1998 Thalgo Australian Women's Hardcourts – Doubles

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.


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 * 1) 🇷🇺 Elena Likhovtseva / 🇯🇵 Ai Sugiyama (champions)
 * 2) 🇦🇺 Kerry-Anne Guse / 🇦🇺 Rachel McQuillan (first round)
 * 3) 🇨🇿 Eva Melicharová / 🇨🇿 Helena Vildová (first round)