1998 Italian Open – Women's doubles

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Women's doubles
1998 Italian Open
1997 Champions Flag of the United States.svg Nicole Arendt
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Manon Bollegraf
Final
Champions Flag of Spain.svg Virginia Ruano Pascual
Flag of Argentina.svg Paola Suárez
Runners-up Flag of South Africa.svg Amanda Coetzer
Flag of Spain.svg Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
Score7–6, 6–4
Events
Singles men women
Doubles men women
←  1997  · Italian Open ·  1999  →

Nicole Arendt and Manon Bollegraf were the defending champions but only Bollegraf competed that year with Katrina Adams.

Contents

Adams and Bollegraf lost in the quarterfinals to Serena Williams and Venus Williams.

Virginia Ruano Pascual and Paola Suárez won in the final 7–6, 6–4 against Amanda Coetzer and Arantxa Sánchez Vicario.

Seeds

Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated. The top four seeded teams received byes into the second round.

  1. Flag of Indonesia.svg Yayuk Basuki / Flag of the Netherlands.svg Caroline Vis (quarterfinals)
  2. Flag of the United States.svg Katrina Adams / Flag of the Netherlands.svg Manon Bollegraf (quarterfinals)
  3. Flag of Russia.svg Anna Kournikova / Flag of Latvia.svg Larisa Neiland (second round)
  4. Flag of the United States.svg Lisa Raymond / Flag of Australia (converted).svg Rennae Stubbs (quarterfinals)
  5. Flag of Spain.svg Conchita Martínez / Flag of Argentina.svg Patricia Tarabini (quarterfinals)
  6. Flag of South Africa.svg Amanda Coetzer / Flag of Spain.svg Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (final)
  7. Flag of Russia.svg Elena Likhovtseva / Flag of Japan.svg Ai Sugiyama (second round)
  8. Flag of Japan.svg Naoko Kijimuta / Flag of Japan.svg Nana Miyagi (first round)

Draw

Key

Final

Final
     
6
6 4  
 
76 

Top half

First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
1
76 
Q
0 2   
5 4  
 
66 1
3 3  
 
66  
66 
 
1 4   
64 6
 
61 1 7
1 61
7
3 66 
2 72
6
65 6
4
66 
WC
3 76WC
2 3  
 
65 2 4
4 4  
 
66 6
66 
 
1 2   
4 2  
 
64 3 6
66 
6
3 66

Bottom half

First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
5
66 
 
3 4  5
66 
 
67  
3 2  
 
2 5  5
4 64
WC
3 2   
63 6
 
66  
66 
3
2 4  
 
2 67
8
4 4   
64 5
 
66  
76 
 
5 71  
5 2  
 
75 6 
66 
 
2 662
2 1  
 
64 1  
72 2
2
5 66

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