Martina Hingis was the defending champion but lost in the second round to Venus Williams.
| Women's singles | |
|---|---|
| 1998 Sydney International | |
| 1997 Champion |  Martina Hingis |
| Champion |  Arantxa Sánchez-Vicario |
| Runner-up |  Venus Williams |
| Score | 6–1, 6–3 |
| Draw | 28 |
| Seeds | 8 |
Arantxa Sánchez-Vicario won in the final 6–1, 6–3 against Williams.
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.
Martina Hingis (second round)
Lindsay Davenport (quarterfinals)
Amanda Coetzer (second round)
Irina Spîrlea (second round)
Arantxa Sánchez-Vicario (champion)- Conchita Martínez (second round)
Sandrine Testud (second round)
Anke Huber (first round)
Draw
Key
- 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
Final
| Final | ||||||
| Venus Williams | 1 | 3 | ||||
| 5 | Arantxa Sánchez-Vicario | 6 | 6 | |||
Section 1
| First round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | M Hingis | 6 | 4 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| V Williams | 6 | V Williams | 3 | 6 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
 R Dragomir | 4 | r | V Williams | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
 M Maleeva | 6 | 1 | 6 | M Maleeva | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
 S Appelmans | 1 | 6 | 3 | M Maleeva | 6 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| C Rubin | 6 | 6 | C Rubin | 3 | 6 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 8 |  A Huber | 2 | 3 | V Williams | 6 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||
 A Sugiyama | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | I Spîrlea | 2 | 6 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
 B Paulus | 6 | 6 | B Paulus | 6 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
 M Oremans | 0 | 2 | B Paulus | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| A Sugiyama | 6 | 7 | A Sugiyama | 6 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| LL |  F Lubiani | 1 | 6 | A Sugiyama | 7 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Q | G León García | 2 | 3 | 6 | C Martínez | 6 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | C Martínez | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Section 2
| First round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | A Sánchez-Vicario | 7 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 K Habšudová | 5 | 4 | 5 | A Sánchez-Vicario | 6 | 3 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Q |  J Lee | 6 | 1 | Q | J Lee | 2 | 6 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||
| B Schultz-McCarthy | 0 | 1 | r | 5 | A Sánchez-Vicario | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| WC |  R McQuillan | 2 | 5 |  N Zvereva | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| N Zvereva | 6 | 7 | N Zvereva | 6 | 6 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 |  A Coetzer | 7 | 3 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | A Sánchez-Vicario | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 7 |  S Testud | 6 | 6 | Q | S Williams | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| WC | K-A Guse | 1 | 2 | 7 | S Testud | 6 | 0 | r | |||||||||||||||||||
| Q | S Williams | 3 | 6 | 7 | Q | S Williams | 7 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Q |  M Lučić | 6 | 4 | 5 | Q | S Williams | 1 | 7 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||
 Y Basuki | 4 | 0 | r | 2 | L Davenport | 6 | 5 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||
 A Kournikova | 6 | 3 | A Kournikova | 2 | 7 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | L Davenport | 6 | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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