| Doubles | |
|---|---|
| 1997 IGA Classic | |
| 1996 Champions |  Chanda Rubin  Brenda Schultz-McCarthy |
| Champions |  Rika Hiraki Nana Miyagi |
| Runners-up | Marianne Werdel-Witmeyer Tami Whitlinger-Jones |
| Score | 6–4, 6–1 |
| Draw | 16 |
| Seeds | 4 |
Chanda Rubin and Brenda Schultz-McCarthy were the defending champions but did not compete that year.
Rika Hiraki and Nana Miyagi won in the final 6–4, 6–1 against Marianne Werdel-Witmeyer and Tami Whitlinger-Jones.
Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.
Amanda Coetzer / Lindsay Davenport (first round) Amy Frazier / Kimberly Po (semifinals) Katrina Adams / Mariaan de Swardt (first round) Rika Hiraki / Nana Miyagi (champions)| First round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | A Coetzer L Davenport | 4 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| WC |  J Lee L Lee | 6 | 7 | WC | J Lee L Lee | 6 | 6 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||
 P Hy-Boulais  K Kschwendt | 6 | 6 | P Hy-Boulais K Kschwendt | 7 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
L Horn  D Jones | 4 | 4 | WC | J Lee L Lee | 4 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | K Adams M de Swardt | 4 | 5 | M Werdel-Witmeyer T Whitlinger-Jones | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| M Werdel-Witmeyer T Whitlinger-Jones | 6 | 7 | M Werdel-Witmeyer T Whitlinger-Jones | 5 | 6 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| A Grossman G Helgeson-Nielsen | 2 | 6 | D Graham K Radford | 7 | 3 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| D Graham K Radford | 6 | 7 | Marianne Werdel-Witmeyer Tami Whitlinger-Jones | 4 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Q |  E Brioukhovets M Drake | 3 | 3 | 4 | Rika Hiraki Nana Miyagi | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
E Hakami  V Lake | 6 | 6 | E Hakami V Lake | 1 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| A Lettiere P Shriver | 3 | 6 | 3 | 4 | R Hiraki N Miyagi | 6 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | R Hiraki N Miyagi | 6 | 4 | 6 | 4 | R Hiraki N Miyagi | 6 | 4 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
| E deLone N Pratt | 1 | 5 | 2 | A Frazier K Po | 4 | 6 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
 C Cristea  M Grzybowska | 6 | 7 | C Cristea M Grzybowska | 1 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
 A Dechaume-Balleret R Simpson | 4 | 3 | 2 | A Frazier K Po | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | A Frazier K Po | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Shinobu Asagoe and Els Callens were the defending champions but they competed with different partners that year, Asagoe with Nana Miyagi and Callens with Meilen Tu.
Nicole Arendt and Ai Sugiyama were the defending champions but they competed with different partners that year, Arendt with Liezel Huber and Sugiyama with Elena Tatarkova.
Jana Novotná and Arantxa Sánchez Vicario were the defending champions but they competed with different partners that year, Novotná with Lindsay Davenport and Sánchez Vicario with Natasha Zvereva.
Lindsay Davenport and Mary Joe Fernández were the defending champions but did not compete that year.
Petra Kamstra and Tina Križan were the defending champions but only Križan competed that year with Noëlle van Lottum.
Claudia Porwik and Linda Wild were the defending champions but did not compete that year.
Kimiko Date and Ai Sugiyama were the defending champions but only Sugiyama competed that year with Shinobu Asagoe.
Rika Hiraki and Naoko Kijimuta were the defending champions but they competed with different partners that year, Hiraki with Alexia Dechaume-Balleret and Kijimuta with Nana Miyagi.
Elizabeth Smylie and Linda Wild were the defending champions but only Wild competed that year with Nathalie Tauziat.
Alexandra Fusai and Kerry-Anne Guse were the defending champions but only Guse competed that year with Rika Hiraki.
Janette Husárová and Dominique Van Roost were the defending champions but they competed with different partners that year, Husárová with Julie Halard-Decugis and Van Roost with Laura Golarsa.
Rika Hiraki and Nana Miyagi were the defending champions but they competed with different partners that year, Hiraki with Amy Frazier and Miyagi with Rachel McQuillan.
Arantxa Sánchez Vicario and Natasha Zvereva were the defending champions but lost in the final 6–2, 3–6, 6–3 against Martina Hingis and Jana Novotná.
Alexia Dechaume-Balleret and Rika Hiraki were the defending champions but only Hiraki competed that year with Amy Frazier.
Defending champion Martina Hingis and her partner Mirjana Lučić defeated the other defending champion Natasha Zvereva and her partner Lindsay Davenport in the final, 6–4, 2–6, 6–3 to win the women's doubles tennis title at the 1998 Australian Open. It was the first step in an eventual Grand Slam for Hingis.
Arantxa Sánchez Vicario and Nathalie Tauziat were the defending champions, but Tauziat did not compete in this edition. Sánchez Vicario teamed up with Daniela Hantuchová and lost in first round to Elena Dementieva and Janette Husárová.
Liezel Huber and Rachel McQuillan were the defending champions, but none of them competed this year. Huber played in the Kremlin Cup at the same week.
Amanda Coetzer and Lori McNeil were the defending champions, but McNeil did not compete this year. Coetzer teamed up with Jessica Steck and lost in first round to sisters Adriana Serra Zanetti and Antonella Serra Zanetti.
Rika Hiraki and Amy Frazier were the defending champions, but Frazier did not compete this year. Hiraki teamed up with Karina Habšudová, but were defaulted in their first round match.
Mary Joe Fernández and Pam Shriver were the defending champions, but Shriver did not compete this year.