1998 Thalgo Australian Women's Hardcourts – Doubles
| Doubles | |
|---|---|
| 1998 Thalgo Australian Women's Hardcourts | |
| 1997 Champions | Naoko Kijimuta Nana Miyagi |
| Champions | Elena Likhovtseva Ai Sugiyama |
| Runners-up | Sung-Hee Park Shi-Ting Wang |
| Score | 1–6, 6–3, 6–4 |
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
- ITF = ITF entry
- PR = Protected ranking
- SR = Special ranking
- SE = Special exempt
- JE = Junior exempt
- JR = Junior Accelerator Programme entrant
- CO = College Accelerator Programme entrant
- NG = Next Gen Accelerator Program entrant
- w/o = Walkover
- r = Retired
- d = Defaulted
| First round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||