WTA Key Biscayne 1998 Draw, Results & Schedule

Venus Williams won the 1998 Key Biscayne, defeating Anna Kournikova 2-6 6-4 6-1 in the final. The WTA 1000 event was played on hard courts in Key Biscayne, United States, from March 19 to March 25, 1998. The match log contains 95 recorded singles results for this edition.

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Champion
def. Anna Kournikova , 2-6 6-4 6-1
Dates
Mar 19 — Mar 25
Location
Key Biscayne, United States
Category
Tier I modern equivalent WTA 1000
Surface
Hard
Prize money

Arrows show an edition's recorded category and documented modern equivalent; unresolved editions keep their recorded category. Mapping details.

Results

Match type
Key Biscayne 1998 match log
WinnerScoreLoserH2HMatch DataDateRound
F (1)
Venus Williams #11 2-6 6-4 6-1 Anna Kournikova #25 H2H Match data Mar 25, 1998* F
SF (2)
Venus Williams #11 6-2 5-7 6-2 Martina Hingis #1 H2H Match data Mar 24, 1998* SF Upset: winner had a 15 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
Anna Kournikova #25 3-6 6-1 6-3 Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario #8 H2H Match data Mar 24, 1998* SF
QF (4)
Anna Kournikova #25 6-4 2-6 6-2 Lindsay Davenport #2 H2H Match data Mar 24, 1998* QF
Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario #8 6-1 6-1 Jana Novotna #3 H2H Match data Mar 24, 1998* QF
Martina Hingis #1 6-3 1-6 7-6 Serena Williams #40 H2H Match data Mar 24, 1998* QF
Venus Williams #11 6-1 6-2 Silvia Farina Elia #31 H2H Match data Mar 24, 1998* QF
R16 (8)
Martina Hingis #1 6-3 5-7 6-2 Sandrine Testud #13 H2H Match data Mar 23, 1998* R16
Jana Novotna #3 6-2 6-2 Anke Huber #14 H2H Match data Mar 23, 1998* R16
Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario #8 6-2 6-1 Maria Vento-Kabchi #34 H2H Match data Mar 23, 1998* R16
Serena Williams #40 6-0 4-6 6-3 Patty Schnyder #17 H2H Match data Mar 23, 1998* R16
Silvia Farina Elia #31 6-7 6-2 6-1 Amanda Coetzer #5 H2H Match data Mar 23, 1998* R16
Lindsay Davenport #2 6-1 6-2 Nathalie Tauziat #12 H2H Match data Mar 23, 1998* R16
Anna Kournikova #25 6-3 6-0 Conchita Martínez #9 H2H Match data Mar 23, 1998* R16
Venus Williams #11 6-1 6-4 Rita Grande #39 H2H Match data Mar 23, 1998* R16
R32 (16)
Jana Novotna #3 6-3 4-6 6-3 Jana Kandarr #104 H2H Match data Mar 22, 1998* R32
Anna Kournikova #25 7-5 6-4 Monica Seles #4 H2H Match data Mar 22, 1998* R32 Upset: winner had a 17 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
Sandrine Testud #13 6-3 6-3 Lori Mcneil #167 H2H Match data Mar 22, 1998* R32
Amanda Coetzer #5 7-5 6-3 Natasha Zvereva #21 H2H Match data Mar 22, 1998* R32
Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario #8 6-0 6-1 Florencia Labat #35 H2H Match data Mar 22, 1998* R32
Serena Williams #40 6-3 6-2 Barbara Paulus #26 H2H Match data Mar 22, 1998* R32
Patty Schnyder #17 6-0 6-2 Tamarine Tanasugarn #37 H2H Match data Mar 22, 1998* R32
Maria Vento-Kabchi #34 7-5 5-7 6-3 Elena Likhovtseva #42 H2H Match data Mar 22, 1998* R32
Martina Hingis #1 6-0 6-0 Joannette Kruger #23 H2H Match data Mar 22, 1998* R32
Silvia Farina Elia #31 6-3 7-5 Ai Sugiyama #16 H2H Match data Mar 22, 1998* R32
Rita Grande #39 6-4 3-6 6-4 Yayuk Basuki #27 H2H Match data Mar 22, 1998* R32
Lindsay Davenport #2 3-6 6-1 6-3 Fang Li #47 H2H Match data Mar 22, 1998* R32
Conchita Martínez #9 6-2 6-2 Naoko Sawamatsu #30 H2H Match data Mar 22, 1998* R32
