1998 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Doubles

Women's Doubles
1998 Wimbledon Championships
Champions	Martina Hingis Jana Novotná[1]
Runners-up	Lindsay Davenport Natasha Zvereva
Final score	6–3, 3–6, 8–6

The 1998 Wimbledon Championships was a tennis tournament played on grass courts at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon in London in England. It was the 112th edition of the Wimbledon Championships, with the Women's Doubles tournament held from 24 June to 5 July 1998.

Seeds

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

1. Martina Hingis / Jana Novotná (Champions)
2. Lindsay Davenport / Natasha Zvereva (Final)
3. Arantxa Sánchez Vicario / Helena Suková (Quarterfinals)
4. Alexandra Fusai / Nathalie Tauziat (Second Round)
5. Yayuk Basuki / Caroline Vis (Third Round)
6. Unknown (Withdrew)
7. Lisa Raymond / Rennae Stubbs (Semifinals)
8. Katrina Adams / Manon Bollegraf (Third Round)
9. Conchita Martínez / Patricia Tarabini (First Round)
10. Elena Likhovtseva / Ai Sugiyama (Third Round)
11. Naoko Kijimuta / Nana Miyagi (Third Round)
12. Barbara Schett / Patty Schnyder (First Round)
13. Sabine Appelmans / Miriam Oremans (First Round)
14. Catherine Barclay / Kerry-Anne Guse (Quarterfinals)
15. Florencia Labat / Dominique Van Roost (Third Round)
16. Virginia Ruano Pascual / Paola Suárez (Second Round)
17. Mariaan de Swardt / Debbie Graham (Semifinals)

Qualifying

Draw

Key

Q = Qualifier WC = Wild Card LL = Lucky Loser

Alt = Alternate SE = Special Exempt PR = Protected Ranking

w/o = Walkover r = Retired d = Defaulted

Finals

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final[1]
	1	Martina Hingis   Jana Novotná	6	6
		Els Callens   Julie Halard-Decugis	1	4
								1	Martina Hingis   Jana Novotná	6	6
								7	Lisa Raymond   Rennae Stubbs	2	3
	3	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario   Helena Suková	6	3	1
	7	Lisa Raymond   Rennae Stubbs	4	6	6
															1	Martina Hingis   Jana Novotná	6	3	8
															2	Lindsay Davenport   Natasha Zvereva	3	6	6
		Silvia Farina   Laura Montalvo	2	6
	17	Mariaan de Swardt   Debbie Graham	6	7
								17	Mariaan de Swardt   Debbie Graham	3	0
								2	Lindsay Davenport   Natasha Zvereva	6	6
	14	Catherine Barclay   Kerry-Anne Guse	4	2
	2	Lindsay Davenport   Natasha Zvereva	6	6

Top Half

Section 1

First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Quarterfinals
1	M Hingis   J Novotná	6	6
	S de Beer   L Lee	1	1				1	M Hingis   J Novotná	4	6	6
	T Križan   K Srebotnik	6	6					T Križan   K Srebotnik	6	1	2
	K Freye   S Noorlander	4	2											1	M Hingis   J Novotná	6	6
	S Jeyaseelan   R Simpson	6	6											11	N Kijimuta   N Miyagi	3	4
LL	B Rippner   J Steck	4	2					S Jeyaseelan   R Simpson	4	3
11	N Kijimuta   N Miyagi	w/o					11	N Kijimuta   N Miyagi	6	6
	S Williams   V Williams																				1	M Hingis   J Novotná	6	6
16	V Ruano Pascual   P Suárez	6	4	6																		E Callens   J Halard-Decugis	1	4
	A-G Sidot   E Pampoulova	4	6	4			16	V Ruano Pascual   P Suárez	3	4
	E Callens   J Halard-Decugis	6	6					E Callens   J Halard-Decugis	6	6
	A Ellwood   N Pratt	4	2												E Callens   J Halard-Decugis	4	6	9
	Radka Bobková   C Schneider	6	7											5	Y Basuki   C Vis	6	4	7
WC	Samantha Smith   J Ward	2	5					Radka Bobková   C Schneider	6	3	4
5	Y Basuki   C Vis	6	5	7			5	Y Basuki   C Vis	3	6	6
Q	C Black   I Selyutina	2	7	5

