''kvye-taw-slah-vah''.)
Other forms
*Slovak: ''Kveta'', ''Kvetava'', ''Kvetana''
...
*
Mariaan de Swardt
*
Tara Snyder
Tara Snyder (born May 26, 1977) is a former tennis player from the United States, who started a professional career in May 1995. She reached her highest individual ranking in the WTA Tour on November 16, 1998, when she was ranked No. 33 in the w ...
List of titles won by country:
* – 12 – Tokyo (Tier I), Oklahoma City, Miami, Stanford, San Diego, Los Angeles, Montreal, US Open, Tokyo (Tier II), Grand Slam Cup, Zurich, Quebec City
* – 10 – Hobart, Australian Open, Hanover, Indian Wells, Hamburg, Rome, Madrid, Maria Lankowitz, Palermo, WTA Championships
* – 7 – Paris, Amelia Island, 's-Hertogenbosch, Filderstadt, Moscow, Luxembourg, Pattaya City
* – 5 – Linz, Makarska, Eastbourne, Wimbledon, Prague
* – 5 – Sydney, Budapest, Berlin, French Open, Warsaw
* – 3 – New Haven, Leipzig, Philadelphia
* – 2 – Gold Coast, Tokyo (Tier III)
* – 2 – Hilton Head, Boston
* – 1 – Sopot, Istanbul
* – 1 – Bogotá
* – 1 – Auckland
* – 1 – Bol
* – 1 – Strasbourg
Rankings
Below are the 1998 WTA year-end rankings in both singles and doubles competition:
See also
*
1998 ATP Tour
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References
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WTA Tour
The WTA Tour (also known as the Hologic WTA Tour for sponsorship reasons) is a worldwide top-tier tennis tour for women and organized by the Women's Tennis Association. The second-tier tour is the WTA 125 series, and third-tier is the ITF Wome ...