Martina Hingis defeated the defending champion Lindsay Davenport in the final, 6–3, 6–4 to win the women's singles tennis title at the 1998 Indian Wells Masters.
Seeds A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated. The top eight seeds received a bye to the second round.
Martina Hingis (champion) Lindsay Davenport (final) Steffi Graf (semifinals) Amanda Coetzer (third round) Conchita Martínez (quarterfinals) Irina Spîrlea (third round) Nathalie Tauziat (second round) Venus Williams (semifinals) Sandrine Testud (third round) Dominique Van Roost (third round) Ai Sugiyama (third round) Sabine Appelmans (withdrew) Ruxandra Dragomir (third round) Brenda Schultz-McCarthy (first round) Natasha Zvereva (quarterfinals) Anna Kournikova (third round) Joannette Kruger (quarterfinals)
Draw
Finals
Top half
Section 1
Section 2
Bottom half
Section 3
Section 4
Qualifying
Seeds
Qualifiers
Lucky losers
Qualifying draw
First qualifier
Second qualifier
Third qualifier
Fourth qualifier
Fifth qualifier
Sixth qualifier
Seventh qualifier
Eighth qualifier
References 1998 State Farm Evert Cup Draw WTA draw archive