# 1998 US Open – Women's doubles

Defending champion Jana Novotná and her partner Martina Hingis defeated the other defending champion Lindsay Davenport and her partner Natasha Zvereva in the final, 6–3, 6–3 to win the women's doubles tennis title at the 1998 US Open. They did not drop a single set en route to the title. With the win, Hingis became the third woman in the Open Era to complete a Grand Slam in doubles, after Martina Navratilova and Pam Shriver. Additionally, Hingis and her partners defeated Davenport/Zvereva in all four major finals in 1998.

## Seeds

* Martina Hingis / Jana Novotná (champions)
* Lindsay Davenport / Natasha Zvereva (final)
* Alexandra Fusai / Nathalie Tauziat (second round)
* Lisa Raymond / Rennae Stubbs (semifinals)
* Yayuk Basuki / Caroline Vis (second round)
* Anna Kournikova / Larisa Neiland (second round)
* Conchita Martínez / Patricia Tarabini (first round)
* N/A
* Katrina Adams / Manon Bollegraf (second round)
* Mariaan de Swardt / Debbie Graham (third round)
* Naoko Kijimuta / Nana Miyagi (second round)
* Julie Halard-Decugis / Rachel McQuillan (third round)
* Catherine Barclay / Kerry-Anne Guse (second round)
* Barbara Schett / Patty Schnyder (quarterfinals)
* Kristine Kunce / Corina Morariu (first round)
* Virginia Ruano Pascual / Paola Suárez (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

### Finals

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | Martina Hingis Jana Novotná | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 14 | Barbara Schett Patty Schnyder | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| 14 | Barbara Schett Patty Schnyder | 3 | 4 | | 1 | Martina Hingis Jana Novotná | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | | | | | 4 | Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs | 2 | 2 | | | | |
| 4 | Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs | 6 | 6 | | 4 | Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs | 2 | 2 | | | | |
| | Amy Frazier Katie Schlukebir | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Amy Frazier Katie Schlukebir | 3 | 4 | | | | | | 1 | Martina Hingis Jana Novotná | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | | | | | 2 | Lindsay Davenport Natasha Zvereva | 3 | 3 |
| | Caroline Dhenin Émilie Loit | 6$^4$ | 7$^7$ | 3 | | | | | | | | | 2 | Lindsay Davenport Natasha Zvereva | 3 | 3 |
| 16 | Virginia Ruano Pascual Paola Suárez | 7$^7$ | 6$^4$ | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| 16 | Virginia Ruano Pascual Paola Suárez | 7$^7$ | 6$^4$ | 6 | 16 | Virginia Ruano Pascual Paola Suárez | 2 | 4 | | | | |
| | | | | | 2 | Lindsay Davenport Natasha Zvereva | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | Miho Saeki Yuka Yoshida | 1 | 1 | | 2 | Lindsay Davenport Natasha Zvereva | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| 2 | Lindsay Davenport Natasha Zvereva | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |

### Top half
#### Section 1

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| 1 | M Hingis J Novotná | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | P Stoyanova E Wagner | 4 | 2 | | 1 | M Hingis J Novotná | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | E de Villiers L McShea | 2 | 2 | | | K Habšudová T Tanasugarn | 6$^0$ | 0 | | | | | | | | | |
| | K Habšudová T Tanasugarn | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 1 | M Hingis J Novotná | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | F Labat D Van Roost | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 12 | J Halard-Decugis R McQuillan | 1 | 0 | | | | |
| Q | C Black I Selyutina | 3 | 4 | | | F Labat D Van Roost | 7 | 4 | 7 | | | | | | | | |
| | S Krivencheva E Melicharová | 1 | 1 | | 12 | J Halard-Decugis R McQuillan | 5 | 6 | 5 | | | | | | | | |
| 12 | J Halard-Decugis R McQuillan | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | M Hingis J Novotná | 6 | 6 |
| 14 | B Schett P Schnyder | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | 14 | B Schett P Schnyder | 3 | 4 |
| | K Boogert E Callens | 3 | 6 | 4 | 14 | B Schett P Schnyder | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
| | R Hiraki G Helgeson-Nielsen | 6 | 4 | 4 | | C Singer H Vildová | 1 | 5 | | | | | | | | | |
| | C Singer H Vildová | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 14 | B Schett P Schnyder | 7$^7$ | 7$^7$ | | | | |
| | S Cacic M Pierce | 6 | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | C Rubin I Spîrlea | 6$^5$ | 6$^2$ | | | | |
| | O Lugina E Tatarkova | 4 | 6 | 6 | | O Lugina E Tatarkova | 2 | 6 | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| | C Rubin I Spîrlea | 6 | 6 | | | C Rubin I Spîrlea | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| LL | J Pullin L Woodroffe | 0 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

