1998 Boston Cup – Singles

August 2023 1998 Boston Cup RSA Mariaan de Swardt AUT Barbara Schett 3–6, 7–6(7–4), 7–5 no no singles doubles 30 (3WC Wild cards/4Q Qualifiers/1LL Lucky loser) 8 Mariaan de Swardt won in the final 3–6, 7–6(7–4), 7–5 against Barbara Schett.TENNIS: ROUNDUP -- ATP CHAMPIONSHIP; Sampras Loses Match and No. 1. https://www.nytimes.com/1998/08/17/sports/tennis-roundup-atp-championship-sampras-loses-match-and-no-1.html 25 July 2026 The New York Times Associated Press 17 August 1998 Unseeded Mariaan de Swardt rallied from a 5-1 third-set deficit yesterday to defeat seventh-seeded Barbara Schett of Austria 3-6, 7-6 (7-4), 7-5 to win the Boston Cup in Wellesley, Mass. De Swardt, of South Africa, earned $27,000 and her first championship on the WTA Tour. She had defeated second-seeded Anke Huber of Germany and third-seeded Lisa Raymond of Wayne, Pa., earlier in the tournament.The Golden Album of WTA Tour: Finals 1971–2010 http://www.wtatennis.com/SEWTATour-Archive/Rankings_Stats/tournamentfinals.pdf 25 July 2026 https://web.archive.org/web/20120820015207/http://www.wtatennis.com/SEWTATour-Archive/Rankings_Stats/tournamentfinals.pdf 20 August 2012 23 PDF Aug 10 $164,250 Boston Cup Boston, MA, USA de Swardt d. Schett (7) 36 76(4) 75 Raymond/Stubbs (1) d. de Swardt/MJ Fernandez 64 64 Seeds A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated. The top two seeds received a bye to the second round. RSA Amanda Coetzer (quarterfinals) GER Anke Huber (quarterfinals) USA Lisa Raymond (semifinals) ITA Silvia Farina (second round) RUS Elena Likhovtseva (quarterfinals) RSA Joannette Kruger (withdrew) AUT Barbara Schett (final) USA Corina Morariu (quarterfinals) Draw Final y 3 Final 7 AUT Barbara Schett 6 64 5   RSA Mariaan de Swardt 3 77 7 Top half y 3 1 First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals   AUS R McQuillan 4 2   Q JPN N Miyagi 6 6   Q RSA L Horn 4 1     ROM C Cristea 6 6   Q PUR K Brandi 4 0   7 AUT B Schett 6 6   4 ITA S Farina 1 6 7   USA M J Fernández 6 2 5   AUT S Plischke 65 6 1   ZIM C Black 77 3 6   TPE S-T Wang 6 6     CZE S Kleinová 0 0     GER A Glass 1 2 r 5 RUS E Likhovtseva 6 4   1 RSA A Coetzer 6 6   Q JPN N Miyagi 3 3     ROM C Cristea 0 5   7 AUT B Schett 6 7   4 ITA S Farina 6 4 2   ZIM C Black 4 6 6   TPE S-T Wang 4 2   5 RUS E Likhovtseva 6 6   1 RSA A Coetzer 77 4 1 7 AUT B Schett 63 6 6   ZIM C Black 1 6 6 5 RUS E Likhovtseva 6 1 2 7 AUT B Schett 6 2 6   ZIM C Black 2 6 2 Bottom half y 3 1 First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals 8 USA C Morariu 6 6     JPN M Saeki 1 2   WC USA M Shaughnessy 6 6   Q AUS N Pratt 2 0   WC ROM R Dragomir 6 6     RUS T Panova 1 1     USA A Frazier 4 2   3 USA L Raymond 6 6   LL JPN Y Yoshida 2 4     FRA N Dechy 6 6     GBR S Smith 6 3 2   RSA M de Swardt 2 6 6   BLR 1995 O Barabanschikova 6 6   WC USA E deLone 1 2   8 USA C Morariu 3 6 6 WC USA M Shaughnessy 6 1 2 WC ROM R Dragomir 3 3   3 USA L Raymond 6 6     FRA N Dechy 1 61     RSA M de Swardt 6 77     BLR 1995 O Barabanschikova       2 GER A Huber w/o     8 USA C Morariu 65 2   3 USA L Raymond 77 6     RSA M de Swardt 6 77   2 GER A Huber 3 64   3 USA L Raymond 6 4 5   RSA M de Swardt 4 6 7 References External links 1998 Boston Cup Draw (World Tennis) Main draw (WTA) Category:Boston Cup Category:1998 WTA Tour