title: 1998 Direct Line International Championships – Doubles
text: # 1998 Direct Line International Championships – Doubles
  
  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
  
  Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.
  
  * Arantxa Sánchez Vicario / Natasha Zvereva (final)
  * Alexandra Fusai / Nathalie Tauziat (quarterfinals)
  * Yayuk Basuki / Caroline Vis (semifinals)
  * Anna Kournikova / Larisa Neiland (quarterfinals)
  
  ## Draw
  
  ### Key
  
  * Q = Qualifier
  * WC = Wild card
  * LL = Lucky loser
  * Alt = Alternate
  * SE = Special exempt
  * PR = Protected ranking
  * ITF = ITF entry
  * JE = Junior exempt
  * w/o = Walkover
  * r = Retired
  * d = Defaulted
  * SR = Special ranking
  
  | First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
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  | 1 | A Sánchez Vicario N Zvereva | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | WC | J Pullin L Woodroffe | 1 | 2 | | 1 | A Sánchez Vicario N Zvereva | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
  | | E Likhovtseva A Sugiyama | 3 | 1 | | | N de Villiers L McShea | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
  | | N de Villiers L McShea | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 1 | A Sánchez Vicario N Zvereva | 6 | 6 | | | | |
  | 3 | Y Basuki C Vis | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 3 | Y Basuki C Vis | 4 | 0 | | | | |
  | Q | T Musgrave K Schlukebir | 4 | 1 | | 3 | Y Basuki C Vis | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
  | | K-A Guse R McQuillan | 6 | 6 | | | K-A Guse R McQuillan | 2 | 7 | 3 | | | | | | | | |
  | | M Paz P Tarabini | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Natasha Zvereva | 1 | 3 |
  | | R Grande G Helgeson-Nielsen | 6 | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | Mariaan de Swardt Jana Novotná | 6 | 6 |
  | | K Adams M Bollegraf | 4 | 6 | 6 | | K Adams M Bollegraf | w/o | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | I Gorrochategui I Spîrlea | 4 | 4 | | 4 | A Kournikova L Neiland | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | 4 | A Kournikova L Neiland | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | K Adams M Bollegraf | 0 | 5 | | | | |
  | | M de Swardt J Novotná | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | M de Swardt J Novotná | 6 | 7 | | | | |
  | | J Lee N Pratt | 6 | 0 | | | M de Swardt J Novotná | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
  | | N Miyagi L Pleming | 3 | 3 | | 2 | A Fusai N Tauziat | 1 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
  | 2 | A Fusai N Tauziat | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  