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Duration | January 5 - November 23, 1998 |
Edition | 28th |
Tournaments | 52 |
Categories | Grand Slam (4) WTA Championships Grand Slam Cup WTA Tier I (9) WTA Tier II (15) WTA Tier III (12) WTA Tier IV (11) |
Achievements (singles) | |
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Prize money leader | ![]() (US$3,375,989) |
Points leader | ![]() |
Awards | |
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Doubles team of the year | ![]() ![]() |
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Newcomer of the year | ![]() |
Comeback player of the year | ![]() |
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The WTA Tour is the elite tour for professional women's tennis organised by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA). The WTA Tour includes the four Grand Slam tournaments, the WTA Tour Championships and the WTA Tier I, Tier II, Tier III and Tier IV events. ITF tournaments are not part of the WTA Tour, although they award points for the WTA World Ranking.
This is the complete schedule of events on the 1998 WTA Tour, with player progression documented from the quarter-final stage.
Grand Slam events |
WTA Tier I events |
WTA Tier II events |
WTA Tier III events |
WTA Tier IV events |
Team events |
Week | Tournament | Champions | Runners-up | Semifinalists | Quarterfinalists |
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14 Sep | Fed Cup: Final Geneva, Switzerland - Hard (I) |
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21 Sep | Toyota Princess Cup Tokyo, Japan Tier II event $450,000 - Hard - 28S/32Q/16D Singles - Doubles |
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28 Sep | Compaq Grand Slam Cup Munich, Germany Year-end championships $2,450,000 - Hard (i) - 8S Singles |
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List of players and titles won, last name alphabetically:
The following players won their first title:
List of titles won by country:
Below are the 1998 WTA year-end rankings in both singles and doubles competition:
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