1998 WTA German Open – Doubles

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

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