# 1998 du Maurier Open – Women's doubles

The 1998 du Maurier Open women's doubles was the women's doubles event of the one hundred and ninth edition of the Canadian Open; a WTA Tier I tournament and the most prestigious women's tennis tournament held in Canada. Yayuk Basuki and Caroline Vis were the defending champions but lost in the final 6–3, 6–4 against Martina Hingis and Jana Novotná.

## 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.
* Martina Hingis / Jana Novotná (champions)
* Alexandra Fusai / Nathalie Tauziat (semifinals)
* Lisa Raymond / Rennae Stubbs (second round)
* Yayuk Basuki / Caroline Vis (final)
* Anna Kournikova / Larisa Neiland (first round)
* Conchita Martínez / Patricia Tarabini (semifinals)
* Elena Likhovtseva / Ai Sugiyama (second round)
* 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 | Martina Hingis Jana Novotná | 6 | 6 | |
| 4 | Yayuk Basuki Caroline Vis | 3 | 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 | M Hingis J Novotná | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | C Cristea K-A Guse | 3 | 6 | 4 | | A Frazier A-G Sidot | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Frazier A-G Sidot | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | 1 | M Hingis J Novotná | 6 | 6 | | | | | | |
| | J Halard-Decugis R McQuillan | 2 | 5 | | | | | | | 8 | N Kijimuta N Miyagi | 2 | 3 | | | | | | |
| WC | I Gorrochategui S Graf | 6 | 7 | | WC | I Gorrochategui S Graf | 4 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | L McShea N Pratt | 3 | 6 | 4 | 8 | N Kijimuta N Miyagi | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | N Kijimuta N Miyagi | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | M Hingis J Novotná | 6 | 4 | 6 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 6 | C Martínez P Tarabini | 1 | 6 | 4 |
| | | | | | 3 | L Raymond R Stubbs | 3 | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | K Kunce C Morariu | 6 | 6 | | | K Kunce C Morariu | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Murić T Tanasugarn | 1 | 3 | | | | | | | | K Kunce C Morariu | 6 | 5 | 2 | | | | | |
| | L McNeil K Po | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 6 | C Martínez P Tarabini | 1 | 7 | 6 | | | | | |
| WC | S Jeyaseelan R Simpson | 3 | 1 | | | L McNeil K Po | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | F Labat D Van Roost | 5 | 5 | | 6 | C Martínez P Tarabini | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | C Martínez P Tarabini | 7 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### 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 |
| 5 | A Kournikova L Neiland | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | R Dragomir I Majoli | 7 | 6 | | | R Dragomir I Majoli | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | B Schett P Schnyder | 2 | 2 | | | S Farina K Habšudová | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Farina K Habšudová | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | S Farina K Habšudová | 6 | 1 | 2 | | | | | |
| Q | S Cacic M Drake | 2 | 1 | | | | | | | 4 | Y Basuki C Vis | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | M J Fernández A Sánchez-Vicario | 6 | 6 | | | M J Fernández A Sánchez-Vicario | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 4 | Y Basuki C Vis | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | Y Basuki C Vis | 6 | 2 | |
| 7 | E Likhovtseva A Sugiyama | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | A Fusai N Tauziat | 2 | 1 | r |
| | O Barabanschikova E Tatarkova | 4 | 2 | | 7 | E Likhovtseva A Sugiyama | 1 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | R Grande S Testud | 6 | 6 | | | R Grande S Testud | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Lee S-T Wang | 2 | 0 | | | | | | | | R Grande S Testud | 1 | 2 | | | | | | |
| | B Rittner V Ruano Pascual | 6 | 1 | 3 | | | | | | 2 | A Fusai N Tauziat | 6 | 6 | | | | | | |
| | A Coetzer A Huber | 4 | 6 | 6 | | A Coetzer A Huber | 5 | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 2 | A Fusai N Tauziat | 7 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |