# 1998 State Farm Evert Cup – Doubles

Lindsay Davenport and Natasha Zvereva were the defending champions and won in the final 6–4, 2–6, 6–4 against Alexandra Fusai and Nathalie Tauziat.

## 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.
* Lindsay Davenport / Natasha Zvereva (champions)
* Alexandra Fusai / Nathalie Tauziat (final)
* Yayuk Basuki / Caroline Vis (semifinals)
* Martina Hingis / Mirjana Lučić (semifinals)
* Anna Kournikova / Larisa Neiland (quarterfinals)
* Conchita Martínez / Patricia Tarabini (second round)
* Elena Likhovtseva / Ai Sugiyama (quarterfinals)
* Naoko Kijimuta / Nana Miyagi (quarterfinals)

## 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 | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | Lindsay Davenport Natasha Zvereva | 6 | 2 | 6 |
| 2 | Alexandra Fusai Nathalie Tauziat | 4 | 6 | 4 |

### Top half

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| | | | | | 1 | L Davenport N Zvereva | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Dechaume-Balleret S Testud | 2 | 4 | | | J Halard-Decugis R McQuillan | 3 | 6 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Halard-Decugis R McQuillan | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 1 | L Davenport N Zvereva | 6 | 7 | | | | | | |
| | G Helgeson-Nielsen J Lee | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 8 | N Kijimuta N Miyagi | 3 | 6 | | | | | | |
| | R Hiraki M Paz | 3 | 2 | | | G Helgeson-Nielsen J Lee | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | K Boogert R Grande | 4 | 4 | | 8 | N Kijimuta N Miyagi | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | N Kijimuta N Miyagi | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | L Davenport N Zvereva | 6 | 7 | 6 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | M Hingis M Lučić | 7 | 5 | 2 |
| | | | | | 4 | M Hingis M Lučić | 6 | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | O Barabanschikova M Serna | 6 | 6 | 6 | WC | O Barabanschikova M Serna | 3 | 7 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | C Black L Osterloh | 7 | 3 | 2 | | | | | | 4 | M Hingis M Lučić | 7 | 4 | 6 | | | | | |
| | S Williams V Williams | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | S Williams V Williams | 5 | 6 | 1 | | | | | |
| | C Cristea A Ellwood | 4 | 3 | | | S Williams V Williams | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Babel R Dragomir | 4 | 1 | | 5 | C Martínez P Tarabini | 4 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | C Martínez P Tarabini | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Bottom half

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| 7 | E Likhovtseva A Sugiyama | 7 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | T Tanasugarn D Van Roost | 6 | 7 | 0 | 7 | E Likhovtseva A Sugiyama | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | K Adams I Spîrlea | 4 | 6 | 6 | | K Adams I Spîrlea | 5 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Saeki Y Yoshida | 6 | 1 | 3 | | | | | | 7 | E Likhovtseva A Sugiyama | 6 | 3 | | | | | |
| | C Barclay K-A Guse | 5 | 7 | 6 | | | | | | 3 | Y Basuki C Vis | 7 | 6 | | | | | |
| | F Labat S-H Park | 7 | 5 | 4 | | C Barclay K-A Guse | 6 | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 3 | Y Basuki C Vis | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | Y Basuki C Vis | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | A Kournikova L Neiland | 6 | 2 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | A Fusai N Tauziat | 6 | 6 |
| LL | Å Carlsson F Li | 4 | 6 | 3 | 5 | A Kournikova L Neiland | 4 | 7 | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
| | K Kunce C Morariu | 7 | 6 | 6 | | K Kunce C Morariu | 6 | 5 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | S Graf B Rittner | 5 | 7 | 1 | | | | | | 5 | A Kournikova L Neiland | 5 | 6 | 1$^r$ | | | | |
| | N de Villiers D Graham | 1 | 6 | | | | | | | 2 | A Fusai N Tauziat | 7 | 1 | 5 | | | | |
| | A Coetzer C Rubin | 6 | 7 | | | A Coetzer C Rubin | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 2 | A Fusai N Tauziat | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |

## Qualifying
### Seeds

* Silvia Farina / Barbara Schett (second round)
* Radka Bobková / Sonya Jeyaseelan (first round)

### Qualifiers

* Cara Black / Lilia Osterloh

### Lucky losers

* Åsa Carlsson / Li Fang

### Qualifying draw

| First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 1 | Silvia Farina Barbara Schett | 9 | | | | | |
| | Mariana Díaz Oliva Haruka Inoue | 7 | | | | | |
| | Mariana Díaz Oliva Haruka Inoue | 7 | 1 | Silvia Farina Barbara Schett | 3 | | |
| | | | | Cara Black Lilia Osterloh | 8 | | |
| | Cara Black Lilia Osterloh | 8 | | Cara Black Lilia Osterloh | 8 | | |
| | Patricia Hy-Boulais Joannette Kruger | 5 | | | | | |
| | Patricia Hy-Boulais Joannette Kruger | 5 | | | | Cara Black Lilia Osterloh | 8 |
| | | | | | | Åsa Carlsson Li Fang | 3 |
| | Lea Ghirardi Lenka Němečková | 1 | | | | | | Åsa Carlsson Li Fang | 3 |
| | Emmanuelle Gagliardi Sarah Pitkowski | 8 | | | | | |
| | Emmanuelle Gagliardi Sarah Pitkowski | 8 | | Emmanuelle Gagliardi Sarah Pitkowski | 5 | | |
| | | | | Åsa Carlsson Li Fang | 8 | | |
| | Åsa Carlsson Li Fang | 9 | | Åsa Carlsson Li Fang | 8 | | |
| 2 | Radka Bobková Sonya Jeyaseelan | 7 | | | | | |