Eva Melicharová and Helena Vildová were the defending champions but they competed with different partners that year, Melicharova with Cătălina Cristea and Vildova with Karina Habšudová.
| Women's doubles | |
|---|---|
| 1998 Heineken Trophy | |
| Champions |  Sabine Appelmans  Miriam Oremans |
| Runners-up |  Cătălina Cristea  Eva Melicharová |
| Score | 6–7(4–7), 7–6(8–6), 7–6(7–5) |
| Draw | 16 (1WC) |
| Seeds | 4 |
Habšudová and Vildova lost in the first round to Amanda Coetzer and Sandrine Testud.
Cristea and Melicharova lost in the final 6–7(4–7), 7–6(8–6), 7–6(7–5) against Sabine Appelmans and Miriam Oremans.[1]
Seeds edit
Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.
Sabine Appelmans / 
Miriam Oremans (champions)
Debbie Graham / Kimberly Po (first round)
Florencia Labat / Dominique Van Roost (quarterfinals)
Ruxandra Dragomir / Corina Morariu (quarterfinals)
Draw edit
Key edit
- 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
| First round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | S Appelmans M Oremans
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 T Snyder Y Yoshida
| 3 | 4 | 1 | S Appelmans M Oremans
| 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
 A Glass S Kleinová
| 3 | 3 | R Jensen D Jones
| 4 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| R Jensen D Jones
| 6 | 6 | 1 | S Appelmans M Oremans
| w/o | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | R Dragomir C Morariu
| 6 | 6 |  A Coetzer S Testud
| |||||||||||||||||||||||
 L Golarsa S-T Wang
| 1 | 4 | 4 | R Dragomir C Morariu
| 2 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
 K Habšudová H Vildová
| 2 | 2 | A Coetzer S Testud
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| A Coetzer S Testud
| 6 | 6 | 1 | Sabine Appelmans Miriam Oremans
| 64 | 78 | 77 | ||||||||||||||||||||
C Schneider P Wartusch
| 4 | 2 | Cătălina Cristea Eva Melicharová
| 77 | 66 | 65 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| J Halard-Decugis C Rubin
| 6 | 6 | J Halard-Decugis C Rubin
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
 G León García C Torrens Valero
| 3 | 2 | 3 |  F Labat D Van Roost
| 4 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | F Labat D Van Roost
| 6 | 6 | J Halard-Decugis C Rubin
| |||||||||||||||||||||||
| WC | D Haak A Mikkers
| 64 | 1 | C Cristea E Melicharová
| w/o | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| C Cristea E Melicharová
| 77 | 6 | C Cristea E Melicharová
| 65 | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| A Dechaume-Balleret A Mauresmo
| 6 | 6 | A Dechaume-Balleret A Mauresmo
| 77 | 3 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | D Graham K Po
| 1 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
References edit
- ^ "History - Complete winner's list". Libéma Open. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
Ladies (double) - 1998 - Appelmans/Oremans