1998 WTA German Open – Doubles

1998 WTA German Open s USA Lindsay Davenport BLR Natasha Zvereva FRA Alexandra Fusai FRA Nathalie Tauziat 6–3, 6–0 28 8 singles doubles 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. 30em USA Lindsay Davenport / BLR Natasha Zvereva (champions) FRA Alexandra Fusai / FRA Nathalie Tauziat (final) INA Yayuk Basuki / NED Caroline Vis (quarterfinals) n/a RUS Anna Kournikova / LAT Larisa Neiland (semifinals) USA Lisa Raymond / AUS Rennae Stubbs (semifinals) ESP Conchita Martínez / ARG Patricia Tarabini (quarterfinals) RUS Elena Likhovtseva / JPN Ai Sugiyama (quarterfinals) Draw Final 3 Final 1 USA Lindsay Davenport BLR Natasha Zvereva 6 6   2 FRA Alexandra Fusai FRA Nathalie Tauziat 3 0   Top half y 3 1 First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals   SVK K Habšudová UKR O Lugina 7 7     TPE J Lee ARG M Paz 6 5     ROM C Cristea AUS L Pleming 3 2     AUS C Barclay AUS K-A Guse 6 6     ARG F Labat BEL D Van Roost 6 5 3 8 RUS E Likhovtseva JPN A Sugiyama 3 7 6   CZE J Novotná USA C Rubin 3 7 6   AUT B Schett SUI P Schnyder 6 5 4 WC GER S Schmidle GER M Weingärtner 6 6 6   BUL S Krivencheva JPN Y Yoshida 4 7 4 WC GER A Glass GER J Wöhr 1 0   6 USA L Raymond AUS R Stubbs 6 6   1 USA L Davenport BLR N Zvereva 6 6     SVK K Habšudová UKR O Lugina 1 3     AUS C Barclay AUS K-A Guse 1 2   8 RUS E Likhovtseva JPN A Sugiyama 6 6   LL FRA A-G Sidot THA T Tanasugarn 4 3     CZE J Novotná USA C Rubin 6 6   WC GER S Schmidle GER M Weingärtner 1 4   6 USA L Raymond AUS R Stubbs 6 6   1 USA L Davenport BLR N Zvereva 6 6   8 RUS E Likhovtseva JPN A Sugiyama 4 3     CZE J Novotná USA C Rubin       6 USA L Raymond AUS R Stubbs w/o     1 USA L Davenport BLR N Zvereva 6 6 6 6 USA L Raymond AUS R Stubbs 3 7 4 Bottom half y 3 1 First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals 5 RUS A Kournikova LAT L Neiland 4 6 6   ITA S Farina ARG L Montalvo 6 2 1   USA D Graham USA K Po 1 1     RSA A Coetzer ESP A Sánchez-Vicario 6 6     JPN N Kijimuta JPN N Miyagi 6 6     ROM R Dragomir CRO I Majoli 3 1   7 ESP C Martínez ARG P Tarabini 6 6     BEL S Appelmans NED M Oremans 4 1     FRA J Halard-Decugis FRA S Testud 6 6     ITA R Grande ROM I Spîrlea 4 1   Q FRA A Mauresmo USA S Reeves 5 6 3   AUS R McQuillan USA C Morariu 7 4 2/r 5 RUS A Kournikova LAT L Neiland 4 7 7   RSA A Coetzer ESP A Sánchez-Vicario 6 6 6   JPN N Kijimuta JPN N Miyagi 6 3 4 3 INA Y Basuki NED C Vis 2 6 6 7 ESP C Martínez ARG P Tarabini 6 4 6   FRA J Halard-Decugis FRA S Testud 4 6 1 Q FRA A Mauresmo USA S Reeves 0 r   2 FRA A Fusai FRA N Tauziat 5     5 RUS A Kournikova LAT L Neiland 6 6 6 3 INA Y Basuki NED C Vis 2 7 4 7 ESP C Martínez ARG P Tarabini 6 4 5 2 FRA A Fusai FRA N Tauziat 4 6 7 5 RUS A Kournikova LAT L Neiland 1 4   2 FRA A Fusai FRA N Tauziat 6 6   External links 1998 WTA German Open Doubles draw Category:WTA German Open Category:1998 WTA Tour