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Jana Novotna won the 1998 Wimbledon, defeating Nathalie Tauziat 6-4 7-6 in the final. The Grand Slam was played June 22–July 6 on grass courts in Wimbledon, United Kingdom.
Wimbledon, formally The Championships, is staged by the All England Club and is the only Grand Slam tournament played on grass.
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Location
Wimbledon,
Results
Match Log
Draw
127 recorded singles results
Wimbledon 1998 match log
Winner Score Loser H2H Match Data Date Round
Jana Novotna
#2
6-4 7-6
Nathalie Tauziat
#10
H2H Match data
Jul 6, 1998*
F
Jana Novotna
#3
6-4 6-4
Martina Hingis
#1 DEF
H2H Match data
Jul 5, 1998*
SF
Nathalie Tauziat
#15
1-6 7-6 6-3
Natasha Zvereva
#22
H2H Match data
Jul 5, 1998*
SF
Martina Hingis
#1 DEF
6-3 3-6 6-3
Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario
#4
H2H Match data
Jul 3, 1998*
QF
Natasha Zvereva
#22
7-6 6-2
Monica Seles
#5
H2H Match data
Jul 3, 1998*
QF
Nathalie Tauziat
#15
6-3 6-3
Lindsay Davenport
#2
H2H Match data
Jul 3, 1998*
QF
Upset: winner had a 19 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
Jana Novotna
#3
7-5 7-6
Venus Williams
#6
H2H Match data
Jul 3, 1998*
QF
Nathalie Tauziat
#15
6-3 6-1
Samantha Smith
#94
H2H Match data
Jul 1, 1998*
R16
Natasha Zvereva
#22
6-4 6-2
Miriam Oremans
#60
H2H Match data
Jul 1, 1998*
R16
Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario
#4
3-6 6-3 6-2
Dominique Monami
#14
H2H Match data
Jul 1, 1998*
R16
Lindsay Davenport
#2
6-1 6-0
Magui Serna
#28
H2H Match data
Jul 1, 1998*
R16
Monica Seles
#5
6-3 6-2
Sandrine Testud
#13
H2H Match data
Jul 1, 1998*
R16
Jana Novotna
#3
6-2 6-3
Irina Spirlea
#9
H2H Match data
Jul 1, 1998*
R16
Venus Williams
#6
6-3 6-1
Virginia Ruano Pascual
#47
H2H Match data
Jul 1, 1998*
R16
Martina Hingis
#1 DEF
6-3 6-2
Tamarine Tanasugarn
#42
H2H Match data
Jul 1, 1998*
R16
Samantha Smith
#94
2-6 6-3 7-5
Conchita Martínez
#7 CH
H2H Match data
Jun 28, 1998*
R32
Upset: winner had a 7 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario
#4
7-5 6-2
Sylvia Plischke
#66
H2H Match data
Jun 28, 1998*
R32
Monica Seles
#5
6-2 6-3
Yayuk Basuki
#26
H2H Match data
Jun 28, 1998*
R32
Magui Serna
#28
6-3 5-7 6-0
Naoko Sawamatsu
#33
H2H Match data
Jun 28, 1998*
R32
Jana Novotna
#3
6-3 6-1
Corina Morariu
#37
H2H Match data
Jun 28, 1998*
R32
Lindsay Davenport
#2
6-3 1-6 6-2
Maria Vento-Kabchi
#31
H2H Match data
Jun 28, 1998*
R32
Nathalie Tauziat
#15
7-6 3-6 6-4
Julie Halard-Decugis
#40
H2H Match data
Jun 28, 1998*
R32
Martina Hingis
#1 DEF
6-2 6-1
Elena Likhovtseva
#24
H2H Match data
Jun 28, 1998*
R32
Sandrine Testud
#13
6-3 7-6
Lori Mcneil
#127
H2H Match data
Jun 28, 1998*
R32
Virginia Ruano Pascual
#47
7-5 4-1 (ret.)
