1997 Lipton Championships – Women's doubles

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

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.

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

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

	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

References

• 1997 Lipton Championships Women's Doubles Draw