1998 Lipton Championships – Women's doubles

Women's doubles
1998 Lipton Championships
1997 Champions	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Natasha Zvereva
Champions	Martina Hingis Jana Novotná
Runners-up	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Natasha Zvereva
Score	6–2, 3–6, 6–3

Arantxa Sánchez Vicario and Natasha Zvereva were the defending champions but lost in the final 6–2, 3–6, 6–3 against Martina Hingis and Jana Novotná.

Seeds

Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated. All sixteen seeded teams received byes into the second round.

1. Martina Hingis / Jana Novotná (champions)
2. Arantxa Sánchez Vicario / Natasha Zvereva (final)
3. Alexandra Fusai / Nathalie Tauziat (quarterfinals)
4. Yayuk Basuki / Caroline Vis (second round)
5. Katrina Adams / Manon Bollegraf (second round)
6. Conchita Martínez / Patricia Tarabini (semifinals)
7. Anna Kournikova / Larisa Neiland (quarterfinals)
8. Mirjana Lučić / Helena Suková (third round)
9. Elena Likhovtseva / Ai Sugiyama (quarterfinals)
10. Naoko Kijimuta / Nana Miyagi (third round)
11. Amanda Coetzer / Anke Huber (third round)
12. Sabine Appelmans / Miriam Oremans (second round)
13. n/a
14. Catherine Barclay / Kerry-Anne Guse (quarterfinals)
15. Chanda Rubin / Irina Spîrlea (third round)
16. Rika Hiraki / Mercedes Paz (third round)
17. Mariaan de Swardt / Debbie Graham (third 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	Martina Hingis  Jana Novotná	6	6
	6	Conchita Martínez  Patricia Tarabini	3	1
								1	Martina Hingis  Jana Novotná	6	3	6
								2	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario  Natasha Zvereva	2	6	3
		Julie Halard-Decugis  Rachel McQuillan	4	2
	2	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario  Natasha Zvereva	6	6

Top half

Section 1

	First round							Second round							Third round							Quarterfinals
								1	M Hingis  J Novotná	6	6
		M Babel  W Probst	1	2					V Ruano Pascual  P Suárez	2	2
		V Ruano Pascual  P Suárez	6	6											1	M Hingis  J Novotná	7	6
		S Jeyaseelan  R Simpson	2	7	6										16	R Hiraki  M Paz	5	3
		K Boogert  R Grande	6	6	1				S Jeyaseelan  R Simpson	5	6
								16	R Hiraki  M Paz	7	7
																						1	M Hingis  J Novotná	6	6
																						9	E Likhovtseva  A Sugiyama	4	3
								9	E Likhovtseva  A Sugiyama	6	6
		F Labat  S-H Park	6	6	7				F Labat  S-H Park	2	3
		G Helgeson-Nielsen  J Lee	7	3	6										9	E Likhovtseva  A Sugiyama	6	3	7
		R Bobková  S Noorlander	4	3											8	M Lučić  H Suková	4	6	5
		E-H Kim  M Saeki	6	6					E-H Kim  M Saeki	6	5	1
								8	M Lučić  H Suková	1	7	6

Section 2

	First round							Second round							Third round							Quarterfinals
								3	A Fusai  N Tauziat	6	6
	WC	S Reeves  K Schlukebir	6	6				WC	S Reeves  K Schlukebir	4	4
		J Pullin  L Woodroffe	1	3											3	A Fusai  N Tauziat	6	6
	Q	C Dhenin  E Kulikovskaya	3	7	6										17	M de Swardt  D Graham	4	2
		C Cristea  L Montalvo	6	5	3			Q	C Dhenin  E Kulikovskaya	1	5
								17	M de Swardt  D Graham	6	7
																						3	A Fusai  N Tauziat	2	6	6
																						6	C Martínez  P Tarabini	6	3	7
								11	A Coetzer  A Huber	7	3	6
		K Habšudová  E Martincová	3	6	6				K Habšudová  E Martincová	5	6	1
		Å Carlsson  J Husárová	6	1	1										11	A Coetzer  A Huber	2	2
		A Ellwood  N Pratt	6	2	6										6	C Martínez  P Tarabini	6	6
		O Lugina  E Wagner	2	6	4				A Ellwood  N Pratt	4	6
								6	C Martínez  P Tarabini	6	7

Bottom half

Section 3

	First round							Second round							Third round							Quarterfinals
								5	K Adams  M Bollegraf	7	1	6
		P Schnyder  B Schultz-McCarthy	3	6	6				P Schnyder  B Schultz-McCarthy	5	6	7
		E deLone  L Pleming	6	2	0											P Schnyder  B Schultz-McCarthy	3	4
		E Callens  P Hy-Boulais	6	6											14	C Barclay  K-A Guse	6	6
		S Williams  V Williams	4	4					E Callens  P Hy-Boulais	5	7	6
								14	C Barclay  K-A Guse	7	6	7
																						14	C Barclay  K-A Guse	6	2	2
																							J Halard-Decugis  R McQuillan	3	6	6
								15	C Rubin  I Spîrlea	6	6
		S Krivencheva  E Tatarkova	3	7	3				T Tanasugarn  Y Yoshida	4	3
		T Tanasugarn  Y Yoshida	6	6	6										15	C Rubin  I Spîrlea	2	6	0
		J Halard-Decugis  R McQuillan	6	7												J Halard-Decugis  R McQuillan	6	1	6
	WC	L McNeil  M Washington	4	6					J Halard-Decugis  R McQuillan	7	6
								4	Y Basuki  C Vis	5	2

Section 4

	First round							Second round							Third round							Quarterfinals
								7	A Kournikova  L Neiland	7	6	6
		K Kunce  C Morariu	6	6					K Kunce  C Morariu	6	7	1
		M Grzybowska  S-T Wang	2	2											7	A Kournikova  L Neiland	6	2	6
		S Farina  B Schett	7	6											10	N Kijimuta  N Miyagi	4	6	0
		A Dechaume-Balleret  S Testud	5	3					S Farina  B Schett	3	2
								10	N Kijimuta  N Miyagi	6	6
																						7	A Kournikova  L Neiland	2	6	3
																						2	A Sánchez Vicario  N Zvereva	6	4	6
								12	S Appelmans  M Oremans	6	2	0
	Q	A Miller  B Rippner	4	2					C Singer  H Vildová	0	6	6
		C Singer  H Vildová	6	6												C Singer  H Vildová	0	1
		L Golarsa  D Van Roost	6	6	6										2	A Sánchez Vicario  N Zvereva	6	6
		N de Villiers  L Horn	7	2	4				L Golarsa  D Van Roost	1	2
								2	A Sánchez Vicario  N Zvereva	6	6

External links

• 1998 Lipton Championships Women's Doubles Draw