1998 Thalgo Australian Women's Hardcourts – Doubles

Doubles
1998 Thalgo Australian Women's Hardcourts
1997 Champions	Naoko Kijimuta Nana Miyagi
Final
Champions	Elena Likhovtseva Ai Sugiyama
Runners-up	Sung-Hee Park Shi-Ting Wang
Score	1–6, 6–3, 6–4
Events
Singles Doubles
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Naoko Kijimuta and Nana Miyagi were the defending champions but did not compete that year.

Elena Likhovtseva and Ai Sugiyama won in the final 1–6, 6–3, 6–4 against Sung-Hee Park and Shi-Ting Wang.

Seeds

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

1. n/a
2. Elena Likhovtseva / Ai Sugiyama (champions)
3. Kerry-Anne Guse / Rachel McQuillan (first round)
4. Eva Melicharová / Helena Vildová (first round)

Draw

Key

	First round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final
	LL	M Maleeva S Pitkowski	2	2
		A Olsza E Tatarkova	6	6					A Olsza E Tatarkova	3	2
		S-H Park S-T Wang	7	4	6				S-H Park S-T Wang	6	6
		K Kunce C Morariu	6	6	4											S-H Park S-T Wang	6	6
	4	E Melicharová H Vildová	2	0												S Krivencheva L Pleming	3	3
		O Barabanschikova R Grande	6	6					O Barabanschikova R Grande	6	6
		C Barclay L McShea	4	6	2				S Krivencheva L Pleming	7	7
		S Krivencheva L Pleming	6	0	6																		Sung-Hee Park Shi-Ting Wang	6	3	4
		L Horn P Suárez	6	1	6																	2	Elena Likhovtseva Ai Sugiyama	1	6	6
		L Courtois W Probst	1	6	3				L Horn P Suárez	4	5
		J Lee L Lee	6	4	6				J Lee L Lee	6	7
	3	K-A Guse R McQuillan	1	6	3											J Lee L Lee	6	3	4
		M McGrath P Schnyder	6	6											2	E Likhovtseva A Sugiyama	3	6	6
	Q	M Díaz Oliva S Plischke	4	4					M McGrath P Schnyder	3	5
	WC	G Biggs A Jensen	2	2				2	E Likhovtseva A Sugiyama	6	7
	2	E Likhovtseva A Sugiyama	6	6

External links

• 1998 Thalgo Australian Women's Hardcourts Doubles draw