WTA Australian Open 1998 Draw, Results & Schedule

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Martina Hingis won the 1998 Australian Open, defeating Conchita Martínez 6-3 6-3 in the final. The Grand Slam was played on hard courts in Melbourne, Australia, from January 19 to February 2, 1998.

Champion
Martina Hingis
def. Conchita Martínez , 6-3 6-3
Dates
Jan 19 — Feb 2
Location
Melbourne, Australia
Category
Grand Slam
Surface
Hard
Prize money
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DateRoundWinnerScoreLoserH2HMatch
F (1)
Feb 2, 1998* F Martina Hingis #1 6-3 6-3 Conchita Martínez #8 H2H Match data
SF (2)
Feb 1, 1998* SF Martina Hingis #1 6-1 2-6 6-1 Anke Huber #13 H2H Match data
Feb 1, 1998* SF Conchita Martínez #11 4-6 6-3 6-3 Lindsay Davenport #3 H2H Match data
QF (4)
Jan 30, 1998* QF Anke Huber #13 7-6(7) 7-5 Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario #7 H2H Match data
Jan 30, 1998* QF Lindsay Davenport #3 1-6 7-5 6-3 Venus Williams #15 H2H Match data
Jan 30, 1998* QF Martina Hingis #1 6-2 6-3 Mary Pierce #9 H2H Match data
Jan 30, 1998* QF Conchita Martínez #11 6-3 6-2 Sandrine Testud #12 H2H Match data
R16 (8)
Jan 28, 1998* R16 Anke Huber #13 2-6 6-4 7-5 Amanda Coetzer #6 H2H Match data
Jan 28, 1998* R16 Martina Hingis #1 6-0 6-0 Yayuk Basuki #24 H2H Match data
Jan 28, 1998* R16 Conchita Martínez #11 6-3 6-3 Barbara Schett #37 H2H Match data
Jan 28, 1998* R16 Sandrine Testud #12 3-6 6-1 6-2 Tamarine Tanasugarn #50 H2H Match data
Jan 28, 1998* R16 Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario #7 6-2 6-4 Ai Sugiyama #18 H2H Match data
Jan 28, 1998* R16 Lindsay Davenport #3 6-0 6-0 Ruxandra Dragomir Ilie H2H Match data
Jan 28, 1998* R16 Mary Pierce #9 6-0 6-0 Henrieta Nagyova #34 H2H Match data
Jan 28, 1998* R16 Venus Williams #15 6-4 6-1 Patty Schnyder #26 H2H Match data
R32 (16)
Jan 25, 1998* R32 Lindsay Davenport #3 6-2 6-2 Flora Perfetti #102 H2H Match data
Jan 25, 1998* R32 Amanda Coetzer #4 6-3 6-1 Annabel Ellwood #115 H2H Match data
Jan 25, 1998* R32 Sandrine Testud #13 6-4 6-2 Adriana Rikl Gersi #75 H2H Match data
Jan 25, 1998* R32 Henrieta Nagyova #32 6-7(1) 7-5 6-2 Elena Likhovtseva #40 H2H Match data
Jan 25, 1998* R32 Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario #8 6-2 6-3 Rika Hiraki #100 H2H Match data
Jan 25, 1998* R32 Barbara Schett #36 6-3 6-1 Natasha Zvereva #23 H2H Match data
Jan 25, 1998* R32 Ruxandra Dragomir Ilie 6-2 7-5 Florencia Labat #41 H2H Match data
Jan 25, 1998* R32 Ai Sugiyama #20 7-6(5) 1-6 6-4 Magdalena Grzybowska #38 H2H Match data
Jan 25, 1998* R32 Anke Huber #14 6-7(4) 6-3 6-2 Joannette Kruger #27 H2H Match data
Jan 25, 1998* R32 Conchita Martínez #11 3-6 6-0 6-3 Anne-Gaelle Sidot #35 H2H Match data
Jan 25, 1998* R32 Yayuk Basuki #24 6-4 6-4 Dominique Monami #15 H2H Match data
