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| 1998 Thalgo Australian Women's Hardcourts | |
| 1997 Champions |  Naoko Kijimuta Nana Miyagi |
| Champions |  Elena Likhovtseva Ai Sugiyama |
| Runners-up |  Sung-Hee Park  Shi-Ting Wang |
| Final score | 1–6, 6–3, 6–4 |
Naoko Kijimuta and Nana Miyagi were the defending champions but did not compete that year.
Elena Likhovtseva and Ai Sugiyama won in the final 1–6, 6–3, 6–4 against Sung-Hee Park and Shi-Ting Wang.
Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.
Elena Likhovtseva / Ai Sugiyama (champions)
Kerry-Anne Guse / Rachel McQuillan (first round)
Eva Melicharová / Helena Vildová (first round)| First round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| LL |  M Maleeva  S Pitkowski | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 A Olsza  E Tatarkova | 6 | 6 | A Olsza E Tatarkova | 3 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| S-H Park S-T Wang | 7 | 4 | 6 | S-H Park S-T Wang | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
K Kunce  C Morariu | 6 | 6 | 4 | S-H Park S-T Wang | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | E Melicharová H Vildová | 2 | 0 | S Krivencheva L Pleming | 3 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
 O Barabanschikova  R Grande | 6 | 6 | O Barabanschikova R Grande | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| C Barclay L McShea | 4 | 6 | 2 | S Krivencheva L Pleming | 7 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| S Krivencheva L Pleming | 6 | 0 | 6 | Sung-Hee Park Shi-Ting Wang | 6 | 3 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||
 L Horn  P Suárez | 6 | 1 | 6 | 2 | Elena Likhovtseva Ai Sugiyama | 1 | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||
 L Courtois  W Probst | 1 | 6 | 3 | L Horn P Suárez | 4 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| J Lee L Lee | 6 | 4 | 6 | J Lee L Lee | 6 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | K-A Guse R McQuillan | 1 | 6 | 3 | J Lee L Lee | 6 | 3 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||
M McGrath  P Schnyder | 6 | 6 | 2 | E Likhovtseva A Sugiyama | 3 | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Q | M Díaz Oliva  S Plischke | 4 | 4 | M McGrath P Schnyder | 3 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WC | G Biggs A Jensen | 2 | 2 | 2 | E Likhovtseva A Sugiyama | 6 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | E Likhovtseva A Sugiyama | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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