1998 State Farm Evert Cup – Doubles

Lindsay Davenport and Natasha Zvereva were the defending champions and won in the final 6–4, 2–6, 6–4 against Alexandra Fusai and Nathalie Tauziat.

Doubles
1998 Newsweek Champions Cup and the State Farm Evert Cup
1997 Champions	Lindsay Davenport Natasha Zvereva
Champions	Lindsay Davenport Natasha Zvereva
Runners-up	Alexandra Fusai Nathalie Tauziat
Score	6–4, 2–6, 6–4

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. Lindsay Davenport / Natasha Zvereva (champions)
2. Alexandra Fusai / Nathalie Tauziat (final)
3. Yayuk Basuki / Caroline Vis (semifinals)
4. Martina Hingis / Mirjana Lučić (semifinals)
5. Anna Kournikova / Larisa Neiland (quarterfinals)
6. Conchita Martínez / Patricia Tarabini (second round)
7. Elena Likhovtseva / Ai Sugiyama (quarterfinals)
8. Naoko Kijimuta / Nana Miyagi (quarterfinals)

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
	1	Lindsay Davenport  Natasha Zvereva	6	2	6
	2	Alexandra Fusai  Nathalie Tauziat	4	6	4

Top half

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
								1	L Davenport  N Zvereva	6	4	6
		A Dechaume-Balleret  S Testud	2	4					J Halard-Decugis  R McQuillan	3	6	0
		J Halard-Decugis  R McQuillan	6	6											1	L Davenport  N Zvereva	6	7
		G Helgeson-Nielsen  J Lee	6	6											8	N Kijimuta  N Miyagi	3	6
		R Hiraki  M Paz	3	2					G Helgeson-Nielsen  J Lee	1	2
		K Boogert  R Grande	4	4				8	N Kijimuta  N Miyagi	6	6
	8	N Kijimuta  N Miyagi	6	6																		1	L Davenport  N Zvereva	6	7	6
																						4	M Hingis  M Lučić	7	5	2
								4	M Hingis  M Lučić	6	6	7
	WC	O Barabanschikova  M Serna	6	6	6			WC	O Barabanschikova  M Serna	3	7	5
	Q	C Black  L Osterloh	7	3	2										4	M Hingis  M Lučić	7	4	6
		S Williams  V Williams	6	6												S Williams  V Williams	5	6	1
		C Cristea  A Ellwood	4	3					S Williams  V Williams	6	6
		M Babel  R Dragomir	4	1				5	C Martínez  P Tarabini	4	1
	5	C Martínez  P Tarabini	6	6

Bottom half

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
	7	E Likhovtseva  A Sugiyama	7	6	6
		T Tanasugarn  D Van Roost	6	7	0			7	E Likhovtseva  A Sugiyama	7	6
		K Adams  I Spîrlea	4	6	6				K Adams  I Spîrlea	5	4
		M Saeki  Y Yoshida	6	1	3										7	E Likhovtseva  A Sugiyama	6	3
		C Barclay  K-A Guse	5	7	6										3	Y Basuki  C Vis	7	6
		F Labat  S-H Park	7	5	4				C Barclay  K-A Guse	6	2	4
								3	Y Basuki  C Vis	3	6	6
																						3	Y Basuki  C Vis	1	4
	5	A Kournikova  L Neiland	6	2	6																	2	A Fusai  N Tauziat	6	6
	LL	Å Carlsson  F Li	4	6	3			5	A Kournikova  L Neiland	4	7	7
		K Kunce  C Morariu	7	6	6				K Kunce  C Morariu	6	5	6
	WC	S Graf  B Rittner	5	7	1										5	A Kournikova  L Neiland	5	6	1r
		N de Villiers  D Graham	1	6											2	A Fusai  N Tauziat	7	1	5
		A Coetzer  C Rubin	6	7					A Coetzer  C Rubin	3	2
								2	A Fusai  N Tauziat	6	6

Qualifying

Seeds

1. Silvia Farina / Barbara Schett (second round)
2. Radka Bobková / Sonya Jeyaseelan (first round)

Qualifiers

1. Cara Black / Lilia Osterloh

Lucky losers

1. Åsa Carlsson / Li Fang

Qualifying draw

	First round					Second round					Qualifying competition
	1	Silvia Farina  Barbara Schett	9
		Mariana Díaz Oliva  Haruka Inoue	7
						1	Silvia Farina  Barbara Schett	3
							Cara Black  Lilia Osterloh	8
		Cara Black  Lilia Osterloh	8
		Patricia Hy-Boulais  Joannette Kruger	5
												Cara Black  Lilia Osterloh	8
												Åsa Carlsson  Li Fang	3
		Lea Ghirardi  Lenka Němečková	1
		Emmanuelle Gagliardi  Sarah Pitkowski	8
							Emmanuelle Gagliardi  Sarah Pitkowski	5
							Åsa Carlsson  Li Fang	8
		Åsa Carlsson  Li Fang	9
	2	Radka Bobková  Sonya Jeyaseelan	7

External links

• 1998 State Farm Evert Cup Doubles Draw
• WTA draw archive