1998 Heineken Trophy – Women's doubles

Women's doubles
Women's doubles
1998 Heineken Trophy
Final
Champions	Sabine Appelmans ; Miriam Oremans
Runners-up	Cătălina Cristea ; Eva Melicharová
Score	6–7(4–7), 7–6(8–6), 7–6(7–5)
Details
Draw	16 (1WC)
Seeds	4
Events

Eva Melicharová and Helena Vildová were the defending champions but they competed with different partners that year, Melicharova with Cătălina Cristea and Vildova with Karina Habšudová.

Habšudová and Vildova lost in the first round to Amanda Coetzer and Sandrine Testud.

Cristea and Melicharova lost in the final 6–7^(4–7), 7–6^(8–6), 7–6^(7–5) against Sabine Appelmans and Miriam Oremans.^[1]

Seeds

Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.

First round				Quarterfinals					Semifinals			Final

1	S Appelmans M Oremans	6	6
	T Snyder Y Yoshida	3	4	1	S Appelmans M Oremans	6	6
	A Glass S Kleinová	3	3		R Jensen D Jones	4	2
	R Jensen D Jones	6	6						1	S Appelmans M Oremans	w/o
4	R Dragomir C Morariu	6	6							A Coetzer S Testud
	L Golarsa S-T Wang	1	4	4	R Dragomir C Morariu	2	3
	K Habšudová H Vildová	2	2		A Coetzer S Testud	6	6
	A Coetzer S Testud	6	6									1	Sabine Appelmans Miriam Oremans	6⁴	7⁸	7⁷
	C Schneider P Wartusch	4	2										Cătălina Cristea Eva Melicharová	7⁷	6⁶	6⁵
	J Halard-Decugis C Rubin	6	6		J Halard-Decugis C Rubin	6	6
	G León García C Torrens Valero	3	2	3	F Labat D Van Roost	4	1
3	F Labat D Van Roost	6	6							J Halard-Decugis C Rubin
WC	D Haak A Mikkers	6⁴	1							C Cristea E Melicharová	w/o
	C Cristea E Melicharová	7⁷	6		C Cristea E Melicharová	6⁵	6	6
	A Dechaume-Balleret A Mauresmo	6	6		A Dechaume-Balleret A Mauresmo	7⁷	3	2
2	D Graham K Po	1	3