1998 SEAT Open – Doubles
| Doubles | |
|---|---|
| 1998 SEAT Open | |
| Champions | Elena Likhovtseva Ai Sugiyama |
| Runners-up | Larisa Neiland Elena Tatarkova |
| Score | 6–7(3–7), 6–3, 2–0 (Neiland and Tatarkova retired) |
Larisa Neiland and Helena Suková were the defending champions but only Neiland competed that year with Elena Tatarkova.
Neiland and Tatarkova lost the final 6–7(3–7), 6–3, 2–0 after they were forced to retire against Elena Likhovtseva and Ai Sugiyama.
Seeds
Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.
- Alexandra Fusai / Nathalie Tauziat (first round)
- Larisa Neiland / Elena Tatarkova (final)
- Elena Likhovtseva / Ai Sugiyama (champions)
- Sabine Appelmans / Miriam Oremans (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 Fusai N Tauziat | 5 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| B Schett I Spîrlea | 7 | 6 | B Schett I Spîrlea | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| WC | S Kleinová A Kremer | 3 | 3 | C Singer H Vildová | 4 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| C Singer H Vildová | 6 | 6 | B Schett I Spîrlea | 7 | 5 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | E Likhovtseva A Sugiyama | 6 | 7 | 3 | E Likhovtseva A Sugiyama | 5 | 7 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||
| J Kruger V Ruano Pascual | 1 | 5 | 3 | E Likhovtseva A Sugiyama | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| E Melicharová C Schneider | 6 | 1 | 6 | E Melicharová C Schneider | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| M Grzybowska H Nagyová | 0 | 6 | 4 | 3 | Elena Likhovtseva Ai Sugiyama | 63 | 6 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||
| E Kulikovskaya S Pitkowski | 2 | 1 | 2 | Larisa Neiland Elena Tatarkova | 77 | 3 | 0r | ||||||||||||||||||||
| C Black I Selyutina | 6 | 6 | C Black I Selyutina | 3 | 6 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| K Kschwendt A-G Sidot | 7 | 2 | 3 | 4 | S Appelmans M Oremans | 6 | 3 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | S Appelmans M Oremans | 5 | 6 | 6 | C Black I Selyutina | 62 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| A Coetzer A Huber | 7 | 6 | 6 | 2 | L Neiland E Tatarkova | 77 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| R Dragomir I Majoli | 5 | 7 | 2 | A Coetzer A Huber | 4 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Q | S Plischke P Wartusch | 2 | 6 | 4 | 2 | L Neiland E Tatarkova | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | L Neiland E Tatarkova | 6 | 4 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||