Kristine Kunce and Corina Morariu were the defending champions but only Kunce competed that year with Nicole Pratt.
| Doubles | |
|---|---|
| 1998 Volvo Women's Open | |
| Champions |  Els Callens  Julie Halard-Decugis |
| Runners-up |  Rika Hiraki  Aleksandra Olsza |
| Score | 3–6, 6–2, 6–2 |
| Draw | 16 (1Q) |
| Seeds | 4 |
Kunce and Pratt lost in the quarterfinals to Rika Hiraki and Aleksandra Olsza.
Els Callens and Julie Halard-Decugis won in the final 3–6, 6–2, 6–2 against Hiraki and Olsza.
Seeds edit
Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.
Els Callens / 
Julie Halard-Decugis (champions)
Kristine Kunce / Nicole Pratt (quarterfinals)
Miho Saeki / Yuka Yoshida (semifinals)
Liezel Horn / 
Katie Schlukebir (semifinals)
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 | E Callens J Halard-Decugis
| 6 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 D Ding F Li
| 4 | 6 | 1 | E Callens J Halard-Decugis
| 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
S Asagoe B Sangaram
| 5 | 7 | 7 | S Asagoe B Sangaram
| 3 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
 O Barabanschikova L Pleming
| 7 | 6 | 5 | 1 | E Callens J Halard-Decugis
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 |  L Horn K Schlukebir
| 7 | 1 | 6 | 4 | L Horn K Schlukebir
| 1 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||
| L Courtois T Tanasugarn
| 5 | 6 | 2 | 4 | L Horn K Schlukebir
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
 K Brandi T Singian
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Q | L-L Chen T Li
| 4 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Q | L-L Chen T Li
| 5 | 6 | 6 | 1 | Els Callens Julie Halard-Decugis
| 3 | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
S Duangchan R Sandu
| 6 | 3 | Rika Hiraki Aleksandra Olsza
| 6 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| L Li J-Q Yi
| 7 | 6 | L Li J-Q Yi
| 7 | 2 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||
 J Lee S-T Wang
| 3 | 3 | 3 | M Saeki Y Yoshida
| 5 | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | M Saeki Y Yoshida
| 6 | 6 | 3 | M Saeki Y Yoshida
| 0 | 6 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||
| R Hiraki A Olsza
| 1 | 6 | 6 | R Hiraki A Olsza
| 6 | 4 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
M Tu M Weingärtner
| 6 | 4 | 4 | R Hiraki A Olsza
| 7 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
 S Plischke C Singer
| 3 | 2 | 2 | K Kunce N Pratt
| 5 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | K Kunce N Pratt
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||