Amanda Coetzer defeated
Irina Spîrlea
Irina Spîrlea (born 26 March 1974) is a retired tennis player from Romania who turned professional in 1990. She won four singles and six doubles titles. Spîrlea reached her career-high ranking on the WTA Tour on 13 October 1997, when she becam ...
in the final, 6–3, 6–4 to win the singles tennis title at the 1998 Family Circle Cup.
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 a ...
was the reigning champion, but did not compete that year.
Seeds
A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated. The top eight
seeds
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received a
bye to the second round.
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Lindsay Davenport ''(quarterfinals)''
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Jana Novotná ''(third round)''
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Monica Seles ''(semifinals)''
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Amanda Coetzer (champion)
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Mary Pierce ''(second round)''
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Iva Majoli
Iva Majoli-Marić (born 12 August 1977) is a former professional tennis player from Croatia who played for both Yugoslavia and Croatia. She upset Martina Hingis to win the women's singles title at the French Open in 1997. Majoli also won seven ot ...
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Arantxa Sánchez-Vicario
Arantza or Arantxa is a Basque feminine given name, meaning "thornbush".
It is a hypocoristic for '' Our Lady of Arantzazu'', a shrine of Mary, mother of Jesus, in Gipuzkoa.
People with the name Arantxa include:
Tennis
* Arantxa Parra Santon ...
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Conchita MartÃnez
"Conchita" MartÃnez Bernat (born 16 April 1972) is a Spanish former professional tennis player. She was the first Spaniard to win the women's singles title at The Championships, Wimbledon, Wimbledon, doing so in 1994 Wimbledon Championships â ...
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Irina Spîrlea
Irina Spîrlea (born 26 March 1974) is a retired tennis player from Romania who turned professional in 1990. She won four singles and six doubles titles. Spîrlea reached her career-high ranking on the WTA Tour on 13 October 1997, when she becam ...
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Nathalie Tauziat
Nathalie Tauziat (born 17 October 1967) is a French former professional tennis player. She was the runner-up in women's singles at the 1998 Wimbledon Championships and runner-up in the women's doubles at the 2001 US Open partnering Kimberl ...
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Sandrine Testud
Sandrine Testud (born 3 April 1972) is a former professional tennis player from France.
Career
Testud broke into top 20 singles rankings in July 1997. On February 7, 2000, she became the sixth Frenchwoman after Françoise Dürr, Mary Pierce, N ...
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Anke Huber ''(third round)''
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Ai Sugiyama ''(first round)''
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Patty Schnyder ''(quarterfinals)''
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Lisa Raymond ''(semifinals)''
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Natasha Zvereva ''(third round)''
Draw
Finals
Top half
Section 1
Section 2
Bottom half
Section 3
Section 4
External links
1998 Family Circle Cup draw
{{DEFAULTSORT:1998 Family Circle Cup - Singles
Charleston Open
Family Circle Cup
The Credit One Charleston Open, formerly known as the Volvo Car Open and the Family Circle Cup, is a WTA Tour-affiliated professional tennis tournament for women, held every year since 1973. It is the oldest professional all-women's tournament in ...