# 1998 US Open – Women's doubles qualifying

The qualifying rounds for the 1998 US Open were played from 25 to 29 August 1998 at the USTA National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows, New York City, United States.

## Seeds

* Maureen Drake / Lindsay Lee (qualified)
* Petra Langrová / Samantha Reeves (first round)
* Cara Black / Irina Selyutina (qualified)
* Julie Pullin / Lorna Woodroffe (qualifying competition, lucky losers)
* Rebecca Jensen / Melissa Mazzotta (first round)
* Danielle Jones / Renata Kolbovic (qualifying competition)
* Lenka Cenková / Evgenia Kulikovskaya (qualified)
* Alice Canepa / Tathiana Garbin (qualifying competition)

## Qualifiers

* Maureen Drake / Lindsay Lee
* Lilia Osterloh / Mashona Washington
* Cara Black / Irina Selyutina
* Lenka Cenková / Evgenia Kulikovskaya

## Lucky losers

* Julie Pullin / Lorna Woodroffe

## Draw
### First qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 1 | Maureen Drake Lindsay Lee | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | Surina De Beer Jessica Steck | 2 | 1 | | | | |
| | Surina De Beer Jessica Steck | 2 | 1 | 1 | Maureen Drake Lindsay Lee | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | 8 | Alice Canepa Tathiana Garbin | 1 | 1 |
| | Aleksandra Olsza Jasmin Wöhr | 3 | 4 | 8 | Alice Canepa Tathiana Garbin | 1 | 1 |
| 8 | Alice Canepa Tathiana Garbin | 6 | 6 | | | | |

### Second qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 2 | Petra Langrová Samantha Reeves | 3 | 6 | 3 | | | | | |
| WC | Lilia Osterloh Mashona Washington | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | |
| WC | Lilia Osterloh Mashona Washington | 6 | 3 | 6 | WC | Lilia Osterloh Mashona Washington | 6 | 3 | 6 |
| | | | | | | Sandra Cecchini Flora Perfetti | 3 | 6 | 0 |
| | Sandra Cecchini Flora Perfetti | 4 | 6 | 7 | | Sandra Cecchini Flora Perfetti | 3 | 6 | 0 |
| 5 | Rebecca Jensen Melissa Mazzotta | 6 | 3 | 5 | | | | | |

### Third qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 3 | Cara Black Irina Selyutina | 4 | 7 | 6 | | | | |
| | Larissa Schaerer Fabiola Zuluaga | 6 | 5 | 4 | | | | |
| | Larissa Schaerer Fabiola Zuluaga | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | Cara Black Irina Selyutina | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | 6 | Danielle Jones Renata Kolbovic | 4 | 2 |
| WC | Anne Miller Ann Wunderlich | 1 | 5 | | 6 | Danielle Jones Renata Kolbovic | 4 | 2 |
| 6 | Danielle Jones Renata Kolbovic | 6 | 7 | | | | | |

### Fourth qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 4 | Julie Pullin Lorna Woodroffe | 6 | 6 | | | | | | |
| | Jean Okada Hana Šromová | 1 | 4 | | | | | | |
| | Jean Okada Hana Šromová | 1 | 4 | | 4 | Julie Pullin Lorna Woodroffe | 2 | 7 | 3 |
| | | | | | 7 | Lenka Cenková Evgenia Kulikovskaya | 6 | 5 | 6 |
| WC | Stephanie Nickitas Julie Scott | 7$^7$ | 1 | 2 | 7 | Lenka Cenková Evgenia Kulikovskaya | 6 | 5 | 6 |
| 7 | Lenka Cenková Evgenia Kulikovskaya | 6$^1$ | 6 | 6 | | | | | |