Larisa Neiland and Helena Suková were the defending champions but only Neiland competed that year with Elena Tatarkova.
| Doubles | |
|---|---|
| 1998 SEAT Open | |
| Champions |  Elena Likhovtseva  Ai Sugiyama |
| Runners-up |  Larisa Neiland  Elena Tatarkova |
| Score | 6–7, 6–3, 2–0 (Neiland and Tatarkova retired) |
Neiland and Tatarkova lost the final 6–7, 6–3, 2–0 after they were forced to retire against Elena Likhovtseva and Ai Sugiyama.
Seeds edit
Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.
Alexandra Fusai / Nathalie Tauziat (first round)
Larisa Neiland / 
Elena Tatarkova (final)
Elena Likhovtseva / 
Ai Sugiyama (champions)
Sabine Appelmans / 
Miriam Oremans (quarterfinals)
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 |  A Fusai N Tauziat
| 5 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 B Schett I Spîrlea
| 7 | 6 | B Schett I Spîrlea
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| WC |  S Kleinová A Kremer
| 3 | 3 |  C Singer H Vildová
| 4 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| C Singer H Vildová
| 6 | 6 | B Schett I Spîrlea
| 7 | 5 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | E Likhovtseva A Sugiyama
| 6 | 7 | 3 | E Likhovtseva A Sugiyama
| 5 | 7 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||
 J Kruger V Ruano Pascual
| 1 | 5 | 3 | E Likhovtseva A Sugiyama
| 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| E Melicharová C Schneider
| 6 | 1 | 6 | E Melicharová C Schneider
| 1 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
 M Grzybowska H Nagyová
| 0 | 6 | 4 | 3 | Elena Likhovtseva Ai Sugiyama
| 6 | 6 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||
| E Kulikovskaya S Pitkowski
| 2 | 1 | 2 | Larisa Neiland Elena Tatarkova
| 7 | 3 | 0/r | ||||||||||||||||||||
 C Black I Selyutina
| 6 | 6 | C Black I Selyutina
| 3 | 6 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| K Kschwendt A-G Sidot
| 7 | 2 | 3 | 4 |  S Appelmans M Oremans
| 6 | 3 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | S Appelmans M Oremans
| 5 | 6 | 6 | C Black I Selyutina
| 6 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| A Coetzer A Huber
| 7 | 6 | 6 | 2 | L Neiland E Tatarkova
| 7 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
R Dragomir I Majoli
| 5 | 7 | 2 | A Coetzer A Huber
| 4 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Q | S Plischke P Wartusch
| 2 | 6 | 4 | 2 | L Neiland E Tatarkova
| 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | L Neiland E Tatarkova
| 6 | 4 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||