1998 Paris Open – Singles

Greg Rusedski defeated the defending champion Pete Sampras in the final, 6–4, 7–6(7–4), 6–3 to win the singles tennis title at the 1998 Paris Open.

Seeds
A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated. All sixteen seeds received a bye into the second round.


 * 1) 🇺🇸 Pete Sampras (final)
 * 2)  Marcelo Ríos (quarterfinals)
 * 3) 🇦🇺 Patrick Rafter (third round)
 * 4) 🇪🇸 Carlos Moyà (second round)
 * 5) 🇺🇸 Andre Agassi (quarterfinals)
 * 6) 🇪🇸 Álex Corretja (second round)
 * 7) 🇸🇰 Karol Kučera (third round)
 * 8) 🇷🇺 Yevgeny Kafelnikov (semifinals)
 * 9) 🇬🇧 Tim Henman (third round)
 * 10) 🇨🇿 Petr Korda (second round)
 * 11)  Richard Krajicek (second round)
 * 12) 🇸🇪 Jonas Björkman (second round)
 * 13) 🇬🇧 Greg Rusedski (champion)
 * 14)  Goran Ivanišević (second round)
 * 15)  Jan Siemerink (second round)
 * 16) 🇪🇸 Álbert Costa (second round)