1998 du Maurier Open – Men's singles


Patrick Rafter defeated Richard Krajicek in the final, 7–6,, 6–4 to win the men's singles tennis title at the 1998 Canadian Open. Rafter became the first tennis player in 10 years in winning the tournament without dropping a set, after Ivan Lendl did the same achievement in 1988.
Chris Woodruff was the reigning champion, but did not participate this year due to an 8-month injury.

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. Pete Sampras '
  2. Petr Korda '
  3. Patrick Rafter
  4. Yevgeny Kafelnikov '
  5. Jonas Björkman '
  6. Richard Krajicek '
  7. Tim Henman '
  8. Andre Agassi '
  9. Álbert Costa '
  10. Goran Ivanišević '
  11. Thomas Enqvist '
  12. Gustavo Kuerten '
  13. Jan Siemerink '
  14. Mark Philippoussis '
  15. Fabrice Santoro '
  16. Wayne Ferreira
  17. Nicolas Kiefer ''''