1998 du Maurier Open – Women's singles

September 2026 1998 du Maurier Open USA Monica Seles ESP Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 6–3, 6–2 Canadian Open (tennis) Canadian Open 56 (3WC Wild cards/7Q Qualifiers/2LL Lucky losers) 16 1998 du Maurier Open Three-time defending champion Monica Seles defeated Arantxa Sánchez Vicario in the final, 6–3, 6–2 to win the women's singles tennis title at the 1998 Canadian Open.Seles wins 4th straight Du Maurier https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/sports/1998/08/24/seles-wins-4th-straight-du-maurier/e9620d5f-a816-431c-a22d-e17843661a34/ 20 May 2024 The Washington Post Associated Press 23 August 1998An Old Favorite Leads to a Seles Breakthrough https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1998-aug-24-sp-16129-story.html 20 May 2024 Los Angeles Times 24 August 1998Seles wins Canadian Open again; Corretja defeats Aggassi in RCA https://www.chicagotribune.com/1998/08/24/seles-wins-canadian-open-again-corretja-defeats-agassi-in-rca/ 20 May 2024 Chicago Tribune 24 August 1998Krastev Todor Women Tennis Canadian Open Montreal CAN - 1998 Winner Monica Seles, United States 5 http://www.todor66.com/tennis/1998/Women_Montreal_CAN.html Todor 66 21 May 2024 14 October 2018 Seeds A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated. The top nine seeds received a bye to the second round. SUI Martina Hingis (semifinals) CZE Jana Novotná (semifinals) ESP Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (final) USA Venus Williams (withdrew) USA Monica Seles (champion) ESP Conchita Martínez (quarterfinals) GER Steffi Graf (third round) RSA Amanda Coetzer (third round) ROM Irina Spîrlea (third round) SUI Patty Schnyder (first round) FRA Nathalie Tauziat (third round) BEL Dominique Van Roost (second round) FRA Mary Pierce (first round) FRA Sandrine Testud (quarterfinals) RUS Anna Kournikova (third round) JPN Ai Sugiyama (third round) USA Lisa Raymond (first round) Draw Finals Semifinals Final 1 SUI Martina Hingis 6 3 2 5 USA Monica Seles 4 6 6 3 ESP Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 4 77 6 2 CZE Jana Novotná 6 64 2 5 USA Monica Seles 6 6   3 ESP Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 3 2   Top half Section 1 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals   AUT S Plischke 6 6     ITA R Grande 1 1     VEN 1930 M Vento 6 6     FRA A Mauresmo 3 4   Q FRA N Dechy 62 5   16 JPN A Sugiyama 77 7   14 FRA S Testud 6 6   Q AUS R McQuillan 1 3     CRO I Majoli 6 6     AUT B Paulus 3 1   WC CAN S Jeyaseelan 7 6   Q AUS N Pratt 5 3   1 SUI M Hingis 6 6     AUT S Plischke 4 1     VEN 1930 M Vento 4 0   16 JPN A Sugiyama 6 6   14 FRA S Testud 65 6 6   CRO I Majoli 77 4 1 WC CAN S Jeyaseelan 77 65 0 9 ROM I Spîrlea 65 77 6 1 SUI M Hingis 6 6   16 JPN A Sugiyama 3 0   14 FRA S Testud 77 4 6 9 ROM I Spîrlea 64 6 1 1 SUI M Hingis 77 3 6 14 FRA S Testud 63 6 4 Section 2 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals   USA T Snyder 7 6     USA A Miller 5 2     INA Y Basuki 6 6   Q TPE S-T Wang 3 1   WC CAN J Nejedly 4 2   12 BEL D Van Roost 6 6   10 SUI P Schnyder 4 3   Q ARG F Labat 6 6     GER A Huber 6 6   WC CAN V Webb 4 1     CHN F Li 6 7   Q FRA A Dechaume-Balleret 3 5   5 USA M Seles 6 6     USA T Snyder 2 1     INA Y Basuki 7 6   12 BEL D Van Roost 5 3   Q ARG F Labat 2 4     GER A Huber 6 6     CHN F Li 3 4   8 RSA A Coetzer 6 6   5 USA M Seles 6 6     INA Y Basuki 3 3     GER A Huber 7 78   8 RSA A Coetzer 5 66   5 USA M Seles 6 6     GER A Huber 3 4   Bottom half Section 3 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals   FRA J