1998 Open Gaz de France – Doubles

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

Doubles
1998 Open Gaz de France
1997 ChampionsSwitzerland Martina Hingis
Czech Republic Jana Novotná
Final
ChampionsBelgium Sabine Appelmans
Netherlands Miriam Oremans
Runners-upRussia Anna Kournikova
Latvia Larisa Savchenko
Score1–6, 6–3, 7–6(7–3)
Events
Singles Doubles
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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(7–3) against Kournikova and Savchenko.

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.   Manon Bollegraf /   Jana Novotná (semifinals)
  2.   Alexandra Fusai /   Nathalie Tauziat (semifinals)
  3.   Anna Kournikova /   Larisa Savchenko (final)
  4.   Sabine Appelmans /   Miriam Oremans (champions)

Draw

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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 63
    E Curutchet
  S Georges
3 4   4   Sabine Appelmans
  Miriam Oremans
1 6 77
    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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