1998 WTA German Open – Doubles

Doubles
1998 WTA German Open
1997 Champions United States Lindsay Davenport
Czech Republic Jana Novotná
Champions United States Lindsay Davenport
Belarus Natasha Zvereva
Runners-up France Alexandra Fusai
France Nathalie Tauziat
Final score 6–3, 6–0

Lindsay Davenport and Jana Novotná were the defending champions but they competed with different partners that year, Davenport with Natasha Zvereva and Novotná with Chanda Rubin.

Novotná and Rubin lost in the quarterfinals to Lisa Raymond and Rennae Stubbs.

Davenport and Zvereva won in the final 6–3, 6–0 against Alexandra Fusai and Nathalie Tauziat.

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.

Draw

Key

Final

Final
     
1 United States Lindsay Davenport
Belarus Natasha Zvereva
6 6  
2 France Alexandra Fusai
France Nathalie Tauziat
3 0  

Top Half

First Round Second Round Quarterfinals Semifinals
1 United States L Davenport
Belarus N Zvereva
6 6  
  Slovakia K Habšudová
Ukraine O Lugina
7 7     Slovakia K Habšudová
Ukraine O Lugina
1 3  
  Chinese Taipei J Lee
Argentina M Paz
6 5   1 United States L Davenport
Belarus N Zvereva
6 6  
  Romania C Cristea
Australia L Pleming
3 2   8 Russia E Likhovtseva
Japan A Sugiyama
4 3  
  Australia C Barclay
Australia K-A Guse
6 6     Australia C Barclay
Australia K-A Guse
1 2  
  Argentina F Labat
Belgium D Van Roost
6 5 3 8 Russia E Likhovtseva
Japan A Sugiyama
6 6  
8 Russia E Likhovtseva
Japan A Sugiyama
3 7 6 1 United States L Davenport
Belarus N Zvereva
6 6 6
6 United States L Raymond
Australia R Stubbs
3 7 4
LL France A-G Sidot
Thailand T Tanasugarn
4 3  
  Czech Republic J Novotná
United States C Rubin
3 7 6   Czech Republic J Novotná
United States C Rubin
6 6  
  Austria B Schett
Switzerland P Schnyder
6 5 4   Czech Republic J Novotná
United States C Rubin
     
WC Germany S Schmidle
Germany M Weingärtner
6 6 6 6 United States L Raymond
Australia R Stubbs
w/o    
  Bulgaria S Krivencheva
Japan Y Yoshida
4 7 4 WC Germany S Schmidle
Germany M Weingärtner
1 4  
WC Germany A Glass
Germany J Wöhr
1 0   6 United States L Raymond
Australia R Stubbs
6 6  
6 United States L Raymond
Australia R Stubbs
6 6  

Bottom Half

First Round Second Round Quarterfinals Semifinals
5 Russia A Kournikova
Latvia L Neiland
4 6 6
  Italy S Farina
Argentina L Montalvo
6 2 1 5 Russia A Kournikova
Latvia L Neiland
4 7 7
  United States D Graham
United States K Po
1 1     South Africa A Coetzer
Spain A Sánchez-Vicario
6 6 6
  South Africa A Coetzer
Spain A Sánchez-Vicario
6 6   5 Russia A Kournikova
Latvia L Neiland
6 6 6
  Japan N Kijimuta
Japan N Miyagi
6 6   3 Indonesia Y Basuki
Netherlands C Vis
2 7 4
  Romania R Dragomir
Croatia I Majoli
3 1     Japan N Kijimuta
Japan N Miyagi
6 3 4
3 Indonesia Y Basuki
Netherlands C Vis
2 6 6
5 Russia A Kournikova
Latvia L Neiland
1 4  
7 Spain C Martínez
Argentina P Tarabini
6 6   2 France A Fusai
France N Tauziat
6 6  
  Belgium S Appelmans
Netherlands M Oremans
4 1   7 Spain C Martínez
Argentina P Tarabini
6 4 6
  France J Halard-Decugis
France S Testud
6 6     France J Halard-Decugis
France S Testud
4 6 1
  Italy R Grande
Romania I Spîrlea
4 1   7 Spain C Martínez
Argentina P Tarabini
6 4 5
Q France A Mauresmo
United States S Reeves
5 6 3 2 France A Fusai
France N Tauziat
4 6 7
  Australia R McQuillan
United States C Morariu
7 4 2/r Q France A Mauresmo
United States S Reeves
0 r  
2 France A Fusai
France N Tauziat
5    
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.