1998 Direct Line International Championships – Doubles
| Doubles | |
|---|---|
| 1998 Direct Line International Championships | |
| Champions | Mariaan de Swardt Jana Novotná |
| Runners-up | Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Natasha Zvereva |
| Score | 6–1, 6–3 |
| Draw | 16 |
| Seeds | 4 |
There was no previous year champions since the tournament was stopped due to heavy rain.
Mariaan de Swardt and Jana Novotná won in the final 6–1, 6–3 against Arantxa Sánchez Vicario and Natasha Zvereva.
Seeds
Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.
- Arantxa Sánchez Vicario / Natasha Zvereva (final)
- Alexandra Fusai / Nathalie Tauziat (quarterfinals)
- Yayuk Basuki / Caroline Vis (semifinals)
- Anna Kournikova / Larisa Neiland (quarterfinals)
Draw
Key
- Q = Qualifier
- WC = Wild card
- LL = Lucky loser
- Alt = Alternate
- ITF = ITF entry
- PR = Protected ranking
- SR = Special ranking
- SE = Special exempt
- JE = Junior exempt
- JR = Junior Accelerator Programme entrant
- CO = College Accelerator Programme entrant
- NG = Next Gen Accelerator Program entrant
- w/o = Walkover
- r = Retired
- d = Defaulted
| First round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | A Sánchez Vicario N Zvereva | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| WC | J Pullin L Woodroffe | 1 | 2 | 1 | A Sánchez Vicario N Zvereva | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| E Likhovtseva A Sugiyama | 3 | 1 | N de Villiers L McShea | 4 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| N de Villiers L McShea | 6 | 6 | 1 | A Sánchez Vicario N Zvereva | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Y Basuki C Vis | 6 | 6 | 3 | Y Basuki C Vis | 4 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Q | T Musgrave K Schlukebir | 4 | 1 | 3 | Y Basuki C Vis | 6 | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||
| K-A Guse R McQuillan | 6 | 6 | K-A Guse R McQuillan | 2 | 7 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| M Paz P Tarabini | 3 | 3 | 1 | Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Natasha Zvereva | 1 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| R Grande G Helgeson-Nielsen | 6 | 4 | 2 | Mariaan de Swardt Jana Novotná | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| K Adams M Bollegraf | 4 | 6 | 6 | K Adams M Bollegraf | w/o | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| I Gorrochategui I Spîrlea | 4 | 4 | 4 | A Kournikova L Neiland | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | A Kournikova L Neiland | 6 | 6 | K Adams M Bollegraf | 0 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| M de Swardt J Novotná | 7 | 6 | M de Swardt J Novotná | 6 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| J Lee N Pratt | 6 | 0 | M de Swardt J Novotná | 6 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| N Miyagi L Pleming | 3 | 3 | 2 | A Fusai N Tauziat | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | A Fusai N Tauziat | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||