1998 IGA Tennis Classic – Doubles

Doubles
1998 IGA Classic
1997 Champions	Rika Hiraki Nana Miyagi
Champions	Serena Williams Venus Williams
Runners-up	Cătălina Cristea Kristine Kunce
Score	7–5, 6–2
Draw	16
Seeds	4

Rika Hiraki and Nana Miyagi were the defending champions but they competed with different partners that year, Hiraki with Amy Frazier and Miyagi with Rachel McQuillan.

Frazier and Hiraki lost in the first round to Laura Golarsa and Liezel Horn.

McQuillan and Miyagi lost in the quarterfinals to Kristie Boogert and Julie Halard-Decugis.

Serena Williams and Venus Williams won in the final 7–5, 6–2 against Cătălina Cristea and Kristine Kunce.

Seeds

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

1. Katrina Adams / Debbie Graham (quarterfinals)
2. Rachel McQuillan / Nana Miyagi (quarterfinals)
3. Amy Frazier / Rika Hiraki (first round)
4. Catherine Barclay / Kerry-Anne Guse (first round)

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

	First round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final
	1	K Adams D Graham	6	6
		M Saeki A Wunderlich	2	2				1	K Adams D Graham	4	3	r
	Q	S de Beer L Lee	4	5					S Williams V Williams	6	4
		S Williams V Williams	6	7												S Williams V Williams	6	6
	3	A Frazier R Hiraki	4	4												L Golarsa L Horn	2	2
		L Golarsa L Horn	6	6					L Golarsa L Horn	6	7
		E Martincová A Olsza	6	4					N de Villiers G Helgeson-Nielsen	3	5
		N de Villiers G Helgeson-Nielsen	7	6																			Serena Williams Venus Williams	7	6
		A Dechaume-Balleret S Testud	3	4																			Cătălina Cristea Kristine Kunce	5	2
		E deLone N Pratt	6	6					E deLone N Pratt	2	3
		C Cristea K Kunce	7	6					C Cristea K Kunce	6	6
	4	C Barclay K-A Guse	5	1												C Cristea K Kunce	6	6
		K Boogert J Halard-Decugis	6	7												K Boogert J Halard-Decugis	1	3
		M de Swardt M McGrath	4	5					K Boogert J Halard-Decugis	6	6
	WC	L Davenport J Steven	3	2				2	R McQuillan N Miyagi	4	1
	2	R McQuillan N Miyagi	6	6

External links

• 1998 IGA Classic Doubles draw