Eva Melicharová and Helena Vildová were the defending champions but did not compete that year.
| Doubles | |
|---|---|
| 1998 Piberstein Styrian Open | |
| 1997 Champions |  Eva Melicharová Helena Vildová |
| Champions |  Laura Montalvo Paola Suárez |
| Runners-up |  Tina Križan Katarina Srebotnik |
| Score | 6–1, 6–2 |
| Draw | 16 |
| Seeds | 4 |
Laura Montalvo and Paola Suárez won in the final 6–1, 6–2 against Tina Križan and Katarina Srebotnik.
Seeds
editChampion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.
Barbara Schett / 
Patty Schnyder (first round)
Sabine Appelmans / 
Kristie Boogert (semifinals)
Laura Montalvo / Paola Suárez (champions)
Meike Babel / Elena Wagner (quarterfinals)
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 |  B Schett P Schnyder
| 4 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| T Križan K Srebotnik
| 6 | 7 | T Križan K Srebotnik
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| WC | S Plischke B Schwartz
|  S Cecchini M Maruska
| 1 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| S Cecchini M Maruska
| w/o | T Križan K Srebotnik
| 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 |  M Babel E Wagner
| 6 | 6 |  A Dechaume-Balleret B Rittner
| 4 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
G Casoni R Sandu
| 3 | 3 | 4 | M Babel E Wagner
| 6 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||
S Klösel M Murić
| 4 | 2 | A Dechaume-Balleret B Rittner
| 7 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| A Dechaume-Balleret B Rittner
| 6 | 6 | Tina Križan Katarina Srebotnik
| 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| K Kschwendt F Perfetti
| 4 | 1 | 3 | Laura Montalvo Paola Suárez
| 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
 S Obata B Sangaram
| 6 | 6 | S Obata B Sangaram
| 6 | 3 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
 G León García C Torrens Valero
| 6 | 2 | 2 | 3 | L Montalvo P Suárez
| 4 | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | L Montalvo P Suárez
| 4 | 6 | 6 | 3 | L Montalvo P Suárez
| 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||
| E Gagliardi A Serra Zanetti
| 6 | 2 | 6 | 2 |  S Appelmans K Boogert
| 4 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Q | G Aizenberg S Kleinová
| 4 | 6 | 4 | E Gagliardi A Serra Zanetti
| 2 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||
A Cocheteux L Schaerer
| 1 | 4 | 2 | S Appelmans K Boogert
| 6 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | S Appelmans K Boogert
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||