1998 Budapest Lotto Open

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1998 Budapest Lotto Open
Date20 – 26 April
Edition3rd
Category Tier IV
Draw32S / 16D
Prize money $107,500
Surface Clay / Outdoor
Location Budapest, Hungary
Champions
Singles
Flag of Spain.svg Virginia Ruano Pascual
Doubles
Flag of Spain.svg Virginia Ruano Pascual / Flag of Argentina.svg Paola Suárez
←  1997  · Hungarian Ladies Open ·  1999  →

The 1998 Budapest Lotto Open was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts in Budapest, Hungary that was part of the Tier IV category of the 1998 WTA Tour. It was the third edition of the tournament and was held from 20 April until 26 April 1998. Seventh-seeded Virginia Ruano Pascual won the singles title and earned $17,700 first-prize money.

Tennis ball sport with racket and net

Tennis is a racket sport that can be played individually against a single opponent (singles) or between two teams of two players each (doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over or around a net and into the opponent's court. The object of the game is to maneuver the ball in such a way that the opponent is not able to play a valid return. The player who is unable to return the ball will not gain a point, while the opposite player will.

Clay court type of tennis court

A clay court is one of many different types of tennis court. Clay courts are made of crushed shale, stone, brick, or other unbound mineral aggregates. The French Open uses clay courts, making it unique among the Grand Slam tournaments. Clay courts are more common in Continental Europe and Latin America than in North America, Asia or Britain. Two main types exist: red clay, the more common variety, and green clay, also known as "rubico", which is a harder surface. Although less expensive to construct than other types of tennis courts, the maintenance costs of clay are high as the surface must be rolled to preserve flatness.

Budapest Capital city in Hungary

Budapest is the capital and the most populous city of Hungary, and the tenth-largest city in the European Union by population within city limits. The city had an estimated population of 1,752,704 in 2016 distributed over a land area of about 525 square kilometres. Budapest is both a city and county, and forms the centre of the Budapest metropolitan area, which has an area of 7,626 square kilometres and a population of 3,303,786, comprising 33 percent of the population of Hungary.

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Finals

Singles

Flag of Spain.svg Virginia Ruano Pascual defeated Flag of Italy.svg Silvia Farina 6–4, 4–6, 6–3

Virginia Ruano Pascual Spanish tennis player

Virginia Ruano Pascual is a Spanish former professional tennis player.

Silvia Farina Elia is a former professional tennis player from Italy. She won three WTA singles titles, reached the quarterfinals of the 2003 Wimbledon Championships and achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 11 in May 2002. Farina Elia won her first ITF title at Caltagirone in 1991 and her first WTA tournament at Strasbourg in 2001. She made her début Grand Slam appearance at the 1991 French Open and was coached by husband Francesco Elia, whom she married September 1999.

Doubles

Flag of Spain.svg Virginia Ruano Pascual / Flag of Argentina.svg Paola Suárez defeated Flag of Romania.svg Cătălina Cristea / Flag of Argentina.svg Laura Montalvo 4–6, 6–1, 6–1

Paola Suárez Argentine tennis player

Paola Suárez is a retired tennis player from Argentina. She was one of the most prominent women's doubles players throughout the early and mid-2000s, winning eight Grand Slam titles, all of them with Virginia Ruano Pascual, and holding the No. 1 doubles ranking for 87 non-consecutive weeks. She was also a singles semifinalist at the 2004 French Open.

Cătălina Cristea is a former tennis player from Romania. She was ranked No. 59 in the singles and No. 40 in the doubles. She retired from professional tennis in September 2001 before returning in 2005; she ultimately retired September 2005 age 30.

Laura Montalvo is an Argentine former professional female tennis player.

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