Marcelo Ríos won the men's singles tennis title at the 1998 Italian Open after Albert Costa withdrew from the final due to a right wrist injury.
Álex Corretja was the defending champion, but lost in the second round to Karim Alami.
Seeds
Pete Sampras (third round) Petr Korda (first round) Marcelo Ríos (champion) Patrick Rafter (first round) Greg Rusedski (first round) Yevgeny Kafelnikov (third round) Jonas Björkman (first round) Gustavo Kuerten (semifinals) Álex Corretja (second round) Karol Kučera (first round) Richard Krajicek (quarterfinals) Alberto Berasategui (semifinals) Félix Mantilla (second round) Carlos Moyà (third round) Michael Chang (quarterfinals) Cédric Pioline (second round)
Draw
Finals
Top half
Section 1
Section 2
Bottom half
Section 3
Section 4
Qualifying
Qualifying seeds
Qualifiers
Lucky loser Sjeng Schalken
Qualifying draw
First qualifier
Second qualifier
Third qualifier
Fourth qualifier
Fifth qualifier
Sixth qualifier
Seventh qualifier
Eighth qualifier
References
External links ATP Singles draw ITF tournament profile