# Zurich Open 1998

Source: https://tennis-db.com/wta/tournaments/manual_wta:zurich_open/zurich-open?season=1998
Tour: WTA

Lindsay Davenport won the 1998 Zurich Open, defeating Venus Williams 7-5 6-3 in the final. The WTA 1000 event was played October 12–18 on hard courts in Zurich, Switzerland.

The Zurich Open was a women’s indoor tournament whose 25-edition WTA history ran from 1984 to 2008. It was also known as the Swisscom Challenge and Tennis.com Zurich Open.

## Tournament info
- Also known as: Zürich Open, Swisscom Challenge, Tennis.com Zurich Open, European Indoors
- Category: WTA 1000
- Surface: Hard
- Location: Zurich, Switzerland
- Start date: 1998-10-12
- End date: 1998-10-18

Category presentation: Arrows show an edition's recorded category and documented modern equivalent; unresolved editions keep their recorded category.
Details: https://tennis-db.com/glossary#category-equivalence

## Champion
- Winner: Lindsay Davenport
- Runner-up: Venus Williams
- Final score: 7-5 6-3

## Knockout results
### F
- Lindsay Davenport def. Venus Williams 7-5 6-3

### SF
- Lindsay Davenport def. Irina Spirlea 6-2 6-3
- Venus Williams def. Nathalie Tauziat 6-3 6-4

### QF
- Lindsay Davenport def. Amanda Coetzer 6-3 6-1
- Nathalie Tauziat def. Barbara Schett 4-6 7-5 6-1
- Venus Williams def. Mary Pierce 6-4 6-1
- Irina Spirlea def. Dominique Monami 6-4 6-0

### R16
- Dominique Monami def. Amélie Mauresmo 6-3 6-4
- Barbara Schett def. Patty Schnyder 6-4 1-6 7-6
- Nathalie Tauziat def. Lisa Raymond 6-2 6-3
- Amanda Coetzer def. Ruxandra Dragomir Ilie 6-3 6-1
- Mary Pierce def. Joannette Kruger 7-6 6-1
- Venus Williams def. Corina Morariu 7-5 6-3
- Irina Spirlea def. Conchita Martínez 6-2 7-6
- Lindsay Davenport def. Julie Halard-Decugis 6-4 6-2

### R32
- Dominique Monami def. Anna Kournikova 6-3 6-1
- Mary Pierce def. Chanda Rubin 7-5 2-6 6-3
- Joannette Kruger def. Kveta Peschke 2-6 6-4 6-2
- Patty Schnyder def. Silvia Farina Elia 6-2 6-3
- Irina Spirlea def. Miriam Oremans 7-6 6-2
- Corina Morariu def. Sandrine Testud 6-3 2-6 6-4
- Barbara Schett def. Kimberly Po Messerli 6-3 6-3
- Amélie Mauresmo def. Sylvia Plischke 4-6 6-4 6-1
- Ruxandra Dragomir Ilie def. Anke Huber 3-6 6-4 6-4
- Lisa Raymond def. Catalina Cristea 6-4 6-4
- Julie Halard-Decugis def. Ai Sugiyama 7-5 6-1
- Amanda Coetzer def. Natasha Zvereva 7-5 6-4

## Stats
- Total matches: 27
- Players: 28

Other editions available: 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002, 2001, 2000, 1999
(+15 more)

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Canonical URL: https://tennis-db.com/wta/tournaments/manual_wta:zurich_open/zurich-open?season=1998
Data source: TennisDB (tennis-db.com)