Serena Williams
#20
H2H Match data
Jun 28, 1998*
R32
Irina Spirlea
#9
6-4 6-4
Surina De Beer
#158
H2H Match data
Jun 28, 1998*
R32
Dominique Monami
#14
6-1 6-2
Sabine Appelmans
#25
H2H Match data
Jun 28, 1998*
R32
Venus Williams
#6
6-3 6-4
Chanda Rubin
#55
H2H Match data
Jun 28, 1998*
R32
Tamarine Tanasugarn
#42
6-4 6-0
Cara Black
#108
H2H Match data
Jun 28, 1998*
R32
Natasha Zvereva
#22
6-4 7-5
Steffi Graf
#75 7× CH
H2H Match data
Jun 28, 1998*
R32
Upset: winner had a 10 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
Miriam Oremans
#60
6-4 7-5
Mariaan De Swardt
H2H Match data
Jun 28, 1998*
R32
Virginia Ruano Pascual
#47
6-2 6-4
Kimberly Po Messerli
H2H Match data
Jun 26, 1998*
R64
Lori Mcneil
#127
4-6 6-4 6-2
Jennifer Capriati
#151
H2H Match data
Jun 26, 1998*
R64
Naoko Sawamatsu
#33
3-6 6-3 6-2
Amanda Coetzer
#8
H2H Match data
Jun 26, 1998*
R64
Miriam Oremans
#60
6-2 6-3
Asa Carlsson
#128
H2H Match data
Jun 26, 1998*
R64
Nathalie Tauziat
#15
6-0 6-1
Iva Majoli
#18
H2H Match data
Jun 26, 1998*
R64
Julie Halard-Decugis
#40
6-4 7-6
Alexia Dechaume Balleret
H2H Match data
Jun 26, 1998*
R64
Serena Williams
#20
6-3 6-0
Mirjana Lucic-Baroni
#46
H2H Match data
Jun 26, 1998*
R64
Sandrine Testud
#13
6-3 6-1
Seda Noorlander
#112
H2H Match data
Jun 26, 1998*
R64
Conchita Martínez
#7 CH
7-5 7-5
Kristie Boogert
#82
H2H Match data
Jun 26, 1998*
R64
Monica Seles
#5
6-1 6-1
Alexandra Fusai
#41
H2H Match data
Jun 26, 1998*
R64
Sabine Appelmans
#25
6-1 6-4
Louise Latimer
#252
H2H Match data
Jun 26, 1998*
R64
Cara Black
#108
6-7 7-5 6-3
Patty Schnyder
#12
H2H Match data
Jun 26, 1998*
R64
Upset: winner had a 9 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
Chanda Rubin
#55
3-6 7-5 11-9
Tara Snyder
#51
H2H Match data
Jun 26, 1998*
R64
Venus Williams
#6
6-1 6-2
Barbara Schett
#30
H2H Match data
Jun 26, 1998*
R64
Samantha Smith
#94
6-1 6-3
Mariana Diaz-Oliva
#89
H2H Match data
Jun 26, 1998*
R64
Maria Vento-Kabchi
#31
6-0 7-5
Naoko Kijimuta
#136
H2H Match data
Jun 26, 1998*
R64
Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario
#4
4-6 6-4 6-3
Magdalena Grzybowska
#34
H2H Match data
Jun 26, 1998*
R64
Jana Novotna
#3
6-3 4-6 6-1
Tatiana Panova
#69
H2H Match data
Jun 26, 1998*
R64
Sylvia Plischke
#66
6-2 6-0
Janet Lee
#104
H2H Match data
Jun 26, 1998*
R64
Elena Likhovtseva
#24
6-4 6-0
Flora Perfetti
#111
H2H Match data
Jun 26, 1998*
R64
Martina Hingis
#1 DEF
7-6 6-4
Elena Makarova
H2H Match data
Jun 26, 1998*
R64
Dominique Monami
#14
6-1 6-1
Anne Miller
H2H Match data
Jun 26, 1998*
R64
Tamarine Tanasugarn
#42
6-2 7-5
Karen Cross
#134
H2H Match data
Jun 26, 1998*
R64
Natasha Zvereva
#22
6-1 6-3
Nana Smith
#99
H2H Match data
Jun 26, 1998*
R64
Mariaan De Swardt
6-4 7-6
Elena Tatarkova
#87
H2H Match data
Jun 26, 1998*
R64
Irina Spirlea
#9
6-4 6-4
Barbara Rittner
#91
H2H Match data
Jun 26, 1998*
R64
Corina Morariu
#37
7-5 6-0
Patricia Hy Boulais
H2H Match data
Jun 26, 1998*
R64
Magui Serna
#28
6-4 6-1
Rita Grande
