Two-time defending champion Lindsay Davenport and her partner Natasha Zvereva defeated Alexandra Fusai and Nathalie Tauziat in the final, 6–7(6–8), 7–5, 6–3 to win the doubles tennis title at the 1998 WTA Tour Championships.

Davenport and Jana Novotná were the defending champions, but they competed with different partners that year: Davenport with Zvereva, and Novotná with Martina Hingis. Hingis and Novotná were defeated in the quarterfinals by Yayuk Basuki and Caroline Vis.

Seeds

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

  1. Switzerland Martina Hingis / Czech Republic Jana Novotná (quarterfinals)
  2. United States Lindsay Davenport / Belarus Natasha Zvereva (champions)
  3. United States Lisa Raymond / Australia Rennae Stubbs (semifinals)
  4. France Alexandra Fusai / France Nathalie Tauziat (final)

Draw

Key

  • Q = Qualifier
  • WC = Wild card
  • LL = Lucky loser
  • Alt = Alternate
  • ITF = ITF entry
  • PR = Protected ranking
  • SR = Special ranking
  • SE = Special exempt
  • JE = Junior exempt
  • JR = Junior Accelerator Programme entrant
  • CO = College Accelerator Programme entrant
  • NG = Next Gen Accelerator Program entrant
  • w/o = Walkover
  • r = Retired
  • d = Defaulted
QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinals
1Switzerland Martina Hingis Czech Republic Jana Novotná464
Indonesia Yayuk Basuki Netherlands Caroline Vis626
Indonesia Yayuk Basuki Netherlands Caroline Vis263
4France Alexandra Fusai France Nathalie Tauziat636
4France Alexandra Fusai France Nathalie Tauziat466
Russia Elena Likhovtseva Japan Ai Sugiyama614
4France Alexandra Fusai France Nathalie Tauziat7853
2United States Lindsay Davenport Belarus Natasha Zvereva6676
Spain Conchita Martínez Argentina Patricia Tarabini22
3United States Lisa Raymond Australia Rennae Stubbs66
3United States Lisa Raymond Australia Rennae Stubbs31
2United States Lindsay Davenport Belarus Natasha Zvereva66
Russia Anna Kournikova Latvia Larisa Neiland23
2United States Lindsay Davenport Belarus Natasha Zvereva66

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