Players and pairs who neither have high enough rankings nor receive wild cards may participate in a qualifying tournament held one week before the annual Wimbledon Tennis Championships.
Seeds
Alex O'Brien (qualified) Sébastien Grosjean (qualified) Christian Vinck (first round) Christophe Van Garsse (qualifying competition, lucky loser) Lars Burgsmüller (second round) Tuomas Ketola (qualified) Sandon Stolle (second round) Óscar Burrieza (qualifying competition) Michael Sell (second round) Michael Kohlmann (second round) Peter Tramacchi (qualifying competition) Brian MacPhie (qualified) Ján Krošlák (first round) Ivo Heuberger (qualified) Lleyton Hewitt (first round) Alex Rădulescu (qualified) Todd Larkham (qualifying competition) Neville Godwin (qualified) Alejandro Hernández (qualifying competition) David Rikl (first round) Stefano Pescosolido (qualified) Nuno Marques (qualifying competition) Eyal Erlich (first round) Wade McGuire (qualified) Petr Luxa (first round) Glenn Weiner (first round) Rodolphe Gilbert (second round) Gerald Mandl (first round) Vladimir Voltchkov (qualified) Gastón Etlis (second round) Dušan Vemić (first round) David Witt (first round)
Qualifiers
Alex O'Brien Sébastien Grosjean Vladimir Voltchkov Mahesh Bhupathi David Nainkin Tuomas Ketola Mark Knowles Mark Draper Wade McGuire David DiLucia Stefano Pescosolido Brian MacPhie Daniele Bracciali Ivo Heuberger Neville Godwin Alex Rădulescu
Lucky loser Christophe Van Garsse
Qualifying draw
First qualifier
Second qualifier
Third qualifier
Fourth qualifier
Fifth qualifier
Sixth qualifier
Seventh qualifier
Eighth qualifier
Ninth qualifier
Tenth qualifier
Eleventh qualifier
Twelfth qualifier
Thirteenth qualifier
Fourteenth qualifier
Fifteenth qualifier
Sixteenth qualifier
External links
1998 Wimbledon Championships – Men's draws and results at the International Tennis Federation