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1998 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix

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1998 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix
Date5–11 October
Edition21st
CategoryTier II
Draw28S / 16D
Prize money$450,000
SurfaceHard / indoor
LocationFilderstadt, Germany
VenueFilderstadt Tennis Club
Champions
Singles
France Sandrine Testud
Doubles
United States Lindsay Davenport
Belarus Natasha Zvereva
← 1997 · Porsche Tennis Grand Prix · 1999 →

The 1998 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix was a women's tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts at the Filderstadt Tennis Club in Filderstadt in Germany that was part of Tier II of the 1998 WTA Tour. It was the 21st edition of the tournament and was held from 5 October until 11 October 1998. Unseeded Sandrine Testud won the singles title and earned $79,000 first-prize money.[1]

Finals

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Singles

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France Sandrine Testud defeated United States Lindsay Davenport 7–5, 6–3

  • It was Testud's only title of the year and the 2nd of her career.

Doubles

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United States Lindsay Davenport / Belarus Natasha Zvereva defeated Russia Anna Kournikova / Spain Arantxa Sánchez-Vicario 6–4, 6–2

  • It was Davenport's 10th title of the year and the 41st of her career. It was Zvereva's 6th title of the year and the 79th of her career.

Prize money

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Event W F SF QF Round of 16 Round of 32
Singles $79,000 $36,000 $17,850 $9,400 $4,950 $2,600

References

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  1. ^ "1998". www.40love.de. Porsche.
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