1998 du Maurier Open – Women's Doubles

Women's Doubles
1998 du Maurier Open
1997 Champions	Yayuk Basuki Caroline Vis
Champions	Martina Hingis Jana Novotná
Runners-up	Yayuk Basuki Caroline Vis
Final score	6–3, 6–4

The 1998 du Maurier Open – Women's Doubles was the women's doubles event of the one hundred and ninth edition of the Canadian Open; a WTA Tier I tournament and the most prestigious women's tennis tournament held in Canada. Yayuk Basuki and Caroline Vis were the defending champions but lost in the final 6–3, 6–4 against Martina Hingis and Jana Novotná.

Seeds

Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated. The top four seeded teams received byes into the second round.

1. Martina Hingis / Jana Novotná (Champions)
2. Alexandra Fusai / Nathalie Tauziat (Semifinals)
3. Lisa Raymond / Rennae Stubbs (Second Round)
4. Yayuk Basuki / Caroline Vis (Final)
5. Anna Kournikova / Larisa Neiland (First Round)
6. Conchita Martínez / Patricia Tarabini (Semifinals)
7. Elena Likhovtseva / Ai Sugiyama (Second Round)
8. Naoko Kijimuta / Nana Miyagi (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

Final

Final
1	Martina Hingis   Jana Novotná	6	6
4	Yayuk Basuki   Caroline Vis	3	4

Top Half

First Round							Second Round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
							1	M Hingis   J Novotná	6	6
	C Cristea   K-A Guse	3	6	4				A Frazier   A-G Sidot	2	3
	A Frazier   A-G Sidot	6	3	6										1	M Hingis   J Novotná	6	6
	J Halard-Decugis   R McQuillan	2	5											8	N Kijimuta   N Miyagi	2	3
WC	I Gorrochategui   S Graf	6	7				WC	I Gorrochategui   S Graf	4	5
	L McShea   N Pratt	3	6	4			8	N Kijimuta   N Miyagi	6	7
8	N Kijimuta   N Miyagi	6	4	6																	1	M Hingis   J Novotná	6	4	6
																					6	C Martínez   P Tarabini	1	6	4
							3	L Raymond   R Stubbs	3	6	3
	K Kunce   C Morariu	6	6					K Kunce   C Morariu	6	3	6
	M Murić   T Tanasugarn	1	3												K Kunce   C Morariu	6	5	2
	L McNeil   K Po	6	6											6	C Martínez   P Tarabini	1	7	6
WC	S Jeyaseelan   R Simpson	3	1					L McNeil   K Po	1	2
	F Labat   D Van Roost	5	5				6	C Martínez   P Tarabini	6	6
6	C Martínez   P Tarabini	7	7

Bottom Half

First Round							Second Round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
5	A Kournikova   L Neiland	6	3
	R Dragomir   I Majoli	7	6					R Dragomir   I Majoli	4	6
	B Schett   P Schnyder	2	2					S Farina   K Habšudová	6	7
	S Farina   K Habšudová	6	6												S Farina   K Habšudová	6	1	2
Q	S Cacic   M Drake	2	1											4	Y Basuki   C Vis	4	6	6
	M J Fernández   A Sánchez-Vicario	6	6					M J Fernández   A Sánchez-Vicario	3	3
							4	Y Basuki   C Vis	6	6
																					4	Y Basuki   C Vis	6	2
7	E Likhovtseva   A Sugiyama	6	6																		2	A Fusai   N Tauziat	2	1	r
	O Barabanschikova   E Tatarkova	4	2				7	E Likhovtseva   A Sugiyama	1	3
	R Grande   S Testud	6	6					R Grande   S Testud	6	6
	J Lee   S-T Wang	2	0												R Grande   S Testud	1	2
	B Rittner   V Ruano Pascual	6	1	3										2	A Fusai   N Tauziat	6	6
	A Coetzer   A Huber	4	6	6				A Coetzer   A Huber	5	6	3
							2	A Fusai   N Tauziat	7	4	6

External links

• 1998 du Maurier Open Women's Doubles Draw