AUSTRALIAN OPEN'98

19 jan. - 2 feb. 1998




19/01/98 - Serena Williams open the tournament with a win against Irina Spirlea



19/01/98 - Mirjana Lucic in her win against Rennae Stubbs



20/01/98 - Mary Pierce in full swing against Fang Li



20/01/98 - Anna Kournikova ensured the show against K. Studenikova on court 1



20/01/98 - Bella Annabel Ellwood survive the 1st round against K. Brandi



21/01/98 - Anna Kournikova in eye-catching (Kournikova-Neiland / Habsudova-Labat)



22/01/98 - Number 1 seed Martina against Barbara Rittner



22/01/98 - Martina on the road to the 3rd round



22/01/98 - Barbara Rittner beaten by Martina (round 2)



23/01/98 - Venus Williams surges into fourth round against Amelie Mauresmo (3rd round)



23/01/98 - Lindsay Davenport wins in straight sets against Flora Perfetti (round 3)



24/01/98 - Australia's own Annabel Ellwood beaten by Amanda Coetzer (round 3)



24/01/98 - Mary Pierce focuses... (v. Barabanschikova - round 3)



24/01/98 - Amanda Coetzer crushes the ball and Annabel Ellwood



24/01/98 - The rivalry grows... Martina / Anna (3rd round)



24/01/98 - Martina fights and wins over Anna K.(round 3)



25/01/98 - Venus on fire, and into the quarters soon after win over Patty Schnyder



26/01/98 - 4 th round : Amanda Coetzer beaten by her doubles partner A. Huber



26/01/98 - Anke Huber wins over A. Coetzer



26/01/98 - Sandrine Testud reaches her second consecutive Grand Slam quarter final (against Tamarine Tanasugarn)



26/01/98 - Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario takes victory in 2 sets over Sugiyama and reaches the quarters.



26/01/98 - Martina Hingis Double Bagel's Indonesia's Yayuk Basuki



26/01/98 - Mary Pierce Double Bagel's Henrieta Nagyova



27/01/98 - Venus on the verge of the semis but loses to Davenport



27/01/98 - Lindsay Davenport conquers Venus for a semi final bath



29/01/98 - Lindsay Davenport upset by C. Martinez in semi-final



29/01/98 - Conchita Martinez battles injury to beat Lindsay in semis



29/01/98 - Anke Huber's run ends with her losing to Martina



29/01/98 - Finalist again : Martina is running to her second straight Australian Open Final !!!



30/01/98 - Teenagers'triumph : Mirjana Lucic wins her first Grand Slam title at 15 like Martina.



30/01/98 - Wildcard Winners : Hingis and Lucic win the Womens Doubles Title (against Davenport/Zvereva)



31/01/98 - Martina is the youngest player in the Open era to defend a Grand Slam title.



31/01/98 - Conchita Martinez falls victim to world number 1 M.H.



31/01/98 - C. Martinez and M. Hingis pose for the cameras



31/01/98 - Twice Australian Open Champion Martina Hingis



01/02/98 - Wildcard Mixed Doubles winners



01/02/98 - Venus Williams and Justin Gimelstob have something to smile about : their first Grand Slam title (mixed doubles)