Gigi Fernández and Arantxa Sánchez Vicario were the defending champions but only Sánchez Vicario competed that year with Manon Bollegraf.
| Women's doubles | |
|---|---|
| 1998 Sydney International | |
| 1997 Champions |  Gigi Fernández  Arantxa Sánchez Vicario |
| Champions |  Martina Hingis  Helena Suková |
| Runners-up | Katrina Adams Meredith McGrath |
| Score | 6–1, 6–2 |
Bollegraf and Sánchez Vicario lost in the quarterfinals to Lisa Raymond and Rennae Stubbs.
Martina Hingis and Helena Suková won in the final 6–1, 6–2 against Katrina Adams and Meredith McGrath.
Seeds edit
Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.
Lindsay Davenport / 
Natasha Zvereva (semifinals)
Manon Bollegraf / 
Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (quarterfinals)
Martina Hingis / 
Helena Suková (champions)
Yayuk Basuki / Caroline Vis (first round)
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 | L Davenport N Zvereva
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 K-A Guse R McQuillan
| 3 | 1 | 1 | L Davenport N Zvereva
| 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
C Martínez P Tarabini
| 4 | 2 |  A Coetzer A Huber
| 2 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| A Coetzer A Huber
| 6 | 6 | 1 | L Davenport N Zvereva
| 6 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | M Hingis H Suková
| 6 | 6 | 3 | M Hingis H Suková
| 4 | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||
 K Boogert N Miyagi
| 3 | 3 | 3 | M Hingis H Suková
| 6 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| R Hiraki M Paz
| 5 | 2 | I Gorrochategui I Spîrlea
| 3 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| I Gorrochategui I Spîrlea
| 7 | 6 | 3 | Martina Hingis Helena Suková
| 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| K Adams M McGrath
| 6 | 6 | Katrina Adams Meredith McGrath
| 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| WC | T Musgrave L Pleming
| 4 | 4 | K Adams M McGrath
| 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
 A Kournikova L Savchenko
| 6 | 6 | A Kournikova L Savchenko
| 0 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 |  Y Basuki C Vis
| 4 | 1 | K Adams M McGrath
| 6 | 4 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Q | E deLone L Horn
| 3 | 5 | L Raymond R Stubbs
| 4 | 6 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| L Raymond R Stubbs
| 6 | 7 | L Raymond R Stubbs
| 6 | 2 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
 S Appelmans M Oremans
| 4 | 6 | 2 | M Bollegraf A Sánchez Vicario
| 0 | 6 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | M Bollegraf A Sánchez Vicario
| 6 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||