1998 SEAT Open – Doubles

1998 SEAT Open s RUS Elena Likhovtseva JPN Ai Sugiyama LAT Larisa Neiland UKR Elena Tatarkova 6–7(3–7), 6–3, 2–0 (Neiland and Tatarkova retired) singles doubles Larisa Neiland and Helena Suková were the reigning champions but only Neiland competed that year with Elena Tatarkova. Neiland and Tatarkova lost the final 6–7(3–7), 6–3, 2–0 after they were forced to retire against Elena Likhovtseva and Ai Sugiyama. Seeds Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated. FRA Alexandra Fusai / FRA Nathalie Tauziat (first round) LAT Larisa Neiland / UKR Elena Tatarkova (final) RUS Elena Likhovtseva / JPN Ai Sugiyama (champions) BEL Sabine Appelmans / NED Miriam Oremans (quarterfinals) Draw First round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final 1 FRA A FusaiFRA N Tauziat 5 3     AUT B SchettROM I Spîrlea 7 6   WC CZE S KleinováLUX A Kremer 3 3     GER C SingerCZE H Vildová 6 6   3 RUS E LikhovtsevaJPN A Sugiyama 6 7     RSA J KrugerESP V Ruano Pascual 1 5     CZE E MelicharováGER C Schneider 6 1 6   POL M GrzybowskaSVK H Nagyová 0 6 4   RUS E KulikovskayaFRA S Pitkowski 2 1     ZIM C BlackKAZ I Selyutina 6 6     AUT K KschwendtFRA A-G Sidot 7 2 3 4 BEL S AppelmansNED M Oremans 5 6 6   RSA A CoetzerGER A Huber 7 6 6   ROM R DragomirCRO I Majoli 5 7 2 Q AUT S PlischkeAUT P Wartusch 2 6 4 2 LAT L NeilandUKR E Tatarkova 6 4 6   AUT B SchettROM I Spîrlea 6 6     GER C SingerCZE H Vildová 4 4   3 RUS E LikhovtsevaJPN A Sugiyama 6 6     CZE E MelicharováGER C Schneider 1 2     ZIM C BlackKAZ I Selyutina 3 6 7 4 BEL S AppelmansNED M Oremans 6 3 5   RSA A CoetzerGER A Huber 4 3   2 LAT L NeilandUKR E Tatarkova 6 6     AUT B SchettROM I Spîrlea 7 5 3 3 RUS E LikhovtsevaJPN A Sugiyama 5 7 6   ZIM C BlackKAZ I Selyutina 62 3   2 LAT L NeilandUKR E Tatarkova 77 6   3 RUS Elena LikhovtsevaJPN Ai Sugiyama 63 6 2 2 LAT Larisa NeilandUKR Elena Tatarkova 77 3 0r External links 1998 SEAT Open Doubles Draw Main draw (WTA) SEAT Open Category:Luxembourg Open Category:1998 in Luxembourgian tennis