1998 Women's Tennis Recap Page

Finals Date Tournament Venue Singles Winner
Jan. 11 Thalgo Hardcourts Champ’s Gold Coast, AUS Ai Sugiyama
Jan. 11 ASB Bank Classic Auckland, NZL Dominique Van Roost
Jan. 18 Sydney Int’l Sydney, AUS Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario
Jan. 18 ANZ Tasmanian Int’l Hobart, AUS Patty Schnyder
Feb. 1 Australian Open Melbourne, AUS Martina Hingis
Feb. 8 Toray Pan Pacific Open Tokyo, JPN Lindsay Davenport
Feb. 15

Open Gaz de France

 Paris, FRA Mary Pierce
Feb. 22 Faber Grand Prix Hannover, GER Patty Schnyder
Feb. 22 Copa Colsanitas Bogota, COL Paola Suárez
Mar. 1 EA-Generali Austrian Open Linz, AUT Jana Novotna
Mar. 1 IGA Tennis Classic Oklahoma City, OK, USA Venus Williams
Mar. 18 State Farm Evert Cup Indian Wells, CA, USA Martina Hingis
Mar. 29

The Lipton Champ’s

Key Biscayne, FL, USA Venus Williams
Apr. 5 Family Circle Magazine Cup Hilton Head, SC, USA Amanda Coetzer
Apr. 12 Bausch & Lomb Champ’s Amelia Island, FL, USA Mary Pierce
Apr. 19 Japan Open Tokyo, JPN Ai Sugiyama
Apr. 19 Makarska Int’l Champ’s Makarska, CRO Kveloslava Hrdlickova
Apr. 26

Budapest Lotto Open

Budapest, HUN Virginia Ruano Pascual
May 3 Intersport Damen GP Hamburg, GER Martina Hingis
May 3 Croatian Bol Ladies Open  Bol, CRO Mirjana Lucic
May 10 Italian Open Rome, ITA Martina Hingis
May 17 German Open  Berlin, GER Conchita Martinez
May 24 Internationaux de Strasbourg Strasbourg, FRA Irina Spirlea
May 24

Open Paginas Amarillas Villa de Madrid 

Madrid, ESP Patty Schnyder
June 7 Roland Garros Paris, FRA Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario
June 20 Direct Line Insurance Champ’s Eastbourne, GBR Jana Novotna
June 21 Heineken Trophy  Rosmalen, NED Julie Halard-Decugis
July 5

The Championships, Wimbledon

London, GBR Jana Novotna
July 12 Skoda Czech Open Prague, CZE Jana Novotna
July 12 Piberstein Styria Open Maria Lankowitz, AUT Patty Schnyder
July 26 Warsaw Cup by Heros Warsaw, POL Conchita Martinez
July 26 Torneo Internazionale Palermo, ITA Patty Schnyder
Aug. 2 Bank of the West Classic Stanford, CA, USA Lindsay Davenport
Aug. 2

Prokom Polish Open

 Sopot, POL Henrieta Nagyova
Aug. 9 Toshiba Classic San Diego, CA, USA Lindsay Davenport
Aug. 9 Enka Open  Istanbul, TUR Henrieta Nagyova
Aug. 16 Acura Classic Los Angeles, CA, USA Lindsay Davenport
Aug. 16 Boston Cup Boston, MA, USA Mariaan de Swardt
Aug. 23 du Maurier Open Montreal, CAN Monica Seles
Aug. 30

Pilot Pen Int’l

New Haven, CT, USA Steffi Graf
Sept. 13 US Open Flushing Meadow, NY, USA Lindsay Davenport
Sep 28 Toyota Princess Cup Tokyo, JPN Monica Seles
Oct. 4 Compaq Grand Slam Cup Munich, GER Venus Williams
Oct. 11 Porsche Tennis GP Filderstadt, GER Sandrine Testud
Oct. 18

European Champ’s/Swisscom Challenge

Zurich, SUI Lindsay Davenport
Oct. 25 MGTS Kremlin Cup Rostelecom-Salem Open Moscow, RUS Mary Pierce
Nov. 1 Bell Challenge Quebec City, CAN Tara Snyder
Nov. 1 SEAT Open Luxembourg Luxembourg, LUX Mary Pierce
Nov. 8 Sparkassen Cup Int’l GP Leipzig, GER Steffi Graf
Nov. 15

Advanta Champ’s

Philadelphia, PA, USA Steffi Graf
Nov. 22 Chase Champ’s  New York, NY, USA Martina Hingis
Nov. 22 Volvo Women’s Open Pattaya City, THA Julie Halard-Decugis