1998 Grand Prix de Tennis de Toulouse – Singles
# 1998 Grand Prix de Tennis de Toulouse – Singles

The 1998 Grand Prix de Tennis de Toulouse was a men's tennis tournament played on indoor hard in Toulouse, France that was part of the International Series of the 1998 ATP Tour. It was the seventeenth edition of the tournament and was held from 28 September – 4 October.

Nicolas Kiefer was the defending champion, but lost in the semifinals to Greg Rusedski.

Jan Siemerink won the title by defeating Greg Rusedski 6–4, 6–4 in the final.

This tournament was notable for being where future 20-time Grand Slam champion and world No. 1 Roger Federer recorded his first match win.

## Seeds

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

* Greg Rusedski (final)
* Jan Siemerink (champion)
* Thomas Johansson (semifinals)
* Nicolas Kiefer (semifinals)
* Fabrice Santoro (first round)
* Magnus Larsson (first round)
* Richard Fromberg (second round)
* Unknown (withdrew)

## 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 | Greg Rusedski | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| 4 | Nicolas Kiefer | 4 | 1 | | | | | |
| 4 | Nicolas Kiefer | 4 | 1 | | 1 | Greg Rusedski | 4 | 4 |
| | | | | | 2 | Jan Siemerink | 6 | 6 |
| 3 | Thomas Johansson | 3 | 6 | 5 | 2 | Jan Siemerink | 6 | 6 |
| 2 | Jan Siemerink | 6 | 3 | 7 | | | | |

### 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 | G Rusedski | 7 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M-K Goellner | $6^5$ | $6^3$ | | 1 | G Rusedski | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Medvedev | 6 | $6^5$ | 6 | | A Medvedev | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | J-P Perlant | 4 | 7 | 4 | | | | | | 1 | G Rusedski | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | A Clément | 7 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | A Clément | 4 | 1 | | | | | |
| | S Grosjean | $6^4$ | 6 | 4 | | A Clément | 6 | 4 | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
| LL | M Sinner | 6 | 6 | | LL | M Sinner | 3 | 6 | $6^1$ | | | | | | | | | |
| | P Haarhuis | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | G Rusedski | 6 | 6 |
| 4 | N Kiefer | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | N Kiefer | 4 | 1 |
| Q | J Boutter | 1 | 2 | | 4 | N Kiefer | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | L Barthez | 7 | 6 | | Q | L Barthez | 6 | 3 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| | C Vinck | $6^7$ | 2 | | | | | | | 4 | N Kiefer | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | |
| | J Tarango | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | M Rosset | 3 | 6 | 1 | | | | |
| LL | I Heuberger | 6 | 1 | 4 | | J Tarango | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Rosset | 4 | 6 | 6 | | M Rosset | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | F Santoro | 6 | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Bottom half

| 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 | Semifinals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Q | S Huet | 7 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | M Larsson | 5 | 5 | Q | S Huet | 7 | $6^5$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Sargsian | 6 | 7 | | S Sargsian | 5 | 7 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | L Roux | 3 | $6^5$ | | | | | | Q | S Huet | 6 | 4 | 5 | | | | | |
| | D Vacek | 7 | 6 | | | | | | 3 | T Johansson | 3 | 6 | 7 | | | | | |
| | G Pozzi | $6^2$ | 4 | | D Vacek | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | T Johansson | 7 | 7 | 3 | T Johansson | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | A Di Pasquale | $6^6$ | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | T Johansson | 3 | 6 | 5 |
| 7 | R Fromberg | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | J Siemerink | 6 | 3 | 7 |
| | D Sanguinetti | 4 | 4 | 7 | R Fromberg | 1 | $6^5$ | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | R Federer | 6 | 6 | Q | R Federer | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | G Raoux | 2 | 2 | | | | | | Q | R Federer | $6^5$ | 2 | | | | | | |
| | J Golmard | 6 | 7 | | | | | | 2 | J Siemerink | 7 | 6 | | | | | | |
| | D Prinosil | 4 | $6^4$ | | J Golmard | 6 | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | J Siemerink | 6 | 6 | 2 | J Siemerink | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | G Cañas | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

## Qualifying

### Qualifying seeds

All seeds receive a bye into the second round.

