1998 Thalgo Australian Women's Hardcourts

Doubles
Doubles
1998 Thalgo Australian Women's Hardcourts
1997 Champions	Naoko Kijimuta ; Nana Miyagi
Final
Champions	Elena Likhovtseva ; Ai Sugiyama
Runners-up	Sung-Hee Park ; Shi-Ting Wang
Score	1–6, 6–3, 6–4
Events
Singles	Doubles

Naoko Kijimuta and Nana Miyagi were the defending champions but did not compete that year.

Elena Likhovtseva and Ai Sugiyama won in the final 1–6, 6–3, 6–4 against Sung-Hee Park and Shi-Ting Wang.

Seeds

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

First round					Quarterfinals				Semifinals					Final

LL	M Maleeva S Pitkowski	2	2
	A Olsza E Tatarkova	6	6			A Olsza E Tatarkova	3	2
	S-H Park S-T Wang	7	4	6		S-H Park S-T Wang	6	6
	K Kunce C Morariu	6	6	4						S-H Park S-T Wang	6	6
4	E Melicharová H Vildová	2	0							S Krivencheva L Pleming	3	3
	O Barabanschikova R Grande	6	6			O Barabanschikova R Grande	6	6
	C Barclay L McShea	4	6	2		S Krivencheva L Pleming	7	7
	S Krivencheva L Pleming	6	0	6											Sung-Hee Park Shi-Ting Wang	6	3	4
	L Horn P Suárez	6	1	6										2	Elena Likhovtseva Ai Sugiyama	1	6	6
	L Courtois W Probst	1	6	3		L Horn P Suárez	4	5
	J Lee L Lee	6	4	6		J Lee L Lee	6	7
3	K-A Guse R McQuillan	1	6	3						J Lee L Lee	6	3	4
	M McGrath P Schnyder	6	6						2	E Likhovtseva A Sugiyama	3	6	6
Q	M Díaz Oliva S Plischke	4	4			M McGrath P Schnyder	3	5
WC	G Biggs A Jensen	2	2		2	E Likhovtseva A Sugiyama	6	7
2	E Likhovtseva A Sugiyama	6	6