title: 1998 Compaq Grand Slam Cup – Women's singles
text: # 1998 Compaq Grand Slam Cup – Women's singles
  
  Venus Williams won in the final 6–2, 3–6, 6–2 against Patty Schnyder.
  
  ## Seeds
  
  Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.
  
  * Martina Hingis (semifinals)
  * Lindsay Davenport (first round)
  * Arantxa Sánchez-Vicario (first round)
  * Jana Novotná (first round)
  
  ## Draw
  
  ### Key
  
  * Q = Qualifier
  * WC = Wild card
  * LL = Lucky loser
  * Alt = Alternate
  * SE = Special exempt
  * PR = Protected ranking
  * ITF = ITF entry
  * JE = Junior exempt
  * w/o = Walkover
  * r = Retired
  * d = Defaulted
  * SR = Special ranking
  
  ### Finals
  
  | First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Martina Hingis | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | Conchita Martínez | 2 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | Conchita Martínez | 2 | 5 | | 1 | Martina Hingis | 5 | 7 | 5/r | | | | | |
  | | | | | | Alt | Patty Schnyder | 7 | 5 | 5 | | | | | |
  | 4 | Jana Novotná | 6 | 5 | 5 | Alt | Patty Schnyder | 7 | 5 | 5 | | | | | |
  | Alt | Patty Schnyder | 2 | 7 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | Alt | Patty Schnyder | 2 | 7 | 7 | | | | | | Alt | Patty Schnyder | 2 | 6 | 2 |
  | | | | | | | | | | | | Venus Williams | 6 | 3 | 6 |
  | | Venus Williams | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | Venus Williams | 6 | 3 | 6 |
  | 3 | Arantxa Sánchez-Vicario | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | 3 | Arantxa Sánchez-Vicario | 3 | 2 | | | Venus Williams | 6 | 6 | | | | | | |
  | | | | | | | Nathalie Tauziat | 4 | 0 | | | | | | |
  | | Nathalie Tauziat | 4 | 6 | 7 | | Nathalie Tauziat | 4 | 0 | | | | | | |
  | 2 | Lindsay Davenport | 6 | 1 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | |
  