Jacco Eltingh and Paul Haarhuis were the defending champions, but did not participate together this year. Eltingh partnered Sjeng Schalken, losing in the quarterfinals. Haarhuis did not participate this year.
| Doubles | |
|---|---|
| 1998 Qatar Open | |
| Champions |  Mahesh Bhupathi Leander Paes[1] |
| Runners-up |  Olivier Delaître Fabrice Santoro |
| Score | 6–4, 3–6, 6–4 |
| Draw | 16 |
| Seeds | 4 |
Mahesh Bhupathi and Leander Paes won in the final 6–4, 3–6, 6–4, against Olivier Delaître and Fabrice Santoro.
Seeds
editChampion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.
Mahesh Bhupathi / Leander Paes (champions)
Olivier Delaître / Fabrice Santoro (final)- Unknown (withdrew)
Pavel Vízner / 
Fernon Wibier (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
Finals
edit| First round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | M Bhupathi L Paes
| 6 | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| WC |  K Alami H Arazi
| 3 | 7 | 4 | 1 | M Bhupathi L Paes
| 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||
| WC |  J Eltingh S Schalken
| 6 | 4 | 6 | WC | J Eltingh S Schalken
| 4 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Q |  M Barnard C Wilkinson
| 3 | 6 | 3 | 1 | M Bhupathi L Paes
| 7 | 6 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||
| LL |  B Behrens A Cherkasov
| 3 | 2 |  M-K Goellner R Reneberg
| 6 | 7 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| M-K Goellner R Reneberg
| 6 | 6 | M-K Goellner R Reneberg
| 5 | 7 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
S Groen G Ivanišević
| 6 | 7 | S Groen G Ivanišević
| 7 | 6 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| T Kempers M Oosting
| 4 | 6 | 1 | M Bhupathi L Paes
| 6 | 3 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| WC | T Henman M Rosset
| 6 | 6 | 2 | O Delaître F Santoro
| 4 | 6 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||
G Raoux J Sánchez
| 4 | 3 | WC | T Henman M Rosset
| 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
 M Mirnyi J Tarango
| 6 | 6 | 6 | 4 |  P Vízner F Wibier
| 3 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | P Vízner F Wibier
| 3 | 7 | 7 | WC | T Henman M Rosset
| 3 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||
HJ Davids L Pimek
| 6 | 6 | 6 | 2 | O Delaître F Santoro
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| S Noteboom T Vanhoudt
| 2 | 7 | 7 | S Noteboom T Vanhoudt
| 4 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||
 C Brandi F Messori
| 2 | 6 | 3 | 2 | O Delaître F Santoro
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | O Delaître F Santoro
| 6 | 2 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
References
edit- ^ a b "1998 Doha". International Tennis Federation. Archived from the original on 14 March 2016. Retrieved 11 January 2015.