1998 Budapest Lotto Open – Doubles

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Doubles
1998 Budapest Lotto Open
Champions Flag of Spain.svg Virginia Ruano Pascual
Flag of Argentina.svg Paola Suárez
Runners-up Flag of Romania.svg Cătălina Cristea
Flag of Argentina.svg Laura Montalvo
Final score4–6, 6–1, 6–1
Events
Singles Doubles
  1997  · Budapest Lotto Open ·  1999  

Amanda Coetzer and Alexandra Fusai were the defending champions but did not compete that year.

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Virginia Ruano Pascual and Paola Suárez won in the final 4–6, 6–1, 6–1 against Cătălina Cristea and Laura Montalvo.

Seeds

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

  1. Flag of Spain.svg Virginia Ruano Pascual / Flag of Argentina.svg Paola Suárez (champions)
  2. Flag of Romania.svg Cătălina Cristea / Flag of Argentina.svg Laura Montalvo (final)
  3. Flag of Bulgaria.svg Svetlana Krivencheva / Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Eva Melicharová (quarterfinals)
  4. Flag of Italy.svg Laura Golarsa / Flag of South Africa.svg Liezel Horn (semifinals)

Draw

Key

First round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
1 Flag of Spain.svg V Ruano Pascual
Flag of Argentina.svg P Suárez
66 
  Flag of Spain.svg E Bes
Flag of Hungary.svg K Marosi
0 1  1 Flag of Spain.svg V Ruano Pascual
Flag of Argentina.svg P Suárez
66 
  Flag of Yugoslavia (1992-2003); Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (2003-2006).svg S Naćuk
Flag of Austria.svg P Wartusch
61 6  Flag of Yugoslavia (1992-2003); Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (2003-2006).svg S Naćuk
Flag of Austria.svg P Wartusch
1 0  
  Flag of France.svg J Halard-Decugis
Flag of Slovakia.svg J Husárová
3 64 1 Flag of Spain.svg V Ruano Pascual
Flag of Argentina.svg P Suárez
66 
4 Flag of Italy.svg L Golarsa
Flag of South Africa.svg L Horn
64 64 Flag of Italy.svg L Golarsa
Flag of South Africa.svg L Horn
3 3  
  Flag of Hungary.svg P Gáspár
Flag of France.svg A-G Sidot
4 63 4 Flag of Italy.svg L Golarsa
Flag of South Africa.svg L Horn
66 
WC Flag of Hungary.svg Z Gubacsi
Flag of Hungary.svg R Kuti-Kis
66 WC Flag of Hungary.svg Z Gubacsi
Flag of Hungary.svg R Kuti-Kis
4 2  
Q Flag of Hungary.svg E Doman
Flag of Hungary.svg A Piski
4 3  1 Flag of Spain.svg Virginia Ruano Pascual
Flag of Argentina.svg Paola Suárez
4 66
  Flag of France.svg A Dechaume-Balleret
Flag of Germany.svg B Rittner
   2 Flag of Romania.svg Cătălina Cristea
Flag of Argentina.svg Laura Montalvo
61 1
  Flag of France.svg N Dechy
Flag of France.svg L Ghirardi
w/o    Flag of France.svg N Dechy
Flag of France.svg L Ghirardi
66 
  Flag of Russia.svg E Kulikovskaya
Flag of Slovakia.svg K Studeníková
2 1  3 Flag of Bulgaria.svg S Krivencheva
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg E Melicharová
4 2  
3 Flag of Bulgaria.svg S Krivencheva
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg E Melicharová
66   Flag of France.svg N Dechy
Flag of France.svg L Ghirardi
2 61
  Flag of Italy.svg S Cecchini
Flag of Germany.svg W Probst
4 1  2 Flag of Romania.svg C Cristea
Flag of Argentina.svg L Montalvo
62 6
  Flag of Italy.svg S Farina
Flag of France.svg S Testud
66   Flag of Italy.svg S Farina
Flag of France.svg S Testud
3 3  
  Flag of Hungary.svg V Csurgó
Flag of Slovenia.svg T Križan
3 5  2 Flag of Romania.svg C Cristea
Flag of Argentina.svg L Montalvo
66 
2 Flag of Romania.svg C Cristea
Flag of Argentina.svg L Montalvo
67 

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