Two-time defending champion Lindsay Davenport and her partner Natasha Zvereva defeated Alexandra Fusai and Nathalie Tauziat in the final, 6–7(6–8), 7–5, 6–3 to win the doubles tennis title at the 1998 WTA Tour Championships.
Doubles | |
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1998 Chase Championships | |
1997 Champions | Lindsay Davenport Jana Novotná |
Champions | Lindsay Davenport Natasha Zvereva |
Runners-up | Alexandra Fusai Nathalie Tauziat |
Score | 6–7(6–8), 7–5, 6–3 |
Draw | 8 |
Seeds | 4 |
Davenport and Jana Novotná were the defending champions, but they competed with different partners that year: Davenport with Zvereva, and Novotná with Martina Hingis. Hingis and Novotná were defeated in the quarterfinals by Yayuk Basuki and Caroline Vis.
Seeds
editChampion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.
- Martina Hingis / Jana Novotná (quarterfinals)
- Lindsay Davenport / Natasha Zvereva (champions)
- Lisa Raymond / Rennae Stubbs (semifinals)
- Alexandra Fusai / Nathalie Tauziat (final)
Draw
editKey
edit- 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
Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||||||||
1 | Martina Hingis Jana Novotná | 4 | 6 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
Yayuk Basuki Caroline Vis | 6 | 2 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
Yayuk Basuki Caroline Vis | 2 | 6 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
4 | Alexandra Fusai Nathalie Tauziat | 6 | 3 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||
4 | Alexandra Fusai Nathalie Tauziat | 4 | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||
Elena Likhovtseva Ai Sugiyama | 6 | 1 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
4 | Alexandra Fusai Nathalie Tauziat | 78 | 5 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
2 | Lindsay Davenport Natasha Zvereva | 66 | 7 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||
Conchita Martínez Patricia Tarabini | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
3 | Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
3 | Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs | 3 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
2 | Lindsay Davenport Natasha Zvereva | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
Anna Kournikova Larisa Neiland | 2 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
2 | Lindsay Davenport Natasha Zvereva | 6 | 6 |