WTA Commitments
Source - Corel WTA TOUR
Palermo - Week of 13 July 1998 (Tier III)
Committed players - based on 25 May 1998 rankings
Main draw - 32 players (25 direct, 4 qualifiers, 3 wild cards)
Cutoff #97
1. Schett 10. De Swardt * 19. Studenikova *
2. Vento 11. Ghirardi-Rubbi 20. Boogert *
3. Serna 12. Nemeckova * 21. Wagner *
4. Pitkowski 13. Hy-Boulais 22. J Nejedly *
5. Grande 14. Kandarr 23. Perfetti
6. Oremans 15. Plischke 24. Cecchini (injury)
7. McQuillan 16. Panova * 25. Husarova (injury) *
8. Gersi * 17. Pratt *
9. Cocheteux 18. Gagliardi *
* also on Warsaw qualifying draw initial acceptance list (same week)
Qualifying - 32 players (26 direct, 4 wild cards, 2 play-in)
Cutoff #181
1. Park 11. De Lone 21. Rippner
2. Lubiani 12. Garbin 22. Tu
3. Stoyanova 13. Callens 23. Schaerer
4. Kschwendt 14. Cross 24. Wunderlich
5. Alcazar 15. Abe 25. Begerow (injury)
6. Martinez Granados 16. Krizan 26. Kamstra (injury)
7. Shaughnessy 17. Zuluaga 27. Mt. Pleasant winner
8. Sandu 18. Adr. Serra-Zanetti (6/15)
9. Loit 19. Woodroffe 28. Orbetello winner (6/29)
10. Courtois 20. Richterova
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