1998 Thalgo Australian Women's Hardcourts – Doubles

Naoko Kijimuta and Nana Miyagi were the defending champions but did not compete that year.

Doubles
1998 Thalgo Australian Women's Hardcourts
1997 Champions	Naoko Kijimuta Nana Miyagi
Champions	Elena Likhovtseva Ai Sugiyama
Runners-up	Sung-Hee Park Shi-Ting Wang
Score	1–6, 6–3, 6–4

Elena Likhovtseva and Ai Sugiyama won in the final 1–6, 6–3, 6–4 against Sung-Hee Park and Shi-Ting Wang.

Seeds

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

1. n/a
2. Elena Likhovtseva / Ai Sugiyama (champions)
3. Kerry-Anne Guse / Rachel McQuillan (first round)
4. Eva Melicharová / Helena Vildová (first round)

Draw

Key

• Q = Qualifier
• WC = Wild card
• LL = Lucky loser
• Alt = Alternate
• ITF = ITF entry
• PR = Protected ranking
• SR = Special ranking
• SE = Special exempt
• JE = Junior exempt
• JR = Junior Accelerator Programme entrant
• CO = College Accelerator Programme entrant
• NG = Next Gen Accelerator Program entrant
• w/o = Walkover
• r = Retired
• d = Defaulted

	First round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final
	LL	M Maleeva S Pitkowski	2	2
		A Olsza E Tatarkova	6	6					A Olsza E Tatarkova	3	2
		S-H Park S-T Wang	7	4	6				S-H Park S-T Wang	6	6
		K Kunce C Morariu	6	6	4											S-H Park S-T Wang	6	6
	4	E Melicharová H Vildová	2	0												S Krivencheva L Pleming	3	3
		O Barabanschikova R Grande	6	6					O Barabanschikova R Grande	6	6
		C Barclay L McShea	4	6	2				S Krivencheva L Pleming	7	7
		S Krivencheva L Pleming	6	0	6																		Sung-Hee Park Shi-Ting Wang	6	3	4
		L Horn P Suárez	6	1	6																	2	Elena Likhovtseva Ai Sugiyama	1	6	6
		L Courtois W Probst	1	6	3				L Horn P Suárez	4	5
		J Lee L Lee	6	4	6				J Lee L Lee	6	7
	3	K-A Guse R McQuillan	1	6	3											J Lee L Lee	6	3	4
		M McGrath P Schnyder	6	6											2	E Likhovtseva A Sugiyama	3	6	6
	Q	M Díaz Oliva S Plischke	4	4					M McGrath P Schnyder	3	5
	WC	G Biggs A Jensen	2	2				2	E Likhovtseva A Sugiyama	6	7
	2	E Likhovtseva A Sugiyama	6	6

External links

• 1998 Thalgo Australian Women's Hardcourts Doubles draw