1998 Guardian Direct Cup – Doubles
# 1998 Guardian Direct Cup – Doubles

The 1998 Guardian Direct Cup was a men's tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts in London, Great Britain, that was part of the ATP Championship Series of the 1998 ATP Tour. It was the 21st edition of the tournament and was held 23 February – 1 March.

## Seeds

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

* Yevgeny Kafelnikov / Daniel Vacek (final)
* Patrick Galbraith / Brett Steven (semifinals)
* Martin Damm / Jim Grabb (champions)
* Neil Broad / Piet Norval (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

### Finals

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Y Kafelnikov D Vacek | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | W Ferreira A Richardson | 4 | 4 | | 1 | Y Kafelnikov D Vacek | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | G Ivanišević I Ljubičić | 2 | 6 | 7 | | G Ivanišević I Ljubičić | 1 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Kratzmann F Wibier | 6 | 3 | 5 | | | | | | 1 | Y Kafelnikov D Vacek | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | |
| | J Eagle A Florent | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | J Eagle A Florent | 4 | 6 | 2 | | | | |
| 4 | N Broad P Norval | 6 | 2 | 3 | | J Eagle A Florent | 6 | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
| | T Kempers M Oosting | 6 | 3 | 7 | | T Kempers M Oosting | 7 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | M-K Goellner M Tillström | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | Y Kafelnikov D Vacek | 4 | 5 |
| | A Kitinov P Vízner | 1 | 7 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | M Damm J Grabb | 6 | 7 |
| | P Albano P Nyborg | 6 | 6 | 6 | | A Kitinov P Vízner | 3 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | M Damm J Grabb | 7 | 7 | | 3 | M Damm J Grabb | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | T Henman M Rosset | 5 | 6 | | | | | | | 3 | M Damm J Grabb | 6 | 7 | 6 | | | | |
| | D Adams L Pimek | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 2 | P Galbraith B Steven | 7 | 5 | 3 | | | | |
| | M Barnard B Talbot | 1 | 4 | | | D Adams L Pimek | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | P Galbraith B Steven | 6 | 7 | | 2 | P Galbraith B Steven | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | T Carbonell F Roig | 1 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
