Rome - Tier I - Week of 4 May 1998
Committed Players - Based on 16 March 1998 Rankings Main Draw - 56 Players - 4 Wild Cards - 8 Qualifiers - Cutoff #46 1. Hingis 16. MJ Fernandez 31. Vento 2. Seles 17. Raymond 32. Labat 3. Coetzer 18. Appelmans 33. Pitkowski 4. Pierce 19. Dragomir 34. Tanasugarn 5. Majoli 20. Kruger 35. Sidot 6. Sanchez Vicario 21. Schultz-McCarthy 36. Grande 7. Martinez 22. Kournikova 37. S Williams 8. Spirlea 23. Paulus 38. Po 9. V Williams 24. Basuki 39. Likhovtseva 10. Tauziat 25. Nagyova 40. Habsudova 11. Testud 26. Schett 41. Grzybowska 12. Huber 27. Sawamatsu 42. Lucic 13. van Roost 28. Farina 43. Courtois (injury) 14. Sugiyama 29. Graf 44. Halard-Decugis (injury) 15. Schnyder 30. M Maleeva Qualifying - 32 Players - 4 Wild Cards - Cutoff #80 1. F Li 11. Sanchez Lorenzo 21. Golarsa 2. Cacic 12. Chladkova 22. Panova 3. Ruano-Pascual 13. A Miller 23. Mauresmo 4. Rubin 14. Saeki 24. N Kijimuta 5. Fusai 15. Kleinova 25. Snyder 6. Serna 16. McQuillan 26. Probst 7. Oremans 17. Yoshida 27. Dechy 8. Leon Garcia 18. Gersi 28. Husarova 9. Barabanschikova 19. Torrens-Valero 10. Morariu 20. Lubiani