1998 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles qualifying

Players and pairs who neither have high enough rankings nor receive wild cards may participate in a qualifying tournament held one week before the annual Wimbledon Tennis Championships.

The qualifying rounds for the 1998 Wimbledon Championships were played from 15 to 21 May 1998 at the Civil Service Sports Ground in Chiswick, London, Great Britain.

Seeds

 * 1)  Cara Black (qualified)
 * 2) 🇯🇵 Haruka Inoue (qualified)
 * 3) 🇺🇸 Karin Miller (qualifying competition, lucky loser)
 * 4) 🇺🇸 Jolene Watanabe (second round)
 * 5) 🇩🇪 Sandra Klösel (first round)
 * 6) 🇫🇷 Émilie Loit (first round)
 * 7) 🇧🇪 Els Callens (qualified)
 * 8) 🇪🇸 Conchita Martínez Granados (first round)
 * 9) 🇨🇿 Radka Bobková (qualified)
 * 10) 🇺🇸 Lilia Osterloh (qualifying competition, lucky loser)
 * 11) 🇺🇸 Meghann Shaughnessy (first round)
 * 12) 🇦🇺 Annabel Ellwood (qualifying competition)
 * 13) 🇯🇵 Shinobu Asagoe (first round)
 * 14) 🇱🇺 Anne Kremer (qualifying competition)
 * 15) 🇧🇪 Laurence Courtois (second round)
 * 16)  Raluca Sandu (first round)

Qualifiers

 * 1)  Cara Black
 * 2)  Silvija Talaja
 * 3) 🇨🇿 Radka Bobková
 * 4)  Surina de Beer
 * 5) 🇧🇪 Els Callens
 * 6) 🇩🇪 Miriam Schnitzer
 * 7) 🇦🇺 Rennae Stubbs
 * 8) 🇯🇵 Haruka Inoue

Lucky losers

 * 1) 🇺🇸 Karin Miller
 * 2) 🇺🇸 Lilia Osterloh