1998 State Farm Evert Cup – Singles

January 2025 1998 Newsweek Champions Cup State Farm Evert Cup USA Lindsay Davenport SUI Martina Hingis USA Lindsay Davenport 6–3, 6–4 Newsweek Champions Cup Evert Cup Martina Hingis defeated the defending champion Lindsay Davenport in the final, 6–3, 6–4 to win the women's singles tennis title at the 1998 Indian Wells Masters. 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 received a bye to the second round. SUI Martina Hingis (champion) USA Lindsay Davenport (final) GER Steffi Graf (semifinals) RSA Amanda Coetzer (third round) ESP Conchita Martínez (quarterfinals) ROM Irina Spîrlea (third round) FRA Nathalie Tauziat (second round) USA Venus Williams (semifinals) FRA Sandrine Testud (third round) BEL Dominique Van Roost (third round) JPN Ai Sugiyama (third round) BEL Sabine Appelmans (withdrew) ROM Ruxandra Dragomir (third round) NED Brenda Schultz-McCarthy (first round) BLR Natasha Zvereva (quarterfinals) RUS Anna Kournikova (third round) RSA Joannette Kruger (quarterfinals) Draw Finals Semifinals Final 1 SUI Martina Hingis 6 7   8 USA Venus Williams 0 6   3 GER Steffi Graf 4 6 2/r 2 USA Lindsay Davenport 6 4 4 1 SUI Martina Hingis 6 6   2 USA Lindsay Davenport 3 4   Top half Section 1 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals   FRA A Fusai 4 3     FRA S Pitkowski 6 6     ARG F Labat 6 3 6 Q LAT L Neiland 2 6 1   GER M Babel 6 6 7 14 NED B Schultz-McCarthy 7 3 6 16 RUS A Kournikova 3 6 6 Q FRA A Dechaume-Balleret 6 4 0   RUS E Likhovtseva 6 3 6   USA C Rubin 3 6 7   VEN 1930 M Vento 6 6   Q AUS K Kunce 3 4   1 SUI M Hingis 6 6     FRA S Pitkowski 2 1     ARG F Labat 6 1 4   GER M Babel 4 6 6 16 RUS A Kournikova 3 6 7   USA C Rubin 6 2 6   VEN 1930 M Vento 7 5 3 5 ESP C Martínez 6 7 6 1 SUI M Hingis 6 6     GER M Babel 2 0   16 RUS A Kournikova 3 4   5 ESP C Martínez 6 6   1 SUI M Hingis 6 7   5 ESP C Martínez 1 5   Section 2 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals WC USA S Taylor 1 1   Q USA A Miller 6 6     ITA R Grande 7 3 6   AUT B Schett 6 6 7   AUS R McQuillan 0 6 5 17 RSA J Kruger 6 1 7 10 BEL D Van Roost 6 6     USA C Morariu 1 3     AUT B Paulus 6 1 7   INA Y Basuki 4 6 5   CZE S Kleinová 0 2     ITA S Farina 6 6   4 RSA A Coetzer 6 6   Q USA A Miller 3 3     AUT B Schett 4 3   17 RSA J Kruger 6 6   10 BEL D Van Roost 6 6     AUT B Paulus 4 0     ITA S Farina 3 1   8 USA V Williams 6 6   4 RSA A Coetzer 6 4 4 17 RSA J Kruger 2 6 6 10 BEL D Van Roost 4 1   8 USA V Williams 6 6   17 RSA J Kruger 1 3   8 USA V Williams 6 6   Bottom half Section 3 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals   CHN F Li 6 6     BLR O Barabanschikova 4 1     JPN N Sawamatsu 6 4 6   CRO M Lučić 2 6 3 LL CAN S Jeyaseelan 2 4   15 BLR N Zvereva 6 6   11 JPN A Sugiyama 6 6   LL AUS K-A Guse 3 3   WC USA L Osterloh 5 0   Q USA T Snyder 7 6     THA T Tanasugarn 6 4 7   ESP M Sánchez Lorenzo 1 6 5 6 ROM I Spîrlea 7 6     CHN F Li 5 2     JPN N Sawamatsu 4 3   15 BLR N Zvereva 6 6   11 JPN A Sugiyama 6 4 6 Q USA T Snyder 1 6 1   THA T Tanasugarn 4 1   3 GER S Graf 6 6   6 ROM I Spîrlea 3 5   15 BLR N Zvereva 6 7   11 JPN A Sugiyama 0 1   3 GER S Graf 6 6   15 BLR N Zvereva 3 0   3 GER S Graf 6 6   Section 