1998 Budapest Lotto Open – Doubles

1998 Budapest Lotto Open
Champions   Spain Virginia Ruano Pascual
Argentina Paola Suárez
Runners-up   Romania Cătălina Cristea
Argentina Laura Montalvo
Final score   4–6, 6–1, 6–1
Events
Singles   Doubles

Amanda Coetzer and Alexandra Fusai were the defending champions but did not compete that year.

Virginia Ruano Pascual and Paola Suárez won in the final 4–6, 6–1, 6–1 against Cătălina Cristea and Laura Montalvo.

Seeds

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

  1. Spain Virginia Ruano Pascual / Argentina Paola Suárez (Champions)
  2. Romania Cătălina Cristea / Argentina Laura Montalvo (Final)
  3. Bulgaria Svetlana Krivencheva / Czech Republic Eva Melicharová (Quarterfinals)
  4. Italy Laura Golarsa / South Africa Liezel Horn (Semifinals)

Draw

Key

First RoundQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
1 Spain V Ruano Pascual
Argentina P Suárez
6 6  
  Spain E Bes
Hungary K Marosi
0 1   1 Spain V Ruano Pascual
Argentina P Suárez
6 6  
  Federal Republic of Yugoslavia S Naćuk
Austria P Wartusch
6 1 6   Federal Republic of Yugoslavia S Naćuk
Austria P Wartusch
1 0  
  France J Halard-Decugis
Slovakia J Husárová
3 6 4 1 Spain V Ruano Pascual
Argentina P Suárez
6 6  
4 Italy L Golarsa
South Africa L Horn
6 4 6 4 Italy L Golarsa
South Africa L Horn
3 3  
  Hungary P Gáspár
France A-G Sidot
4 6 3 4 Italy L Golarsa
South Africa L Horn
6 6  
WC Hungary Z Gubacsi
Hungary R Kuti-Kis
6 6   WC Hungary Z Gubacsi
Hungary R Kuti-Kis
4 2  
Q Hungary E Doman
Hungary A Piski
4 3   1 Spain Virginia Ruano Pascual
Argentina Paola Suárez
4 6 6
  France A Dechaume-Balleret
Germany B Rittner
      2 Romania Cătălina Cristea
Argentina Laura Montalvo
6 1 1
  France N Dechy
France L Ghirardi
w/o       France N Dechy
France L Ghirardi
6 6  
  Russia E Kulikovskaya
Slovakia K Studeníková
2 1   3 Bulgaria S Krivencheva
Czech Republic E Melicharová
4 2  
3 Bulgaria S Krivencheva
Czech Republic E Melicharová
6 6     France N Dechy
France L Ghirardi
2 6 1
  Italy S Cecchini
Germany W Probst
4 1   2 Romania C Cristea
Argentina L Montalvo
6 2 6
  Italy S Farina
France S Testud
6 6     Italy S Farina
France S Testud
3 3  
  Hungary V Csurgó
Slovenia T Križan
3 5   2 Romania C Cristea
Argentina L Montalvo
6 6  
2 Romania C Cristea
Argentina L Montalvo
6 7  

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