1998 Campionati Internazionali di Sicilia – Singles

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.

Singles
1998 Campionati Internazionali di Sicilia
Champions	Mariano Puerta
Runners-up	Franco Squillari
Score	6–3, 6–2
Draw	32
Seeds	8

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
• ITF = ITF entry
• JE = Junior exempt
• w/o = Walkover
• r = Retired
• d = Defaulted
• SR = Special ranking

Finals

	Semifinals							Final
	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	1r
	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	1r					A Di Pasquale	6	7
		J Sánchez	6	6					J Sánchez	0	6
	2	A Berasategui	4	1