1997 Lipton Championships – Women's doubles

Women's doubles
Women's doubles
1997 Lipton Championships
Final
Champions	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario ; Natasha Zvereva
Runners-up	Sabine Appelmans ; Miriam Oremans
Score	6–2, 6–3
Events

Jana Novotná and Arantxa Sánchez Vicario were the defending champions but they competed with different partners that year, Novotná with Lindsay Davenport and Sánchez Vicario with Natasha Zvereva.

Davenport and Novotná lost in the third round to Sabine Appelmans and Miriam Oremans.

Sánchez Vicario and Zvereva won in the final 6–2, 6–3 against Appelmans and Oremans.

Seeds

Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated. All sixteen seeded teams received byes into the second round.

Arantxa Sánchez Vicario / Natasha Zvereva (champions)
Larisa Neiland / Helena Suková (third round)
Lindsay Davenport / Jana Novotná (third round)
Mary Joe Fernández / Martina Hingis (semifinals)
Nicole Arendt / Manon Bollegraf (quarterfinals)
Nathalie Tauziat / Linda Wild (quarterfinals)
Patricia Tarabini / Caroline Vis (quarterfinals)
Naoko Kijimuta / Nana Miyagi (quarterfinals)
Amy Frazier / Kimberly Po (second round)
Katrina Adams / Mariaan de Swardt (second round)
Sabine Appelmans / Miriam Oremans (final)
Chanda Rubin / Brenda Schultz-McCarthy (third round)
Alexandra Fusai / Mercedes Paz (third round)
Alexia Dechaume-Balleret / Sandrine Testud (third round)
Silvia Farina / Barbara Schett (second round)
Rika Hiraki / Florencia Labat (third round)

Draw

Key

Finals

Semifinals					Final

1	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Natasha Zvereva	6	1	7

4	Mary Joe Fernández Martina Hingis	4	6	6
					1	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Natasha Zvereva	6	6

					11	Sabine Appelmans Miriam Oremans	2	3
11	Sabine Appelmans Miriam Oremans	6	6

	Amanda Coetzer Anke Huber	4	2

Top half

Section 1

First round					Second round					Third round					Quarterfinals

					1	A Sánchez Vicario N Zvereva	6	6
	A Grossman K Habšudová	5	6	6		A Grossman K Habšudová	4	4
	W Probst P Schnyder	7	4	0						1	A Sánchez Vicario N Zvereva	4	6	6
	T Križan N van Lottum	7	1	4						12	C Rubin B Schultz-McCarthy	6	3	0
	S Noorlander C Papadáki	5	6	6		S Noorlander C Papadáki	4	3
					12	C Rubin B Schultz-McCarthy	6	6
															1	A Sánchez Vicario N Zvereva	6	6
															7	P Tarabini C Vis	4	3
					14	A Dechaume-Balleret S Testud	6	6
	B Rittner D Van Roost	6	6			B Rittner D Van Roost	0	2
	A Kournikova E Likhovtseva	4	3							14	A Dechaume-Balleret S Testud	7	3	2
	V Ruano-Pascual P Suárez	2	4							7	P Tarabini C Vis	5	6	6
	P Hy-Boulais R Simpson	6	6			P Hy-Boulais R Simpson	6	5	4
					7	P Tarabini C Vis	4	7	6

Section 2

First round					Second round					Third round					Quarterfinals

					4	M J Fernández M Hingis	6	6
	E Martincová H Vildová	0	6	6		E Martincová H Vildová	2	0
	R Dragomir I Majoli	6	3	1						4	M J Fernández M Hingis	6	6
Q	Á Montolio L Pleming	1	0							16	R Hiraki F Labat	2	0
	C Porwik K Radford	6	6			C Porwik K Radford	7	5	6³
					16	R Hiraki F Labat	5	7	7⁷
															4	M J Fernández M Hingis	6	6
															6	N Tauziat L Wild	3	1
					9	A Frazier K Po	6	2	4
WC	L Raymond M Seles	2	2			I Gorrochategui I Spîrlea	4	6	6
	I Gorrochategui I Spîrlea	6	6								I Gorrochategui I Spîrlea	6	3	5
	D Jones L Němečková	0	5							6	N Tauziat L Wild	3	6	7
	A Ellwood R McQuillan	7	6			A Ellwood R McQuillan	1	6²
					6	N Tauziat L Wild	6	7⁷

Bottom half

Section 3

First round					Second round				Third round					Quarterfinals

					8	N Kijimuta N Miyagi	7	6
	E Callens G Helgeson-Nielsen	6	6			E Callens G Helgeson-Nielsen	5	3
	A Lettiere C Morariu	4	4						8	N Kijimuta N Miyagi	6	6
	M Werdel-Witmeyer T Whitlinger-Jones	6	7							M Werdel-Witmeyer T Whitlinger-Jones	2	4
WC	J Lee L Lee	3	5			M Werdel-Witmeyer T Whitlinger-Jones	7	6
					10	K Adams M de Swardt	5	3
														8	N Kijimuta N Miyagi	3	5
														11	S Appelmans M Oremans	6	7
					11	S Appelmans M Oremans	6	6
	E deLone C Wood	7⁷	1	6		E deLone C Wood	3	2
	R Grande A Sugiyama	6⁵	6	4					11	S Appelmans M Oremans	4	6	6
	L Garrone L Montalvo	6	4	7⁷					3	L Davenport J Novotná	6	4	4
	H Nagyová R Zrubáková	1	6	6³		L Garrone L Montalvo	3	1
					3	L Davenport J Novotná	6	6

Section 4

First round					Second round					Third round				Quarterfinals

					5	N Arendt M Bollegraf	4	6	6
	L Golarsa C Singer	4	6	6		L Golarsa C Singer	6	4	3
	S Jeyaseelan R Nideffer	6	3	0						5	N Arendt M Bollegraf	6	6
	L McNeil M Murić	6	6							13	A Fusai M Paz	2	4
	Å Carlsson F Perfetti	3	3			L McNeil M Murić	3	5
					13	A Fusai M Paz	6	7
														5	N Arendt M Bollegraf	2	3
															A Coetzer A Huber	6	6
					15	S Farina B Schett	7	1	3
	A-G Sidot M Strandlund	6	5	3		A Coetzer A Huber	5	6	6
	A Coetzer A Huber	4	7	6							A Coetzer A Huber	6	7
	O Lugina E Wagner	7⁷	5	0						2	L Neiland H Suková	0	5
	M Saeki S-T Wang	6³	7	6		M Saeki S-T Wang	5	4
					2	L Neiland H Suková	7	6