#### Section 2

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| 4 | L Raymond R Stubbs | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | L Cenková E Kulikovskaya | 4 | 3 | | 4 | L Raymond R Stubbs | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Jeyaseelan R Simpson | 3 | 7$^7$ | 6 | | S Jeyaseelan R Simpson | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Lučić M Seles | 6 | 6$^5$ | 2 | | | | | | 4 | L Raymond R Stubbs | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | Å Carlsson B Rittner | 5 | 5 | | | | | | | 10 | M de Swardt D Graham | 1 | 4 | | | | |
| | M Babel M Paz | 7 | 7 | | | M Babel M Paz | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Cho Y-j Park S-h | 6$^4$ | 2 | | 10 | M de Swardt D Graham | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 10 | M de Swardt D Graham | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | L Raymond R Stubbs | 6 | 6 |
| 15 | K Kunce C Morariu | 6 | 6$^3$ | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | A Frazier K Schlukebir | 3 | 4 |
| Q | L Osterloh M Washington | 2 | 7$^7$ | 6 | Q | L Osterloh M Washington | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | J Capriati A Stevenson | 1 | 7 | 2 | | V Csurgó Kim E-h | 0 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| | V Csurgó Kim E-h | 6 | 5 | 6 | | | | | | Q | L Osterloh M Washington | 4 | 2 | | | | |
| | O Barabanschikova A Dechaume-Balleret | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | A Frazier K Schlukebir | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | A Frazier K Schlukebir | 6 | 6 | | | A Frazier K Schlukebir | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| WC | J Craybas T Snyder | 3 | 2 | | 6 | A Kournikova L Neiland | 2 | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | A Kournikova L Neiland | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Bottom half
#### Section 3

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| 7 | C Martínez P Tarabini | 6 | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Lee Wang S-t | 4 | 6 | 6 | | J Lee Wang S-t | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Ellwood T Musgrave | 2 | 2 | | | L Courtois M Murić | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | L Courtois M Murić | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | L Courtois M Murić | 5 | 4 | | | | | |
| WC | A Bradshaw A Spears | 6$^4$ | 6 | 4 | | | | | | | C Dhenin É Loit | 7 | 6 | | | | | |
| | C Dhenin É Loit | 7$^7$ | 4 | 6 | | C Dhenin É Loit | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Coetzer A Huber | 2 | 5 | | 11 | N Kijimuta N Miyagi | 6 | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| 11 | N Kijimuta N Miyagi | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | C Dhenin É Loit | 6$^4$ | 7$^7$ | 3 |
| 16 | V Ruano Pascual P Suárez | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 16 | V Ruano Pascual P Suárez | 7$^7$ | 6$^4$ | 6 |
| | K Freye N van Lottum | 1 | 3 | | 16 | V Ruano Pascual P Suárez | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Husárová H Nagyová | 6$^{12}$ | 4 | | | S Noorlander L Pleming | 1 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Noorlander L Pleming | 7$^{14}$ | 6 | | | | | | | 16 | V Ruano Pascual P Suárez | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | K Kschwendt A-G Sidot | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | K Kschwendt A-G Sidot | 4 | 2 | | | | | |
| | C Cristea M Grzybowska | 4 | 3 | | | K Kschwendt A-G Sidot | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | M Drake L Lee | 4 | 3 | | 3 | A Fusai N Tauziat | 1 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | A Fusai N Tauziat | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

#### Section 4

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| 5 | Y Basuki C Vis | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | R Bobková C Schneider | 4 | 4 | | 5 | Y Basuki C Vis | 6 | 5 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Saeki Y Yoshida | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | M Saeki Y Yoshida | 4 | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | L Golarsa L Horn | 6$^3$ | 4 | | | | | | | | M Saeki Y Yoshida | 7$^7$ | 3 | 7$^8$ | | | | |
| | R Dragomir I Majoli | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | R Dragomir I Majoli | 6$^1$ | 6 | 6$^6$ | | | | |
| | S Farina L Montalvo | 5 | 4 | | | R Dragomir I Majoli | 6 | 1 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | R Grande S Testud | 1 | 6 | 2 | 9 | K Adams M Bollegraf | 3 | 6 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| 9 | K Adams M Bollegraf | 6 | 2 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | M Saeki Y Yoshida | 1 | 1 |
| 13 | C Barclay K-A Guse | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | L Davenport N Zvereva | 6 | 6 |
| | L McNeil K Po | 6 | 4 | 3 | 13 | C Barclay K-A Guse | 3 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | A Augustus A Jensen | 2 | 2 | | | MJ Fernandez A Sánchez Vicario | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | MJ Fernandez A Sánchez Vicario | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | MJ Fernandez A Sánchez Vicario | 4 | 3 | | | | | |
| | E deLone N Pratt | 2 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 2 | L Davenport N Zvereva | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | T Križan K Srebotnik | 6 | 3 | 3 | | E deLone N Pratt | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | I Gorrochategui M Oremans | 3 | 1 | | 2 | L Davenport N Zvereva | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | L Davenport N Zvereva | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |