1998 Advanta Championships of Philadelphia – Singles

Martina Hingis was the defending champion but lost in the quarterfinals to Steffi Graf.

Singles
1998 Advanta Championships of Philadelphia
1997 ChampionSwitzerland Martina Hingis
Final
ChampionGermany Steffi Graf
Runner-upUnited States Lindsay Davenport
Score4–6, 6–3, 6–4
Events
SinglesDoubles
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Graf won in the final 4–6, 6–3, 6–4 against Lindsay Davenport.

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. Lindsay Davenport (final)
  2. Martina Hingis (quarterfinals)
  3. Jana Novotná (second round)
  4. Arantxa Sánchez-Vicario (second round)
  5. Monica Seles (semifinals)
  6. Nathalie Tauziat (semifinals)
  7. Patty Schnyder (second round)
  8. Sandrine Testud (first round)

Draw

Key

Final

Final
1 Lindsay Davenport634
  Steffi Graf466

Section 1

First roundSecond roundQuarterfinalsSemifinals
1 L Davenport66 
  C Morariu13   K Po12 
  K Po66 1 L Davenport566
  I Majoli624Q A Frazier733
Q A Frazier266Q A Frazier66 
WC S Farina6647 P Schnyder31 
7 P Schnyder7461 L Davenport66 
5 M Seles33 
3 J Novotná44 
  N Zvereva66   N Zvereva66 
WC T Snyder21   N Zvereva01 
  M Vento12 5 M Seles66 
  A Sugiyama66   A Sugiyama35 
  I Spîrlea34 5 M Seles67 
5 M Seles66 

Section 2

First roundSecond roundQuarterfinalsSemifinals
6 N Tauziat66 
  A Huber32 6 N Tauziat67 
  L Raymond66   L Raymond26 
Q E Callens33 6 N Tauziat646
Q S Cacic20   A Coetzer364
  A Coetzer66   A Coetzer66 
4 A Sánchez-Vicario41 
6 N Tauziat14 
8 S Testud670/r  S Graf66 
  E Likhovtseva761  E Likhovtseva724
  S Graf67   S Graf666
WC M J Fernández36   S Graf646
Q B Rippner76 2 M Hingis260
  A Fusai62 Q B Rippner41 
2 M Hingis66