This article displays the qualifying draw for the Women's Singles at the 1998 Australian Open.

Seeds

Qualifiers

Qualifying draw

First qualifier

	First round							Second round							Qualifying competition
	1	Annie Miller	6	6
		Raluca Sandu	1	4
								1	Annie Miller	6	6
									Anna Smashnova	4	3
		Anna Smashnova	77	6
		Nino Louarsabishvili	65	3
															1	Annie Miller	4	6	6
																Daphne van de Zande	6	3	1
		Daphne van de Zande	6	6
		Ludmila Varmužová	3	3
									Daphne van de Zande	2	6	6
								10	Marlene Weingärtner	6	4	3
		Laura Pena	1	6	5
	10	Marlene Weingärtner	6	2	7

Second qualifier

	First round							Second round							Qualifying competition
	11	Lindsay Lee	65	6	6
	WC	Melissa Beadman	77	1	2
								11	Lindsay Lee	6	3	0
									Samantha Reeves	4	6	6
		Nancy Feber	3	2
		Samantha Reeves	6	6
																Samantha Reeves	77	6
															6	Samantha Smith	62	4
		Laurence Courtois	4	6	6
		Nannie de Villiers	6	2	3
									Laurence Courtois	6	2	2
								6	Samantha Smith	3	6	6
		Gail Biggs	4	2
	6	Samantha Smith	6	6

Third qualifier

	First round							Second round							Qualifying competition
	3	Seda Noorlander	4	4
		Radka Bobková	6	6
									Radka Bobková	6	1	6
									Ana Alcázar	0	6	1
		Silvija Talaja	65	3
		Ana Alcázar	77	6
																Radka Bobková	6	77
																Barbara Schwartz	4	62
		Kyōko Nagatsuka	1	6	3
		Kristina Triska	6	4	6
									Kristina Triska	0	1
									Barbara Schwartz	6	6
		Barbara Schwartz	6	6
	15	Eva Martincová	3	2

Fourth qualifier

	First round							Second round							Qualifying competition
	14	Mariaan de Swardt	6	6
		Miriam Schnitzer	3	4
								14	Mariaan de Swardt	6	6
									Julie Pullin	2	1
		Tathiana Garbin	2	4
		Julie Pullin	6	6
															14	Mariaan de Swardt	1	6	5
															8	Elena Tatarkova	6	4	7
		Caroline Dhenin	5	2
		Syna Schmidle	7	6
									Syna Schmidle	4	4
								8	Elena Tatarkova	6	6
		Aleksandra Olsza	4	2
	8	Elena Tatarkova	6	6

Fifth qualifier

	First round							Second round							Qualifying competition
	7	Petra Langrová	7	6
		Liezel Horn	5	0
								7	Petra Langrová	77	4	5
									Svetlana Krivencheva	64	6	7
		Stephanie Devillé	3	5
		Svetlana Krivencheva	6	7
																Svetlana Krivencheva	6	6
															13	Karin Miller	3	1
		Karin Kschwendt	6	3	6
		Kim Eun-ha	4	6	4
									Karin Kschwendt	62	0
								13	Karin Miller	77	6
		Virág Csurgó	1	3
	13	Karin Miller	6	6

Sixth qualifier

	First round							Second round							Qualifying competition
	12	Noëlle van Lottum	4	6	4
		Tina Križan	6	0	6
									Tina Križan	3	2
									Meghann Shaughnessy	6	6
	WC	Rochelle Rosenfield	5	1
		Meghann Shaughnessy	7	6
																Meghann Shaughnessy	6	6
															4	Lea Ghirardi	4	3
	WC	Cindy Watson	6	4	6
		Shinobu Asagoe	2	6	4
								WC	Cindy Watson	1	6	2
								4	Lea Ghirardi	6	2	6
	WC	Bryanne Stewart	6	4	2
	4	Lea Ghirardi	4	6	6

Seventh qualifier

	First round							Second round							Qualifying competition
	5	Marketa Kochta	3	0
	WC	Alicia Molik	6	6
								WC	Alicia Molik	3	0
									Ginger Helgeson-Nielsen	6	6
		Brie Rippner	3	63
		Ginger Helgeson-Nielsen	6	77
																Ginger Helgeson-Nielsen	6	6
															WC	Amanda Grahame	1	3
	WC	Amanda Grahame	6	7
	WC	Lisa McShea	3	5
								WC	Amanda Grahame	7	1	7
								9	Anne Kremer	5	6	5
	WC	Jenny-Ann Fetch	3	4
	9	Anne Kremer	6	6

Eighth qualifier

	First round							Second round							Qualifying competition
	16	Jana Nejedly	6	77
		Eva Bes-Ostariz	3	63
								16	Jana Nejedly	4	6	6
									Erika deLone	6	3	0
		Veronika Martinek	1	1
		Erika deLone	6	6
															16	Jana Nejedly	79	6
																Cara Black	67	2
		Cara Black	6	64	7
		Martina Nejedly	3	77	5
									Cara Black	0	6	6
								2	Pavlina Stoyanova	6	4	3
		Conchita Martínez Granados	65	3
	2	Pavlina Stoyanova	77	6

References

• 1998 Australian Open – Women's draws and results at the International Tennis Federation