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.

Women's singles qualifying
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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

Qualifying draw

First qualifier

	First round							Second round							Qualifying competition
	1	Cara Black	6	6
		Veronika Martinek	1	0
								1	Cara Black	6	7^7
									Eva Bes	3	6^2
		Eva Bes	3	6	8
	WC	Claire Lyte	6	4	6
															1	Cara Black	6	6
															12	Annabel Ellwood	1	2
		Larissa Schaerer	0	3
		Kristine Kunce	6	6
									Kristine Kunce	3	6	2
								12	Annabel Ellwood	6	1	6
		Noëlle van Lottum	7^7	3	5
	12	Annabel Ellwood	6^5	6	7

Second qualifier

	First round							Second round							Qualifying competition
	15	Laurence Courtois	6	5	6
		Catherine Barclay	2	7	4
								15	Laurence Courtois	6	3	2
									Adriana Serra Zanetti	2	6	6
		Daphne van de Zande	1	1
		Adriana Serra Zanetti	6	6
																Adriana Serra Zanetti	2	5
																Silvija Talaja	6	7
		Ludmila Richterová	6^5	3
		Martina Nejedly	7^7	6
									Martina Nejedly	0	2
									Silvija Talaja	6	6
		Silvija Talaja	6	6
	5	Sandra Klösel	1	4

Third qualifier

	First round							Second round							Qualifying competition
	3	Karin Miller	6	6
		Mashona Washington	2	4
								3	Karin Miller	1	6	6
									Tathiana Garbin	6	3	3
		Tathiana Garbin	6	7^7
		Alicia Ortuño	4	6^5
															3	Karin Miller	1	3
															9	Radka Bobková	6	6
		Brie Rippner	2	4
		Christína Papadáki	6	6
									Christína Papadáki	2	7	3
								9	Radka Bobková	6	5	6
	WC	Abigail Tordoff	4	2
	9	Radka Bobková	6	6

Fourth qualifier

	First round							Second round							Qualifying competition
	13	Shinobu Asagoe	6	2	1
		Aleksandra Olsza	3	6	6
									Aleksandra Olsza	6	6
									Nancy Feber	1	3
		Kim Eun-ha	2	6^5
		Nancy Feber	6	7^7
																Aleksandra Olsza	5	6	1
																Surina de Beer	7	3	6
		Liezel Horn	3	1
		Tina Križan	6	6
									Tina Križan	4	1
									Surina de Beer	6	6
		Surina de Beer	6	6
	8	Conchita Martínez Granados	3	1

Fifth qualifier

	First round							Second round							Qualifying competition
	7	Els Callens	6	6
	WC	Amanda Janes	3	1
								7	Els Callens	6	6
									Svetlana Krivencheva	3	4
		Fabiola Zuluaga	2	6	8
		Svetlana Krivencheva	6	3	10
															7	Els Callens	7^7	6
															14	Anne Kremer	6^3	1
		Caroline Dhenin	6	6
	WC	Louise Herbert	1	2
									Caroline Dhenin	1	1
								14	Anne Kremer	6	6
		Wiltrud Probst	5	1
	14	Anne Kremer	7	6

Sixth qualifier

	First round							Second round							Qualifying competition
	10	Lilia Osterloh	5	6	6
		Lindsay Lee	7	3	0
								10	Lilia Osterloh	6	6
									Julia Abe	1	3
	WC	Joanne Moore	6^2	6^2
		Julia Abe	7^7	7^7
															10	Lilia Osterloh	6^2	2
																Miriam Schnitzer	7^7	6
		Lenka Cenková	2	4
		Miriam Schnitzer	6	6
									Miriam Schnitzer	5	6	6
								4	Jolene Watanabe	7	4	1
	WC	Lucie Ahl	4	6	4
	4	Jolene Watanabe	6	4	6

Seventh qualifier

	First round							Second round							Qualifying competition
	6	Émilie Loit	4	6^0
		Maureen Drake	6	7^7
									Maureen Drake	0	2
								PR	Rennae Stubbs	6	6
		Jessica Steck	5	2
	PR	Rennae Stubbs	7	6
															PR	Rennae Stubbs	7^7	7^7
															PR	Christina Singer	6^5	6^4
	PR	Petra Kamstra	7^7	2	5
		Laurence Andretto	6^5	6	7
									Laurence Andretto	2	2
								PR	Christina Singer	6	6
	PR	Christina Singer	6	6
	16	Raluca Sandu	2	4

Eighth qualifier

	First round							Second round							Qualifying competition
	11	Meghann Shaughnessy	3	6^3
	WC	Kate Warne-Holland	6	7^7
								WC	Kate Warne-Holland	2	3
									Sandra Načuk	6	6
		Nirupama Vaidyanathan	1	4
		Sandra Načuk	6	6
																Sandra Načuk	4	3
															2	Haruka Inoue	6	6
		Erika deLone	0	4
		Siobhan Drake-Brockman	6	6
									Siobhan Drake-Brockman	5	5
								2	Haruka Inoue	7	7
	WC	Hannah Collin	6	3	1
	2	Haruka Inoue	3	6	6

External links

• Source for the draw at Wimbledon.com
• 1998 Wimbledon Championships on WTAtennis.com
• 1998 Wimbledon Championships – Women's draws and results at the International Tennis Federation