Lindsay Davenport finished the year as world No. 1 for the first time in her career. She won six tournaments during the season, including a major at the US Open. She also won two Tier I events.
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Duration | January 5 – November 23, 1998 |
Edition | 28th |
Tournaments | 52 |
Categories | Grand Slam (4) WTA Championships Grand Slam Cup WTA Tier I (9) WTA Tier II (15) WTA Tier III (12) WTA Tier IV (11) |
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The WTA Tour is the elite tour for professional women's tennis organised by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA). The WTA Tour includes the four Grand Slam tournaments, the WTA Tour Championships and the WTA Tier I, Tier II, Tier III and Tier IV events. ITF tournaments are not part of the WTA Tour, although they award points for the WTA World Ranking.
This is the complete schedule of events on the 1998 WTA Tour, with player progression documented from the quarter-final stage.
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Year-end championships |
WTA Tier I tournaments |
WTA Tier II events |
WTA Tier III events |
WTA Tier IV events |
Team events |
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14 Sep | Fed Cup: Final Geneva, Switzerland – hard (i) |
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21 Sep | Toyota Princess Cup Tokyo, Japan Tier II event Hard – $450,000 – 28S/32Q/16D Singles – Doubles |
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28 Sep | Compaq Grand Slam Cup Munich, Germany Year-end championships Hard (i) – $2,450,000 – 8S Singles |
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List of players and titles won, last name alphabetically:
The following players won their first title:
List of titles won by country:
Below are the 1998 WTA year-end rankings in both singles and doubles competition:
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