1998 Piberstein Styrian Open – Singles

Barbara Schett was the defending champion but lost in the quarterfinals to Emmanuelle Gagliardi.

Patty Schnyder won in the final 6–2, 4–6, 6–3 against Gala León García.

Seeds
A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated.


 * 1)  Patty Schnyder (champion)
 * 2) 🇧🇪 Sabine Appelmans (first round)
 * 3) 🇦🇹 Barbara Paulus (quarterfinals)
 * 4) 🇦🇹 Barbara Schett (quarterfinals)
 * 5) 🇪🇸 Gala León García (final)
 * 6) 🇦🇹 Sylvia Plischke (quarterfinals)
 * 7) 🇨🇿 Sandra Kleinová (first round)
 * 8)  Emmanuelle Gagliardi (semifinals)