Jan 25, 1998* R32 Martina Hingis #1 6-4 4-6 6-4 Anna Kournikova #29 H2H Match data
Jan 25, 1998* R32 Tamarine Tanasugarn #44 6-0 6-2 Iva Majoli #6 H2H Match data
Jan 25, 1998* R32 Mary Pierce #7 7-5 6-3 Olga Barabanschikova #58 H2H Match data
Jan 25, 1998* R32 Patty Schnyder #25 2-6 6-3 8-6 Lisa Raymond #19 H2H Match data
Jan 25, 1998* R32 Venus Williams #16 6-1 6-4 Amélie Mauresmo #99 H2H Match data
R64 (32)
Jan 23, 1998* R64 Henrieta Nagyova #32 6-1 6-4 Brenda Schultz-Mccarthy #17 H2H Match data
Jan 23, 1998* R64 Lisa Raymond #19 6-2 3-6 7-5 Nana Smith #103 H2H Match data
Jan 23, 1998* R64 Anna Kournikova #29 7-5 6-2 Corina Morariu #57 H2H Match data
Jan 23, 1998* R64 Yayuk Basuki #24 5-7 6-4 6-3 Kristie Boogert #79 H2H Match data
Jan 23, 1998* R64 Anne-Gaelle Sidot #35 6-4 6-4 Virginia Ruano Pascual #51 H2H Match data
Jan 23, 1998* R64 Elena Likhovtseva #40 6-4 4-6 6-1 Yuka Yoshida #70 H2H Match data
Jan 23, 1998* R64 Tamarine Tanasugarn #44 6-4 4-6 6-4 Elena Pampoulova H2H Match data
Jan 23, 1998* R64 Joannette Kruger #27 6-3 6-2 Sonya Jeyaseelan #97 H2H Match data
Jan 23, 1998* R64 Ai Sugiyama #20 6-7(4) 7-5 6-1 Miho Saeki #81 H2H Match data
Jan 23, 1998* R64 Dominique Monami #15 6-3 6-4 Tara Snyder #116 H2H Match data
Jan 23, 1998* R64 Lindsay Davenport #3 2-6 6-0 9-7 Karina Habsudova #31 H2H Match data
Jan 23, 1998* R64 Natasha Zvereva #23 6-4 6-4 Rita Grande #46 H2H Match data
Jan 23, 1998* R64 Amanda Coetzer #4 2-6 6-1 6-0 Larisa Savchenko #87 H2H Match data
Jan 23, 1998* R64 Barbara Schett #36 6-3 6-2 Tatiana Panova #95 H2H Match data
Jan 23, 1998* R64 Sandrine Testud #13 6-7(6) 6-0 6-1 Jana Kandarr #96 H2H Match data
Jan 23, 1998* R64 Olga Barabanschikova #58 6-2 6-4 Jana Nejedly #124 H2H Match data
Jan 23, 1998* R64 Amélie Mauresmo #99 1-6 6-4 6-3 Sylvia Plischke #69 H2H Match data
Jan 23, 1998* R64 Anke Huber #14 6-4 6-0 Anne Miller H2H Match data
Jan 23, 1998* R64 Venus Williams #16 7-6(4) 6-1 Serena Williams #53 H2H Match data
Jan 23, 1998* R64 Martina Hingis #1 7-5 6-1 Barbara Rittner #73 H2H Match data
Jan 23, 1998* R64 Magdalena Grzybowska #38 6-2 6-1 Nirupama Vaidyanathan #196 H2H Match data
Jan 23, 1998* R64 Ruxandra Dragomir Ilie 7-6(5) 2-6 6-3 Magui Serna #45 H2H Match data
Jan 23, 1998* R64 Adriana Rikl Gersi #75 6-2 7-5 Janette Husarova #397 H2H Match data
Jan 23, 1998* R64 Mary Pierce #7 6-1 6-2 Cristina Torrens Valero #74 H2H Match data
Jan 23, 1998* R64 Rika Hiraki #100 7-6(5) 7-5 Ginger Helgeson #152 H2H Match data
Jan 23, 1998* R64 Annabel Ellwood #115 4-6 6-4 6-1 Lea Ghirardi #120 H2H Match data
Jan 23, 1998* R64 Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario #8 6-0 6-0 Elena Makarova H2H Match data
Jan 23, 1998* R64 Flora Perfetti #102 6-3 6-2 Paola Suarez #114 H2H Match data
Jan 23, 1998* R64 Florencia Labat #41 6-4 5-7 6-4 Asa Carlsson #55 H2H Match data
