1998 Lipton Championships – Women's doubles

Women's doubles

1998 Lipton Championships

1997 Champions

Arantxa Sánchez Vicario

Natasha Zvereva

Final

Champions

Martina Hingis

Jana Novotná

Runners-up

Arantxa Sánchez Vicario

Natasha Zvereva

Score

6–2, 3–6, 6–3

Events

Singles	men	women
Doubles	men	women

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1998 tennis event results

Arantxa Sánchez Vicario and Natasha Zvereva were the defending champions but lost in the final 6–2, 3–6, 6–3 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. All sixteen seeded teams received byes into the second round.

Martina Hingis / Jana Novotná (champions)
Arantxa Sánchez Vicario / Natasha Zvereva (final)
Alexandra Fusai / Nathalie Tauziat (quarterfinals)
Yayuk Basuki / Caroline Vis (second round)
Katrina Adams / Manon Bollegraf (second round)
Conchita Martínez / Patricia Tarabini (semifinals)
Anna Kournikova / Larisa Neiland (quarterfinals)
Mirjana Lučić / Helena Suková (third round)
Elena Likhovtseva / Ai Sugiyama (quarterfinals)
Naoko Kijimuta / Nana Miyagi (third round)
Amanda Coetzer / Anke Huber (third round)
Sabine Appelmans / Miriam Oremans (second round)
n/a
Catherine Barclay / Kerry-Anne Guse (quarterfinals)
Chanda Rubin / Irina Spîrlea (third round)
Rika Hiraki / Mercedes Paz (third round)
Mariaan de Swardt / Debbie Graham (third round)

Draw

Key

Finals

Semifinals				Final

1	Martina Hingis Jana Novotná	6	6

6	Conchita Martínez Patricia Tarabini	3	1
				1	Martina Hingis Jana Novotná	6	3	6

				2	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Natasha Zvereva	2	6	3
	Julie Halard-Decugis Rachel McQuillan	4	2

2	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Natasha Zvereva	6	6

Top half

Section 1

First round					Second round					Third round					Quarterfinals

					1	M Hingis J Novotná	6	6
	M Babel W Probst	1	2			V Ruano Pascual P Suárez	2	2
	V Ruano Pascual P Suárez	6	6							1	M Hingis J Novotná	7	6
	S Jeyaseelan R Simpson	2	7	6						16	R Hiraki M Paz	5	3
	K Boogert R Grande	6	6	1		S Jeyaseelan R Simpson	5	6
					16	R Hiraki M Paz	7	7
															1	M Hingis J Novotná	6	6
															9	E Likhovtseva A Sugiyama	4	3
					9	E Likhovtseva A Sugiyama	6	6
	F Labat S-H Park	6	6	7		F Labat S-H Park	2	3
	G Helgeson-Nielsen J Lee	7	3	6						9	E Likhovtseva A Sugiyama	6	3	7
	R Bobková S Noorlander	4	3							8	M Lučić H Suková	4	6	5
	E-H Kim M Saeki	6	6			E-H Kim M Saeki	6	5	1
					8	M Lučić H Suková	1	7	6

Section 2

First round					Second round					Third round				Quarterfinals

					3	A Fusai N Tauziat	6	6
WC	S Reeves K Schlukebir	6	6		WC	S Reeves K Schlukebir	4	4
	J Pullin L Woodroffe	1	3							3	A Fusai N Tauziat	6	6
Q	C Dhenin E Kulikovskaya	3	7	6						17	M de Swardt D Graham	4	2
	C Cristea L Montalvo	6	5	3	Q	C Dhenin E Kulikovskaya	1	5
					17	M de Swardt D Graham	6	7
														3	A Fusai N Tauziat	2	6	6
														6	C Martínez P Tarabini	6	3	7
					11	A Coetzer A Huber	7	3	6
	K Habšudová E Martincová	3	6	6		K Habšudová E Martincová	5	6	1
	Å Carlsson J Husárová	6	1	1						11	A Coetzer A Huber	2	2
	A Ellwood N Pratt	6	2	6						6	C Martínez P Tarabini	6	6
	O Lugina E Wagner	2	6	4		A Ellwood N Pratt	4	6
					6	C Martínez P Tarabini	6	7

Bottom half

Section 3

First round					Second round					Third round					Quarterfinals

					5	K Adams M Bollegraf	7	1	6
	P Schnyder B Schultz-McCarthy	3	6	6		P Schnyder B Schultz-McCarthy	5	6	7
	E deLone L Pleming	6	2	0							P Schnyder B Schultz-McCarthy	3	4
	E Callens P Hy-Boulais	6	6							14	C Barclay K-A Guse	6	6
	S Williams V Williams	4	4			E Callens P Hy-Boulais	5	7	6
					14	C Barclay K-A Guse	7	6	7
															14	C Barclay K-A Guse	6	2	2
																J Halard-Decugis R McQuillan	3	6	6
					15	C Rubin I Spîrlea	6	6
	S Krivencheva E Tatarkova	3	7	3		T Tanasugarn Y Yoshida	4	3
	T Tanasugarn Y Yoshida	6	6	6						15	C Rubin I Spîrlea	2	6	0
	J Halard-Decugis R McQuillan	6	7								J Halard-Decugis R McQuillan	6	1	6
WC	L McNeil M Washington	4	6			J Halard-Decugis R McQuillan	7	6
					4	Y Basuki C Vis	5	2

Section 4

First round					Second round					Third round					Quarterfinals

					7	A Kournikova L Neiland	7	6	6
	K Kunce C Morariu	6	6			K Kunce C Morariu	6	7	1
	M Grzybowska S-T Wang	2	2							7	A Kournikova L Neiland	6	2	6
	S Farina B Schett	7	6							10	N Kijimuta N Miyagi	4	6	0
	A Dechaume-Balleret S Testud	5	3			S Farina B Schett	3	2
					10	N Kijimuta N Miyagi	6	6
															7	A Kournikova L Neiland	2	6	3
															2	A Sánchez Vicario N Zvereva	6	4	6
					12	S Appelmans M Oremans	6	2	0
Q	A Miller B Rippner	4	2			C Singer H Vildová	0	6	6
	C Singer H Vildová	6	6								C Singer H Vildová	0	1
	L Golarsa D Van Roost	6	6	6						2	A Sánchez Vicario N Zvereva	6	6
	N de Villiers L Horn	7	2	4		L Golarsa D Van Roost	1	2
					2	A Sánchez Vicario N Zvereva	6	6