1998 Lipton Championships – Women's doubles
# 1998 Lipton Championships – Women's doubles

Arantxa Sánchez Vicario and Natasha Zvereva were the defending champions but lost in the final 6–2, 3–6, 6–3 against Martina Hingis and Jana Novotná.

## Seeds

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

* Martina Hingis / Jana Novotná (champions)
* Arantxa Sánchez Vicario / Natasha Zvereva (final)
* Alexandra Fusai / Nathalie Tauziat (quarterfinals)
* Yayuk Basuki / Caroline Vis (second round)
* Katrina Adams / Manon Bollegraf (second round)
* Conchita Martínez / Patricia Tarabini (semifinals)
* Anna Kournikova / Larisa Neiland (quarterfinals)
* Mirjana Lučić / Helena Suková (third round)
* Elena Likhovtseva / Ai Sugiyama (quarterfinals)
* Naoko Kijimuta / Nana Miyagi (third round)
* Amanda Coetzer / Anke Huber (third round)
* Sabine Appelmans / Miriam Oremans (second round)
* n/a
* Catherine Barclay / Kerry-Anne Guse (quarterfinals)
* Chanda Rubin / Irina Spîrlea (third round)
* Rika Hiraki / Mercedes Paz (third round)
* Mariaan de Swardt / Debbie Graham (third 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

### Finals

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Martina Hingis Jana Novotná | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| 6 | Conchita Martínez Patricia Tarabini | 3 | 1 | | | | | |
| 6 | Conchita Martínez Patricia Tarabini | 3 | 1 | 1 | Martina Hingis Jana Novotná | 6 | 3 | 6 |
| | | | | 2 | Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Natasha Zvereva | 2 | 6 | 3 |
| | Julie Halard-Decugis Rachel McQuillan | 4 | 2 | 2 | Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Natasha Zvereva | 2 | 6 | 3 |
| 2 | Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Natasha Zvereva | 6 | 6 | | | | | |

### Top half

**Section 1**

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | | | | 1 | M Hingis J Novotná | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| M Babel W Probst | 1 | 2 | | | V Ruano Pascual P Suárez | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| V Ruano Pascual P Suárez | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 1 | M Hingis J Novotná | 7 | 6 | | | | | |
| S Jeyaseelan R Simpson | 2 | 7 | 6 | | | | | | 16 | R Hiraki M Paz | 5 | 3 | | | | | |
| K Boogert R Grande | 6 | 6 | 1 | | S Jeyaseelan R Simpson | 5 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | 16 | R Hiraki M Paz | 7 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | M Hingis J Novotná | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 9 | E Likhovtseva A Sugiyama | 4 | 3 |
| | | | | 9 | E Likhovtseva A Sugiyama | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| F Labat S-H Park | 6 | 6 | 7 | | F Labat S-H Park | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| G Helgeson-Nielsen J Lee | 7 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | 9 | E Likhovtseva A Sugiyama | 6 | 3 | 7 | | | | |
| R Bobková S Noorlander | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | 8 | M Lučić H Suková | 4 | 6 | 5 | | | | |
| E-H Kim M Saeki | 6 | 6 | | | E-H Kim M Saeki | 6 | 5 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | 8 | M Lučić H Suková | 1 | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |

**Section 2**

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | | | | | 3 | A Fusai N Tauziat | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | S Reeves K Schlukebir | 6 | 6 | | WC | S Reeves K Schlukebir | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Pullin L Woodroffe | 1 | 3 | | | | | | | 3 | A Fusai N Tauziat | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| Q | C Dhenin E Kulikovskaya | 3 | 7 | 6 | | | | | | 17 | M de Swardt D Graham | 4 | 2 | | | | | |
| | C Cristea L Montalvo | 6 | 5 | 3 | Q | C Dhenin E Kulikovskaya | 1 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 17 | M de Swardt D Graham | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | A Fusai N Tauziat | 2 | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 6 | C Martínez P Tarabini | 6 | 3 | 7 |
| | | | | | 11 | A Coetzer A Huber | 7 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | K Habšudová E Martincová | 3 | 6 | 6 | | K Habšudová E Martincová | 5 | 6 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Å Carlsson J Husárová | 6 | 1 | 1 | | | | | | 11 | A Coetzer A Huber | 2 | 2 | | | | | |
| | A Ellwood N Pratt | 6 | 2 | 6 | | | | | | 6 | C Martínez P Tarabini | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | O Lugina E Wagner | 2 | 6 | 4 | | A Ellwood N Pratt | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 6 | C Martínez P Tarabini | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | |

### Bottom half

**Section 3**

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | | | | | 5 | K Adams M Bollegraf | 7 | 1 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | P Schnyder B Schultz-McCarthy | 3 | 6 | 6 | | P Schnyder B Schultz-McCarthy | 5 | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | E deLone L Pleming | 6 | 2 | 0 | | | | | | | P Schnyder B Schultz-McCarthy | 3 | 4 | | | | | | |
| | E Callens P Hy-Boulais | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 14 | C Barclay K-A Guse | 6 | 6 | | | | | | |
| | S Williams V Williams | 4 | 4 | | | E Callens P Hy-Boulais | 5 | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 14 | C Barclay K-A Guse | 7 | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 14 | C Barclay K-A Guse | 6 | 2 | 2 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | J Halard-Decugis R McQuillan | 3 | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | 15 | C Rubin I Spîrlea | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Krivencheva E Tatarkova | 3 | 7 | 3 | | T Tanasugarn Y Yoshida | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | T Tanasugarn Y Yoshida | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 15 | C Rubin I Spîrlea | 2 | 6 | 0 | | | | | |
| | J Halard-Decugis R McQuillan | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | J Halard-Decugis R McQuillan | 6 | 1 | 6 | | | | | |
| WC | L McNeil M Washington | 4 | 6 | | | J Halard-Decugis R McQuillan | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 4 | Y Basuki C Vis | 5 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | |

**Section 4**

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | | | | | 7 | A Kournikova L Neiland | 7 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | K Kunce C Morariu | 6 | 6 | | | K Kunce C Morariu | 6 | 7 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Grzybowska S-T Wang | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | 7 | A Kournikova L Neiland | 6 | 2 | 6 | | | | | |
| | S Farina B Schett | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | 10 | N Kijimuta N Miyagi | 4 | 6 | 0 | | | | | |
| | A Dechaume-Balleret S Testud | 5 | 3 | | | S Farina B Schett | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 10 | N Kijimuta N Miyagi | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 7 | A Kournikova L Neiland | 2 | 6 | 3 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | A Sánchez Vicario N Zvereva | 6 | 4 | 6 |
| | | | | | 12 | S Appelmans M Oremans | 6 | 2 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | A Miller B Rippner | 4 | 2 | | | C Singer H Vildová | 0 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | C Singer H Vildová | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | C Singer H Vildová | 0 | 1 | | | | | | |
| | L Golarsa D Van Roost | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 2 | A Sánchez Vicario N Zvereva | 6 | 6 | | | | | | |
| | N de Villiers L Horn | 7 | 2 | 4 | | L Golarsa D Van Roost | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 2 | A Sánchez Vicario N Zvereva | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
