1998 Open Gaz de France – Doubles

1998 Open Gaz de France s SUI Martina Hingis CZE Jana Novotná BEL Sabine Appelmans NED Miriam Oremans RUS Anna Kournikova LAT Larisa Savchenko 1–6, 6–3, 7–6(7–3) singles doubles Martina Hingis and Jana Novotná were the defending champions but only Novotná competed that year, partnered with Manon Bollegraf. Bollegraf and Novotná lost in the semifinals to Anna Kournikova and Larisa Savchenko. Sabine Appelmans and Miriam Oremans won in the final 1–6, 6–3, 7–6(7–3) against Kournikova and Savchenko. Seeds Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated. NED Manon Bollegraf / CZE Jana Novotná (semifinals) FRA Alexandra Fusai / FRA Nathalie Tauziat (semifinals) RUS Anna Kournikova / LAT Larisa Savchenko (final) BEL Sabine Appelmans / NED Miriam Oremans (champions) Draw First round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final 1 NED M BollegrafCZE J Novotná 6 6     RUS E KulikovskayaBUL P Stoyanova 0 1   WC FRA A CocheteuxFRA N Dechy 4 1     ITA R GrandeRUS E Likhovtseva 6 6   3 RUS A KournikovaLAT L Savchenko 6 6     ITA S FarinaAUT B Schett 2 1     ARG F LabatCZE E Melicharová 1 2     SVK K HabšudováFRA A-G Sidot 6 6     FRA E CurutchetFRA S Georges 3 4     CRO I MajoliBEL D Van Roost 6 6   Q FRA É LoitFRA A Mauresmo 2 3   4 BEL S AppelmansNED M Oremans 6 6     FRA C DheninGER C Schneider 7 6     FRA L GhirardiFRA S Pitkowski 5 1     GER W ProbstGER C Singer 3 4   2 FRA A FusaiFRA N Tauziat 6 6   1 NED M BollegrafCZE J Novotná 4 7 6   ITA R GrandeRUS E Likhovtseva 6 5 0 3 RUS A KournikovaLAT L Savchenko 6 6     SVK K HabšudováFRA A-G Sidot 2 3     CRO I MajoliBEL D Van Roost       4 BEL S AppelmansNED M Oremans w/o       FRA C DheninGER C Schneider 1 5   2 FRA A FusaiFRA N Tauziat 6 7   1 NED M BollegrafCZE J Novotná 3 2   3 RUS A KournikovaLAT L Savchenko 6 6   4 BEL S AppelmansNED M Oremans 6 6   2 FRA A FusaiFRA N Tauziat 3 3   3 RUS Anna KournikovaLAT Larisa Savchenko 6 3 63 4 BEL Sabine AppelmansNED Miriam Oremans 1 6 77 External links 1998 Open Gaz de France Doubles Draw Main draw (WTA) Category:Open GDF Suez Category:1998 WTA Tour