1998 WTA Tier I Series

1998 WTA Tier I Series
Details
DurationFebruary 2 – October 25
Edition9th
Tournaments8
Achievements (singles)
Most titlesUnited States Lindsay Davenport
Switzerland Martina Hingis (2)
Most finalsUnited States Lindsay Davenport
Switzerland Martina Hingis
United States Venus Williams (3)
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Main article: 1998 WTA Tour

The WTA Tier I events are part of the elite tour for professional women's tennis organised by the WTA called the WTA Tour.[1]

Tournaments

Tournament Country Location Surface Date Prize money[2]
Toray Pan Pacific Open Japan Tokyo Carpet (i) Feb 2 – 8 $926,250
State Farm Evert Cup United States Indian Wells Hard Mar 2 – 15 $1,250,000
Lipton Championships United States Key Biscayne Hard Mar 16 – 29 $1,900,000
Family Circle Magazine Cup United States Hilton Head Island Clay (green) Mar 30 – Apr 5 $926,250
Campionati Internazionali d’Italia[3] Italy Rome Clay (red) May 4 – 10 $926,250
German Open[4] Germany Berlin Clay (red) May 11 – 17 $926,250
du Maurier Open Canada Montreal Hard Aug 17 – 23 $926,250
European Championships Switzerland Zürich Carpet (i) Oct 12 – 18 $926,250
MGTS Kremlin Cup Russia Moscow Carpet (i) Oct 19 – 25 $1,000,000

Results

* First-time champion
Tournament Singles champions Runners-up Score Doubles champions Runners-up Score
Tokyo

Singles – Doubles

United States Lindsay Davenport Switzerland Martina Hingis 6–3, 6–3 Switzerland Martina Hingis United States Lindsay Davenport
Belarus Natasha Zvereva 		7–5, 6–4
Croatia Mirjana Lučić*
Indian Wells

Singles – Doubles

Switzerland Martina Hingis United States Lindsay Davenport 6–3, 6–4 United States Lindsay Davenport
Belarus Natasha Zvereva 		France Alexandra Fusai
France Nathalie Tauziat 		6–4, 2–6, 6–4
Miami

Singles – Doubles

United States Venus Williams Russia Anna Kournikova 2–6, 6–4, 6–1 Switzerland Martina Hingis
Czech Republic Jana Novotná 		Spain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
Belarus Natasha Zvereva 		6–2, 3–6, 6–3
Hilton Head

Singles – Doubles

South Africa Amanda Coetzer Romania Irina Spîrlea 6–3, 6–4 Spain Conchita Martínez
Argentina Patricia Tarabini 		United States Lisa Raymond
Australia Rennae Stubbs 		3–6, 6–4, 6–4
Rome

Singles – Doubles

Switzerland Martina Hingis United States Venus Williams 6–3, 2–6, 6–3 Spain Virginia Ruano Pascual
Argentina Paola Suárez 		South Africa Amanda Coetzer
Spain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 		7–6(7–1), 6–4
Berlin

Singles – Doubles

Spain Conchita Martínez France Amélie Mauresmo 6–4, 6–4s United States Lindsay Davenport
Belarus Natasha Zvereva 		France Alexandra Fusai
France Nathalie Tauziat 		6–3, 6–0
Montréal

Singles – Doubles

United States Monica Seles Spain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 6–3, 6–2 Switzerland Martina Hingis
Czech Republic Jana Novotná 		Indonesia Yayuk Basuki
Netherlands Caroline Vis 		6–3, 6–4
Zürich

Singles – Doubles

United States Lindsay Davenport United States Venus Williams 6–3, 6–4 United States Serena Williams
United States Venus Williams 		South Africa Mariaan de Swardt
Ukraine Elena Tatarkova 		5–7, 6–1, 6–3
Moscow

Singles – Doubles

France Mary Pierce United States Monica Seles 7–6(7–2), 6–3 France Mary Pierce* United States Lisa Raymond
Australia Rennae Stubbs 		6–3, 6–4
Belarus Natasha Zvereva

See also

References

  1. ^ "1998 Tournaments | WTA Official". Women's Tennis Association. Archived from the original on 2022-09-20.
  2. ^ "1998 WTA Calendar Prize Money". Archived from the original on 30 August 2009.
  3. ^ Bud Collins (2010). The Bud Collins History of Tennis (2nd ed.). New York City: New Chapter Press. pp. 740–741. ISBN 978-0942257700.
  4. ^ "1998 German Open Draws" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 11 September 2017.


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