Jan 23, 1998* R64 Conchita Martínez #11 7-5 6-2 Miriam Oremans #48 H2H Match data
Jan 23, 1998* R64 Patty Schnyder #25 6-3 6-4 Shi-Ting Wang #52 H2H Match data
Jan 23, 1998* R64 Iva Majoli #6 7-5 6-4 Mirjana Lucic-Baroni #47 H2H Match data
R128 (64)
Jan 21, 1998* R128 Paola Suarez #114 6-3 7-5 Trudi Musgrave #225 H2H Match data
Jan 21, 1998* R128 Barbara Schett #36 6-4 6-1 Mariana Diaz-Oliva #106 H2H Match data
Jan 21, 1998* R128 Magui Serna #45 6-3 4-6 9-7 Rachel Mcquillan #63 H2H Match data
Jan 21, 1998* R128 Lindsay Davenport #3 6-2 6-3 Amelie Cocheteux #101 H2H Match data
Jan 21, 1998* R128 Amanda Coetzer #4 6-2 6-0 Barbara Paulus #22 H2H Match data
Jan 21, 1998* R128 Sonya Jeyaseelan #97 6-7(2) 6-1 7-5 Sung-Hee Park #110 H2H Match data
Jan 21, 1998* R128 Lea Ghirardi #120 1-6 7-5 6-1 Naoko Kijimuta #72 H2H Match data
Jan 21, 1998* R128 Barbara Rittner #73 6-1 7-6(5) Elena Tatarkova #129 H2H Match data
Jan 21, 1998* R128 Anna Kournikova #29 6-2 6-1 Katarina Studenikova #71 H2H Match data
Jan 21, 1998* R128 Janette Husarova #397 4-6 6-4 7-5 Haruka Inoue #111 H2H Match data
Jan 21, 1998* R128 Rika Hiraki #100 6-2 6-2 Andrea Glass #88 H2H Match data
Jan 21, 1998* R128 Lisa Raymond #19 6-1 2-6 6-3 Nicole Pratt #107 H2H Match data
Jan 21, 1998* R128 Karina Habsudova #31 6-3 6-4 Samantha Reeves #168 H2H Match data
Jan 21, 1998* R128 Flora Perfetti #102 5-7 6-4 8-6 Sandra Cacic #60 H2H Match data
Jan 21, 1998* R128 Florencia Labat #41 2-6 6-3 6-4 Kerry-Anne Guse #66 H2H Match data
Jan 21, 1998* R128 Iva Majoli #6 6-4 6-2 Naoko Sawamatsu #34 H2H Match data
Jan 21, 1998* R128 Jana Kandarr #96 6-1 6-4 Siobhan Drake Brockman H2H Match data
Jan 21, 1998* R128 Patty Schnyder #25 6-1 6-2 Nathalie Dechy #83 H2H Match data
Jan 21, 1998* R128 Tatiana Panova #95 6-4 6-4 Francesca Lubiani #61 H2H Match data
Jan 21, 1998* R128 Asa Carlsson #55 6-3 2-6 6-4 Evie Dominikovic #169 H2H Match data
Jan 21, 1998* R128 Mirjana Lucic-Baroni #47 7-5 6-1 Rennae Stubbs #334 H2H Match data
Jan 21, 1998* R128 Venus Williams #16 6-3 6-0 Alexia Dechaume Balleret H2H Match data
Jan 21, 1998* R128 Jana Nejedly #124 6-2 6-4 Chanda Rubin #28 H2H Match data
Jan 21, 1998* R128 Elena Likhovtseva #40 6-2 6-1 Renee Reid #221 H2H Match data
Jan 21, 1998* R128 Elena Pampoulova 6-2 6-1 Jolene Watanabe #104 H2H Match data
Jan 21, 1998* R128 Ai Sugiyama #20 4-6 6-1 6-3 María Sánchez Lorenzo #54 H2H Match data
Jan 21, 1998* R128 Henrieta Nagyova #32 6-3 6-1 Ann Grossman #84 H2H Match data
Jan 21, 1998* R128 Tamarine Tanasugarn #44 6-1 6-3 Maria Vento-Kabchi #39 H2H Match data
Jan 21, 1998* R128 Annabel Ellwood #115 6-4 5-7 6-3 Kristina Brandi #90 H2H Match data
Jan 21, 1998* R128 Magdalena Grzybowska #38 6-3 6-2 Catalina Cristea #91 H2H Match data
Jan 21, 1998* R128 Yuka Yoshida #70 6-1 6-3 Meredith Mcgrath #45 H2H Match data
