1998 Wimbledon Championships – Women's doubles qualifying

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Women's doubles qualifying
1998 Wimbledon Championships
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  1997  · Wimbledon Championships ·  1999  

Players and pairs who neither have high enough rankings nor receive wild cards may participate in a qualifying tournament held one week before the annual Wimbledon Tennis Championships.

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The qualifying rounds for the 1998 Wimbledon Championships were played from 15 to 21 June 1998 at the Civil Service Sports Ground in Chiswick, London, United Kingdom.

Seeds

  1. Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Cara Black / Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Irina Selyutina (qualified)
  2. Flag of Greece.svg Christína Papadáki / Flag of the United States.svg Samantha Reeves (first round)
  3. Flag of Venezuela (1930-1954).svg Melissa Mazzotta / Flag of Colombia.svg Fabiola Zuluaga (first round)
  4. Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Haruka Inoue / Flag of Paraguay (1990-2013).svg Larissa Schaerer (second round)

Qualifiers

  1. Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Cara Black / Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Irina Selyutina
  2. Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Maureen Drake / Flag of the United States.svg Lilia Osterloh

Lucky losers

  1. Flag of the United States.svg Brie Rippner / Flag of South Africa.svg Jessica Steck
  2. Flag of Italy.svg Tathiana Garbin / Flag of Italy.svg Adriana Serra Zanetti

Qualifying draw

First qualifier

First round Second round Qualifying competition
               
1 Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Cara Black
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Irina Selyutina
66
Flag of Spain.svg Conchita Martínez Granados
Flag of France.svg Catherine Tanvier
0 0
1 Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Cara Black
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Irina Selyutina
66
Flag of Sweden.svg Åsa Carlsson
Flag of Romania.svg Raluca Sandu
2 1
Flag of Argentina.svg Mariana Díaz Oliva
Flag of Spain.svg Marina Escobar
5 3
Flag of Sweden.svg Åsa Carlsson
Flag of Romania.svg Raluca Sandu
76
1 Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Cara Black
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Irina Selyutina
1 66
Flag of the United States.svg Brie Rippner
Flag of South Africa.svg Jessica Steck
64 1
4 Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Haruka Inoue
Flag of Paraguay (1990-2013).svg Larissa Schaerer
3 66
Flag of Germany.svg Sandra Klösel
Flag of India.svg Nirupama Vaidyanathan
63 2
4 Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Haruka Inoue
Flag of Paraguay (1990-2013).svg Larissa Schaerer
3 3
Flag of the United States.svg Brie Rippner
Flag of South Africa.svg Jessica Steck
66
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Lenka Cenková
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Ludmila Richterová
4 4
Flag of the United States.svg Brie Rippner
Flag of South Africa.svg Jessica Steck
66

Second qualifier

First round Second round Qualifying competition
               
Flag of Yugoslavia (1992-2003); Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (2003-2006).svg Sandra Načuk
Flag of Sweden.svg Kristina Triska
66
WC Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Hannah Collin
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Abigail Tordoff
3 3
Flag of Yugoslavia (1992-2003); Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (2003-2006).svg Sandra Načuk
Flag of Sweden.svg Kristina Triska
5 63
Flag of Italy.svg Tathiana Garbin
Flag of Italy.svg Adriana Serra Zanetti
73 6
Flag of Italy.svg Tathiana Garbin
Flag of Italy.svg Adriana Serra Zanetti
66
3 Flag of Venezuela (1930-1954).svg Melissa Mazzotta
Flag of Colombia.svg Fabiola Zuluaga
3 4
Flag of Italy.svg Tathiana Garbin
Flag of Italy.svg Adriana Serra Zanetti
2 2
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Maureen Drake
Flag of the United States.svg Lilia Osterloh
66
Flag of the United States.svg Karin Miller
Flag of the United States.svg Mashona Washington
63 3
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Maureen Drake
Flag of the United States.svg Lilia Osterloh
4 66
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Maureen Drake
Flag of the United States.svg Lilia Osterloh
66
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Saori Obata
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Kaoru Shibata
4 2
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Saori Obata
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Kaoru Shibata
67
2 Flag of Greece.svg Christína Papadáki
Flag of the United States.svg Samantha Reeves
4 5


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