Lisa Raymond and Rennae Stubbs were the defending champions but lost in the semifinals to Monica Seles and Natasha Zvereva.
| Doubles | |
|---|---|
| 1998 Advanta Championships of Philadelphia | |
| 1997 Champions |  Lisa Raymond  Rennae Stubbs |
| Champions |  Elena Likhovtseva  Ai Sugiyama |
| Runners-up | Monica Seles  Natasha Zvereva |
| Score | 7–5, 4–6, 6–2 |
Elena Likhovtseva and Ai Sugiyama won in the final 7–5, 4–6, 6–2 against Seles and Zvereva.
Seeds edit
Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.
Martina Hingis / 
Jana Novotná (semifinals)
Alexandra Fusai / Nathalie Tauziat (first round)
Lisa Raymond / 
Rennae Stubbs (semifinals)
Yayuk Basuki / 
Caroline Vis (first round)
Draw edit
Key edit
- Q = Qualifier
- WC = Wild card
- LL = Lucky loser
- Alt = Alternate
- SE = Special exempt
- PR = Protected ranking
- ITF = ITF entry
- JE = Junior exempt
- w/o = Walkover
- r = Retired
- d = Defaulted
- SR = Special ranking
| First round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 |  M Hingis J Novotná
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| E deLone N Pratt
| 0 | 1 | 1 | M Hingis J Novotná
| 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
 S Farina I Majoli
| 6 | 6 | 7 | S Farina I Majoli
| 4 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
M J Fernández A Sánchez-Vicario
| 7 | 4 | 5 | 1 | M Hingis J Novotná
| 6 | 4 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 4 |  Y Basuki C Vis
| 6 | 6 | 6 | E Likhovtseva A Sugiyama
| 4 | 6 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||
| WC | S Cacic S Jeyaseelan
| 7 | 3 | 7 | WC | S Cacic S Jeyaseelan
| 5 | 6 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| E Likhovtseva A Sugiyama
| 3 | 6 | 6 | E Likhovtseva A Sugiyama
| 7 | 4 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Q | S Reeves B Rippner
| 6 | 1 | 3 | Elena Likhovtseva Ai Sugiyama
| 7 | 4 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||
 I Spîrlea P Tarabini
| 6 | 4 | 2 | Monica Seles Natasha Zvereva
| 5 | 6 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| L McNeil K Po
| 1 | 6 | 6 | L McNeil K Po
| 2 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
 E Callens C Cristea
| 3 | 2 | 3 | L Raymond R Stubbs
| 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | L Raymond R Stubbs
| 6 | 6 | 3 | L Raymond R Stubbs
| 3 | 7 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||
| M Drake L Lee
| 0 | 5 | M Seles N Zvereva
| 6 | 6 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| L Davenport C Morariu
| 6 | 7 | L Davenport C Morariu
| 6 | 5 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| M Seles N Zvereva
| 6 | 4 | 6 | M Seles N Zvereva
| 3 | 7 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 |  A Fusai N Tauziat
| 4 | 6 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||