1998 Australian Open – Women's singles
Appearance
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Champion | Switzerland Martina Hingis | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Runner-up | Spain Conchita Martínez | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Score | 6–3, 6–3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Draw | 128 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Seeds | 16 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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1998 tennis event results
Main article: 1998 Australian Open
Defending champion Martina Hingis defeated Conchita Martínez in the final, 6–3, 6–3 to win the women's singles tennis title at the 1998 Australian Open. It was her second Australian Open title and fourth major singles title overall.
This was the first major in which future world No. 1, Olympic gold medalist, and 23-time major singles champion Serena Williams competed in the main draw.[1] She was defeated by her sister Venus in the second round.[2]
Nirupama Vaidyanathan became the first Indian woman in the Open Era to contest, and to win, a major singles match.
Seeds
[edit ]- Switzerland Martina Hingis (champion)
- United States Lindsay Davenport (semifinals)
- South Africa Amanda Coetzer (fourth round)
- Croatia Iva Majoli (third round)
- France Mary Pierce (quarterfinals)
- Romania Irina Spîrlea (first round)
- Spain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (quarterfinals)
- Spain Conchita Martínez (final)
- France Sandrine Testud (quarterfinals)
- Germany Anke Huber (semifinals)
- Netherlands Brenda Schultz-McCarthy (second round)
- Belgium Sabine Appelmans (first round)
- United States Lisa Raymond (third round)
- Belgium Dominique Van Roost (third round)
- Romania Ruxandra Dragomir (fourth round)
- Japan Ai Sugiyama (fourth round)
Qualifying
[edit ]Main article: 1998 Australian Open – Women's singles qualifying
Draw
[edit ]Key
[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
Finals
[edit ] Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Final
1
Switzerland Martina Hingis
6
6
5
France Mary Pierce
2
3
1
Switzerland Martina Hingis
6
2
6
10
Germany Anke Huber
1
6
1
10
Germany Anke Huber
79
7
7
Spain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
67
5
1
Switzerland Martina Hingis
6
6
8
Spain Conchita Martínez
3
3
8
Spain Conchita Martínez
6
6
9
France Sandrine Testud
3
2
8
Spain Conchita Martínez
4
6
6
2
United States Lindsay Davenport
6
3
3
United States Venus Williams
6
5
3
2
United States Lindsay Davenport
1
7
6
Top half
[edit ]Section 1
[edit ] First round
Second round
Third round
Fourth round
1
Switzerland M Hingis
6
6
14
Belgium D Van Roost
6
6
Section 2
[edit ] First round
Second round
Third round
Fourth round
11
Netherlands B Schultz-McCarthy
78
7
Section 3
[edit ] First round
Second round
Third round
Fourth round
3
South Africa A Coetzer
6
6
Section 4
[edit ] First round
Second round
Third round
Fourth round
16
Japan A Sugiyama
4
6
6
Q
United States G Helgeson-Nielsen
6
79
Q
United States G Helgeson-Nielsen
65
5
7
Spain A Sánchez Vicario
6
6
Bottom half
[edit ]Section 5
[edit ] First round
Second round
Third round
Fourth round
8
Spain C Martínez
6
6
12
Belgium S Appelmans
6
2
3
Section 6
[edit ] First round
Second round
Third round
Fourth round
Section 7
[edit ] First round
Second round
Third round
Fourth round
13
United States L Raymond
6
2
6
Section 8
[edit ] First round
Second round
Third round
Fourth round
15
Romania R Dragomir
6
6
2
United States L Davenport
6
6
References
[edit ]- ^ Steve Wilstein (19 January 1998). "Serena Williams Beats Irina Spirlea". AP .
- ^ Serena and Venus Williams - A. R. Schafer - Google Books
External links
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Grand Slam women's singles
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