1997 Family Circle Cup – Doubles
Appearance
Doubles | |
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1997 Family Circle Cup | |
1996 Champions | Jana Novotná Arantxa Sánchez Vicario |
Champions | Mary Joe Fernández Martina Hingis |
Runners-up | Lindsay Davenport Jana Novotná |
Score | 7–5, 4–6, 6–1 |
Jana Novotná and Arantxa Sánchez Vicario were the defending champions but only Novotná competed that year with Lindsay Davenport.
Davenport and Novotná lost in the final 7–5, 4–6, 6–1 against Mary Joe Fernández and Martina Hingis.
Seeds
Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated. The top four seeded teams received byes into the second round.
- Lindsay Davenport / Jana Novotná (Final)
- Mary Joe Fernández / Martina Hingis (Champions)
- Gigi Fernández / Lisa Raymond (Semifinals)
- Nicole Arendt / Manon Bollegraf (Semifinals)
- Larisa Savchenko / Irina Spîrlea (Second Round)
- Brenda Schultz-McCarthy / Caroline Vis (Second Round)
- Lori McNeil / Linda Wild (Quarterfinals)
- Conchita Martínez / Patricia Tarabini (Quarterfinals)
Draw
Key
- 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
Top Half
First Round | Second Round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1 | L Davenport J Novotná | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
LL | E Gagliardi S Kleinová | 0 | 3 | E Likhovtseva A Sugiyama | 2 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
E Likhovtseva A Sugiyama | 6 | 6 | 1 | L Davenport J Novotná | 6 | 4 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
S Farina B Schett | 1 | 3 | 8 | C Martínez P Tarabini | 0 | 6 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
M Grzybowska S-T Wang | 6 | 6 | M Grzybowska S-T Wang | 7 | 3 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||
V Ruano-Pascual P Suárez | 3 | 6 | 4 | 8 | C Martínez P Tarabini | 5 | 6 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||
8 | C Martínez P Tarabini | 6 | 4 | 6 | 1 | L Davenport J Novotná | 6 | 4 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
4 | N Arendt M Bollegraf | 4 | 6 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
4 | N Arendt M Bollegraf | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
A Grossman K Habšudová | 6 | 2 | 3 | O Lugina C Wood | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
O Lugina C Wood | 4 | 6 | 6 | 4 | N Arendt M Bollegraf | 7 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
A Coetzer I Gorrochategui | 6 | 2 | 2 | R Dragomir I Majoli | 6 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
R Dragomir I Majoli | 2 | 6 | 6 | R Dragomir I Majoli | 6 | 5 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
F Labat B Rittner | 4 | 6 | 4 | 6 | B Schultz-McCarthy C Vis | 1 | 7 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||
6 | B Schultz-McCarthy C Vis | 6 | 2 | 6 |
Bottom Half
First Round | Second Round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | L Savchenko I Spîrlea | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
WC | J Kruger C Papadáki | 3 | 3 | 5 | L Savchenko I Spîrlea | ||||||||||||||||||||||
P Hy-Boulais R Simpson | 5 | 7 | 4 | A Fusai M Paz | w/o | ||||||||||||||||||||||
A Fusai M Paz | 7 | 5 | 6 | A Fusai M Paz | 4 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||
K Adams M de Swardt | 4 | 2 | 3 | G Fernández L Raymond | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
A Huber M Seles | 6 | 6 | A Huber M Seles | 3 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
3 | G Fernández L Raymond | 6 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
3 | G Fernández L Raymond | 4 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
7 | L McNeil L Wild | 6 | 6 | 2 | M J Fernández M Hingis | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
E Martincová H Nagyová | 2 | 4 | 7 | L McNeil L Wild | 6 | 4 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
S Meier S Pitkowski | 4 | 0 | C Morariu T Whitlinger-Jones | 2 | 6 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
C Morariu T Whitlinger-Jones | 6 | 6 | 7 | L McNeil L Wild | 0 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Q | K Kschwendt M Murić | 6 | 7 | 2 | M J Fernández M Hingis | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
A Lettiere N Miyagi | 0 | 6 | Q | K Kschwendt M Murić | 6 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
2 | M J Fernández M Hingis | 7 | 6 |