Jacco Eltingh and Paul Haarhuis defeated Mark Knowles and Daniel Nestor in the final, 6–4, 6–2, 7–5 to win the doubles tennis title at the 1998 ATP Tour World Championships. Rick Leach and Jonathan Stark were the defending champions, but did not compete together in 1998. Stark failed to qualify with another partner; Leach partnered Ellis Ferreira, but was eliminated in the round-robin stage.

Seeds

• # Jacco Eltingh / Paul Haarhuis (champions) • # 🇮🇳 Mahesh Bhupathi / 🇮🇳 Leander Paes (round robin, withdrew due to a left ankle injury of Paes) • # 🇦🇺 Todd Woodbridge / 🇦🇺 Mark Woodforde (round robin) • # Mark Knowles / 🇨🇦 Daniel Nestor (final) • # Ellis Ferreira / 🇺🇸 Rick Leach (round robin) • # 🇦🇺 Sandon Stolle / 🇨🇿 Cyril Suk (round robin) • # 🇫🇷 Olivier Delaître / 🇫🇷 Fabrice Santoro (semifinals) • # 🇺🇸 Donald Johnson / 🇺🇸 Francisco Montana (semifinals) • # 🇦🇺 Joshua Eagle / 🇦🇺 Andrew Florent (round robin)

Draw

Finals

Green group

''Standings are determined by: 1. number of wins; 2. number of matches; 3. in two-players-ties, head-to-head records; 4. in three-players-ties, percentage of sets won, or of games won; 5. steering-committee decision.''

Gold group

''Standings are determined by: 1. number of wins; 2. number of matches; 3. in two-players-ties, head-to-head records; 4. in three-players-ties, percentage of sets won, or of games won; 5. steering-committee decision.''