1998 Sparkassen Cup

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1998 Sparkassen Cup
Date2–8 November
Edition9th
Category Tier II
Draw28S /16D
Prize money$450,000
Surface Carpet / indoor
Location Leipzig, Germany
Champions
Singles
Flag of Germany.svg Steffi Graf
Doubles
Flag of Russia.svg Elena Likhovtseva / Flag of Japan.svg Ai Sugiyama
  1997  · Sparkassen Cup ·  1999  

The 1998 Sparkassen Cup was a women's tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts in Leipzig in Germany that was part of the Tier II category of the 1998 WTA Tour. It was the ninth edition of the tournament and was held from 2 November until 8 November 1998. Unseeded Steffi Graf won the singles title, her fifth at the event, and earned $79,000 first-prize money. [1]

Contents

Finals

Singles

Flag of Germany.svg Steffi Graf defeated Flag of France.svg Nathalie Tauziat 6–3, 6–4

Doubles

Flag of Russia.svg Elena Likhovtseva / Flag of Japan.svg Ai Sugiyama defeated Flag of the Netherlands.svg Manon Bollegraf / Flag of Romania.svg Irina Spîrlea 6–3, 6–7, 6–2

References

  1. John Barrett, ed. (1999). International Tennis Federation World of Tennis 1999. London: CollinsWillow. p. 186. ISBN   9780002188623.