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Singles
Singles
1998 Newsweek Champions Cup; and the State Farm Evert Cup
1997 Champion	Lindsay Davenport
Final
Champion	Martina Hingis
Runner-up	Lindsay Davenport
Score	6–3, 6–4
Events

Martina Hingis defeated the defending champion Lindsay Davenport in the final, 6–3, 6–4 to win the women's singles tennis title at the 1998 Indian Wells Masters.

Seeds

A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated. The top eight seeds received a bye to the second round.

Martina Hingis (champion)
Lindsay Davenport (final)
Steffi Graf (semifinals)
Amanda Coetzer (third round)
Conchita Martínez (quarterfinals)
Irina Spîrlea (third round)
Nathalie Tauziat (second round)
Venus Williams (semifinals)
Sandrine Testud (third round)
Dominique Van Roost (third round)
Ai Sugiyama (third round)
~~Sabine Appelmans~~ (withdrew)
Ruxandra Dragomir (third round)
Brenda Schultz-McCarthy (first round)
Natasha Zvereva (quarterfinals)
Anna Kournikova (third round)
Joannette Kruger (quarterfinals)

Draw

Key

Finals

Semifinals					Final

1	Martina Hingis	6	7

8	Venus Williams	0	6
					1	Martina Hingis	6	6

					2	Lindsay Davenport	3	4
3	Steffi Graf	4	6	2/r

2	Lindsay Davenport	6	4	4

Top half

Section 1

First round					Second round					Third round				Quarterfinals

					1	M Hingis	6	6
	A Fusai	4	3			S Pitkowski	2	1
	S Pitkowski	6	6							1	M Hingis	6	6
	F Labat	6	3	6							M Babel	2	0
Q	L Neiland	2	6	1		F Labat	6	1	4
	M Babel	6	6	7		M Babel	4	6	6
14	B Schultz-McCarthy	7	3	6										1	M Hingis	6	7
16	A Kournikova	3	6	6										5	C Martínez	1	5
Q	A Dechaume-Balleret	6	4	0	16	A Kournikova	3	6	7
	E Likhovtseva	6	3	6		C Rubin	6	2	6
	C Rubin	3	6	7						16	A Kournikova	3	4
	M Vento	6	6							5	C Martínez	6	6
Q	K Kunce	3	4			M Vento	7	5	3
					5	C Martínez	6	7	6

Section 2

First round					Second round				Third round					Quarterfinals

					4	A Coetzer	6	6
WC	S Taylor	1	1		Q	A Miller	3	3
Q	A Miller	6	6						4	A Coetzer	6	4	4
	R Grande	7	3	6					17	J Kruger	2	6	6
	B Schett	6	6	7		B Schett	4	3
	R McQuillan	0	6	5	17	J Kruger	6	6
17	J Kruger	6	1	7										17	J Kruger	1	3
10	D Van Roost	6	6											8	V Williams	6	6
	C Morariu	1	3		10	D Van Roost	6	6
	B Paulus	6	1	7		B Paulus	4	0
	Y Basuki	4	6	5					10	D Van Roost	4	1
	S Kleinová	0	2						8	V Williams	6	6
	S Farina	6	6			S Farina	3	1
					8	V Williams	6	6

Bottom half

Section 3

First round					Second round					Third round				Quarterfinals

					6	I Spîrlea	7	6
	F Li	6	6			F Li	5	2
	O Barabanschikova	4	1							6	I Spîrlea	3	5
	N Sawamatsu	6	4	6						15	N Zvereva	6	7
	M Lučić	2	6	3		N Sawamatsu	4	3
LL	S Jeyaseelan	2	4		15	N Zvereva	6	6
15	N Zvereva	6	6											15	N Zvereva	3	0
11	A Sugiyama	6	6											3	S Graf	6	6
LL	K-A Guse	3	3		11	A Sugiyama	6	4	6
WC	L Osterloh	5	0		Q	T Snyder	1	6	1
Q	T Snyder	7	6							11	A Sugiyama	0	1
	T Tanasugarn	6	4	7						3	S Graf	6	6
	M Sánchez Lorenzo	1	6	5		T Tanasugarn	4	1
					3	S Graf	6	6

Section 4

First round					Second round					Third round					Quarterfinals

					7	N Tauziat	6	2	5
	S Cacic	6	6			S Cacic	1	6	7
Q	C Cristea	1	1								S Cacic	4	7	7
	J Halard-Decugis	6	6							9	S Testud	6	6	6
	Å Carlsson	0	2			J Halard-Decugis	3	6	4
	M Serna	4	6	5	9	S Testud	6	1	6
9	S Testud	6	4	7												S Cacic	1	5
13	R Dragomir	6	6												2	L Davenport	6	7
WC	C Black	3	3		13	R Dragomir	5	6	6
Q	T Panova	1	6	6	Q	T Panova	7	0	0
Q	K Boogert	6	4	1						13	R Dragomir	2	2
	A Frazier	6	6							2	L Davenport	6	6
LL	F Lubiani	4	1			A Frazier	3	1
					2	L Davenport	6	6

Qualifying

Seeds

Miho Saeki (first round)
Kerry-Anne Guse (qualifying competition, lucky loser)
n/a
Yuka Yoshida (first round)
Annie Miller (qualified)
Francesca Lubiani (qualifying competition, lucky loser)
Patricia Hy-Boulais (first round)
Naoko Kijimuta (first round)
Alexia Dechaume-Balleret (qualified)

Qualifiers

Lucky losers

Qualifying draw

First qualifier

First round				Qualifying competition

1	Miho Saeki	3	3
	Tara Snyder	6	6	Tara Snyder	5	6	6
Barbara Rittner		6	6	Janet Lee	7	2	0
Janet Lee		7	7

Second qualifier

First round					Qualifying competition

WC	Alexandra Stevenson	6	7
	Rika Hiraki	1	6		WC	Alexandra Stevenson	7	6	4
	Kristine Kunce	2	6	6		Kristine Kunce	6	7	6
8	Naoko Kijimuta	6	4	3

Third qualifier

First round					Qualifying competition

9	Alexia Dechaume-Balleret	6	6
Alt	Radka Bobková	0	2		9	Alexia Dechaume-Balleret	6	6
WC	Fabiola Zuluaga	6	3	6	WC	Fabiola Zuluaga	2	0
	Annabel Ellwood	3	6	1

Fourth qualifier

First round					Qualifying competition

Jana Nejedly		6	6	6
Park Sung-hee		7	3	2		Jana Nejedly	1	1
	Mariana Díaz Oliva	6	1		5	Annie Miller	6	6
5	Annie Miller	7	6

Fifth qualifier

First round					Qualifying competition

7	Patricia Hy-Boulais	7	4	6
	Haruka Inoue	5	6	7	Haruka Inoue	1	4
Larisa Neiland		6	6		Larisa Neiland	6	6
Lenka Němečková		1	1

Sixth qualifier

First round				Qualifying competition

	Sonya Jeyaseelan	6	6
WC	Susanna Modric	2	1	Sonya Jeyaseelan	0	4
	Tatiana Panova	6	6	Tatiana Panova	6	6
4	Yuka Yoshida	3	4

Seventh qualifier

First round				Qualifying competition

6	Francesca Lubiani	6	6
WC	Dora Krstulović	2	3	6	Francesca Lubiani	4	1
Cătălina Cristea		6	6		Cătălina Cristea	6	6
Emmanuelle Gagliardi		2	4