1998 IGA Tennis Classic – Doubles

Rika Hiraki and Nana Miyagi were the defending champions but they competed with different partners that year, Hiraki with Amy Frazier and Miyagi with Rachel McQuillan.

Doubles
1998 IGA Classic
1997 ChampionsJapan Rika Hiraki
Japan Nana Miyagi
Final
ChampionsUnited States Serena Williams
United States Venus Williams
Runners-upRomania Cătălina Cristea
Australia Kristine Kunce
Score7–5, 6–2
Details
Draw16
Seeds4
Events
Singles Doubles
← 1997 · IGA Classic · 1999 →

Frazier and Hiraki lost in the first round to Laura Golarsa and Liezel Horn.

McQuillan and Miyagi lost in the quarterfinals to Kristie Boogert and Julie Halard-Decugis.

Serena Williams and Venus Williams won in the final 7–5, 6–2 against Cătălina Cristea and Kristine Kunce.

Seeds

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

  1.   Katrina Adams /   Debbie Graham (quarterfinals)
  2.   Rachel McQuillan /   Nana Miyagi (quarterfinals)
  3.   Amy Frazier /   Rika Hiraki (first round)
  4.   Catherine Barclay /   Kerry-Anne Guse (first round)

Draw

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First round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
1   K Adams
  D Graham
6 6  
    M Saeki
  A Wunderlich
2 2   1   K Adams
  D Graham
4 3 r
Q   S de Beer
  L Lee
4 5       S Williams
  V Williams
6 4  
    S Williams
  V Williams
6 7       S Williams
  V Williams
6 6  
3   A Frazier
  R Hiraki
4 4       L Golarsa
  L Horn
2 2  
    L Golarsa
  L Horn
6 6       L Golarsa
  L Horn
6 7  
    E Martincová
  A Olsza
6 4       N de Villiers
  G Helgeson-Nielsen
3 5  
    N de Villiers
  G Helgeson-Nielsen
7 6       Serena Williams
  Venus Williams
7 6  
    A Dechaume-Balleret
  S Testud
3 4       Cătălina Cristea
  Kristine Kunce
5 2  
    E deLone
  N Pratt
6 6       E deLone
  N Pratt
2 3  
    C Cristea
  K Kunce
7 6       C Cristea
  K Kunce
6 6  
4   C Barclay
  K-A Guse
5 1       C Cristea
  K Kunce
6 6  
    K Boogert
  J Halard-Decugis
6 7       K Boogert
  J Halard-Decugis
1 3  
    M de Swardt
  M McGrath
4 5       K Boogert
  J Halard-Decugis
6 6  
WC   L Davenport
  J Steven
3 2   2   R McQuillan
  N Miyagi
4 1  
2   R McQuillan
  N Miyagi
6 6  
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