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
Final score	6–1, 6–3

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.

1. Arantxa Sánchez Vicario / Natasha Zvereva (Final)
2. Alexandra Fusai / Nathalie Tauziat (Quarterfinals)
3. Yayuk Basuki / Caroline Vis (Semifinals)
4. Anna Kournikova / Larisa Neiland (Quarterfinals)

Draw

Key

• Q = Qualifier
• WC = Wild Card
• LL = Lucky Loser
• Alt = Alternate
• SE = Special Exempt
• PR = Protected Ranking
• 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

External links

• 1998 Direct Line International Championships Doubles Draw