1998 Campionati Internazionali di Sicilia – Singles

Singles
1998 Campionati Internazionali di Sicilia
Champions	Mariano Puerta[1]
Runners-up	Franco Squillari
Final score	6–3, 6–2

The 1998 Campionati Internazionali di Sicilia was a men's tennis tournament played on Clay in Palermo, Italy that was part of the International Series of the 1998 ATP Tour. It was the seventeenth edition of the tournament and was held from 5 October – 11 October.

Seeds

Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.

1. Àlex Corretja (Semifinals)
2. Alberto Berasategui (First Round)
3. Félix Mantilla (First Round)
4. Gustavo Kuerten (Second Round)
5. Francisco Clavet (Second Round)
6. Dominik Hrbatý (Second Round)
7. Davide Sanguinetti (First Round)
8. Carlos Costa (First Round)

Draw

Key

Q = Qualifier WC = Wild Card LL = Lucky Loser

Alt = Alternate SE = Special Exempt PR = Protected Ranking

w/o = Walkover r = Retired d = Defaulted

Finals

	Semifinals							Final[1]
	1	Àlex Corretja	5	2
		Mariano Puerta	7	6
									Mariano Puerta	6	6
									Franco Squillari	3	2
		Franco Squillari	6	2	7
		Galo Blanco	1	6	6

Top Half

First Round							Second Round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
1	À Corretja	6	2	6
	S Bruguera	0	6	0			1	À Corretja	6	6
	A Portas	6	7					A Portas	1	2
	A Voinea	3	5											1	À Corretja	7	6
	N Lapentti	6	7												N Lapentti	5	2
	J Novák	3	5					N Lapentti	7	4
	M Valeri	7	6					M Valeri	6	1^r
8	C Costa	6	4																		1	À Corretja	5	2
4	G Kuerten	6	4	6																		M Puerta	7	6
	G Cañas	3	6	2			4	G Kuerten	4	3
	F Vicente	7	6					F Vicente	6	6
	D Pescariu	6	4												F Vicente	4	4
	M Puerta	7	6												M Puerta	6	6
	JA Marín	6	1					M Puerta	6	4	6
5	F Clavet	6	6				5	F Clavet	4	6	3
	A Medvedev	2	2

Bottom Half

First Round							Second Round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
6	D Hrbatý	6	6
	O Gross	3	4				6	D Hrbatý	4	6	4
	F Squillari	6	6					F Squillari	6	2	6
	F Luzzi	2	3												F Squillari	5	6	6
	M Zabaleta	6	4	7											M Zabaleta	7	4	3
	Ó Serrano	2	6	6				M Zabaleta	6	6
	M Martelli	7	6					M Martelli	4	2
3	F Mantilla	6	3																			F Squillari	6	2	7
	G Blanco	6	6																			G Blanco	1	6	6
7	D Sanguinetti	3	2					G Blanco	6	6
	J-P Perlant	6	6					J-P Perlant	3	4
	Á Calatrava	2	2												G Blanco	7	6
	A Di Pasquale	6	3												A Di Pasquale	6	2
	L Arnold	3	1^r					A Di Pasquale	6	7
	J Sánchez	6	6					J Sánchez	0	6
2	A Berasategui	4	1

References

1. "1998 Palermo". International Tennis Federation. Retrieved 4 January 2015.