4 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals   USA S Cacic 6 6   Q ROM C Cristea 1 1     FRA J Halard-Decugis 6 6     SWE Å Carlsson 0 2     ESP M Serna 4 6 5 9 FRA S Testud 6 4 7 13 ROM R Dragomir 6 6   WC ZIM C Black 3 3   Q RUS T Panova 1 6 6 Q NED K Boogert 6 4 1   USA A Frazier 6 6   LL ITA F Lubiani 4 1   7 FRA N Tauziat 6 2 5   USA S Cacic 1 6 7   FRA J Halard-Decugis 3 6 4 9 FRA S Testud 6 1 6 13 ROM R Dragomir 5 6 6 Q RUS T Panova 7 0 0   USA A Frazier 3 1   2 USA L Davenport 6 6     USA S Cacic 4 7 7 9 FRA S Testud 6 6 6 13 ROM R Dragomir 2 2   2 USA L Davenport 6 6     USA S Cacic 1 5   2 USA L Davenport 6 7   Qualifying Seeds 30em JPN Miho Saeki (first round) AUS Kerry-Anne Guse (qualifying competition, lucky loser) n/a JPN Yuka Yoshida (first round) USA Annie Miller (qualified) ITA Francesca Lubiani (qualifying competition, lucky loser) CAN Patricia Hy-Boulais (first round) JPN Naoko Kijimuta (first round) FRA Alexia Dechaume-Balleret (qualified) Qualifiers 30em USA Tara Snyder AUS Kristine Kunce FRA Alexia Dechaume-Balleret USA Annie Miller LAT Larisa Neiland RUS Tatiana Panova ROM Cătălina Cristea NED Kristie Boogert Lucky losers 30em AUS Kerry-Anne Guse ITA Francesca Lubiani CAN Sonya Jeyaseelan Qualifying draw First qualifier y 3 First round Qualifying competition 175 1 JPN Miho Saeki 3 3 USA Tara Snyder 6 6 GER Barbara Rittner 6 6 TPE Janet Lee 7 7 USA Tara Snyder 5 6 6 TPE Janet Lee 7 2 0 Second qualifier y 3 First round Qualifying competition 175 WC USA Alexandra Stevenson 6 7 JPN Rika Hiraki 1 6 AUS Kristine Kunce 2 6 6 8 JPN Naoko Kijimuta 6 4 3 WC USA Alexandra Stevenson 7 6 4 AUS Kristine Kunce 6 7 6 Third qualifier y 3 First round Qualifying competition 195 9 FRA Alexia Dechaume-Balleret 6 6 Alt CZE Radka Bobková 0 2 WC COL Fabiola Zuluaga 6 3 6 AUS Annabel Ellwood 3 6 1 9 FRA Alexia Dechaume-Balleret 6 6 WC COL Fabiola Zuluaga 2 0 Fourth qualifier y 3 First round Qualifying competition 175 CAN Jana Nejedly 6 6 6 KOR Park Sung-hee 7 3 2 ARG Mariana Díaz Oliva 6 1 5 USA Annie Miller 7 6 CAN Jana Nejedly 1 1 5 USA Annie Miller 6 6 Fifth qualifier y 3 First round Qualifying competition 175 7 CAN Patricia Hy-Boulais 7 4 6 JPN Haruka Inoue 5 6 7 LAT Larisa Neiland 6 6 CZE Lenka Němečková 1 1 JPN Haruka Inoue 1 4 LAT Larisa Neiland 6 6 Sixth qualifier y 3 First round Qualifying competition 175 CAN Sonya Jeyaseelan 6 6 WC USA Susanna Modric 2 1 RUS Tatiana Panova 6 6 4 JPN Yuka Yoshida 3 4 CAN Sonya Jeyaseelan 0 4 RUS Tatiana Panova 6 6 Seventh qualifier y 3 First round Qualifying competition 175 6 ITA Francesca Lubiani 6 6 WC CRO Dora Krstulović 2 3 ROM Cătălina Cristea 6 6 SUI Emmanuelle Gagliardi 2 4 6 ITA Francesca Lubiani 4 1 ROM Cătălina Cristea 6 6 Eighth qualifier y 3 First round Qualifying competition 175 JPN Nana Miyagi 3 7 3 NED Kristie Boogert 6 5 6 FRA Lea Ghirardi 2 3 2 AUS Kerry-Anne Guse 6 6 NED Kristie Boogert 6 6 2 AUS Kerry-Anne Guse 3 3 References 1998 State Farm Evert Cup Draw https://web.archive.org/web/20160308102021/http://www.itftennis.com/procircuit/tournaments/women%27s-tournament/info.aspx?tournamentid=1020000666 2016-03-08 WTA draw archive Singles Category:1998 Newsweek Champions Cup and the State Farm Evert Cup