Jump to content

1998 Direct Line International Championships – Doubles

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Doubles
1998 Direct Line International Championships
Final
ChampionsSouth Africa Mariaan de Swardt
Czech Republic Jana Novotná
Runners-upSpain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
Belarus Natasha Zvereva
Score6–1, 6–3
Details
Draw16
Seeds4
Events
Singles Doubles
← 1997 · Eastbourne International · 1999 →

There was no previous year champions since the tournament was stopped due to heavy rain.

Mariaan de Swardt and Jana Novotná won in the final 6–1, 6–3 against Arantxa Sánchez Vicario and Natasha Zvereva.

Seeds

[edit]

Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.

  1. Spain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario / Belarus Natasha Zvereva (final)
  2. France Alexandra Fusai / France Nathalie Tauziat (quarterfinals)
  3. Indonesia Yayuk Basuki / Netherlands Caroline Vis (semifinals)
  4. Russia Anna Kournikova / Latvia Larisa Neiland (quarterfinals)

Draw

[edit]

Key

[edit]
First round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
1 Spain A Sánchez Vicario
Belarus N Zvereva
6 6  
WC United Kingdom J Pullin
United Kingdom L Woodroffe
1 2   1 Spain A Sánchez Vicario
Belarus N Zvereva
6 6  
  Russia E Likhovtseva
Japan A Sugiyama
3 1     South Africa N de Villiers
Australia L McShea
4 2  
  South Africa N de Villiers
Australia L McShea
6 6   1 Spain A Sánchez Vicario
Belarus N Zvereva
6 6  
3 Indonesia Y Basuki
Netherlands C Vis
6 6   3 Indonesia Y Basuki
Netherlands C Vis
4 0  
Q Australia T Musgrave
United States K Schlukebir
4 1   3 Indonesia Y Basuki
Netherlands C Vis
6 6 6
  Australia K-A Guse
Australia R McQuillan
6 6     Australia K-A Guse
Australia R McQuillan
2 7 3
  Argentina M Paz
Argentina P Tarabini
3 3   1 Spain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
Belarus Natasha Zvereva
1 3  
  Italy R Grande
United States G Helgeson-Nielsen
6 4 2   South Africa Mariaan de Swardt
Czech Republic Jana Novotná
6 6  
  United States K Adams
Netherlands M Bollegraf
4 6 6   United States K Adams
Netherlands M Bollegraf
w/o    
  Argentina I Gorrochategui
Romania I Spîrlea
4 4   4 Russia A Kournikova
Latvia L Neiland
     
4 Russia A Kournikova
Latvia L Neiland
6 6     United States K Adams
Netherlands M Bollegraf
0 5  
  South Africa M de Swardt
Czech Republic J Novotná
7 6     South Africa M de Swardt
Czech Republic J Novotná
6 7  
  Chinese Taipei J Lee
Australia N Pratt
6 0     South Africa M de Swardt
Czech Republic J Novotná
6 7  
  Japan N Miyagi
Australia L Pleming
3 3   2 France A Fusai
France N Tauziat
1 6  
2 France A Fusai
France N Tauziat
6 6  
[edit]