1998 Chase Championships – Singles
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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.
| Singles | |
|---|---|
| 1998 Chase Championships | |
| Champion |  Martina Hingis |
| Runner-up |  Lindsay Davenport |
| Score | 7–5, 6–4, 4–6, 6–2 |
| Draw | 16 |
| Seeds | 8 |
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
editA champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated.
- Lindsay Davenport (final)
- Martina Hingis (champion)
Jana Novotná (first round)
Arantxa Sánchez-Vicario (first round)- Monica Seles (quarterfinals)
Mary Pierce (quarterfinals)- Conchita Martínez (first round)
- Nathalie Tauziat (quarterfinals)
Draw
editKey
edit- Q = Qualifier
- WC = Wild card
- LL = Lucky loser
- Alt = Alternate
- SE = Special exempt
- PR = Protected ranking
- ITF = ITF entry
- JE = Junior exempt
- w/o = Walkover
- r = Retired
- d = Defaulted
- SR = Special ranking
- NB: The Final was best of 5 sets while all other rounds were best of 3 sets.
| First round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Lindsay Davenport
| 4 | 7 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sandrine Testud
| 6 | 6 | 0 | 1 | Lindsay Davenport
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
 Natasha Zvereva
| 3 | 1 | 8 | Nathalie Tauziat
| 0 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Nathalie Tauziat
| 6 | 6 | 1 | Lindsay Davenport
| 6 | 2 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Jana Novotná
| 7 | 4 | 1 |  Steffi Graf
| 1 | 6 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Steffi Graf
| 6 | 6 | 6 | Steffi Graf
| 1 | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
 Anna Kournikova
| 4 | 3 | 5 | Monica Seles
| 6 | 4 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Monica Seles
| 6 | 6 | 1 | Lindsay Davenport
| 5 | 4 | 6 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Conchita Martínez
| 6 | 2 | 2 | Martina Hingis
| 7 | 6 | 4 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
 Dominique Van Roost
| 7 | 6 | Dominique Van Roost
| 2 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Irina Spîrlea
| 7 | 6 | Irina Spîrlea
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Arantxa Sánchez-Vicario
| 6 | 1 | Irina Spîrlea
| 2 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Mary Pierce
| 6 | 6 | 2 | Martina Hingis
| 6 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
 Amanda Coetzer
| 1 | 0 | 6 | Mary Pierce
| 6 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Patty Schnyder
| 6 | 0 | 3 | 2 | Martina Hingis
| 7 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Martina Hingis
| 4 | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||