Doubles
1998 Thalgo Australian Women's Hardcourts
1997 ChampionsJapan Naoko Kijimuta
Japan Nana Miyagi
ChampionsRussia Elena Likhovtseva
Japan Ai Sugiyama
Runners-upSouth Korea Sung-Hee Park
Chinese Taipei Shi-Ting Wang
Score1–6, 6–3, 6–4

Naoko Kijimuta and Nana Miyagi were the defending champions but did not compete that year.

Elena Likhovtseva and Ai Sugiyama won in the final 1–6, 6–3, 6–4 against Sung-Hee Park and Shi-Ting Wang.

Seeds

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

  1. n/a
  2. Russia Elena Likhovtseva / Japan Ai Sugiyama (champions)
  3. Australia Kerry-Anne Guse / Australia Rachel McQuillan (first round)
  4. Czech Republic Eva Melicharová / Czech Republic Helena Vildová (first round)

Draw

Key

First round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
LL Bulgaria M Maleeva
France S Pitkowski
2 2  
  Poland A Olsza
Ukraine E Tatarkova
6 6     Poland A Olsza
Ukraine E Tatarkova
3 2  
  South Korea S-H Park
Chinese Taipei S-T Wang
7 4 6   South Korea S-H Park
Chinese Taipei S-T Wang
6 6  
  Australia K Kunce
United States C Morariu
6 6 4   South Korea S-H Park
Chinese Taipei S-T Wang
6 6  
4 Czech Republic E Melicharová
Czech Republic H Vildová
2 0     Bulgaria S Krivencheva
Australia L Pleming
3 3  
  Belarus O Barabanschikova
Italy R Grande
6 6     Belarus O Barabanschikova
Italy R Grande
6 6  
  Australia C Barclay
Australia L McShea
4 6 2   Bulgaria S Krivencheva
Australia L Pleming
7 7  
  Bulgaria S Krivencheva
Australia L Pleming
6 0 6   South Korea Sung-Hee Park
Chinese Taipei Shi-Ting Wang
6 3 4
  South Africa L Horn
Argentina P Suárez
6 1 6 2 Russia Elena Likhovtseva
Japan Ai Sugiyama
1 6 6
  Belgium L Courtois
Germany W Probst
1 6 3   South Africa L Horn
Argentina P Suárez
4 5  
  Chinese Taipei J Lee
United States L Lee
6 4 6   Chinese Taipei J Lee
United States L Lee
6 7  
3 Australia K-A Guse
Australia R McQuillan
1 6 3   Chinese Taipei J Lee
United States L Lee
6 3 4
  United States M McGrath
Switzerland P Schnyder
6 6   2 Russia E Likhovtseva
Japan A Sugiyama
3 6 6
Q Argentina M Díaz Oliva
Austria S Plischke
4 4     United States M McGrath
Switzerland P Schnyder
3 5  
WC Australia G Biggs
Australia A Jensen
2 2   2 Russia E Likhovtseva
Japan A Sugiyama
6 7  
2 Russia E Likhovtseva
Japan A Sugiyama
6 6  
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.