Meredith McGrath and Larisa Savchenko were the defending champions but only Savchenko competed that year with Katrina Adams.
Arantxa Sánchez Vicario and Natasha Zvereva were the defending champions but lost in the final 6–2, 3–6, 6–3 against Martina Hingis and Jana Novotná.
Mary Joe Fernández and Martina Hingis were the defending champions but did not compete that year.
Lindsay Davenport and Jana Novotná were the defending champions but they competed with different partners that year, Davenport with Natasha Zvereva and Novotná with Chanda Rubin.
The 1998 du Maurier Open women's doubles was the women's doubles event of the one hundred and ninth edition of the Canadian Open; a WTA Tier I tournament and the most prestigious women's tennis tournament held in Canada. Yayuk Basuki and Caroline Vis were the defending champions but lost in the final 6–3, 6–4 against Martina Hingis and Jana Novotná.
The 1998 Sparkassen Cup doubles was the tennis doubles event of the ninth edition of the Sparkassen Cup; a WTA Tier II tournament held in Leipzig, Germany.
Two-time defending champion Lindsay Davenport and her partner Natasha Zvereva defeated Alexandra Fusai and Nathalie Tauziat in the final, 6–7(6–8), 7–5, 6–3 to win the doubles tennis title at the 1998 WTA Tour Championships.
The 1999 Evert Cup doubles was the doubles event of the eleventh edition of the tennis tournament played at Indian Wells, California, United States. It was the second WTA Tier I tournament of the year, and part of the US Spring tennis season. Lindsay Davenport and Natasha Zvereva were the defending champions but lost in the quarterfinals to Serena Williams and Venus Williams.
The 1999 Lipton Championships women's doubles was the women's doubles event of the fifteenth edition of the tennis tournament played at Miami, United States. It is the third WTA Tier I tournament of the year, and part of the US Spring tennis season. Martina Hingis and Jana Novotná were the defending champions and won in the final 0–6, 6–4, 7–6(7–1) against Mary Joe Fernández and Monica Seles.
The 1999 Direct Line International Championships doubles was the doubles event of the twenty-fifth edition of the Eastbourne International, a WTA Tier II tennis tournament held in Eastbourne, England and part of the European grass court season. The draw consisted of 16 teams of which four were seeded. Mariaan de Swardt and Jana Novotná were the defending doubles champions but each competed with different partners in 1999. De Swardt partnered Elena Tatarkova and reached the semifinals where they lost to Martina Hingis and Anna Kournikova. Novotná teamed with Natasha Zvereva and they retired in the final to Hingis and Kournikova after losing the first set 4–6.
Lindsay Davenport and Corina Morariu defeated Mariaan de Swardt and Elena Tatarkova in the final, 6–4, 6–4 to win the ladies' doubles tennis title at the 1999 Wimbledon Championships.
Serena and Venus Williams defeated Martina Hingis and Anna Kournikova in the final, 6–3, 6–7(2–7), 8–6 to win the women's doubles tennis title at the 1999 French Open. It was the first major title for the Williams sisters, and would be their first step towards completing the career Golden Slam in doubles.
Serena and Venus Williams defeated Chanda Rubin and Sandrine Testud in the final, 4–6, 6–1, 6–4 to win the women's doubles tennis title at the 1999 US Open. It was the second doubles major title for the Williams sisters, and their second step towards completing the career Golden Slam in doubles.
The 1999 Italian Open doubles was the doubles event of the fifty-fifth edition of the tennis tournament played at Rome, Italy, the most prestigious tennis tournament in Southern Europe. It was the fifth WTA Tier I tournament of the year, and part of the European claycourt season. Virginia Ruano Pascual and Paola Suárez were the defending champions, but lost to Martina Hingis and Anna Kournikova in the quarterfinals.
Martina Hingis defeated Julie Halard-Decugis in the final, 6–0, 6–1 to win the singles tennis title at the 1999 WTA German Open.
The 1999 du Maurier Open doubles was the doubles event of the one hundred and tenth edition of the Canadian Open; a WTA Tier I tournament and the most prestigious women's tennis tournament held in Canada.
The 1999 Pilot Pen Tennis doubles was the doubles event of the seventeenth edition of the final tournament in the US Open Series. Alexandra Fusai and Nathalie Tauziat were the reigning champions but Fusai did not compete this year. Tauziat played with Anne-Gaëlle Sidot as the fourth seed, and they were defeated in the first time by Kristine Kunce and Dominique Van Roost.
Lindsay Davenport and Mary Joe Fernández were the defending champions, but played this year with different partners. Davenport teamed up with Jana Novotná and lost in third round to Conchita Martínez and Patricia Tarabini, while Fernández teamed up with Lisa Raymond, losing in the final.
Lindsay Davenport and Jana Novotná defeated the defending champions Gigi Fernández and Natasha Zvereva in the final, 6–3, 6–4 to win the women's doubles tennis title at the 1997 US Open. It was the 17th doubles title and second major title for Davenport, and the 67th title and ninth major title for Novotná.
Martina Hingis and Jana Novotná were the defending champions, but none of them competed this year. Novotná also retired at the end of the 1999 season.
Alexandra Fusai 
Jana Novotná 
Patricia Tarabini 
