1997 Volvo Women's Open – Doubles

Doubles
1997 Volvo Women's Open
1996 Champions	Miho Saeki Yuka Yoshida
Champions	Kristine Kunce Corina Morariu
Runners-up	Florencia Labat Dominique Van Roost
Score	6–3, 6–4

Miho Saeki and Yuka Yoshida were the defending champions but lost in the quarterfinals to Kristine Kunce and Corina Morariu.

Kunce and Morariu won in the final 6–3, 6–4 against Florencia Labat and Dominique Van Roost.

Seeds

Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.

1. Henrieta Nagyová / Helena Vildová (First Round)
2. Sung-Hee Park / Shi-Ting Wang (Quarterfinals)
3. Rika Hiraki / Tamarine Tanasugarn (First Round)
4. Florencia Labat / Dominique Van Roost (Final)

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

	First Round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final
	1	H Nagyová H Vildová	6	3	3
		M Saeki Y Yoshida	4	6	6				M Saeki Y Yoshida	7	5	2
		K Kunce C Morariu	6	6					K Kunce C Morariu	5	7	6
		L Horn K Kschwendt	3	1												K Kunce C Morariu	1	6	6
	3	R Hiraki T Tanasugarn	2	3												S Noorlander N van Lottum	6	4	4
		S Noorlander N van Lottum	6	6					S Noorlander N van Lottum	1	6	6
	Q	A Tordoff J-Q Yi	5	1					C Cristea R Dragomir	6	4	4
		C Cristea R Dragomir	7	6																			Kristine Kunce Corina Morariu	6	6
	WC	S Asagoe B Sangaram	1	1																		4	Florencia Labat Dominique Van Roost	3	4
		A Ellwood N Pratt	6	6					A Ellwood N Pratt	6	6	4
		E Kulikovskaya P Stoyanova	2	6	6			4	F Labat D Van Roost	4	7	6
	4	F Labat D Van Roost	6	3	7										4	F Labat D Van Roost	6	7
		Å Carlsson L Golarsa	3	4												O Barabanschikova L Pleming	4	6
		O Barabanschikova L Pleming	6	6					O Barabanschikova L Pleming	w/o
		L Courtois V Csurgo	1	1				2	S-H Park S-T Wang
	2	S-H Park S-T Wang	6	6

External links

• 1997 Volvo Women's Open Doubles Draw