1998 Piberstein Styrian Open – Doubles

1998 Piberstein Styrian Open
1997 Champions   Czech Republic Eva Melicharová
Czech Republic Helena Vildová
Champions   Argentina Laura Montalvo
Argentina Paola Suárez
Runners-up   Slovenia Tina Križan
Slovenia Katarina Srebotnik
Final score   61, 62
Events
Singles   Doubles

Eva Melicharová and Helena Vildová were the defending champions but did not compete that year.

Laura Montalvo and Paola Suárez won in the final 61, 62 against Tina Križan and Katarina Srebotnik.

Seeds

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

  1. Austria Barbara Schett / Switzerland Patty Schnyder (First Round)
  2. Belgium Sabine Appelmans / Netherlands Kristie Boogert (Semifinals)
  3. Argentina Laura Montalvo / Argentina Paola Suárez (Champions)
  4. Germany Meike Babel / Germany Elena Wagner (Quarterfinals)

Draw

Key

First RoundQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
1 Austria B Schett
Switzerland P Schnyder
4 6  
  Slovenia T Križan
Slovenia K Srebotnik
6 7     Slovenia T Križan
Slovenia K Srebotnik
6 6  
WC Austria S Plischke
Austria B Schwartz
        Italy S Cecchini
Austria M Maruska
1 2  
  Italy S Cecchini
Austria M Maruska
w/o       Slovenia T Križan
Slovenia K Srebotnik
6 6  
4 Germany M Babel
Germany E Wagner
6 6     France A Dechaume-Balleret
Germany B Rittner
4 2  
  Italy G Casoni
Romania R Sandu
3 3   4 Germany M Babel
Germany E Wagner
6 4  
  Germany S Klösel
Croatia M Murić
4 2     France A Dechaume-Balleret
Germany B Rittner
7 6  
  France A Dechaume-Balleret
Germany B Rittner
6 6     Slovenia Tina Križan
Slovenia Katarina Srebotnik
1 2  
  Austria K Kschwendt
Italy F Perfetti
4 1   3 Argentina Laura Montalvo
Argentina Paola Suárez
6 6  
  Japan S Obata
Thailand B Sangaram
6 6     Japan S Obata
Thailand B Sangaram
6 3 2
  Spain G León García
Spain C Torrens Valero
6 2 2 3 Argentina L Montalvo
Argentina P Suárez
4 6 6
3 Argentina L Montalvo
Argentina P Suárez
4 6 6 3 Argentina L Montalvo
Argentina P Suárez
6 6  
  Switzerland E Gagliardi
Italy A Serra Zanetti
6 2 6 2 Belgium S Appelmans
Netherlands K Boogert
4 4  
Q Argentina G Aizenberg
Czech Republic S Kleinová
4 6 4   Switzerland E Gagliardi
Italy A Serra Zanetti
2 5  
  France A Cocheteux
Paraguay L Schaerer
1 4   2 Belgium S Appelmans
Netherlands K Boogert
6 7  
2 Belgium S Appelmans
Netherlands K Boogert
6 6  

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