Venus Williams #11 6-2 6-1 Olga Barabanschikova #55 H2H Match data Mar 22, 1998* R32
Anke Huber #14 6-7 6-4 6-4 Sabine Appelmans #20 H2H Match data Mar 22, 1998* R32
Nathalie Tauziat #12 6-1 6-1 Henrieta Nagyova #28 H2H Match data Mar 22, 1998* R32
R64 (32)
Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario #8 4-6 6-4 6-2 Shi-Ting Wang #56 H2H Match data Mar 21, 1998* R64
Sabine Appelmans #20 6-2 6-1 Julie Halard-Decugis #189 H2H Match data Mar 21, 1998* R64
Henrieta Nagyova #28 6-2 6-1 Meike Babel #79 H2H Match data Mar 21, 1998* R64
Nathalie Tauziat #12 7-5 6-4 Ann Grossman #99 H2H Match data Mar 21, 1998* R64
Monica Seles #4 6-4 6-7 6-3 María Sánchez Lorenzo #58 H2H Match data Mar 21, 1998* R64
Anke Huber #14 2-6 6-4 6-4 Janet Lee #91 H2H Match data Mar 21, 1998* R64
Barbara Paulus #26 7-6 6-3 Miho Saeki #61 H2H Match data Mar 21, 1998* R64
Ai Sugiyama #16 6-2 6-3 Barbara Rittner #86 H2H Match data Mar 21, 1998* R64
Yayuk Basuki #27 7-5 7-6 Amélie Mauresmo #74 H2H Match data Mar 21, 1998* R64
Maria Vento-Kabchi #34 7-5 6-3 Larisa Savchenko #82 H2H Match data Mar 21, 1998* R64
Silvia Farina Elia #31 6-4 6-1 Gala Leon Garcia #54 H2H Match data Mar 21, 1998* R64
Jana Kandarr #104 6-1 6-4 Brenda Schultz-Mccarthy #24 H2H Match data Mar 21, 1998* R64
Rita Grande #39 3-6 6-3 6-2 Sylvia Plischke #84 H2H Match data Mar 21, 1998* R64
Venus Williams #11 6-3 6-3 Tatiana Panova #73 H2H Match data Mar 21, 1998* R64
Amanda Coetzer #5 5-7 6-3 6-3 Alexia Dechaume Balleret H2H Match data Mar 21, 1998* R64
Lindsay Davenport #2 6-2 6-2 Pavlina Nola #118 H2H Match data Mar 21, 1998* R64
Lori Mcneil #167 6-2 6-2 Barbara Schett #29 H2H Match data Mar 21, 1998* R64
Fang Li #47 2-6 7-6 6-4 Ruxandra Dragomir Ilie H2H Match data Mar 21, 1998* R64
Patty Schnyder #17 6-0 6-3 Cristina Torrens Valero #68 H2H Match data Mar 21, 1998* R64
Martina Hingis #1 6-1 6-0 Chanda Rubin #50 H2H Match data Mar 21, 1998* R64
Naoko Sawamatsu #30 7-5 6-3 Kristina Brandi #107 H2H Match data Mar 21, 1998* R64
Jana Novotna #3 6-1 6-1 Magdalena Grzybowska #45 H2H Match data Mar 21, 1998* R64
Serena Williams #40 7-6 6-0 Irina Spirlea #10 H2H Match data Mar 21, 1998* R64
Anna Kournikova #25 6-4 6-2 Mirjana Lucic-Baroni #46 H2H Match data Mar 21, 1998* R64
Natasha Zvereva #21 6-3 6-4 Yuka Yoshida #65 H2H Match data Mar 21, 1998* R64
Elena Likhovtseva #42 6-1 1-0 (ret.) Dominique Monami #15 H2H Match data Mar 21, 1998* R64 Upset: winner had a 19 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
Tamarine Tanasugarn #37 6-1 3-6 6-2 Karina Habsudova #43 H2H Match data Mar 21, 1998* R64
Olga Barabanschikova #55 6-4 1-0 (ret.) Sarah Pitkowski-Malcor #36 H2H Match data Mar 21, 1998* R64
Conchita Martínez #9 6-4 6-2 Anna Smashnova #156 H2H Match data Mar 21, 1998* R64
Florencia Labat #35 7-5 6-4 Tara Snyder #77 H2H Match data Mar 21, 1998* R64
Sandrine Testud #13 6-1 6-2 Asa Carlsson #96 H2H Match data Mar 21, 1998* R64
Joannette Kruger #23 6-4 6-0 Anne Miller H2H Match data Mar 21, 1998* R64
R128 (32)
Amélie Mauresmo #74 7-5 6-1 Laura Golarsa #72 H2H Match data Mar 20, 1998* R128
Kristina Brandi #107 6-3 5-7 6-4 Corina Morariu #57 H2H Match data Mar 20, 1998* R128
Miho Saeki #61 6-1 6-2 Adriana Rikl Gersi #67 H2H Match data Mar 20, 1998* R128
Janet Lee #91 6-1 6-4 Naoko Kijimuta #75 H2H Match data Mar 20, 1998* R128
Ann Grossman #99 7-5 6-2 Sandra Cecchini #205 H2H Match data Mar 20, 1998* R128
