1998 President's Cup – Singles
# 1998 President's Cup – Singles

The 1998 President's Cup was a men's tennis tournament played on Hard in Tashkent, Uzbekistan that was part of the International Series of the 1998 ATP Tour. It was the second edition of the tournament and was held from 14 September – 20 September.

## Seeds

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

* Yevgeny Kafelnikov (final)
* Tim Henman (champion)
* Cédric Pioline (semifinals)
* Nicolas Escudé (semifinals)
* Marc Rosset (second round)
* Marat Safin (quarterfinals)
* Kenneth Carlsen (first round)
* David Prinosil (first round)

## Draw

### Key

* Q = Qualifier
* WC = Wild card
* LL = Lucky loser
* Alt = Alternate
* SE = Special exempt
* PR = Protected ranking
* ITF = ITF entry
* JE = Junior exempt
* w/o = Walkover
* r = Retired
* d = Defaulted
* SR = Special ranking

### Finals

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Yevgeny Kafelnikov | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| 3 | Cédric Pioline | 2 | 2 | | | | | |
| 3 | Cédric Pioline | 2 | 2 | | 1 | Yevgeny Kafelnikov | 5 | 4 |
| | | | | | 2 | Tim Henman | 7 | 6 |
| 4 | Nicolas Escudé | 6 | 3 | 4 | 2 | Tim Henman | 7 | 6 |
| 2 | Tim Henman | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | |

### Top half

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Y Kafelnikov | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | M Sinner | 4 | 2 | | 1 | Y Kafelnikov | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | D Nainkin | 3 | 6 | 6 | | D Nainkin | 3 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | L Roux | 6 | 2 | 3 | | | | | | 1 | Y Kafelnikov | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | |
| | G Etlis | 2 | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | G Etlis | 3 | 6 | 1 | | | | |
| | N Godwin | 6 | 4 | 5 | | G Etlis | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | V Voltchkov | 6 | 4 | 6 | | V Voltchkov | 5 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | D Prinosil | 4 | 6 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | Y Kafelnikov | 6 | 6 |
| 3 | C Pioline | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | C Pioline | 2 | 2 |
| WC | V Kutsenko | 3 | 3 | | 3 | C Pioline | 4 | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | L Tieleman | 7 | 6 | | | Laurence Tieleman | 6 | $6^6$ | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| | R Schüttler | $6^6$ | 3 | | | | | | | 3 | C Pioline | $6^3$ | 6 | 7 | | | | |
| | R Wassen | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 6 | M Safin | 7 | 2 | $6^3$ | | | | |
| | L Burgsmüller | 6 | 2 | 3 | | R Wassen | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | M Safin | 6 | 6 | | 6 | M Safin | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | T Ganiev | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Bottom half

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 5 | M Rosset | 7 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | T Ketola | $6^{10}$ | 5 | | 5 | M Rosset | 4 | 7 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | K Braasch | 6 | 7 | | Q | K Braasch | 6 | $6^6$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Hantschk | 4 | $6^5$ | | | | | | | Q | K Braasch | 4 | $6^5$ | | | | | |
| | S Schalken | 6 | $6^5$ | 7 | | | | | | 4 | N Escudé | 6 | 7 | | | | | |
| | Ó Burrieza | 4 | 7 | $6^5$ | | S Schalken | 4 | $6^7$ | | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | N Escudé | 6 | 6 | | 4 | N Escudé | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | D Tomashevich | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | N Escudé | 6 | 3 | 4 |
| | S Pescosolido | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | T Henman | 3 | 6 | 6 |
| 7 | K Carlsen | $6^2$ | 2 | | | S Pescosolido | 4 | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | H Levy | 6 | 3 | 6 | Q | H Levy | 6 | $6^1$ | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| | O Ogorodov | 4 | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | S Pescosolido | 4 | 4 | | | | | |
| | E Ran | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 2 | T Henman | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | P Luxa | 3 | 3 | | | E Ran | 4 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | T Henman | 6 | 6 | | 2 | T Henman | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | N Welgreen | 1 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
