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1998 Chase Championships – Singles
Martina Hingis defeated Lindsay Davenport in the final, 7–5, 6–4, 4–6, 6–2 to win the singles tennis title at the 1998 Chase Championships. Jana Novotná was the defending champion, but lost in the first round to Steffi Graf. This marked the last WTA Championships final to be best-of-five-sets. Seeds A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated. # Lindsay Davenport ''(final)'' # Martina Hingis (champion) # Jana Novotná ''(first round)'' # Arantxa Sánchez Vicario, Arantxa Sánchez-Vicario ''(first round)'' # Monica Seles ''(quarterfinals)'' # Mary Pierce ''(quarterfinals)'' # Conchita Martínez ''(first round)'' # Nathalie Tauziat ''(quarterfinals)'' Draw * ''Nota bene, NB: The Final was best of 5 sets while all other rounds were best of 3 sets.'' External links 1998 Chase Championships Draw {{DEFAULTSORT:1998 Chase Championships - Singles WTA Tour Championships, Singles 1998 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martina Hingis
Martina Hingis (, sk, Martina Hingisová; 30 September 1980) is a Swiss former professional tennis player. Hingis is the first Swiss player, male or female, to win a major title and attain a world No. 1 ranking. She spent a total of 209 weeks as the singles world No. 1 and 90 weeks as doubles world No. 1, holding both No. 1 rankings simultaneously for 29 weeks. She won five major singles titles, 13 major women's doubles titles (including the Grand Slam in 1998), and seven major mixed doubles titles, for a combined total of 25 major titles. In addition, she won the season-ending WTA Finals twice in singles and thrice in doubles, an Olympic silver medal in doubles, and a record 17 Tier I singles titles. Hingis set a series of "youngest-ever" records during the 1990s, including youngest-ever Grand Slam champion and youngest-ever world No. 1. Before ligament injuries in both ankles forced her to withdraw temporarily from professional tennis in early 2003, at the age of 22, she had ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
