1998 French Open – Men's doubles

The 1998 French Open was a tennis tournament that took place on the outdoor clay courts at the Stade Roland Garros in Paris, France. The tournament was held from 25 May until 7 June. It was the 97th staging of the French Open, and the second Grand Slam tennis event of 1998.

Yevgeny Kafelnikov and Daniel Vacek were the defending champions, but lost in the second round to Jordi Burillo and Marc-Kevin Goellner.

Jacco Eltingh and Paul Haarhuis won the title by defeating Mark Knowles and Daniel Nestor 6–3, 3–6, 6–3 in the final.

Seeds
Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated. • # Jacco Eltingh / Paul Haarhuis (champions)

• #🇦🇺 Todd Woodbridge / 🇦🇺 Mark Woodforde (third round)

• #🇮🇳 Mahesh Bhupathi / 🇮🇳 Leander Paes (semifinals)

• #🇷🇺 Yevgeny Kafelnikov / 🇨🇿 Daniel Vacek (second round)

• # Ellis Ferreira / 🇺🇸 Rick Leach (first round)

• #🇸🇪 Jonas Björkman / 🇦🇺 Patrick Rafter (semifinals)

• #🇺🇸 Donald Johnson / 🇺🇸 Francisco Montana (quarterfinals)

• #🇺🇸 Alex O'Brien / 🇺🇸 Jonathan Stark (first round)

• #🇺🇸 Jim Grabb / 🇦🇺 David Macpherson (third round)

• #🇺🇸 Patrick Galbraith / 🇳🇿 Brett Steven (quarterfinals)

• #🇦🇺 Joshua Eagle / 🇦🇺 Andrew Florent (third round)

• # Wayne Black / 🇨🇦 Sébastien Lareau (third round)

• #🇪🇸 Tomás Carbonell / 🇪🇸 Francisco Roig (second round)

• #🇦🇷 Luis Lobo / 🇪🇸 Javier Sánchez (second round)

• #🇸🇪 Nicklas Kulti / 🇸🇪 Mikael Tillström (first round)

• #🇬🇧 Neil Broad / Piet Norval (first round)