In 1998, these were the WTA rankings:
No Player Name Points 1997 Change
1
Lindsay Davenport [SIZE=90%](USA)[/SIZE] 5,654 3 +2
2
Martina Hingis [SIZE=90%](SUI)[/SIZE] 5,366 1 -1
3
Jana Novotná [SIZE=90%](CZE)[/SIZE] 3,734 2 -1
4
Arantxa Sánchez Vicario [SIZE=90%](ESP)[/SIZE] 3,417 9 +5
5
Venus Williams [SIZE=90%](USA)[/SIZE] 3,262 22 +17
6
Monica Seles [SIZE=90%](USA)[/SIZE] 3,226 5 -1
7
Mary Pierce [SIZE=90%](FRA)[/SIZE] 2,414 7 =
8
Conchita Martínez [SIZE=90%](ESP)[/SIZE] 2,331 12 +4
9
Steffi Graf [SIZE=90%](GER)[/SIZE] 2,261 28 +19
10
Nathalie Tauziat [SIZE=90%](FRA)[/SIZE] 2,259 11 +1
11
Patty Schnyder [SIZE=90%](SUI)[/SIZE] 2,256 26 +15
12
Dominique Van Roost [SIZE=90%](BEL)[/SIZE] 2,073 18 +6
13
Anna Kournikova [SIZE=90%](RUS)[/SIZE] 1,971 32 +19
14
Sandrine Testud [SIZE=90%](FRA)[/SIZE] 1,898 13 -1
15
Irina Spîrlea [SIZE=90%](ROM)[/SIZE] 1,830 8 -7
16
Natasha Zvereva [SIZE=90%](BLR)[/SIZE] 1,770 25 +9
17
Amanda Coetzer [SIZE=90%](RSA)[/SIZE] 1,752 4 -13
18
Ai Sugiyama [SIZE=90%](JPN)[/SIZE] 1,398 20 +2
19
Silvia Farina [SIZE=90%](ITA)[/SIZE] 1,389 43 +24
20
Serena Williams [SIZE=90%](USA)[/SIZE] 1,301 99 +79
I'd say Venus was a pretty good test, even at 16