# 1998 Advanta Championships – Doubles

Sébastien Lareau and Alex O'Brien were the defending champions, but O'Brien did not participate this year. Lareau partnered Jeff Tarango, losing in the first round.
Jacco Eltingh and Paul Haarhuis won the title, defeating David Macpherson and Richey Reneberg 7–6, 6–7, 6–2 in the final.

## Seeds

* Jacco Eltingh / Paul Haarhuis (champions)
* Luis Lobo / Javier Sánchez (quarterfinals)
* Sandon Stolle / Cyril Suk (quarterfinals)
* Byron Black / Ellis Ferreira (semifinals)

## 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

### Draw

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | J Eltingh P Haarhuis | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | W Black J Salzenstein | 4 | 3 | | 1 | J Eltingh P Haarhuis | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Lareau J Tarango | 5 | 4 | | | J Courier M Knowles | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Courier M Knowles | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | 1 | J Eltingh P Haarhuis | 6 | 6 | | | | | | |
| 3 | S Stolle C Suk | 5 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | D Roditi G Stafford | 2 | 4 | | | | | | |
| WC | G Grant M Merklein | 7 | 3 | 3 | 3 | S Stolle C Suk | 4 | 6 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | D Randall J Waite | 5 | 6 | 5 | | D Roditi G Stafford | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | D Roditi G Stafford | 7 | 4 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | J Eltingh P Haarhuis | 7 | 6 | 6 |
| | J Alonso F Meligeni | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | D Macpherson R Reneberg | 6 | 7 | 2 |
| Q | M Keil TJ Middleton | 6 | 7 | | Q | M Keil TJ Middleton | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | N Lapentti D Orsanic | 3 | 4 | | 4 | B Black E Ferreira | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | B Black E Ferreira | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 4 | B Black E Ferreira | 6 | 7 | 6 | | | | | |
| | D Macpherson R Reneberg | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | D Macpherson R Reneberg | 7 | 6 | 7 | | | | | |
| | L Jensen M Jensen | 6 | 3 | | | D Macpherson R Reneberg | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | D DiLucia M Sell | 4 | 4 | | 2 | L Lobo J Sánchez | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | L Lobo J Sánchez | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

## Qualifying
### Qualifying seeds

* Mark Keil / T. J. Middleton (qualified)
* Tomas Nydahl / Davide Sanguinetti (first round)

### Qualifiers

* Mark Keil / T. J. Middleton

### Qualifying draw

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 1 | Mark Keil T. J. Middleton | 7 | 6 | | | | |
| | Guillermo Cañas Ramón Delgado | 6 | 3 | | | | |
| | Guillermo Cañas Ramón Delgado | 6 | 3 | 1 | Mark Keil T. J. Middleton | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | WC | Joan Balcells Andrea Gaudenzi | 3 | 4 |
| WC | Joan Balcells Andrea Gaudenzi | 7 | 7 | WC | Joan Balcells Andrea Gaudenzi | 3 | 4 |
| 2 | Tomas Nydahl Davide Sanguinetti | 5 | 6 | | | | |