1998 Italian Open – Women's doubles

Nicole Arendt and Manon Bollegraf were the defending champions but only Bollegraf competed that year with Katrina Adams.

Women's doubles
1998 Italian Open
1997 Champions Nicole Arendt
Manon Bollegraf
Champions Virginia Ruano Pascual
Paola Suárez
Runners-up Amanda Coetzer
Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
Final score7–6, 6–4

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.

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

Draw

Key

Final
Final
     
6
6 4  
 
7 6  

Top half
First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
1
7 6  
Q
0 2    
5 4  
 
6 6   1
3 3  
 
6 6    
6 6  
 
1 4    
6 4 6
 
6 1 1 7
1 6 1
7
3 6 6  
2 7 2
6
6 5 6
4
6 6  
WC
3 7 6 WC
2 3  
 
6 5 2 4
4 4  
 
6 6   6
6 6  
 
1 2    
4 2  
 
6 4 3 6
6 6  
6
3 6 6

Bottom half
First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
5
6 6  
 
3 4   5
6 6  
 
6 7    
3 2  
 
2 5   5
4 6 4
WC
3 2    
6 3 6
 
6 6    
6 6  
3
2 4  
 
2 6 7
8
4 4    
6 4 5
 
6 6    
7 6  
 
5 7 1  
5 2  
 
7 5 6  
6 6  
 
2 6 6 2
2 1  
 
6 4 1  
7 2 2
2
5 6 6
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