1998 Family Circle Cup – Doubles

Doubles
1998 Family Circle Cup
Champions	Conchita Martínez Patricia Tarabini
Runners-up	Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs
Score	3–6, 6–4, 6–4
Draw	28
Seeds	8

Mary Joe Fernández and Martina Hingis were the defending champions but did not compete that year.

Conchita Martínez and Patricia Tarabini won in the final 3–6, 6–4, 6–4 against Lisa Raymond and Rennae Stubbs.

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 (quarterfinals)
2. Larisa Neiland / Jana Novotná (semifinals)
3. Alexandra Fusai / Nathalie Tauziat (quarterfinals)
4. Yayuk Basuki / Caroline Vis (second round)
5. Katrina Adams / Manon Bollegraf (semifinals)
6. Conchita Martínez / Patricia Tarabini (champions)
7. Lisa Raymond / Rennae Stubbs (final)
8. Elena Likhovtseva / Ai Sugiyama (first round)

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

Final

	Final
	7	Lisa Raymond  Rennae Stubbs	6	4	4
	6	Conchita Martínez  Patricia Tarabini	3	6	6

Top half

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
								1	L Davenport  N Zvereva	6	6
	Q	M Grzybowska  A-G Sidot	6	6				Q	M Grzybowska  A-G Sidot	0	1
		E deLone  N Pratt	2	3											1	L Davenport  N Zvereva	1	4
		M Paz  T Tanasugarn	6	6											7	L Raymond  R Stubbs	6	6
	WC	J Capriati  S Cecchini	1	2					M Paz  T Tanasugarn	7	0	3
		P Schnyder  B Schultz-McCarthy	2	1				7	L Raymond  R Stubbs	5	6	6
	7	L Raymond  R Stubbs	6	6																		7	L Raymond  R Stubbs	7	7
																						5	K Adams  M Bollegraf	5	5
								3	A Fusai  N Tauziat	6	6
		M de Swardt  D Graham	7	6					M de Swardt  D Graham	1	4
		R Grande  I Spîrlea	6	1											3	A Fusai  N Tauziat	2	4
		V Ruano Pascual  P Suárez	6	5	6										5	K Adams  M Bollegraf	6	6
		Å Carlsson  F Labat	3	7	1				V Ruano Pascual  P Suárez	3	6	4
		P Hy-Boulais  S-T Wang	2	6				5	K Adams  M Bollegraf	6	2	6
	5	K Adams  M Bollegraf	6	7

Bottom half

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
	6	C Martínez  P Tarabini	7	6
		L Pleming  A Wunderlich	6	3				6	C Martínez  P Tarabini	6	6
		M Babel  W Probst	7	6					M Babel  W Probst	1	3
		R Dragomir  I Majoli	6	1											6	C Martínez  P Tarabini	6	6
	WC	L McNeil  M Washington	6	3	6										WC	L McNeil  M Washington	4	4
		S Farina  B Schett	4	6	4			WC	L McNeil  M Washington	7	6
								4	Y Basuki  C Vis	5	3
																						6	C Martínez  P Tarabini	7	6
	8	E Likhovtseva  A Sugiyama	4	6	4																	2	L Neiland  J Novotná	6	4
		O Lugina  L Montalvo	6	2	6				O Lugina  L Montalvo	w/o
		C Rubin  S Testud	2	2					M Pierce  A Sánchez-Vicario
		M Pierce  A Sánchez-Vicario	6	6												O Lugina  L Montalvo	1	2
		A Dechaume-Balleret  B Rittner	6	5											2	L Neiland  J Novotná	6	6
		C Cristea  C Morariu	7	7					C Cristea  C Morariu	4	6	1
								2	L Neiland  J Novotná	6	4	6

External links

• 1998 Family Circle Cup Doubles draw