1998 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix

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1998 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix
Date5–11 October
Edition21st
Category Tier II
Draw28S / 16D
Prize money$450,000
SurfaceHard / indoor
Location Filderstadt, Germany
VenueFilderstadt Tennis Club
Champions
Singles
Flag of France.svg Sandrine Testud
Doubles
Flag of the United States.svg Lindsay Davenport
Flag of Belarus.svg Natasha Zvereva
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The 1998 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix was a women's tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts at the Filderstadt Tennis Club in Filderstadt in Germany that was part of Tier II of the 1998 WTA Tour. It was the 21st edition of the tournament and was held from 5 October until 11 October 1998. Unseeded Sandrine Testud won the singles title and earned $79,000 first-prize money. [1]

Contents

Finals

Singles

Flag of France.svg Sandrine Testud defeated Flag of the United States.svg Lindsay Davenport 7–5, 6–3

Doubles

Flag of the United States.svg Lindsay Davenport / Flag of Belarus.svg Natasha Zvereva defeated Flag of Russia.svg Anna Kournikova / Flag of Spain.svg Arantxa Sánchez-Vicario 6–4, 6–2

Prize money

EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32
Singles$79,000$36,000$17,850$9,400$4,950$2,600

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