1998 Volvo Women's Open – Doubles

Doubles
1998 Volvo Women's Open
1997 Champions	Kristine Kunce Corina Morariu
Champions	Els Callens Julie Halard-Decugis
Runners-up	Rika Hiraki Aleksandra Olsza
Final score	3–6, 6–2, 6–2

Kristine Kunce and Corina Morariu were the defending champions but only Kunce competed that year with Nicole Pratt.

Kunce and Pratt lost in the quarterfinals to Rika Hiraki and Aleksandra Olsza.

Els Callens and Julie Halard-Decugis won in the final 3–6, 6–2, 6–2 against Hiraki and Olsza.

Seeds

Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.

1. Els Callens / Julie Halard-Decugis (Champions)
2. Kristine Kunce / Nicole Pratt (Quarterfinals)
3. Miho Saeki / Yuka Yoshida (Semifinals)
4. Liezel Horn / Katie Schlukebir (Semifinals)

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	E Callens J Halard-Decugis	6	7
		D Ding F Li	4	6				1	E Callens J Halard-Decugis	6	6
		S Asagoe B Sangaram	5	7	7				S Asagoe B Sangaram	3	1
		O Barabanschikova L Pleming	7	6	5										1	E Callens J Halard-Decugis	6	6
	4	L Horn K Schlukebir	7	1	6										4	L Horn K Schlukebir	1	4
		L Courtois T Tanasugarn	5	6	2			4	L Horn K Schlukebir	6	6
		K Brandi T Singian	7	3	1			Q	L-L Chen T Li	4	3
	Q	L-L Chen T Li	5	6	6																	1	Els Callens Julie Halard-Decugis	3	6	6
		S Duangchan R Sandu	6	3																			Rika Hiraki Aleksandra Olsza	6	2	2
		L Li J-Q Yi	7	6					L Li J-Q Yi	7	2	4
		J Lee S-T Wang	3	3				3	M Saeki Y Yoshida	5	6	6
	3	M Saeki Y Yoshida	6	6											3	M Saeki Y Yoshida	0	6	4
		R Hiraki A Olsza	1	6	6											R Hiraki A Olsza	6	4	6
		M Tu M Weingärtner	6	4	4				R Hiraki A Olsza	7	6
		S Plischke C Singer	3	2				2	K Kunce N Pratt	5	2
	2	K Kunce N Pratt	6	6

External links

• 1998 Volvo Women's Open Doubles Draw