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.

1. Lindsay Davenport / Natasha Zvereva (Champions)
2. Alexandra Fusai / Nathalie Tauziat (Final)
3. Yayuk Basuki / Caroline Vis (Quarterfinals)
4. n/a
5. Anna Kournikova / Larisa Neiland (Semifinals)
6. Lisa Raymond / Rennae Stubbs (Semifinals)
7. Conchita Martínez / Patricia Tarabini (Quarterfinals)
8. Elena Likhovtseva / Ai Sugiyama (Quarterfinals)

Draw

Key

• Q = Qualifier
• WC = Wild Card
• LL = Lucky Loser
• Alt = Alternate
• SE = Special Exempt
• PR = Protected Ranking
• w/o = Walkover
• r = Retired
• d = Defaulted

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