1998 Italian Open – Women's doubles

Nicole Arendt and Manon Bollegraf were the defending champions but only Bollegraf competed that year with Katrina Adams.

Women's doubles
1998 Italian Open
1997 Champions	Nicole Arendt Manon Bollegraf
Champions	Virginia Ruano Pascual Paola Suárez
Runners-up	Amanda Coetzer Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
Score	7–6, 6–4

Adams and Bollegraf lost in the quarterfinals to Serena Williams and Venus Williams.

Virginia Ruano Pascual and Paola Suárez won in the final 7–6, 6–4 against Amanda Coetzer and Arantxa Sánchez Vicario.

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.

1. Yayuk Basuki / Caroline Vis (quarterfinals)
2. Katrina Adams / Manon Bollegraf (quarterfinals)
3. Anna Kournikova / Larisa Neiland (second round)
4. Lisa Raymond / Rennae Stubbs (quarterfinals)
5. Conchita Martínez / Patricia Tarabini (quarterfinals)
6. Amanda Coetzer / Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (final)
7. Elena Likhovtseva / Ai Sugiyama (second round)
8. Naoko Kijimuta / Nana Miyagi (first round)

Draw

Key

• 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

Final

	Final
	6	Amanda Coetzer  Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	6	4
		Virginia Ruano Pascual  Paola Suárez	7	6

Top half

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
								1	Y Basuki  C Vis	7	6
	Q	A Miller  T Snyder	0	2					B Schett  P Schnyder	5	4
		B Schett  P Schnyder	6	6											1	Y Basuki  C Vis	3	3
		F Labat  D Van Roost	6	6												F Labat  D Van Roost	6	6
		A Dechaume-Balleret  N Tauziat	1	4					F Labat  D Van Roost	6	4	6
		R Dragomir  I Majoli	6	1	1			7	E Likhovtseva  A Sugiyama	1	6	1
	7	E Likhovtseva  A Sugiyama	3	6	6																		F Labat  D Van Roost	2	7	2
																						6	A Coetzer  A Sánchez Vicario	6	5	6
								4	L Raymond  R Stubbs	6	6
	WC	A Canepa  T Garbin	3	7	6			WC	A Canepa  T Garbin	2	3
		M Seles  H Suková	6	5	2										4	L Raymond  R Stubbs	4	4
		J Lee  C Morariu	6	6											6	A Coetzer  A Sánchez Vicario	6	6
		R Grande  I Spîrlea	1	2					J Lee  C Morariu	4	2
		J Halard-Decugis  S Testud	6	4	3			6	A Coetzer  A Sánchez Vicario	6	6
	6	A Coetzer  A Sánchez Vicario	3	6	6

Bottom half

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
	5	C Martínez  P Tarabini	6	6
		L Golarsa  M Paz	3	4				5	C Martínez  P Tarabini	6	6
		S Farina  L Montalvo	6	7					S Farina  L Montalvo	3	2
		O Barabanschikova  K Habšudová	2	5											5	C Martínez  P Tarabini	4	6	4
	WC	F Lubiani  F Perfetti	3	2												V Ruano Pascual  P Suárez	6	3	6
		V Ruano Pascual  P Suárez	6	6					V Ruano Pascual  P Suárez	6	6
								3	A Kournikova  L Neiland	2	4
																							V Ruano Pascual  P Suárez	2	6	7
	8	N Kijimuta  N Miyagi	4	4																			S Williams  V Williams	6	4	5
		S Williams  V Williams	6	6					S Williams  V Williams	7	6
		S Cacic  M Pierce	5	7	1				V Csurgo  Y Yoshida	5	2
		V Csurgo  Y Yoshida	7	5	6											S Williams  V Williams	6	6
		S Appelmans  M Oremans	2	6	6										2	K Adams  M Bollegraf	2	1
		S Noorlander  L Pleming	6	4	1				S Appelmans  M Oremans	7	2	2
								2	K Adams  M Bollegraf	5	6	6

External links

• 1998 Italian Open Women's Doubles Draw