# 1998 Bausch & Lomb Championships – Doubles

Lindsay Davenport and Jana Novotná were the defending champions but only Davenport competed that year with Monica Seles.
Davenport and Seles lost in the second round to Sandra Cacic and Mary Pierce.
Cacic and Pierce won in the final 7–6, 4–6, 7–6 against Barbara Schett and Patty Schnyder.

## 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.
* Katrina Adams / Manon Bollegraf (semifinals)
* Anna Kournikova / Larisa Neiland (semifinals)
* n/a
* Elena Likhovtseva / Caroline Vis (second round)
* Lisa Raymond / Rennae Stubbs (first round)
* Lindsay Davenport / Monica Seles (second round)
* Rachel McQuillan / Nana Miyagi (second round)
* Ruxandra Dragomir / Iva Majoli (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 |
| WC | Sandra Cacic Mary Pierce | 7 | 4 | 7 |
| | Barbara Schett Patty Schnyder | 6 | 6 | 6 |

### Top half

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| | | | | | 1 | K Adams M Bollegraf | w/o | | | | | | | | | | |
| | V Ruano Pascual P Suárez | 7 | 2 | 7 | | V Ruano Pascual P Suárez | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Å Carlsson F Li | 5 | 6 | 6 | | | | | 1 | K Adams M Bollegraf | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | M Babel W Probst | 1 | 0 | r | | | | | | S Reeves S-T Wang | 2 | 4 | | | | | |
| | S Reeves S-T Wang | 6 | 1 | | | S Reeves S-T Wang | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | O Barabanschikova M Serna | 7 | 2 | 3 | 7 | R McQuillan N Miyagi | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | R McQuillan N Miyagi | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | 1 | K Adams M Bollegraf | 6 | 3 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | WC | S Cacic M Pierce | 7 | 6 |
| | | | | | LL | A Miller T Snyder | 4 | 0 | | | | | | | | | |
| | C Cristea L Montalvo | 6 | 6 | | | C Cristea L Montalvo | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Jeyaseelan R Simpson | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | C Cristea L Montalvo | 6 | 2 | 4 | | | | |
| | S Cecchini F Labat | 1 | 2 | | | | | | WC | S Cacic M Pierce | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| WC | S Cacic M Pierce | 6 | 6 | | WC | S Cacic M Pierce | w/o | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Dechaume-Balleret P Hy-Boulais | 1 | 3 | | 6 | L Davenport M Seles | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | L Davenport M Seles | 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 | Semifinals |
| 8 | R Dragomir I Majoli | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | E Kulikovskaya K Studeníková | 2 | 2 | | 8 | R Dragomir I Majoli | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | B Rittner A-G Sidot | 6 | 6 | | | B Rittner A-G Sidot | 6 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Drake M Mazzotta | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | 8 | R Dragomir I Majoli | 6 | 5 | 3 | | | | | |
| Q | J Kruger M Maruska | 2 | 6 | 2 | | | | | | | B Schett P Schnyder | 3 | 7 | 6 | | | | | |
| | B Schett P Schnyder | 6 | 1 | 6 | | B Schett P Schnyder | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 4 | E Likhovtseva C Vis | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | B Schett P Schnyder | 6 | 3 | 6 |
| 5 | L Raymond R Stubbs | 6 | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | A Kournikova L Neiland | 1 | 6 | 4 |
| | C Rubin I Spîrlea | 3 | 6 | 6 | | C Rubin I Spîrlea | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | E Martincová P Stoyanova | 1 | 7 | 7 | | E Martincová P Stoyanova | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | D Graham K Rinaldi | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | C Rubin I Spîrlea | 3 | 3 | | | | | | |
| | M Paz B Schultz-McCarthy | 0 | r | | | | | | | 2 | A Kournikova L Neiland | 6 | 6 | | | | | | |
| | L Pleming A Wunderlich | 2 | | | | L Pleming A Wunderlich | 2 | 7 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 2 | A Kournikova L Neiland | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |