1998 Open Gaz de France – Doubles

Martina Hingis and Jana Novotná were the defending champions but only Novotná competed that year with Manon Bollegraf.

Doubles
1998 Open Gaz de France
1997 ChampionsSwitzerland Martina Hingis
Czech Republic Jana Novotná
Final
ChampionsBelgium Sabine Appelmans
Netherlands Miriam Oremans
Runners-upRussia Anna Kournikova
Latvia Larisa Savchenko
Score1–6, 6–3, 7–6(7–3)
Events
SinglesDoubles
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Bollegraf and Novotná lost in the semifinals to Anna Kournikova and Larisa Savchenko.

Sabine Appelmans and Miriam Oremans won in the final 1–6, 6–3, 7–6(7–3) against Kournikova and Savchenko.

Seeds

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

  1. Manon Bollegraf / Jana Novotná (semifinals)
  2. Alexandra Fusai / Nathalie Tauziat (semifinals)
  3. Anna Kournikova / Larisa Savchenko (final)
  4. Sabine Appelmans / Miriam Oremans (champions)

Draw

Key

First roundQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
1 M Bollegraf
J Novotná
66 
  E Kulikovskaya
P Stoyanova
01 1 M Bollegraf
J Novotná
476
WC A Cocheteux
N Dechy
41   R Grande
E Likhovtseva
650
  R Grande
E Likhovtseva
66 1 M Bollegraf
J Novotná
32 
3 A Kournikova
L Savchenko
66 3 A Kournikova
L Savchenko
66 
  S Farina
B Schett
21 3 A Kournikova
L Savchenko
66 
  F Labat
E Melicharová
12   K Habšudová
A-G Sidot
23 
  K Habšudová
A-G Sidot
66 3 Anna Kournikova
Larisa Savchenko
6363
  E Curutchet
S Georges
34 4 Sabine Appelmans
Miriam Oremans
1677
  I Majoli
D Van Roost
66   I Majoli
D Van Roost
   
Q É Loit
A Mauresmo
23 4 S Appelmans
M Oremans
w/o  
4 S Appelmans
M Oremans
66 4 S Appelmans
M Oremans
66 
  C Dhenin
C Schneider
76 2 A Fusai
N Tauziat
33 
  L Ghirardi
S Pitkowski
51   C Dhenin
C Schneider
15 
  W Probst
C Singer
34 2 A Fusai
N Tauziat
67 
2 A Fusai
N Tauziat
66 

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