1998 State Farm Evert Cup – Doubles

Doubles
1998 Newsweek Champions Cup and the State Farm Evert Cup
1997 Champions	Lindsay Davenport Natasha Zvereva
Champions	Lindsay Davenport Natasha Zvereva
Runners-up	Alexandra Fusai Nathalie Tauziat
Score	6–4, 2–6, 6–4

Lindsay Davenport and Natasha Zvereva were the defending champions and won in the final 6–4, 2–6, 6–4 against Alexandra Fusai and Nathalie Tauziat.

Seeds

Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated. The top four seeded teams received byes into the second round.

1. Lindsay Davenport / Natasha Zvereva (Champions)
2. Alexandra Fusai / Nathalie Tauziat (Final)
3. Yayuk Basuki / Caroline Vis (Semifinals)
4. Martina Hingis / Mirjana Lučić (Semifinals)
5. Anna Kournikova / Larisa Neiland (Quarterfinals)
6. Conchita Martínez / Patricia Tarabini (Second Round)
7. Elena Likhovtseva / Ai Sugiyama (Quarterfinals)
8. Naoko Kijimuta / Nana Miyagi (Quarterfinals)

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

Top Half

	First Round							Second Round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
								1	L Davenport N Zvereva	6	4	6
		A Dechaume-Balleret S Testud	2	4					J Halard-Decugis R McQuillan	3	6	0
		J Halard-Decugis R McQuillan	6	6											1	L Davenport N Zvereva	6	7
		G Helgeson-Nielsen J Lee	6	6											8	N Kijimuta N Miyagi	3	6
		R Hiraki M Paz	3	2					G Helgeson-Nielsen J Lee	1	2
		K Boogert R Grande	4	4				8	N Kijimuta N Miyagi	6	6
	8	N Kijimuta N Miyagi	6	6																		1	L Davenport N Zvereva	6	7	6
																						4	M Hingis M Lučić	7	5	2
								4	M Hingis M Lučić	6	6	7
	WC	O Barabanschikova M Serna	6	6	6			WC	O Barabanschikova M Serna	3	7	5
	Q	C Black L Osterloh	7	3	2										4	M Hingis M Lučić	7	4	6
		S Williams V Williams	6	6												S Williams V Williams	5	6	1
		C Cristea A Ellwood	4	3					S Williams V Williams	6	6
		M Babel R Dragomir	4	1				5	C Martínez P Tarabini	4	1
	5	C Martínez P Tarabini	6	6

Bottom Half

	First Round							Second Round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
	7	E Likhovtseva A Sugiyama	7	6	6
		T Tanasugarn D Van Roost	6	7	0			7	E Likhovtseva A Sugiyama	7	6
		K Adams I Spîrlea	4	6	6				K Adams I Spîrlea	5	4
		M Saeki Y Yoshida	6	1	3										7	E Likhovtseva A Sugiyama	6	3
		C Barclay K-A Guse	5	7	6										3	Y Basuki C Vis	7	6
		F Labat S-H Park	7	5	4				C Barclay K-A Guse	6	2	4
								3	Y Basuki C Vis	3	6	6
																						3	Y Basuki C Vis	1	4
	5	A Kournikova L Neiland	6	2	6																	2	A Fusai N Tauziat	6	6
	LL	Å Carlsson F Li	4	6	3			5	A Kournikova L Neiland	4	7	7
		K Kunce C Morariu	7	6	6				K Kunce C Morariu	6	5	6
	WC	S Graf B Rittner	5	7	1										5	A Kournikova L Neiland	5	6	1/r
		N de Villiers D Graham	1	6											2	A Fusai N Tauziat	7	1	5
		A Coetzer C Rubin	6	7					A Coetzer C Rubin	3	2
								2	A Fusai N Tauziat	6	6

Qualifying

Seeds

1. Silvia Farina / Barbara Schett (Second round)
2. Radka Bobková / Sonya Jeyaseelan (First round)

Qualifiers

1. Cara Black / Lilia Osterloh

Lucky Losers

1. Åsa Carlsson / Li Fang

Qualifying Draw

	First Round					Second Round					Qualifying Competition
	1	Silvia Farina Barbara Schett	9
		Mariana Díaz Oliva Haruka Inoue	7
						1	Silvia Farina Barbara Schett	3
							Cara Black Lilia Osterloh	8
		Cara Black Lilia Osterloh	8
		Patricia Hy-Boulais Joannette Kruger	5
												Cara Black Lilia Osterloh	8
												Åsa Carlsson Li Fang	3
		Lea Ghirardi Lenka Němečková	1
		Emmanuelle Gagliardi Sarah Pitkowski	8
							Emmanuelle Gagliardi Sarah Pitkowski	5
							Åsa Carlsson Li Fang	8
		Åsa Carlsson Li Fang	9
	2	Radka Bobková Sonya Jeyaseelan	7

External links

• 1998 State Farm Evert Cup Doubles Draw
• WTA draw archive