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1997 State Farm Evert Cup – Doubles

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Doubles
1997 Newsweek Champions Cup
and the State Farm Evert Cup
Final
ChampionsUnited States Lindsay Davenport
Belarus Natasha Zvereva
Runners-upUnited States Lisa Raymond
France Nathalie Tauziat
Score6–3, 6–2
Events
Singles men women
Doubles men women
← 1996 · Newsweek Champions Cup · 1998 →
← 1996 · State Farm Evert Cup · 1998 →

Chanda Rubin and Brenda Schultz-McCarthy were the defending champions but only Rubin competed that year with Mary Joe Fernández.

Fernandez and Rubin lost in the semifinals to Lindsay Davenport and Natasha Zvereva.

Davenport and Zvereva won in the final 6–3, 6–2 against Lisa Raymond and Nathalie Tauziat.

Seeds

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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.

Draw

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Key

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Finals

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Final
     
4 United States Lisa Raymond
France Nathalie Tauziat
3 2  
3 United States Lindsay Davenport
Belarus Natasha Zvereva
6 6  

Top half

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First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
1 United States G Fernández
Spain A Sánchez Vicario
7 77  
  United States A Grossman
United States G Helgeson-Nielsen
64 5     Spain V Ruano-Pascual
Argentina P Suárez
5 63  
  Spain V Ruano-Pascual
Argentina P Suárez
77 7   1 United States G Fernández
Spain A Sánchez Vicario
6 79  
WC Croatia I Majoli
Croatia M Murić
2 6 6 WC Croatia I Majoli
Croatia M Murić
3 67  
  Canada P Hy-Boulais
Canada R Simpson
6 4 4 WC Croatia I Majoli
Croatia M Murić
77 78  
  United States M Werdel-Witmeyer
United States T Whitlinger-Jones
65 3   5 United States K Adams
Netherlands M Bollegraf
64 66  
5 United States K Adams
Netherlands M Bollegraf
77 6   1 United States G Fernández
Spain A Sánchez Vicario
5 2  
4 United States L Raymond
France N Tauziat
7 6  
4 United States L Raymond
France N Tauziat
77 7  
  Australia A Ellwood
Australia R McQuillan
4 2     Italy R Grande
Japan A Sugiyama
64 5  
  Italy R Grande
Japan A Sugiyama
6 6   4 United States L Raymond
France N Tauziat
6 6  
  United States D Graham
Australia K Radford
6 2 3/r   France A Dechaume-Balleret
France S Testud
2 4  
  France A Dechaume-Balleret
France S Testud
2 6 4   France A Dechaume-Balleret
France S Testud
3 6 6
  Japan R Hiraki
Argentina L Montalvo
3 1   7 Japan N Kijimuta
Japan N Miyagi
6 2 0
7 Japan N Kijimuta
Japan N Miyagi
6 6  

Bottom half

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First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
8 Spain C Martínez
Argentina P Tarabini
6 65 5
WC United States S Williams
United States V Williams
4 77 7 WC United States S Williams
United States V Williams
0 6 6
Q Sweden Å Carlsson
France A-G Sidot
2 77 77 Q Sweden Å Carlsson
France A-G Sidot
6 3 3
  Netherlands K Boogert
Romania I Spîrlea
6 64 62 WC United States S Williams
United States V Williams
3 0  
  United States A Frazier
United States K Po
2 6 6 3 United States L Davenport
Belarus N Zvereva
6 6  
  Italy S Farina
Austria B Schett
6 3 2   United States A Frazier
United States K Po
1 1  
3 United States L Davenport
Belarus N Zvereva
6 6  
3 United States L Davenport
Belarus N Zvereva
6 6  
6 United States M J Fernández
United States C Rubin
7 6   6 United States M J Fernández
United States C Rubin
1 0  
  Argentina F Labat
Germany B Rittner
5 3   6 United States M J Fernández
United States C Rubin
6 6  
  Romania R Dragomir
Netherlands C Vis
77 77     Romania R Dragomir
Netherlands C Vis
1 1  
  Australia K-A Guse
South Africa R Nideffer
64 64   6 United States M J Fernández
United States C Rubin
2 6 7
  Russia A Kournikova
Russia E Likhovtseva
6 6     Russia A Kournikova
Russia E Likhovtseva
6 4 5
  United States A Lettiere
United States C Morariu
1 1     Russia A Kournikova
Russia E Likhovtseva
7 4 6
2 Latvia L Neiland
Czech Republic H Suková
5 6 3

References

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