1998 State Farm Evert Cup – Singles

Martina Hingis defeated the defending champion Lindsay Davenport in the final, 6–3, 6–4 to win the women's singles tennis title at the 1998 Indian Wells Masters.

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 (champion)
 * 2) 🇺🇸 Lindsay Davenport (final)
 * 3) 🇩🇪 Steffi Graf (semifinals)
 * 4)  Amanda Coetzer (third round)
 * 5) 🇪🇸 Conchita Martínez (quarterfinals)
 * 6)  Irina Spîrlea (third round)
 * 7) 🇫🇷 Nathalie Tauziat (second round)
 * 8) 🇺🇸 Venus Williams (semifinals)
 * 9) 🇫🇷 Sandrine Testud (third round)
 * 10) 🇧🇪 Dominique Van Roost (third round)
 * 11) 🇯🇵 Ai Sugiyama (third round)
 * 12) 🇧🇪 Sabine Appelmans (withdrew)
 * 13)  Ruxandra Dragomir (third round)
 * 14)  Brenda Schultz-McCarthy (first round)
 * 15) 🇧🇾 Natasha Zvereva (quarterfinals)
 * 16) 🇷🇺 Anna Kournikova (third round)
 * 17)  Joannette Kruger (quarterfinals)

Seeds
• # 🇯🇵 Miho Saeki (first round)

• # 🇦🇺 Kerry-Anne Guse (qualifying competition, lucky loser)

• # n/a

• # 🇯🇵 Yuka Yoshida (first round)

• # 🇺🇸 Annie Miller (qualified)

• # 🇮🇹 Francesca Lubiani (qualifying competition, lucky loser)

• # 🇨🇦 Patricia Hy-Boulais (first round)

• # 🇯🇵 Naoko Kijimuta (first round)

• # 🇫🇷 Alexia Dechaume-Balleret (qualified)

Qualifiers
• # 🇺🇸 Tara Snyder

• # 🇦🇺 Kristine Kunce

• # 🇫🇷 Alexia Dechaume-Balleret

• # 🇺🇸 Annie Miller

• # Larisa Neiland

• # 🇷🇺 Tatiana Panova

• # Cătălina Cristea

• # Kristie Boogert

Lucky losers
• # 🇦🇺 Kerry-Anne Guse

• # 🇮🇹 Francesca Lubiani

• # 🇨🇦 Sonya Jeyaseelan