# 1998 Italian Open – Women's doubles

Nicole Arendt and Manon Bollegraf were the defending champions but only Bollegraf competed that year with Katrina Adams.
Adams and Bollegraf lost in the quarterfinals to Serena Williams and Venus Williams.
Virginia Ruano Pascual and Paola Suárez won in the final 7–6, 6–4 against Amanda Coetzer and Arantxa Sánchez Vicario.

## 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.
* Yayuk Basuki / Caroline Vis (quarterfinals)
* Katrina Adams / Manon Bollegraf (quarterfinals)
* Anna Kournikova / Larisa Neiland (second round)
* Lisa Raymond / Rennae Stubbs (quarterfinals)
* Conchita Martínez / Patricia Tarabini (quarterfinals)
* Amanda Coetzer / Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (final)
* Elena Likhovtseva / Ai Sugiyama (second round)
* Naoko Kijimuta / Nana Miyagi (first round)

## 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 |
| 6 | Amanda Coetzer Arantxa Sánchez Vicario | 6 | 4 | |
| | Virginia Ruano Pascual Paola Suárez | 7 | 6 | |

### 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 | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| | | | | | 1 | Y Basuki C Vis | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | A Miller T Snyder | 0 | 2 | | | B Schett P Schnyder | 5 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | B Schett P Schnyder | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 1 | Y Basuki C Vis | 3 | 3 | | | | | |
| | F Labat D Van Roost | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | F Labat D Van Roost | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | A Dechaume-Balleret N Tauziat | 1 | 4 | | | F Labat D Van Roost | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | R Dragomir I Majoli | 6 | 1 | 1 | 7 | E Likhovtseva A Sugiyama | 1 | 6 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | E Likhovtseva A Sugiyama | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | F Labat D Van Roost | 2 | 7 | 2 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 6 | A Coetzer A Sánchez Vicario | 6 | 5 | 6 |
| | | | | | 4 | L Raymond R Stubbs | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | A Canepa T Garbin | 3 | 7 | 6 | WC | A Canepa T Garbin | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Seles H Suková | 6 | 5 | 2 | | | | | | 4 | L Raymond R Stubbs | 4 | 4 | | | | | |
| | J Lee C Morariu | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 6 | A Coetzer A Sánchez Vicario | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | R Grande I Spîrlea | 1 | 2 | | | J Lee C Morariu | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Halard-Decugis S Testud | 6 | 4 | 3 | 6 | A Coetzer A Sánchez Vicario | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | A Coetzer A Sánchez Vicario | 3 | 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 |
| 5 | C Martínez P Tarabini | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | L Golarsa M Paz | 3 | 4 | | 5 | C Martínez P Tarabini | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Farina L Montalvo | 6 | 7 | | | S Farina L Montalvo | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | O Barabanschikova K Habšudová | 2 | 5 | | | | | | | 5 | C Martínez P Tarabini | 4 | 6 | 4 | | | | |
| WC | F Lubiani F Perfetti | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | V Ruano Pascual P Suárez | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | |
| | V Ruano Pascual P Suárez | 6 | 6 | | | V Ruano Pascual P Suárez | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 3 | A Kournikova L Neiland | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | V Ruano Pascual P Suárez | 2 | 6 | 7 |
| 8 | N Kijimuta N Miyagi | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | S Williams V Williams | 6 | 4 | 5 |
| | S Williams V Williams | 6 | 6 | | | S Williams V Williams | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Cacic M Pierce | 5 | 7 | 1 | | V Csurgo Y Yoshida | 5 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | V Csurgo Y Yoshida | 7 | 5 | 6 | | | | | | | S Williams V Williams | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | S Appelmans M Oremans | 2 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 2 | K Adams M Bollegraf | 2 | 1 | | | | | |
| | S Noorlander L Pleming | 6 | 4 | 1 | | S Appelmans M Oremans | 7 | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 2 | K Adams M Bollegraf | 5 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |