1998 French Open – Women's doubles

1998 French Open SUI Martina Hingis CZE Jana Novotná USA Lindsay Davenport BLR 1995 Natasha Zvereva 6–1, 7–6(7–4) 64 (4 WC Wild Cards) 16 1998 French Open Martina Hingis and Jana Novotná defeated the defending champion Natasha Zvereva and her partner Lindsay Davenport in the final, 6–1, 7–6(7–4) to win the women's doubles tennis title at the 1998 French Open. They did not drop a single set en route to the title. It was the second step in an eventual Grand Slam for Hingis. Gigi Fernández and Zvereva were the reigning champions, but Fernández retired from tennis at the end of 1997. Seeds Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated. 30em USA Lindsay Davenport / BLR 1995 Natasha Zvereva (final) SUI Martina Hingis / CZE Jana Novotná (champions) ESP Arantxa Sánchez Vicario / CZE Helena Suková (semifinals) FRA Alexandra Fusai / FRA Nathalie Tauziat (quarterfinals) INA Yayuk Basuki / NED Caroline Vis (third round) USA Lisa Raymond / AUS Rennae Stubbs (first round) USA Katrina Adams / NED Manon Bollegraf (third round) RUS Anna Kournikova / LAT Larisa Neiland (semifinals) ESP Conchita Martínez / ARG Patricia Tarabini (quarterfinals) RUS Elena Likhovtseva / JPN Ai Sugiyama (third round) JPN Naoko Kijimuta / JPN Nana Miyagi (first round) BEL Sabine Appelmans / NED Miriam Oremans (second round) AUS Catherine Barclay / AUS Kerry-Anne Guse (third round) AUT Barbara Schett / SUI Patty Schnyder (quarterfinals) ARG Inés Gorrochategui / AUS Rachel McQuillan (first round) ESP Virginia Ruano Pascual / ARG Paola Suárez (second round) Draw Finals Quarterfinals Semifinals Final 175 1 USA Lindsay DavenportBLR 1995 Natasha Zvereva 14 AUT Barbara SchettSUI Patty Schnyder 6 4 7 5 8 RUS Anna KournikovaLAT Larisa Neiland 4 FRA Alexandra FusaiFRA Nathalie Tauziat 7 5 6 3 3 ESP Arantxa Sánchez VicarioCZE Helena Suková   ITA Silvia FarinaSVK Karina Habšudová 6 0 6 3 2 SUI Martina HingisCZE Jana Novotná 9 ESP Conchita MartínezARG Patricia Tarabini 6 3 6 2 1 USA Lindsay DavenportBLR 1995 Natasha Zvereva 8 RUS Anna KournikovaLAT Larisa Neiland 6 3 6 2 2 SUI Martina HingisCZE Jana Novotná 3 ESP Arantxa Sánchez VicarioCZE Helena Suková 7 5 7 62 2 SUI Martina HingisCZE Jana Novotná 1 USA Lindsay DavenportBLR 1995 Natasha Zvereva 6 1 7 64 Top half Section 1 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals 1 USA L DavenportBLR 1995 N Zvereva GBR J PullinGBR L Woodroffe 6 2 6 2 SLO T KrižanSLO K Srebotnik AUS D JonesGER C Schneider 6 1 6 1 ROU C CristeaARG L Montalvo CAN S JeyaseelanCAN R Simpson 6 1 6 3 RSA M de SwardtUSA D Graham 15 ARG I GorrochateguiAUS R McQuillan 6 4 7 614 14 AUT B SchettSUI P Schnyder USA S CacicFRA M Pierce 64 7 6 3 6 2 WC FRA A Dechaume-BalleretFRA A Mauresmo AUS T MusgravePOL A Olsza 6 2 6 2 ARG F LabatBEL D Van Roost RSA S De BeerUSA L Lee-Waters 3 6 6 3 6 2 5 INA Y BasukiNED C Vis Alt TCH P LangrováITA F Perfetti 6 4 7 63 1 USA L DavenportBLR 1995 N Zvereva SLO T KrižanSLO K Srebotnik 6 4 6 1 RSA M de SwardtUSA D Graham ROU C CristeaARG L Montalvo 7 69 6 2 14 AUT B SchettSUI P Schnyder WC FRA A Dechaume-BalleretFRA A Mauresmo 6 4 6 4 5 INA Y BasukiNED C Vis ARG F LabatBEL D Van Roost 6 3 64 7 6 3 1 USA L DavenportBLR 1995 N Zvereva RSA M de SwardtUSA D Graham 6 1 6 2 14 AUT B SchettSUI P Schnyder 5 INA Y BasukiNED C Vis 6 1 6 4 1 USA L DavenportBLR 1995 N Zvereva 14 AUT B SchettSUI P Schnyder 6 4 7 5 Section 2 