1998 Heineken Trophy – Women's doubles

Women's doubles
1998 Heineken Trophy
Final
Champions	Sabine Appelmans Miriam Oremans
Runners-up	Cătălina Cristea Eva Melicharová
Score	6–7^(4–7), 7–6^(8–6), 7–6^(7–5)
Details
Draw	16 (1WC)
Seeds	4
Events
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Main article: 1998 Heineken Trophy

Eva Melicharová and Helena Vildová were the defending champions but they competed with different partners that year, Melicharova with Cătălina Cristea and Vildova with Karina Habšudová.

Habšudová and Vildova lost in the first round to Amanda Coetzer and Sandrine Testud.

Cristea and Melicharova lost in the final 6–7^(4–7), 7–6^(8–6), 7–6^(7–5) against Sabine Appelmans and Miriam Oremans.^[1]

Seeds

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

1. Sabine Appelmans / Miriam Oremans (champions)
2. Debbie Graham / Kimberly Po (first round)
3. Florencia Labat / Dominique Van Roost (quarterfinals)
4. Ruxandra Dragomir / Corina Morariu (quarterfinals)

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	S Appelmans M Oremans	6	6
		T Snyder Y Yoshida	3	4				1	S Appelmans M Oremans	6	6
		A Glass S Kleinová	3	3					R Jensen D Jones	4	2
		R Jensen D Jones	6	6											1	S Appelmans M Oremans	w/o
	4	R Dragomir C Morariu	6	6												A Coetzer S Testud
		L Golarsa S-T Wang	1	4				4	R Dragomir C Morariu	2	3
		K Habšudová H Vildová	2	2					A Coetzer S Testud	6	6
		A Coetzer S Testud	6	6																		1	Sabine Appelmans Miriam Oremans	6^4	7^8	7^7
		C Schneider P Wartusch	4	2																			Cătălina Cristea Eva Melicharová	7^7	6^6	6^5
		J Halard-Decugis C Rubin	6	6					J Halard-Decugis C Rubin	6	6
		G León García C Torrens Valero	3	2				3	F Labat D Van Roost	4	1
	3	F Labat D Van Roost	6	6												J Halard-Decugis C Rubin
	WC	D Haak A Mikkers	6^4	1												C Cristea E Melicharová	w/o
		C Cristea E Melicharová	7^7	6					C Cristea E Melicharová	6^5	6	6
		A Dechaume-Balleret A Mauresmo	6	6					A Dechaume-Balleret A Mauresmo	7^7	3	2
	2	D Graham K Po	1	3

References

1. "History - Complete winner's list". Libéma Open. Retrieved 4 March 2023. Ladies (double) - 1998 - Appelmans/Oremans

External links

• Official results archive (ITF)
• Official results archive (WTA)