1998 Bausch & Lomb Championships – Doubles

Doubles
1998 Bausch & Lomb Championships
Champions	Sandra Cacic Mary Pierce
Runners-up	Barbara Schett Patty Schnyder
Score	7–6, 4–6, 7–6
Draw	28 (1 Q / 2 WC )
Seeds	8

Lindsay Davenport and Jana Novotná were the defending champions but only Davenport competed that year with Monica Seles.

Davenport and Seles lost in the second round to Sandra Cacic and Mary Pierce.

Cacic and Pierce won in the final 7–6, 4–6, 7–6 against Barbara Schett and Patty Schnyder.

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. Katrina Adams / Manon Bollegraf (semifinals)
2. Anna Kournikova / Larisa Neiland (semifinals)
3. n/a
4. Elena Likhovtseva / Caroline Vis (second round)
5. Lisa Raymond / Rennae Stubbs (first round)
6. Lindsay Davenport / Monica Seles (second round)
7. Rachel McQuillan / Nana Miyagi (second round)
8. Ruxandra Dragomir / Iva Majoli (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
	WC	Sandra Cacic  Mary Pierce	7	4	7
		Barbara Schett  Patty Schnyder	6	6	6

Top half

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
								1	K Adams  M Bollegraf	w/o
		V Ruano Pascual  P Suárez	7	2	7				V Ruano Pascual  P Suárez
		Å Carlsson  F Li	5	6	6										1	K Adams  M Bollegraf	6	6
		M Babel  W Probst	1	0	r											S Reeves  S-T Wang	2	4
		S Reeves  S-T Wang	6	1					S Reeves  S-T Wang	6	6
	WC	O Barabanschikova  M Serna	7	2	3			7	R McQuillan  N Miyagi	3	3
	7	R McQuillan  N Miyagi	6	6	6																	1	K Adams  M Bollegraf	6	3
																						WC	S Cacic  M Pierce	7	6
								LL	A Miller  T Snyder	4	0
		C Cristea  L Montalvo	6	6					C Cristea  L Montalvo	6	6
		S Jeyaseelan  R Simpson	1	1												C Cristea  L Montalvo	6	2	4
		S Cecchini  F Labat	1	2											WC	S Cacic  M Pierce	3	6	6
	WC	S Cacic  M Pierce	6	6				WC	S Cacic  M Pierce	w/o
		A Dechaume-Balleret  P Hy-Boulais	1	3				6	L Davenport  M Seles
	6	L Davenport  M Seles	6	6

Bottom half

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
	8	R Dragomir  I Majoli	6	6
		E Kulikovskaya  K Studeníková	2	2				8	R Dragomir  I Majoli	7	6
		B Rittner  A-G Sidot	6	6					B Rittner  A-G Sidot	6	4
		M Drake  M Mazzotta	4	2											8	R Dragomir  I Majoli	6	5	3
	Q	J Kruger  M Maruska	2	6	2											B Schett  P Schnyder	3	7	6
		B Schett  P Schnyder	6	1	6				B Schett  P Schnyder	6	6
								4	E Likhovtseva  C Vis	4	4
																							B Schett  P Schnyder	6	3	6
	5	L Raymond  R Stubbs	6	3	3																	2	A Kournikova  L Neiland	1	6	4
		C Rubin  I Spîrlea	3	6	6				C Rubin  I Spîrlea	6	6
		E Martincová  P Stoyanova	1	7	7				E Martincová  P Stoyanova	1	1
		D Graham  K Rinaldi	6	6	6											C Rubin  I Spîrlea	3	3
		M Paz  B Schultz-McCarthy	0	r											2	A Kournikova  L Neiland	6	6
		L Pleming  A Wunderlich	2						L Pleming  A Wunderlich	2	7	3
								2	A Kournikova  L Neiland	6	6	6

External links

• ITF tournament edition details Archived 2016-08-03 at the Wayback Machine