1998 Italian Open – Women's singles


Martina Hingis defeated Venus Williams in the final, with a score of 6–3, 2–6, 6–3 to win the women's singles tennis title at the 1998 Italian Open.
Mary Pierce was the defending champion, but lost in the third round to Mirjana Lučić.

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.
  1. Martina Hingis
  2. Jana Novotná '
  3. Amanda Coetzer '
  4. Mary Pierce '
  5. Arantxa Sánchez-Vicario '
  6. Monica Seles '
  7. Conchita Martínez '
  8. Iva Majoli '
  9. Venus Williams '
  10. Irina Spîrlea '
  11. Nathalie Tauziat '
  12. Sandrine Testud '
  13. Dominique Van Roost '
  14. Anna Kournikova '
  15. Lisa Raymond '
  16. Patty Schnyder ''''