Doubles | |
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1998 Budapest Lotto Open | |
Champions | Virginia Ruano Pascual Paola Suárez |
Runners-up | Cătălina Cristea Laura Montalvo |
Final score | 4–6, 6–1, 6–1 |
Amanda Coetzer and Alexandra Fusai were the defending champions but did not compete that year.
Virginia Ruano Pascual and Paola Suárez won in the final 4–6, 6–1, 6–1 against Cătălina Cristea and Laura Montalvo.
Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.
First round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1 | V Ruano Pascual P Suárez | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
E Bes K Marosi | 0 | 1 | 1 | V Ruano Pascual P Suárez | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
S Naćuk P Wartusch | 6 | 1 | 6 | S Naćuk P Wartusch | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
J Halard-Decugis J Husárová | 3 | 6 | 4 | 1 | V Ruano Pascual P Suárez | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
4 | L Golarsa L Horn | 6 | 4 | 6 | 4 | L Golarsa L Horn | 3 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||
P Gáspár A-G Sidot | 4 | 6 | 3 | 4 | L Golarsa L Horn | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
WC | Z Gubacsi R Kuti-Kis | 6 | 6 | WC | Z Gubacsi R Kuti-Kis | 4 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Q | E Doman A Piski | 4 | 3 | 1 | Virginia Ruano Pascual Paola Suárez | 4 | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||
A Dechaume-Balleret B Rittner | 2 | Cătălina Cristea Laura Montalvo | 6 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
N Dechy L Ghirardi | w/o | N Dechy L Ghirardi | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
E Kulikovskaya K Studeníková | 2 | 1 | 3 | S Krivencheva E Melicharová | 4 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
3 | S Krivencheva E Melicharová | 6 | 6 | N Dechy L Ghirardi | 2 | 6 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
S Cecchini W Probst | 4 | 1 | 2 | C Cristea L Montalvo | 6 | 2 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
S Farina S Testud | 6 | 6 | S Farina S Testud | 3 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
V Csurgó T Križan | 3 | 5 | 2 | C Cristea L Montalvo | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
2 | C Cristea L Montalvo | 6 | 7 |
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