1998 Sydney International – Women's doubles
| Women's doubles | |
|---|---|
| 1998 Sydney International | |
| 1997 Champions | Gigi Fernández Arantxa Sánchez Vicario |
| Champions | Martina Hingis Helena Suková |
| Runners-up | Katrina Adams Meredith McGrath |
| Score | 6–1, 6–2 |
Gigi Fernández and Arantxa Sánchez Vicario were the defending champions but only Sánchez Vicario competed that year with Manon Bollegraf.
Bollegraf and Sánchez Vicario lost in the quarterfinals to Lisa Raymond and Rennae Stubbs.
Martina Hingis and Helena Suková won in the final 6–1, 6–2 against Katrina Adams and Meredith McGrath.
Seeds
Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.
- Lindsay Davenport / Natasha Zvereva (semifinals)
- Manon Bollegraf / Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (quarterfinals)
- Martina Hingis / Helena Suková (champions)
- Yayuk Basuki / Caroline Vis (first round)
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 | L Davenport N Zvereva | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| K-A Guse R McQuillan | 3 | 1 | 1 | L Davenport N Zvereva | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| C Martínez P Tarabini | 4 | 2 | A Coetzer A Huber | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| A Coetzer A Huber | 6 | 6 | 1 | L Davenport N Zvereva | 6 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | M Hingis H Suková | 6 | 6 | 3 | M Hingis H Suková | 4 | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||
| K Boogert N Miyagi | 3 | 3 | 3 | M Hingis H Suková | 6 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| R Hiraki M Paz | 5 | 2 | I Gorrochategui I Spîrlea | 3 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| I Gorrochategui I Spîrlea | 7 | 6 | 3 | Martina Hingis Helena Suková | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| K Adams M McGrath | 6 | 6 | Katrina Adams Meredith McGrath | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| WC | T Musgrave L Pleming | 4 | 4 | K Adams M McGrath | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| A Kournikova L Savchenko | 6 | 6 | A Kournikova L Savchenko | 0 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Y Basuki C Vis | 4 | 1 | K Adams M McGrath | 6 | 4 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Q | E deLone L Horn | 3 | 5 | L Raymond R Stubbs | 4 | 6 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| L Raymond R Stubbs | 6 | 7 | L Raymond R Stubbs | 6 | 2 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| S Appelmans M Oremans | 4 | 6 | 2 | M Bollegraf A Sánchez Vicario | 0 | 6 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | M Bollegraf A Sánchez Vicario | 6 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||