1998 Budapest Lotto Open – Doubles

Doubles
1998 Budapest Lotto Open
Champions	Virginia Ruano Pascual Paola Suárez
Runners-up	Cătălina Cristea Laura Montalvo
Score	4–6, 6–1, 6–1

Amanda Coetzer and Alexandra Fusai were the defending champions but did not compete that year.

Virginia Ruano Pascual and Paola Suárez won in the final 4–6, 6–1, 6–1 against Cătălina Cristea and Laura Montalvo.

Seeds

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

1. Virginia Ruano Pascual / Paola Suárez (champions)
2. Cătălina Cristea / Laura Montalvo (final)
3. Svetlana Krivencheva / Eva Melicharová (quarterfinals)
4. Laura Golarsa / Liezel Horn (semifinals)

Draw

Key

• Q = Qualifier
• WC = Wild card
• LL = Lucky loser
• Alt = Alternate
• SE = Special exempt
• PR = Protected ranking
• ITF = ITF entry
• JE = Junior exempt
• w/o = Walkover
• r = Retired
• d = Defaulted
• SR = Special ranking

	First round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final
	1	V Ruano Pascual P Suárez	6	6
		E Bes K Marosi	0	1				1	V Ruano Pascual P Suárez	6	6
		S Naćuk P Wartusch	6	1	6				S Naćuk P Wartusch	1	0
		J Halard-Decugis J Husárová	3	6	4										1	V Ruano Pascual P Suárez	6	6
	4	L Golarsa L Horn	6	4	6										4	L Golarsa L Horn	3	3
		P Gáspár A-G Sidot	4	6	3			4	L Golarsa L Horn	6	6
	WC	Z Gubacsi R Kuti-Kis	6	6				WC	Z Gubacsi R Kuti-Kis	4	2
	Q	E Doman A Piski	4	3																		1	Virginia Ruano Pascual Paola Suárez	4	6	6
		A Dechaume-Balleret B Rittner																				2	Cătălina Cristea Laura Montalvo	6	1	1
		N Dechy L Ghirardi	w/o						N Dechy L Ghirardi	6	6
		E Kulikovskaya K Studeníková	2	1				3	S Krivencheva E Melicharová	4	2
	3	S Krivencheva E Melicharová	6	6												N Dechy L Ghirardi	2	6	1
		S Cecchini W Probst	4	1											2	C Cristea L Montalvo	6	2	6
		S Farina S Testud	6	6					S Farina S Testud	3	3
		V Csurgó T Križan	3	5				2	C Cristea L Montalvo	6	6
	2	C Cristea L Montalvo	6	7

External links

• 1998 Budapest Lotto Open Doubles Draw