#38
H2H Match data
Jun 26, 1998*
R64
Lindsay Davenport
#2
6-1 7-5
Larisa Savchenko
#100
H2H Match data
Jun 26, 1998*
R64
Steffi Graf
#75 7× CH
6-0 6-4
Henrieta Nagyova
#23
H2H Match data
Jun 26, 1998*
R64
Surina De Beer
#158
6-2 4-6 6-3
Shi-Ting Wang
#70
H2H Match data
Jun 26, 1998*
R64
Yayuk Basuki
#26
6-3 6-4
Amélie Mauresmo
#35
H2H Match data
Jun 26, 1998*
R64
Dominique Monami
#14
6-1 6-3
Joannette Kruger
#21
H2H Match data
Jun 24, 1998*
R128
Yayuk Basuki
#26
6-4 6-0
Samantha Reeves
#110
H2H Match data
Jun 24, 1998*
R128
Louise Latimer
#252
6-4 6-1
Jana Kandarr
#101
H2H Match data
Jun 24, 1998*
R128
Corina Morariu
#37
4-6 6-1 6-2
Marion Maruska
#97
H2H Match data
Jun 24, 1998*
R128
Jennifer Capriati
#151
6-4 3-6 6-4
Nicole Pratt
#81
H2H Match data
Jun 24, 1998*
R128
Shi-Ting Wang
#70
7-6 7-5
Kristina Brandi
#118
H2H Match data
Jun 24, 1998*
R128
Sabine Appelmans
#25
6-3 6-3
Cristina Torrens Valero
#86
H2H Match data
Jun 24, 1998*
R128
Amélie Mauresmo
#35
6-3 6-4
Miriam Schnitzer
#182
H2H Match data
Jun 24, 1998*
R128
Chanda Rubin
#55
4-6 6-0 6-2
Ginger Helgeson
#129
H2H Match data
Jun 24, 1998*
R128
Naoko Kijimuta
#136
3-6 6-3 6-4
Karin Miller
#115
H2H Match data
Jun 24, 1998*
R128
Martina Hingis
#1 DEF
7-5 6-3
Lisa Raymond
#19
H2H Match data
Jun 24, 1998*
R128
Nathalie Tauziat
#15
2-6 6-1 6-3
Haruka Inoue
#113
H2H Match data
Jun 24, 1998*
R128
Irina Spirlea
#9
7-5 6-3
Francesca Lubiani
#117
H2H Match data
Jun 24, 1998*
R128
Venus Williams
#6
6-3 6-3
Jana Nejedly
#98
H2H Match data
Jun 24, 1998*
R128
Lori Mcneil
#127
2-6 6-4 6-4
Els Callens
#122
H2H Match data
Jun 24, 1998*
R128
Lindsay Davenport
#2
6-2 6-2
Florencia Labat
#50
H2H Match data
Jun 24, 1998*
R128
Elena Tatarkova
#87
7-6 6-3
Mary Pierce
#11
H2H Match data
Jun 24, 1998*
R128
Upset: winner had a 4 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
Karen Cross
#134
6-3 6-4
Joanne Ward
H2H Match data
Jun 24, 1998*
R128
Asa Carlsson
#128
6-1 6-1
Adriana Rikl Gersi
#64
H2H Match data
Jun 24, 1998*
R128
Amanda Coetzer
#8
6-2 6-2
Kerry-Anne Guse
#76
H2H Match data
Jun 24, 1998*
R128
Tatiana Panova
#69
4-6 7-5 6-4
Emmanuelle Gagliardi
#78
H2H Match data
Jun 24, 1998*
R128
Virginia Ruano Pascual
#47
6-1 6-7 6-3
Andrea Glass
#68
H2H Match data
Jun 24, 1998*
R128
Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario
#4
5-7 6-2 6-0
Catalina Cristea
#73
H2H Match data
Jun 24, 1998*
R128
Jana Novotna
#3
6-2 6-2
Sandra Kleinova
#71
H2H Match data
Jun 24, 1998*
R128
Flora Perfetti
#111
6-0 6-1
Denisa Chladkova
#62
H2H Match data
Jun 24, 1998*
R128
Magui Serna
#28
7-5 4-6 6-1
Radka Bobkova
#125
H2H Match data
Jun 24, 1998*
R128
Sylvia Plischke
#66
6-4 6-7 6-3
Ai Sugiyama
#17
H2H Match data
Jun 24, 1998*
R128
Upset: winner had a 13 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
Patricia Hy Boulais
4-6 6-2 6-3
Meike Babel
#80
H2H Match data
Jun 24, 1998*
R128
Kimberly Po Messerli
6-2 2-6 6-1
Lilia Osterloh
#126
H2H Match data
Jun 24, 1998*
R128
