Martina Hingis and Jana Novotná were the defending champions but only Novotná competed that year with Manon Bollegraf.
| Doubles | |
|---|---|
| 1998 Open Gaz de France | |
| 1997 Champions |  Martina Hingis  Jana Novotná |
| Champions |  Sabine Appelmans  Miriam Oremans |
| Runners-up |  Anna Kournikova  Larisa Savchenko |
| Score | 1–6, 6–3, 7–6(7–3) |
Bollegraf and Novotná lost in the semifinals to Anna Kournikova and Larisa Savchenko.
Sabine Appelmans and Miriam Oremans won in the final 1–6, 6–3, 7–6(7–3) against Kournikova and Savchenko.
Seeds edit
Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.
Manon Bollegraf / 
Jana Novotná (semifinals)
Alexandra Fusai / Nathalie Tauziat (semifinals)
Anna Kournikova / 
Larisa Savchenko (final)
Sabine Appelmans / Miriam Oremans (champions)
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 | M Bollegraf J Novotná
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
E Kulikovskaya P Stoyanova
| 0 | 1 | 1 | M Bollegraf J Novotná
| 4 | 7 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| WC |  A Cocheteux N Dechy
| 4 | 1 |  R Grande E Likhovtseva
| 6 | 5 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| R Grande E Likhovtseva
| 6 | 6 | 1 | M Bollegraf J Novotná
| 3 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | A Kournikova L Savchenko
| 6 | 6 | 3 | A Kournikova L Savchenko
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
S Farina B Schett
| 2 | 1 | 3 | A Kournikova L Savchenko
| 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
 F Labat E Melicharová
| 1 | 2 |  K Habšudová A-G Sidot
| 2 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| K Habšudová A-G Sidot
| 6 | 6 | 3 | Anna Kournikova Larisa Savchenko
| 6 | 3 | 63 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| E Curutchet S Georges
| 3 | 4 | 4 | Sabine Appelmans Miriam Oremans
| 1 | 6 | 77 | ||||||||||||||||||||
 I Majoli D Van Roost
| 6 | 6 | I Majoli D Van Roost
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Q | É Loit A Mauresmo
| 2 | 3 | 4 | S Appelmans M Oremans
| w/o | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | S Appelmans M Oremans
| 6 | 6 | 4 | S Appelmans M Oremans
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
C Dhenin C Schneider
| 7 | 6 | 2 | A Fusai N Tauziat
| 3 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| L Ghirardi S Pitkowski
| 5 | 1 | C Dhenin C Schneider
| 1 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| W Probst C Singer
| 3 | 4 | 2 | A Fusai N Tauziat
| 6 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | A Fusai N Tauziat
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||