Budapest 1998

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WTA WTA Tour Clay Start: Apr 20, 1998 Draw: 32 31 matches

Champion: Virginia Ruano Pascual

Knockout bracket

Round of 16

1 Sandrine Testud 7 7

Eva Bes Ostariz 6 6

Laura Golarsa 2 4

3 Silvia Farina Elia 6 6

Cristina Torrens Valero 2 2

8 Maria Sanchez Lorenzo 6 4 6

Lea Ghirardi 4 6 3

5 Sarah Pitkowski Malcor 2 7 6

Elena Makarova 6 5 3

Julie Halard Decugis 6 6

Gala Leon Garcia 3 0

7 Virginia Ruano Pascual 6 4 7

Francesca Lubiani 0 6 6

Rita Kuti Kis 6 6

Catalina Cristea 3 2

Quarterfinal

6 Fang Li 5 7 6

1 Sandrine Testud 7 6 4

3 Silvia Farina Elia 6 6

8 Maria Sanchez Lorenzo 1 2

5 Sarah Pitkowski Malcor 5 6 6

Julie Halard Decugis 7 3 2

7 Virginia Ruano Pascual 6 6

Rita Kuti Kis 3 0

Semifinal

3 Silvia Farina Elia 4 6 6

6 Fang Li 6 2 3

7 Virginia Ruano Pascual 2 6 7

5 Sarah Pitkowski Malcor 6 1 5

Final

7 Virginia Ruano Pascual 6 4 6

3 Silvia Farina Elia 4 6 3

Early rounds

Round of 32 16 matches

Winner	Loser	Set 1	Set 2	Set 3
Sandrine Testud	Marion Maruska	6-3	6-4	·
Eva Bes Ostariz	Janette Husarova	6-3	6-3	·
Laura Golarsa	Sandra Cecchini	0-6	6-2	7-5
Fang Li	Wiltrud Probst	6-1	6-0	·
Silvia Farina Elia	Svetlana Krivencheva	7-6	6-3	·
Cristina Torrens Valero	Paola Suarez	6-3	6-2	·
Lea Ghirardi	Alexia Dechaume Balleret	6-2	6-4	·
Maria Sanchez Lorenzo	Raluca Sandu	6-4	4-6	6-4
Sarah Pitkowski Malcor	Zsofia Gubacsi	6-3	6-4	·
Elena Makarova	Katarina Studenikova	4-6	6-3	6-3
Julie Halard Decugis	Nathalie Dechy	6-3	6-4	·
Gala Leon Garcia	Anne Gaelle Sidot	6-2	6-1	·
Virginia Ruano Pascual	Sandra Nacuk	2-6	6-1	6-2
Francesca Lubiani	Tathiana Garbin	6-4	2-6	6-1
Rita Kuti Kis	Emmanuelle Gagliardi	6-3	7-5	·
Catalina Cristea	Dominique Monami	6-4	6-0	·

Players (32)

	Player	Country	Reached
	Virginia Ruano Pascual	ESP	Winner
SE	Silvia Farina Elia	ITA	Final
FL	Fang Li	CHN	Semifinal
SM	Sarah Pitkowski Malcor	FRA	Semifinal
JD	Julie Halard Decugis	FRA	Quarterfinal
ML	Maria Sanchez Lorenzo	ESP	Quarterfinal
RK	Rita Kuti Kis	HUN	Quarterfinal
	Sandrine Testud	FRA	Quarterfinal
CC	Catalina Cristea	ROU	Round of 16
CV	Cristina Torrens Valero	ESP	Round of 16
EM	Elena Makarova	RUS	Round of 16
EO	Eva Bes Ostariz	ESP	Round of 16
FL	Francesca Lubiani	ITA	Round of 16
GG	Gala Leon Garcia	ESP	Round of 16
LG	Laura Golarsa	ITA	Round of 16
LG	Lea Ghirardi	FRA	Round of 16
AB	Alexia Dechaume Balleret	FRA	Round of 32
AS	Anne Gaelle Sidot	FRA	Round of 32
	Dominique Monami	BEL	Round of 32
EG	Emmanuelle Gagliardi	SUI	Round of 32
JH	Janette Husarova	SVK	Round of 32
KS	Katarina Studenikova	SVK	Round of 32
MM	Marion Maruska	AUT	Round of 32
	Nathalie Dechy	FRA	Round of 32
	Paola Suarez	ARG	Round of 32
RS	Raluca Sandu	ROU	Round of 32
SC	Sandra Cecchini	ITA	Round of 32
SN	Sandra Nacuk	SCG	Round of 32
SK	Svetlana Krivencheva	BUL	Round of 32
	Tathiana Garbin	ITA	Round of 32
WP	Wiltrud Probst	GER	Round of 32
ZG	Zsofia Gubacsi	HUN	Round of 32