Halard-Decugis 0 7 65 Q USA A Frazier 6 5 77   ROM R Dragomir 6 77     FRA A-G Sidot 3 65     FRA A Fusai 2 4   15 RUS A Kournikova 6 6   11 FRA N Tauziat 4 6 6 Q USA S Cacic 6 4 2   THA T Tanasugarn 1 61     USA K Po 6 77     JPN N Sawamatsu 4 3     SVK K Habšudová 6 6   6 ESP C Martínez 77 6   Q USA A Frazier 64 4     ROM R Dragomir 6 2 4 15 RUS A Kournikova 4 6 6 11 FRA N Tauziat 6 6     USA K Po 3 3     SVK K Habšudová 6 5 2 3 ESP A Sánchez Vicario 0 7 6 6 ESP C Martínez 6 6   15 RUS A Kournikova 0 3   11 FRA N Tauziat 6 1 2 3 ESP A Sánchez Vicario 3 6 6 6 ESP C Martínez 3 4   3 ESP A Sánchez Vicario 6 6   Section 4 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals   ESP V Ruano Pascual 5 6 6 LL CZE K Hrdličková 7 4 2 LL ISR A Smashnova 6 5 2   ESP M Serna 1 7 6   USA C Morariu 77 1 6 17 USA L Raymond 65 6 2 13 FRA M Pierce 1 1     USA M J Fernández 6 6     ITA S Farina 7 61 6   AUT B Schett 5 77 1   NED M Oremans 4 3     RUS E Likhovtseva 6 6   7 GER S Graf 6 6     ESP V Ruano Pascual 0 1     ESP M Serna 77 6     USA C Morariu 64 3     USA M J Fernández 5 3     ITA S Farina 7 6     RUS E Likhovtseva 5 2   2 CZE J Novotná 7 6   7 GER S Graf 4 4     ESP M Serna 6 6     ITA S Farina 1 4   2 CZE J Novotná 6 6     ESP M Serna 6 1 1 2 CZE J Novotná 2 6 6 Qualifying Qualifying seeds 30em ISR Anna Smashnova (qualifying competition, lucky loser) ARG Florencia Labat (qualified) (n/a) BLR 1995 Olga Barabanschikova (first round) (n/a) FRA Nathalie Dechy (qualified) TPE Wang Shi-ting (qualified) JPN Miho Saeki (qualifying competition, retired) AUS Rachel McQuillan (qualified) USA Sandra Cacic (qualified) Qualifiers 30em USA Amy Frazier TPE Wang Shi-ting AUS Rachel McQuillan USA Sandra Cacic AUS Nicole Pratt FRA Alexia Dechaume-Balleret FRA Nathalie Dechy ARG Florencia Labat Lucky losers 30em ISR Anna Smashnova CZE Květa Hrdličková Qualifying draw First qualifier First round Qualifying competition 175 yes 1 ISR Anna Smashnova 6 6 6 FRA Amélie Cocheteux 7 4 2 USA Amy Frazier 6 6 GER Andrea Glass 1 1 1 ISR Anna Smashnova 5 2 USA Amy Frazier 7 6 Second qualifier First round Qualifying competition 175 WC CAN Marie-Ève Pelletier 2 0 RUS Elena Makarova 6 6 WC CAN Christina Popescu 1 2 7 TPE Wang Shi-ting 6 6 RUS Elena Makarova 5 3 7 TPE Wang Shi-ting 7 6 Third qualifier First round Qualifying competition 175 yes 9 AUS Rachel McQuillan 4 6 6 Alt USA Jolene Watanabe 6 1 3 AUS Kerry-Anne Guse 1 4 LAT Larisa Neiland 6 6 9 AUS Rachel McQuillan 6 1 7 LAT Larisa Neiland 3 6 5 Fourth qualifier First round Qualifying competition 175 WC CAN Maureen Drake 5 4 JPN Yuka Yoshida 7 6 CZE Sandra Kleinová 5 0 10 USA Sandra Cacic 7 6 JPN Yuka Yoshida 4 6 10 USA Sandra Cacic 6 7 Fifth qualifier First round Qualifying competition 175 yes 8 JPN Miho Saeki 6 3 7 USA Janet Lee 3 6 6 GER Barbara Rittner 6 0r AUS Nicole Pratt 7 2 8 JPN Miho Saeki 1r AUS Nicole Pratt 6 Sixth qualifier First round Qualifying competition 195 yes FRA Alexia Dechaume-Balleret 6 6 SUI Emmanuelle Gagliardi 2 3 JPN Nana Miyagi 7 6 4 BLR 1995 Olga Barabanschikova 5 4 FRA Alexia Dechaume-Balleret 6 6 JPN Nana Miyagi 4 3 Seventh qualifier First round Qualifying competition 175 6 FRA Nathalie Dechy 7 6 Alt USA Samantha Reeves 5 1 CZE Květa Hrdličková 6 6 Alt USA Lilia Osterloh 4 0 6 FRA Nathalie Dechy 3 6 7 CZE Květa Hrdličková 6 1 6 Eighth qualifier First round Qualifying competition 175 WC CAN Renata Kolbovic 6 5 3 ROM Cătălina Cristea 2 7 6 RUS Tatiana Panova 1 1 2 ARG Florencia Labat 6 6 ROM Cătălina Cristea 1 4 2 ARG Florencia Labat 6 6 References External links 1998 du Maurier Open Draw Main draw (WTA) Singles