Jan 21, 1998* R128 Cristina Torrens Valero #74 6-4 6-4 Olga Lugina #105 H2H Match data
Jan 21, 1998* R128 Larisa Savchenko #87 6-3 7-6(3) Catherine Barclay #171 H2H Match data
Jan 21, 1998* R128 Mary Pierce #7 6-0 6-0 Fang Li #59 H2H Match data
Jan 21, 1998* R128 Nirupama Vaidyanathan #196 5-7 6-4 6-2 Gloria Pizzichini #92 H2H Match data
Jan 21, 1998* R128 Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario #8 6-0 6-4 Janet Lee #85 H2H Match data
Jan 21, 1998* R128 Miriam Oremans #48 7-5 6-2 Kristine Kunce #117 H2H Match data
Jan 21, 1998* R128 Nana Smith #103 6-2 6-1 Sandra Dopfer #112 H2H Match data
Jan 21, 1998* R128 Sandrine Testud #13 6-3 6-2 Gala Leon Garcia #56 H2H Match data
Jan 21, 1998* R128 Natasha Zvereva #23 2-6 6-2 6-3 Sabine Appelmans #18 H2H Match data
Jan 21, 1998* R128 Dominique Monami #15 6-3 6-2 Rene Simpson #142 H2H Match data
Jan 21, 1998* R128 Adriana Rikl Gersi #75 2-6 6-2 6-2 Magdalena Maleeva #33 H2H Match data
Jan 21, 1998* R128 Ruxandra Dragomir Ilie 6-2 6-1 Meike Babel #109 H2H Match data
Jan 21, 1998* R128 Anne Miller 4-6 7-5 6-0 Helena Sukova #78 H2H Match data
Jan 21, 1998* R128 Corina Morariu #57 6-4 1-6 6-3 Els Callens #122 H2H Match data
Jan 21, 1998* R128 Anke Huber #14 5-7 6-0 6-0 Sarah Pitkowski-Malcor #62 H2H Match data
Jan 21, 1998* R128 Martina Hingis #1 6-1 6-2 Wiltrud Probst #80 H2H Match data
Jan 21, 1998* R128 Tara Snyder #116 7-6(5) 6-4 Patricia Hy Boulais H2H Match data
Jan 21, 1998* R128 Ginger Helgeson #152 6-3 7-6(7) Svetlana Krivencheva #172 H2H Match data
Jan 21, 1998* R128 Joannette Kruger #27 6-0 2-0 (ret.) Angelica Gavaldon #108 H2H Match data
Jan 21, 1998* R128 Conchita Martínez #11 6-2 6-2 Sandra Kloesel #113 H2H Match data
Jan 21, 1998* R128 Amélie Mauresmo #99 7-6(4) 7-5 Silvia Farina Elia #37 H2H Match data
Jan 21, 1998* R128 Olga Barabanschikova #58 6-3 6-3 Denisa Chladkova #49 H2H Match data
Jan 21, 1998* R128 Virginia Ruano Pascual #51 7-6(2) 7-5 Sandra Kleinova #42 H2H Match data
Jan 21, 1998* R128 Miho Saeki #81 6-4 6-3 Mana Endo #136 H2H Match data
Jan 21, 1998* R128 Rita Grande #46 6-4 6-3 Meghann Shaughnessy #197 H2H Match data
Jan 21, 1998* R128 Anne-Gaelle Sidot #35 6-4 6-3 Lenka Nemeckova #76 H2H Match data
Jan 21, 1998* R128 Yayuk Basuki #24 6-7(4) 6-3 6-1 Meilen Tu #89 H2H Match data
Jan 21, 1998* R128 Sylvia Plischke #69 7-5 6-1 Emmanuelle Gagliardi #82 H2H Match data
Jan 21, 1998* R128 Serena Williams #53 6-7(5) 6-3 6-1 Irina Spirlea #9 H2H Match data
Jan 21, 1998* R128 Shi-Ting Wang #52 6-1 4-6 6-4 Ines Gorrochategui #86 H2H Match data
Jan 21, 1998* R128 Kristie Boogert #79 6-3 6-2 Radka Bobkova #177 H2H Match data
Jan 21, 1998* R128 Brenda Schultz-Mccarthy #17 7-6(6) 7-5 Marion Maruska #93 H2H Match data
Jan 21, 1998* R128 Elena Makarova 6-4 1-6 6-4 Laura Golarsa #65 H2H Match data

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