Barbara Rittner #86 1-6 6-3 6-2 Jolene Watanabe #124 H2H Match data Mar 20, 1998* R128
Jana Kandarr #104 6-4 6-3 Alexandra Fusai #51 H2H Match data Mar 20, 1998* R128
Julie Halard-Decugis #189 3-6 7-5 6-3 Magui Serna #52 H2H Match data Mar 20, 1998* R128
Olga Barabanschikova #55 7-6 2-6 6-1 Nathalie Dechy #80 H2H Match data Mar 20, 1998* R128
Fang Li #47 7-6 6-2 Rachel Mcquillan #64 H2H Match data Mar 20, 1998* R128
Pavlina Nola #118 0-6 6-3 6-4 Amy Frazier #44 H2H Match data Mar 20, 1998* R128 Upset: winner had a 14 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
Yuka Yoshida #65 0-6 7-5 6-1 Kerry-Anne Guse #63 H2H Match data Mar 20, 1998* R128
Meike Babel #79 6-3 6-2 Samantha Reeves #110 H2H Match data Mar 20, 1998* R128
Cristina Torrens Valero #68 2-6 6-3 6-2 Alexandra Stevenson #200 H2H Match data Mar 20, 1998* R128
Anna Smashnova #156 6-1 6-1 Virginia Ruano Pascual #49 H2H Match data Mar 20, 1998* R128
Karina Habsudova #43 6-3 4-6 6-3 Wiltrud Probst #78 H2H Match data Mar 20, 1998* R128
Sylvia Plischke #84 7-6 7-5 Katarina Studenikova #69 H2H Match data Mar 20, 1998* R128
Serena Williams #40 6-4 6-0 Denisa Chladkova #59 H2H Match data Mar 20, 1998* R128
Magdalena Grzybowska #45 6-0 7-5 Jennifer Capriati #147 H2H Match data Mar 20, 1998* R128
María Sánchez Lorenzo #58 6-3 6-3 Sandra Cacic #48 H2H Match data Mar 20, 1998* R128
Larisa Savchenko #82 6-1 3-6 6-2 Sandra Kleinova #62 H2H Match data Mar 20, 1998* R128
Lori Mcneil #167 6-0 1-6 7-5 Patricia Hy Boulais H2H Match data Mar 20, 1998* R128
Alexia Dechaume Balleret 3-6 6-3 6-2 Miriam Oremans #53 H2H Match data Mar 20, 1998* R128
Chanda Rubin #50 6-3 6-3 Lenka Nemeckova #95 H2H Match data Mar 20, 1998* R128
Shi-Ting Wang #56 6-4 6-1 Francesca Lubiani #70 H2H Match data Mar 20, 1998* R128
Mirjana Lucic-Baroni #46 6-3 6-0 Mariana Diaz-Oliva #116 H2H Match data Mar 20, 1998* R128
Tatiana Panova #73 6-2 7-5 Mashona Washington #186 H2H Match data Mar 20, 1998* R128
Asa Carlsson #96 7-6 7-5 Brie Rippner #176 H2H Match data Mar 20, 1998* R128
Elena Likhovtseva #42 6-3 6-2 Janette Husarova #213 H2H Match data Mar 20, 1998* R128
Anne Miller 6-4 6-7 6-1 Lea Ghirardi #87 H2H Match data Mar 20, 1998* R128
Tara Snyder #77 7-5 (ret.) Elena Makarova H2H Match data Mar 20, 1998* R128
Gala Leon Garcia #54 6-4 7-5 Annabel Ellwood #103 H2H Match data Mar 20, 1998* R128

Tournament Records

The leading Open Era records for Key Biscayne.

Most Finals

Champion or runner-up finishes. 2 players share this record.

  1. Anna Kournikova 1 final

Most Match Wins

Recorded main-draw match wins.

Most Appearances

Editions with a recorded main-draw match. 5 players share this record.

  1. Adriana Rikl Gersi 1 appearance

Open Era main-draw singles records from 1968 onward. Ranking records begin where reliable entering rankings are available.

Recent Finals

Recent Key Biscayne finals
WinnerScoreRunner-upH2HMatch DataSeasonSurface
Venus Williams #11 2-6 6-4 6-1 Anna Kournikova #25 H2H Match data 1998 Hard

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Frequently Asked Questions

Where is Key Biscayne held?
Key Biscayne is held in Key Biscayne, United States.
Who won the most recent Key Biscayne?
The 1998 Key Biscayne was won by Venus Williams, who defeated Anna Kournikova 2-6 6-4 6-1.
When was the first Key Biscayne played?
The first edition of Key Biscayne was held in 1998.
What surface is Key Biscayne played on?
Key Biscayne is played on hard courts.