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
Events
	← 1997; WTA German Open; 1999 →;

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.

2

Draw

Key

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