1998 WTA German Open – Doubles

1998 WTA German Open
1997 Champions		Lindsay Davenport Jana Novotná
Champions		Lindsay Davenport Natasha Zvereva
Runners-up		Alexandra Fusai Nathalie Tauziat
Final score		6–3, 6–0
Events
Singles		Doubles

Lindsay Davenport and Jana Novotná were the defending champions but they competed with different partners that year, Davenport with Natasha Zvereva and Novotná with Chanda Rubin.

Novotná and Rubin lost in the quarterfinals to Lisa Raymond and Rennae Stubbs.

Davenport and Zvereva won in the final 6–3, 6–0 against Alexandra Fusai and Nathalie Tauziat.

Seeds

Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated. The top four seeded teams received byes into the second round.

Draw

Key

Final

Final
1	Lindsay Davenport   Natasha Zvereva	6	6
2	Alexandra Fusai   Nathalie Tauziat	3	0

Top Half

First Round							Second Round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
							1	L Davenport   N Zvereva	6	6
	K Habšudová   O Lugina	7	7					K Habšudová   O Lugina	1	3
	J Lee   M Paz	6	5											1	L Davenport   N Zvereva	6	6
	C Cristea   L Pleming	3	2											8	E Likhovtseva   A Sugiyama	4	3
	C Barclay   K-A Guse	6	6					C Barclay   K-A Guse	1	2
	F Labat   D Van Roost	6	5	3			8	E Likhovtseva   A Sugiyama	6	6
8	E Likhovtseva   A Sugiyama	3	7	6																	1	L Davenport   N Zvereva	6	6	6
																					6	L Raymond   R Stubbs	3	7	4
							LL	A-G Sidot   T Tanasugarn	4	3
	J Novotná   C Rubin	3	7	6				J Novotná   C Rubin	6	6
	B Schett   P Schnyder	6	5	4											J Novotná   C Rubin
WC	S Schmidle   M Weingärtner	6	6	6										6	L Raymond   R Stubbs	w/o
	S Krivencheva   Y Yoshida	4	7	4			WC	S Schmidle   M Weingärtner	1	4
WC	A Glass   J Wöhr	1	0				6	L Raymond   R Stubbs	6	6
6	L Raymond   R Stubbs	6	6

Bottom Half

First Round							Second Round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
5	A Kournikova   L Neiland	4	6	6
	S Farina   L Montalvo	6	2	1			5	A Kournikova   L Neiland	4	7	7
	D Graham   K Po	1	1					A Coetzer   A Sánchez-Vicario	6	6	6
	A Coetzer   A Sánchez-Vicario	6	6											5	A Kournikova   L Neiland	6	6	6
	N Kijimuta   N Miyagi	6	6											3	Y Basuki   C Vis	2	7	4
	R Dragomir   I Majoli	3	1					N Kijimuta   N Miyagi	6	3	4
							3	Y Basuki   C Vis	2	6	6
																					5	A Kournikova   L Neiland	1	4
7	C Martínez   P Tarabini	6	6																		2	A Fusai   N Tauziat	6	6
	S Appelmans   M Oremans	4	1				7	C Martínez   P Tarabini	6	4	6
	J Halard-Decugis   S Testud	6	6					J Halard-Decugis   S Testud	4	6	1
	R Grande   I Spîrlea	4	1											7	C Martínez   P Tarabini	6	4	5
Q	A Mauresmo   S Reeves	5	6	3										2	A Fusai   N Tauziat	4	6	7
	R McQuillan   C Morariu	7	4	2/r			Q	A Mauresmo   S Reeves	0	r
							2	A Fusai   N Tauziat	5

External links

• 1998 WTA German Open Doubles Draw