1998 Chase Championships – Doubles

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.

Doubles
1998 Chase Championships
1997 ChampionsUnited States Lindsay Davenport
Czech Republic Jana Novotná
ChampionsUnited States Lindsay Davenport
Belarus Natasha Zvereva
Runners-upFrance Alexandra Fusai
France Nathalie Tauziat
Score6–7(6–8), 7–5, 6–3

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

Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
               
1 Switzerland Martina Hingis
Czech Republic Jana Novotná
4 6 4
  Indonesia Yayuk Basuki
Netherlands Caroline Vis
6 2 6
  Indonesia Yayuk Basuki
Netherlands Caroline Vis
2 6 3
4 France Alexandra Fusai
France Nathalie Tauziat
6 3 6
4 France Alexandra Fusai
France Nathalie Tauziat
4 6 6
  Russia Elena Likhovtseva
Japan Ai Sugiyama
6 1 4
4 France Alexandra Fusai
France Nathalie Tauziat
78 5 3
2 United States Lindsay Davenport
Belarus Natasha Zvereva
66 7 6
  Spain Conchita Martínez
Argentina Patricia Tarabini
2 2  
3 United States Lisa Raymond
Australia Rennae Stubbs
6 6  
3 United States Lisa Raymond
Australia Rennae Stubbs
3 1  
2 United States Lindsay Davenport
Belarus Natasha Zvereva
6 6  
  Russia Anna Kournikova
Latvia Larisa Neiland
2 3  
2 United States Lindsay Davenport
Belarus Natasha Zvereva
6 6  
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