Janette Husárová and Dominique Van Roost were the defending champions but they competed with different partners that year, Husárová with Julie Halard-Decugis and Van Roost with Laura Golarsa.
| Doubles | |
|---|---|
| 1998 ASB Classic | |
| Champions |  Nana Miyagi  Tamarine Tanasugarn |
| Runners-up |  Julie Halard-Decugis  Janette Husárová |
| Score | 7–6, 6–4 |
| Draw | 16 |
| Seeds | 4 |
Golarsa and Van Roost lost in the quarterfinals to Halard-Decugis and Husárová.
Halard-Decugis and Husárová lost in the final 7–6, 6–4 against Nana Miyagi and Tamarine Tanasugarn.
Seeds
editChampion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.
Rika Hiraki / 
Mercedes Paz (first round)- Nana Miyagi /
Tamarine Tanasugarn (champions) 
Els Callens / 
Ginger Helgeson-Nielsen (quarterfinals)
Silvia Farina / 
Barbara Schett (semifinals)
Draw
editKey
edit- Q = Qualifier
- WC = Wild card
- LL = Lucky loser
- Alt = Alternate
- SE = Special exempt
- PR = Protected ranking
- ITF = ITF entry
- JE = Junior exempt
- w/o = Walkover
- r = Retired
- d = Defaulted
- SR = Special ranking
| First round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | R Hiraki M Paz
| 3 | 6 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
 L Golarsa D Van Roost
| 6 | 4 | 6 | L Golarsa D Van Roost
| 3 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| J Halard-Decugis J Husárová
| 6 | 6 | J Halard-Decugis J Husárová
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
 B Rittner E Wagner
| 3 | 3 | J Halard-Decugis J Husárová
| 1 | 7 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | S Farina B Schett
| 7 | 6 | 4 | S Farina B Schett
| 6 | 6 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||
K Kschwendt L Němečková
| 6 | 4 | 4 | S Farina B Schett
| 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
 C Cristea E-H Kim
| 6 | 6 | C Cristea E-H Kim
| 4 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Q |  C Black N Vaidyanathan
| 3 | 4 | Julie Halard-Decugis Janette Husárová
| 6 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||
 T Križan P Stoyanova
| 4 | 5 | 2 | Nana Miyagi Tamarine Tanasugarn
| 7 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
 N de Villiers D Jones
| 6 | 7 | N de Villiers D Jones
| 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
 P Hy-Boulais S Jeyaseelan
| 2 | 2 | 3 | E Callens G Helgeson-Nielsen
| 3 | r | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | E Callens G Helgeson-Nielsen
| 6 | 6 | N de Villiers D Jones
| 6 | 4 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| WC |  L Baker R Hudson
| 6 | 7 | 2 | N Miyagi T Tanasugarn
| 4 | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||
 K Marosi C Schneider
| 2 | 5 | WC | L Baker R Hudson
| 2 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| A Dechaume-Balleret S Testud
| 3 | 1 | 2 | N Miyagi T Tanasugarn
| 6 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | N Miyagi T Tanasugarn
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||