Doubles
1998 Newsweek Champions Cup
and the State Farm Evert Cup
1997 ChampionsUnited States Lindsay Davenport
Belarus Natasha Zvereva
ChampionsUnited States Lindsay Davenport
Belarus Natasha Zvereva
Runners-upFrance Alexandra Fusai
France Nathalie Tauziat
Score6–4, 2–6, 6–4

Lindsay Davenport and Natasha Zvereva were the defending champions and won in the final 6–4, 2–6, 6–4 against Alexandra Fusai and Nathalie Tauziat.

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. United States Lindsay Davenport / Belarus Natasha Zvereva (champions)
  2. France Alexandra Fusai / France Nathalie Tauziat (final)
  3. Indonesia Yayuk Basuki / Netherlands Caroline Vis (semifinals)
  4. Switzerland Martina Hingis / Croatia Mirjana Lučić (semifinals)
  5. Russia Anna Kournikova / Latvia Larisa Neiland (quarterfinals)
  6. Spain Conchita Martínez / Argentina Patricia Tarabini (second round)
  7. Russia Elena Likhovtseva / Japan Ai Sugiyama (quarterfinals)
  8. Japan Naoko Kijimuta / Japan Nana Miyagi (quarterfinals)

Draw

Key

Final

Final
     
1
6 2 6
2
4 6 4

Top half

First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
1
6 4 6
 
2 4    
3 6 0
 
6 6   1
6 7  
 
6 6   8
3 6  
 
3 2    
1 2  
 
4 4   8
6 6  
8
6 6   1
6 7 6
4
7 5 2
4
6 6 7
WC
6 6 6 WC
3 7 5
Q
7 3 2 4
7 4 6
 
6 6    
5 6 1
 
4 3    
6 6  
 
4 1   5
4 1  
5
6 6  

Bottom half

First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
7
7 6 6
 
6 7 0 7
7 6  
 
4 6 6  
5 4  
 
6 1 3 7
6 3  
 
5 7 6 3
7 6  
 
7 5 4  
6 2 4
3
3 6 6
3
1 4  
5
6 2 6 2
6 6  
LL
4 6 3 5
4 7 7
 
7 6 6  
6 5 6
WC
5 7 1 5
5 6 1r
 
1 6   2
7 1 5
 
6 7    
3 2  
2
6 6  

Qualifying

Seeds

  1. Italy Silvia Farina / Austria Barbara Schett (second round)
  2. Czech Republic Radka Bobková / Canada Sonya Jeyaseelan (first round)

Qualifiers

  1. Zimbabwe Cara Black / United States Lilia Osterloh

Lucky losers

  1. Sweden Åsa Carlsson / China Li Fang

Qualifying draw

First round Second round Qualifying competition
         
1
9
 
7
1
3
 
8
 
8
 
5
 
8
 
3
 
1
 
8
 
5
 
8
 
9
2
7
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