1998 WTA Tour

1998 WTA Tour
	Lindsay Davenport finished the year as world No. 1 for the first time in her career. She won six tournaments during the season, including a major at the US Open. She also won two Tier I events.
Details
Duration	January 5 ; – November 23, 1998
Edition	28th
Tournaments	52
Categories	Grand Slam (4); WTA Championships; Grand Slam Cup; WTA Tier I (9); WTA Tier II (15); WTA Tier III (12); WTA Tier IV (11)
Achievements (singles)
Most tournament titles	Lindsay Davenport (6)
Most tournament finals	Lindsay Davenport (10)
Prize money leader	Martina Hingis ; (US$3,375,989)
Points leader	Lindsay Davenport (5,654)
Awards
Player of the year	Lindsay Davenport
Doubles team of the year	Martina Hingis; Jana Novotná
Most improved ; player of the year	Patty Schnyder
Newcomer of the year	Serena Williams
Comeback ; player of the year	Monica Seles
	← 1997 1999 →

The WTA Tour is the elite tour for professional women's tennis organised by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA). The WTA Tour includes the four Grand Slam tournaments, the WTA Tour Championships and the WTA Tier I, Tier II, Tier III and Tier IV events. ITF tournaments are not part of the WTA Tour, although they award points for the WTA World Ranking.

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