1998 Open Gaz de France – Doubles

Martina Hingis and Jana Novotná were the defending champions but only Novotná competed that year with Manon Bollegraf.

Doubles
1998 Open Gaz de France
1997 Champions Martina Hingis
Jana Novotná
Champions Sabine Appelmans
Miriam Oremans
Runners-up Anna Kournikova
Larisa Savchenko
Final score1–6, 6–3, 7–6

Bollegraf and Novotná lost in the semifinals to Anna Kournikova and Larisa Savchenko.

Sabine Appelmans and Miriam Oremans won in the final 1–6, 6–3, 7–6 against Kournikova and Savchenko.

Seeds

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

  1. Manon Bollegraf / Jana Novotná (Semifinals)
  2. Alexandra Fusai / Nathalie Tauziat (Semifinals)
  3. Anna Kournikova / Larisa Savchenko (Final)
  4. Sabine Appelmans / Miriam Oremans (Champions)

Draw

Key
First Round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
1 M Bollegraf
J Novotná 		6 6  
  E Kulikovskaya
P Stoyanova 		0 1   1 M Bollegraf
J Novotná 		4 7 6
WC A Cocheteux
N Dechy 		4 1     R Grande
E Likhovtseva 		6 5 0
  R Grande
E Likhovtseva 		6 6   1 M Bollegraf
J Novotná 		3 2  
3 A Kournikova
L Savchenko 		6 6   3 A Kournikova
L Savchenko 		6 6  
  S Farina
B Schett 		2 1   3 A Kournikova
L Savchenko 		6 6  
  F Labat
E Melicharová 		1 2     K Habšudová
A-G Sidot 		2 3  
  K Habšudová
A-G Sidot 		6 6   3 Anna Kournikova
Larisa Savchenko 		6 3 6
  E Curutchet
S Georges 		3 4   4 Sabine Appelmans
Miriam Oremans 		1 6 7
  I Majoli
D Van Roost 		6 6     I Majoli
D Van Roost 		     
Q É Loit
A Mauresmo 		2 3   4 S Appelmans
M Oremans 		w/o    
4 S Appelmans
M Oremans 		6 6   4 S Appelmans
M Oremans 		6 6  
  C Dhenin
C Schneider 		7 6   2 A Fusai
N Tauziat 		3 3  
  L Ghirardi
S Pitkowski 		5 1     C Dhenin
C Schneider 		1 5  
  W Probst
C Singer 		3 4   2 A Fusai
N Tauziat 		6 7  
2 A Fusai
N Tauziat 		6 6  
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