1998 US Open – Women's Doubles

Women's Doubles
1998 US Open
Champions	Martina Hingis Jana Novotná
Runners-up	Lindsay Davenport Natasha Zvereva
Final score	6–3, 6–3

Lindsay Davenport and Jana Novotná were the defending champions, but they did not play together this year. Davenport played with Natasha Zvereva as the second seed, and Novotná played with Martina Hingis as the first seed.

The two teams met in the final, where Hingis and Novotná won, 6–3, 6–3. With this win, Hingis became the third woman in the Open Era to complete a Calendar Year Grand Slam in doubles, after Martina Navratilova and Pam Shriver. Additionally, Hingis and her partners defeated Davenport/Zvereva in all four grand slam finals in 1998.

Seeds

Qualifying Draw

Draw

Key

Finals

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final
	1	Martina Hingis   Jana Novotná	6	6
	14	Barbara Schett   Patty Schnyder	3	4
								1	Martina Hingis   Jana Novotná	6	6
								4	Lisa Raymond   Rennae Stubbs	2	2
	4	Lisa Raymond   Rennae Stubbs	6	6
		Amy Frazier   Katie Schlukebir	3	4
															1	Martina Hingis   Jana Novotná	6	6
															2	Lindsay Davenport   Natasha Zvereva	3	3
		Caroline Dhenin   Émilie Loit	64	77	3
	16	Virginia Ruano Pascual   Paola Suárez	77	64	6
								16	Virginia Ruano Pascual   Paola Suárez	2	4
								2	Lindsay Davenport   Natasha Zvereva	6	6
		Miho Saeki   Yuka Yoshida	1	1
	2	Lindsay Davenport   Natasha Zvereva	6	6

Top Half

Section 1

	First round							Second round							Third round							Quarterfinals
	1	M Hingis J Novotná	6	6
		P Stoyanova E Wagner	4	2				1	M Hingis J Novotná	77	6
		E de Villiers L McShea	2	2					K Habšudová T Tanasugarn	60	0
		K Habšudová T Tanasugarn	6	6											1	M Hingis J Novotná	6	6
		F Labat D Van Roost	6	6											12	J Halard-Decugis R McQuillan	1	0
	Q	C Black I Selyutina	3	4					F Labat D Van Roost	7	4	7
		S Krivencheva E Melicharová	1	1				12	J Halard-Decugis R McQuillan	5	6	5
	12	J Halard-Decugis R McQuillan	6	6																		1	M Hingis J Novotná	6	6
	14	B Schett P Schnyder	6	4	6																	14	B Schett P Schnyder	3	4
		K Boogert E Callens	3	6	4			14	B Schett P Schnyder	6	7
		R Hiraki G Helgeson-Nielsen	6	4	4				C Singer H Vildová	1	5
		C Singer H Vildová	4	6	6										14	B Schett P Schnyder	77	77
		S Cacic M Pierce	6	3	2											C Rubin I Spîrlea	65	62
		O Lugina E Tatarkova	4	6	6				O Lugina E Tatarkova	2	6	2
		C Rubin I Spîrlea	6	6					C Rubin I Spîrlea	6	3	6
	LL	J Pullin L Woodroffe	0	2

Section 2

	First round							Second round							Third round							Quarterfinals
	4	L Raymond R Stubbs	6	6
	Q	L Cenková E Kulikovskaya	4	3				4	L Raymond R Stubbs	6	6
		S Jeyaseelan R Simpson	3	77	6				S Jeyaseelan R Simpson	3	4
		M Lučić M Seles	6	65	2										4	L Raymond R Stubbs	6	6
		Å Carlsson B Rittner	5	5											10	M de Swardt D Graham	1	4
		M Babel M Paz	7	7					M Babel M Paz	1	2
		Cho Y-j Park S-h	64	2				10	M de Swardt D Graham	6	6
	10	M de Swardt D Graham	77	6																		4	L Raymond R Stubbs	6	6
	15	K Kunce C Morariu	6	63	4																		A Frazier K Schlukebir	3	4
	Q	L Osterloh M Washington	2	77	6			Q	L Osterloh M Washington	6	6
	WC	J Capriati A Stevenson	1	7	2				V Csurgó Kim E-h	0	1
		V Csurgó Kim E-h	6	5	6										Q	L Osterloh M Washington	4	2
		O Barabanschikova A Dechaume-Balleret	1	2												A Frazier K Schlukebir	6	6
		A Frazier K Schlukebir	6	6					A Frazier K Schlukebir	6	4	6
	WC	J Craybas T Snyder	3	2				6	A Kournikova L Neiland	2	6	3
	6	A Kournikova L Neiland	6	6

Bottom Half

Section 3

	First round							Second round							Third round							Quarterfinals
	7	C Martínez P Tarabini	6	4	2
		J Lee Wang S-t	4	6	6				J Lee Wang S-t	4	4
		A Ellwood T Musgrave	2	2					L Courtois M Murić	6	6
		L Courtois M Murić	6	6												L Courtois M Murić	5	4
	WC	A Bradshaw A Spears	64	6	4											C Dhenin É Loit	7	6
		C Dhenin É Loit	77	4	6				C Dhenin É Loit	4	6	6
		A Coetzer A Huber	2	5				11	N Kijimuta N Miyagi	6	4	3
	11	N Kijimuta N Miyagi	6	7																			C Dhenin É Loit	64	77	3
	16	V Ruano Pascual P Suárez	6	6																		16	V Ruano Pascual P Suárez	77	64	6
		K Freye N van Lottum	1	3				16	V Ruano Pascual P Suárez	6	6
		J Husárová H Nagyová	612	4					S Noorlander L Pleming	1	4
		S Noorlander L Pleming	714	6											16	V Ruano Pascual P Suárez	6	6
		K Kschwendt A-G Sidot	6	6												K Kschwendt A-G Sidot	4	2
		C Cristea M Grzybowska	4	3					K Kschwendt A-G Sidot	6	7
	Q	M Drake L Lee	4	3				3	A Fusai N Tauziat	1	5
	3	A Fusai N Tauziat	6	6

Section 4

	First round							Second round							Third round							Quarterfinals
	5	Y Basuki C Vis	6	6
		R Bobková C Schneider	4	4				5	Y Basuki C Vis	6	5	4
		M Saeki Y Yoshida	77	6					M Saeki Y Yoshida	4	7	6
		L Golarsa L Horn	63	4												M Saeki Y Yoshida	77	3	78
		R Dragomir I Majoli	7	6												R Dragomir I Majoli	61	6	66
		S Farina L Montalvo	5	4					R Dragomir I Majoli	6	1	6
		R Grande S Testud	1	6	2			9	K Adams M Bollegraf	3	6	1
	9	K Adams M Bollegraf	6	2	6																		M Saeki Y Yoshida	1	1
	13	C Barclay K-A Guse	3	6	6																	2	L Davenport N Zvereva	6	6
		L McNeil K Po	6	4	3			13	C Barclay K-A Guse	3	1
	WC	A Augustus A Jensen	2	2					MJ Fernandez A Sánchez Vicario	6	6
		MJ Fernandez A Sánchez Vicario	6	6												MJ Fernandez A Sánchez Vicario	4	3
		E de Lone N Pratt	2	6	6										2	L Davenport N Zvereva	6	6
		T Križan K Srebotnik	6	3	3				E de Lone N Pratt	3	3
		I Gorrochategui M Oremans	3	1				2	L Davenport N Zvereva	6	6
	2	L Davenport N Zvereva	6	6

External links

• 1998 ITF US Open Women Doubles Draw