1998 Lipton Championships – Women's Doubles

Women's Doubles
1998 Lipton Championships
1997 Champions	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Natasha Zvereva
Champions	Martina Hingis Jana Novotná
Runners-up	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Natasha Zvereva
Final score	6–2, 3–6, 6–3

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.

Draw

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

External links

• 1998 Lipton Championships Women's Doubles Draw