Section 2

First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Quarterfinals
3	A Sánchez Vicario   H Suková	7	6
	C Cristea   E Melicharová	6	2				3	A Sánchez Vicario   H Suková	7	7
	C Dhenin   É Loit	7	7					C Dhenin   É Loit	6	5
WC	K Cross   L Latimer	5	5											3	A Sánchez Vicario   H Suková	6	6
	K Kschwendt   E Tatarkova	6	6											10	E Likhovtseva   A Sugiyama	3	2
	C Singer   H Vildová	4	2					K Kschwendt   E Tatarkova	2	2
10	E Likhovtseva   A Sugiyama	6	6				10	E Likhovtseva   A Sugiyama	6	6
	J Pullin   L Woodroffe	3	2																		3	A Sánchez Vicario   H Suková	6	3	1
	R Grande   G Helgeson-Nielsen	5	6	9																	7	L Raymond   R Stubbs	4	6	6
13	S Appelmans   M Oremans	7	1	7				R Grande   G Helgeson-Nielsen	6	6
	E-h Kim   M Saeki	6	4	6				E-h Kim   M Saeki	3	3
	T Musgrave   A Olsza	0	6	4											R Grande   G Helgeson-Nielsen	7	0	3
	N de Villiers   L McShea	6	6											7	L Raymond   R Stubbs	5	6	6
WC	H Crook   V Davies	4	4					N de Villiers   L McShea	6	3
7	L Raymond   R Stubbs	6	7				7	L Raymond   R Stubbs	7	6
	A Dechaume-Balleret   L Horn	2	6

Bottom Half

Section 3

First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Quarterfinals
	O Barabanschikova   E De Lone	2	6	6
9	C Martínez   P Tarabini	6	4	3				O Barabanschikova   E De Lone	2	5
	A Coetzer   S Testud	6	6					A Coetzer   S Testud	6	7
	K Habšudová   O Lugina	3	4												A Coetzer   S Testud	6	4
	M Grzybowska   T Tanasugarn	6	7												S Farina   L Montalvo	7	6
	J Husárová   B Rittner	2	6					M Grzybowska   T Tanasugarn	1	2
	S Farina   L Montalvo	6	6	6				S Farina   L Montalvo	6	6
12	B Schett   P Schnyder	4	7	1																		S Farina   L Montalvo	2	6
17	M de Swardt   D Graham	6	7																		17	M de Swardt   D Graham	6	7
	L Golarsa   M Paz	4	6				17	M de Swardt   D Graham	6	6
	J Lee   S-t Wang	7	7					J Lee   S-t Wang	0	2
LL	T Garbin   A Serra Zanetti	6	5											17	M de Swardt   D Graham	6	6
	L McNeil   C Rubin	6	4	11											L McNeil   C Rubin	1	2
	I Gorrochategui   I Spîrlea	3	6	9				L McNeil   C Rubin	6	6
4	A Fusai   N Tauziat	6	6				4	A Fusai   N Tauziat	2	1
	V Csurgó   Y Yoshida	2	3

Section 4

First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Quarterfinals
8	K Adams   M Bollegraf	6	6	8
	D Jones   K Po	7	2	6			8	K Adams   M Bollegraf	w/o
	M Babel   W Probst	6	6					M Babel   W Probst
	P Stoyanova   N Van Lottum	3	3											8	K Adams   M Bollegraf	3	4
	K Kunce   C Morariu	3	6	7										14	C Barclay   K-A Guse	6	6
	K Boogert   R McQuillan	6	1	5				K Kunce   C Morariu	2	6	3
14	C Barclay   K-A Guse	6	6	6			14	C Barclay   K-A Guse	6	4	6
	S Cacic   M Pierce	7	3	3																	14	C Barclay   K-A Guse	4	2
15	F Labat   D Van Roost	6	7																		2	L Davenport   N Zvereva	6	6
	S Krivencheva   L Pleming	1	5				15	F Labat   D Van Roost	7	3	6
Q	M Drake   L Osterloh	6	7				Q	M Drake   L Osterloh	5	6	3
	Y-j Cho   S-h Park	2	5											15	F Labat   D Van Roost	3	2
	A Frazier   K Schlukebir	6	6											2	L Davenport   N Zvereva	6	6
WC	L Ahl   A Wainwright	4	2					A Frazier   K Schlukebir	1	6	3
2	L Davenport   N Zvereva	3	0				2	L Davenport   N Zvereva	6	4	6
	R Dragomir   I Majoli	1	0R

References

1. "1998 Wimbledon". International Tennis Federation. Retrieved 28 December 2014.