Janet Lee
#104
6-4 6-1
Lorna Woodroffe
#149
H2H Match data
Jun 24, 1998*
R128
Surina De Beer
#158
6-4 6-4
Ines Gorrochategui
#179
H2H Match data
Jun 24, 1998*
R128
Barbara Rittner
#91
7-6 6-0
Amelie Cocheteux
#83
H2H Match data
Jun 24, 1998*
R128
Serena Williams
#20
6-4 6-3
Laura Golarsa
#77
H2H Match data
Jun 24, 1998*
R128
Naoko Sawamatsu
#33
2-6 6-3 6-2
Barbara Paulus
#29
H2H Match data
Jun 24, 1998*
R128
Miriam Oremans
#60
2-6 6-3 6-2
Elena Pampoulova
H2H Match data
Jun 24, 1998*
R128
Barbara Schett
#30
6-0 6-2
Pavlina Nola
#106
H2H Match data
Jun 24, 1998*
R128
Henrieta Nagyova
#23
6-7 6-2 6-4
Amy Frazier
#54
H2H Match data
Jun 24, 1998*
R128
Mariaan De Swardt
7-6 6-3
Barbara Schwartz
#92
H2H Match data
Jun 24, 1998*
R128
Tara Snyder
#51
6-3 6-0
Lenka Nemeckova
#88
H2H Match data
Jun 24, 1998*
R128
Alexandra Fusai
#41
6-3 6-2
Katarina Studenikova
#95
H2H Match data
Jun 24, 1998*
R128
Julie Halard-Decugis
#40
6-2 6-4
Sung-Hee Park
#103
H2H Match data
Jun 24, 1998*
R128
Steffi Graf
#75 7× CH
6-4 6-1
Gala Leon Garcia
#49
H2H Match data
Jun 24, 1998*
R128
Anne Miller
7-6 6-2
Nathalie Dechy
#57
H2H Match data
Jun 24, 1998*
R128
Magdalena Grzybowska
#34
6-2 6-4
Ruxandra Dragomir Ilie
H2H Match data
Jun 24, 1998*
R128
Sandrine Testud
#13
7-6 6-0
Rennae Stubbs
#261
H2H Match data
Jun 24, 1998*
R128
Seda Noorlander
#112
6-3 6-1
Olga Lugina
#114
H2H Match data
Jun 24, 1998*
R128
Conchita Martínez
#7 CH
6-1 6-0
Silvia Farina Elia
#27
H2H Match data
Jun 24, 1998*
R128
Kristie Boogert
#82
3-6 6-2 6-1
Miho Saeki
#58
H2H Match data
Jun 24, 1998*
R128
Larisa Savchenko
#100
6-1 5-7 6-3
Sarah Pitkowski-Malcor
#48
H2H Match data
Jun 24, 1998*
R128
Elena Likhovtseva
#24
7-6 6-2
Yuka Yoshida
#85
H2H Match data
Jun 24, 1998*
R128
Cara Black
#108
6-2 6-4
Sonya Jeyaseelan
#105
H2H Match data
Jun 24, 1998*
R128
Monica Seles
#5
6-3 6-4
María Sánchez Lorenzo
#72
H2H Match data
Jun 24, 1998*
R128
Patty Schnyder
#12
3-6 6-4 6-3
Helena Sukova
#102
H2H Match data
Jun 24, 1998*
R128
Tamarine Tanasugarn
#42
6-0 7-5
Kveta Peschke
#74
H2H Match data
Jun 24, 1998*
R128
Mariana Diaz-Oliva
#89
6-3 6-2
Paola Suarez
#93
H2H Match data
Jun 24, 1998*
R128
Nana Smith
#99
6-3 1-6 6-2
Julie Pullin
#173
H2H Match data
Jun 24, 1998*
R128
Iva Majoli
#18
6-2 6-3
Karina Habsudova
#59
H2H Match data
Jun 24, 1998*
R128
Elena Makarova
6-4 6-2
Silvija Talaja
#190
H2H Match data
Jun 24, 1998*
R128
Maria Vento-Kabchi
#31
7-6 4-6 6-3
Sandra Cacic
#56
H2H Match data
Jun 24, 1998*
R128
Samantha Smith
#94
6-3 4-6 6-2
Anne-Gaelle Sidot
#53
H2H Match data
Jun 24, 1998*
R128
Alexia Dechaume Balleret
6-4 6-7 11-9
Olga Barabanschikova
#63
H2H Match data
Jun 24, 1998*
R128
Mirjana Lucic-Baroni
#46
6-4 6-7 6-3
Anna Smashnova
#65
H2H Match data
Jun 24, 1998*
R128
Rita Grande
#38
6-1 6-4
Fang Li
#36
H2H Match data
Jun 24, 1998*
R128
Natasha Zvereva
#22
7-5 6-4
Rachel Mcquillan
#67
H2H Match data
Jun 24, 1998*
R128
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