{{TennisEventInfo|1998|ASB Classic| | date=5–10 January | edition=13th | category=[[WTA Tier IV tournaments|Tier IV]] | draw=32S / 16D | prize_money=$107,500 | surface=[[Hardcourt|Hard]] (Rebound Ace) / outdoor | location=[[Auckland]], New Zealand | venue=[[ASB Tennis Centre]] | champs={{flagicon|BEL}} [[Dominique Monami|Dominique Van Roost]]<ref name="ITF">{{Cite web|url=https://www.itftennis.com/en/tournament/auckland/nzl/1998/w-wt-nzl-01a-1998/draws-and-results/|title=1998 Auckland|publisher=International Tennis Federation (ITF)}}</ref> | champd={{flagicon|JPN}} [[Nana Miyagi]] <br> {{flagicon|THA}} [[Tamarine Tanasugarn]]<ref name="ITF"/> | main_name = WTA Auckland Open }}
The '''1998 ASB Classic''' was a women's [[tennis]] tournament played on [[Hardcourt|outdoor hard courts]] at the [[ASB Tennis Centre]] in [[Auckland]] in [[New Zealand]] that was part of [[WTA Tier IV tournaments|Tier IV]] of the [[1998 WTA Tour]]. The tournament was held from 5 January until 10 January 1998. Third-seeded [[Dominique Monami|Dominique Van Roost]] won the singles title and earned $17,700 first-prize money.
==Finals== ===Singles=== {{main|1998 ASB Classic – Singles}} {{flagicon|BEL}} [[Dominique Monami|Dominique Van Roost]] defeated {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Silvia Farina Elia|Silvia Farina]], 4–6, 7–6<sup>(11–9)</sup>, 7–5 * It was Van Roost's 1st title of the year and the 6th of her career.
===Doubles=== {{main|1998 ASB Classic – Doubles}} {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Nana Miyagi]] / {{flagicon|THA}} [[Tamarine Tanasugarn]] defeated {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Julie Halard-Decugis]] / {{flagicon|SVK}} [[Janette Husárová]], 7–6<sup>(7–1)</sup>, 6–4 * It was Miyagi's 1st title of the year and the 8th of her career. It was Tanasugarn's only title of the year and the 1st of her career.
== Prize money ==
{|class=wikitable style=font-size:95%;text-align:center |style="width:130px" |'''Event''' |style="width:85px; background:lime"|'''W''' |style="width:85px; background:thistle"|F |style="width:85px; background:#ffff00"|SF |style="width:85px; background:#ffebcd"|QF |style="width:85px; background:#afeeee"|Round of 16 |style="width:85px; background:#afeeee"|Round of 32 |- !style=background:#f3f3f3|Singles |$17,700 |$8,350 |$4,275 |$2,150 |$1,115 |$700 |}
==See also== * [[1998 Heineken Open]] – men's tournament
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * [https://wtafiles.blob.core.windows.net/pdf/draws/archive/1998/1049.pdf WTA tournament draws]
{{ASB Classic tournaments}} {{1998 WTA Tour}}
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