Larisa Neiland and Helena Suková were the defending champions but only Neiland competed that year with Elena Tatarkova.
Doubles | |
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1998 SEAT Open | |
Champions | Elena Likhovtseva Ai Sugiyama |
Runners-up | Larisa Neiland Elena Tatarkova |
Score | 6–7(3–7), 6–3, 2–0 (Neiland and Tatarkova retired) |
Neiland and Tatarkova lost the final 6–7(3–7), 6–3, 2–0 after they were forced to retire against Elena Likhovtseva and Ai Sugiyama.
Seeds
editChampion 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
editKey
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 | 63 | 6 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||
E Kulikovskaya S Pitkowski | 2 | 1 | 2 | Larisa Neiland Elena Tatarkova | 77 | 3 | 0r | ||||||||||||||||||||
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 | 62 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
A Coetzer A Huber | 7 | 6 | 6 | 2 | L Neiland E Tatarkova | 77 | 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 |