* Martin Sinner (qualifying competition, Lucky loser)
* Ivo Heuberger (qualifying competition, Lucky loser)
* Alex Rădulescu (second round)
* Petr Luxa (qualifying competition)
* Nenad Zimonjić (second round)
* Olivier Delaître (qualifying competition)
* Régis Lavergne (second round)
* Julien Boutter (qualified)

### Qualifiers

* Julien Boutter
* Stéphane Huet
* Roger Federer
* Lionel Barthez

### Lucky losers

* Martin Sinner
* Ivo Heuberger

### Qualifying draw

**First qualifier**

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | | | | | 1 | Martin Sinner | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Sébastien de Chaunac | 4 | 4 | | | | | |
| | Sébastien de Chaunac | 4 | 6 | 6 | | Sébastien de Chaunac | 4 | 4 | | | | | |
| WC | Mathieu Cordelier | 6 | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | Mathieu Cordelier | 6 | 3 | 2 | | | | | 1 | Martin Sinner | 3 | 6 | 4 |
| | | | | | | | | | 8 | Julien Boutter | 6 | 3 | 6 |
| | José María Arnedo | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | 8 | Julien Boutter | 6 | 3 | 6 |
| | Guillaume Marx | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Guillaume Marx | 6 | 6 | | | Guillaume Marx | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | | | | | 8 | Julien Boutter | 7 | 7 | | | | | |

**Second qualifier**

| First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | | | 2 | Ivo Heuberger | 4 | 6 | 7 | | | | | |
| | | | | David Adams | 6 | 1 | 6 | | | | | |
| Aleksandar Kitinov | 2 | 3 | | David Adams | 6 | 1 | 6 | | | | | |
| David Adams | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| David Adams | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 2 | Ivo Heuberger | 0 | 6 | 2 |
| | | | | | | | | | Stéphane Huet | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| Stéphane Huet | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | Stéphane Huet | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| Vincent Lavergne | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Vincent Lavergne | 2 | 4 | | Stéphane Huet | 7 | 6 | | | | | | |
| | | | 7 | Régis Lavergne | 5 | 2 | | | | | | |

**Third qualifier**

| First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | | | 3 | Alex Rădulescu | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | | | | Roger Federer | 7 | 7 | | | | |
| Marcello Wowk | 6 | 2 | | Roger Federer | 7 | 7 | | | | |
| Roger Federer | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| Roger Federer | 7 | 6 | | | | | | Roger Federer | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | | | 6 | Olivier Delaître | 4 | 4 |
| Jérôme Hanquez | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | 6 | Olivier Delaître | 4 | 4 |
| Gregory Zavialoff | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| Gregory Zavialoff | 4 | 6 | | Jérôme Hanquez | 0 | 1 | | | | |
| | | | 6 | Olivier Delaître | 6 | 6 | | | | |

**Fourth qualifier**

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | | | | 4 | Petr Luxa | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | | | | WC | Romain Ambert | 4 | 2 | | | | | |
| | Aleksander Mierzwiński | 6 | 2 | WC | Romain Ambert | 4 | 2 | | | | | |
| WC | Romain Ambert | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | Romain Ambert | 7 | 6 | | | | | 4 | Petr Luxa | 6 | 4 | 1 |
| | | | | | | | | | Lionel Barthez | 3 | 6 | 6 |
| | Lionel Barthez | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | Lionel Barthez | 3 | 6 | 6 |
| | Peter Nyborg | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Peter Nyborg | 3 | 6 | | Lionel Barthez | 6 | 7 | | | | | |
| | | | | 5 | Nenad Zimonjić | 2 | 5 | | | | | |
