1998 Thalgo Australian Women's Hardcourts – Doubles
# 1998 Thalgo Australian Women's Hardcourts – Doubles

Naoko Kijimuta and Nana Miyagi were the defending champions but did not compete that year.

Elena Likhovtseva and Ai Sugiyama won in the final 1–6, 6–3, 6–4 against Sung-Hee Park and Shi-Ting Wang.

## Seeds

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

* n/a
* Elena Likhovtseva / Ai Sugiyama (champions)
* Kerry-Anne Guse / Rachel McQuillan (first round)
* Eva Melicharová / Helena Vildová (first round)

## Draw

### Key

* 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 | First round | First round | First round | First round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| LL | M Maleeva S Pitkowski | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Olsza E Tatarkova | 6 | 6 | | | A Olsza E Tatarkova | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | S-H Park S-T Wang | 7 | 4 | 6 | | S-H Park S-T Wang | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | K Kunce C Morariu | 6 | 6 | 4 | | | | | | S-H Park S-T Wang | 6 | 6 | | | | | | |
| 4 | E Melicharová H Vildová | 2 | 0 | | | | | | | S Krivencheva L Pleming | 3 | 3 | | | | | | |
| | O Barabanschikova R Grande | 6 | 6 | | | O Barabanschikova R Grande | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | C Barclay L McShea | 4 | 6 | 2 | | S Krivencheva L Pleming | 7 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Krivencheva L Pleming | 6 | 0 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | Sung-Hee Park Shi-Ting Wang | 6 | 3 | 4 |
| | L Horn P Suárez | 6 | 1 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | 2 | Elena Likhovtseva Ai Sugiyama | 1 | 6 | 6 |
| | L Courtois W Probst | 1 | 6 | 3 | | L Horn P Suárez | 4 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Lee L Lee | 6 | 4 | 6 | | J Lee L Lee | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | K-A Guse R McQuillan | 1 | 6 | 3 | | | | | | J Lee L Lee | 6 | 3 | 4 | | | | | |
| | M McGrath P Schnyder | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 2 | E Likhovtseva A Sugiyama | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| Q | M Díaz Oliva S Plischke | 4 | 4 | | | M McGrath P Schnyder | 3 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | G Biggs A Jensen | 2 | 2 | | 2 | E Likhovtseva A Sugiyama | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | E Likhovtseva A Sugiyama | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
