1998 Direct Line International Championships – Doubles

There was no previous year champions since the tournament was stopped due to heavy rain.

Doubles
1998 Direct Line International Championships
Final
ChampionsSouth Africa Mariaan de Swardt
Czech Republic Jana Novotná
Runners-upSpain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
Belarus Natasha Zvereva
Score6–1, 6–3
Details
Draw16
Seeds4
Events
SinglesDoubles
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Mariaan de Swardt and Jana Novotná won in the final 6–1, 6–3 against Arantxa Sánchez Vicario and Natasha Zvereva.

Seeds

Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.

  1. Arantxa Sánchez Vicario / Natasha Zvereva (final)
  2. Alexandra Fusai / Nathalie Tauziat (quarterfinals)
  3. Yayuk Basuki / Caroline Vis (semifinals)
  4. Anna Kournikova / Larisa Neiland (quarterfinals)

Draw

Key

First roundQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
1 A Sánchez Vicario
N Zvereva
66 
WC J Pullin
L Woodroffe
12 1 A Sánchez Vicario
N Zvereva
66 
  E Likhovtseva
A Sugiyama
31   N de Villiers
L McShea
42 
  N de Villiers
L McShea
66 1 A Sánchez Vicario
N Zvereva
66 
3 Y Basuki
C Vis
66 3 Y Basuki
C Vis
40 
Q T Musgrave
K Schlukebir
41 3 Y Basuki
C Vis
666
  K-A Guse
R McQuillan
66   K-A Guse
R McQuillan
273
  M Paz
P Tarabini
33 1 Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
Natasha Zvereva
13 
  R Grande
G Helgeson-Nielsen
642  Mariaan de Swardt
Jana Novotná
66 
  K Adams
M Bollegraf
466  K Adams
M Bollegraf
w/o  
  I Gorrochategui
I Spîrlea
44 4 A Kournikova
L Neiland
   
4 A Kournikova
L Neiland
66   K Adams
M Bollegraf
05 
  M de Swardt
J Novotná
76   M de Swardt
J Novotná
67 
  J Lee
N Pratt
60   M de Swardt
J Novotná
67 
  N Miyagi
L Pleming
33 2 A Fusai
N Tauziat
16 
2 A Fusai
N Tauziat
66