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals 4 FRA A FusaiFRA N Tauziat CZE R BobkováCZE E Melicharová 6 1 2 6 6 0 POL M GrzybowskaFRA A-G Sidot SWE Å CarlssonUSA C Rubin 6 3 1 6 6 4 USA E deLoneUSA K Schlukebir NED S NoorlanderFRA N van Lottum 6 1 6 3 10 RUS E LikhovtsevaJPN A Sugiyama JPN M SaekiJPN Y Yoshida 6 4 6 4 12 BEL S AppelmansNED M Oremans WC FRA N DechyFRA L Ghirardi 6 4 6 2 GER M BabelGER W Probst BLR O BarabanschikovaSVK H Nagyová 6 4 6 3 GER C SingerCZE H Vildová WC FRA E CurutchetFRA S Georges 7 60 5 7 6 2 8 RUS A KournikovaLAT L Neiland SR NED P KamstraNED S Rottier 6 2 6 3 4 FRA A FusaiFRA N Tauziat POL M GrzybowskaFRA A-G Sidot 6 4 6 1 10 RUS E LikhovtsevaJPN A Sugiyama USA E deLoneUSA K Schlukebir 6 2 6 2 GER M BabelGER W Probst 12 BEL S AppelmansNED M Oremans 6 4 7 65 8 RUS A KournikovaLAT L Neiland GER C SingerCZE H Vildová 6 2 6 1 4 FRA A FusaiFRA N Tauziat 10 RUS E LikhovtsevaJPN A Sugiyama 5 7 7 68 6 4 8 RUS A KournikovaLAT L Neiland GER M BabelGER W Probst 6 0 6 3 8 RUS A KournikovaLAT L Neiland 4 FRA A FusaiFRA N Tauziat 7 5 6 3 Bottom half Section 3 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals FRA C DheninFRA É Loit 6 USA L RaymondAUS R Stubbs 7 5 7 5 CAN P Hy-BoulaisGER B Rittner RSA L HornUSA S Reeves 6 4 6 1 ITA S FarinaSVK K Habšudová BEL E CallensUSA G Helgeson-Nielsen 6 1 6 1 ITA R GrandeROU I Spîrlea 11 JPN N KijimutaJPN N Miyagi 6 4 7 65 13 AUS C BarclayAUS K-A Guse BEL N FeberBUL S Krivencheva 6 2 6 1 FRA J Halard-DecugisFRA S Testud GER K FreyeBUL P Stoyanova 6 4 6 1 USA L McNeilUSA K Po KOR S-h ParkTHA T Tanasugarn 6 2 6 3 3 ESP A Sánchez VicarioCZE H Suková HUN V CsurgóHUN K Marosi 6 0 6 2 FRA C DheninFRA É Loit CAN P Hy-BoulaisGER B Rittner 6 1 6 2 ITA S FarinaSVK K Habšudová ITA R GrandeROU I Spîrlea 5 7 7 5 8 6 13 AUS C BarclayAUS K-A Guse FRA J Halard-DecugisFRA S Testud 6 1 6 3 3 ESP A Sánchez VicarioCZE H Suková USA L McNeilUSA K Po 5 7 6 1 6 2 ITA S FarinaSVK K Habšudová FRA C DheninFRA É Loit 6 2 65 7 6 3 3 ESP A Sánchez VicarioCZE H Suková 13 AUS C BarclayAUS K-A Guse 68 7 6 3 14 12 3 ESP A Sánchez VicarioCZE H Suková ITA S FarinaSVK K Habšudová 6 0 6 3 Section 4 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals 7 USA K AdamsNED M Bollegraf UKR O LuginaBUL E Pampoulova 6 2 62 7 6 2 ITA L GolarsaARG M Paz RSA N de VilliersAUS L McShea 7 5 7 5 WC FRA A CocheteuxFRA S Pitkowski AUT K KschwendtUKR E Tatarkova 5 7 6 3 7 5 9 ESP C MartínezARG P Tarabini ROU R DragomirCRO I Majoli 5 7 6 4 6 2 16 ESP V Ruano PascualARG P Suárez AUS A EllwoodAUS N Pratt 6 3 6 2 AUS K KunceUSA C Morariu KOR E-h KimAUS L Pleming 6 3 6 4 TPE J LeeTPE S-t Wang SVK J HusárováUKR N Medvedeva 6 3 4 6 6 4 2 SUI M HingisCZE J Novotná JPN R HirakiUSA A Wunderlich 6 1 6 0 7 USA K AdamsNED M Bollegraf ITA L GolarsaARG M Paz 6 1 7 65 9 ESP C MartínezARG P Tarabini WC FRA A CocheteuxFRA S Pitkowski W-O AUS K KunceUSA C Morariu 16 ESP V Ruano PascualARG P Suárez 6 4 6 2 2 SUI M HingisCZE J Novotná TPE Janet LeeTPE Wang Shi-ting 6 0 6 2 9 ESP C MartínezARG P Tarabini 7 USA K AdamsNED M Bollegraf 4 6 6 3 6 4 2 SUI M HingisCZE J Novotná AUS K KunceUSA C Morariu 6 0 6 1 2 SUI M HingisCZE J Novotná 9 ESP C MartínezARG P Tarabini 6 3 6 2 External links 1998 French Open – Women's draws and results at the International Tennis Federation Women's Doubles Category:French Open by year – Women's doubles Category:1998 in women's tennis French Open – Doubles