1997 du Maurier Open – Women's doubles

Women's doubles
1997 du Maurier Open
1996 Champions	Larisa Savchenko Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
Champions	Yayuk Basuki Caroline Vis
Runners-up	Nicole Arendt Manon Bollegraf
Score	3–6, 7–5, 6–4

Larisa Savchenko and Arantxa Sánchez Vicario were the defending champions but they competed with different partners that year, Savchenko with Helena Suková and Sánchez Vicario with Mary Joe Fernández.

Fernández and Sánchez Vicario lost in the quarterfinals to Yayuk Basuki and Caroline Vis.

Savchenko and Suková lost in the semifinals to Nicole Arendt and Manon Bollegraf.

Basuki and Vis won in the final 3–6, 7–5, 6–4 against Arendt and Bollegraf.

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.

1. Mary Joe Fernández / Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (Quarterfinals)
2. Nicole Arendt / Manon Bollegraf (Final)
3. Larisa Savchenko / Helena Suková (Semifinals)
4. Alexandra Fusai / Nathalie Tauziat (Second Round)
5. Conchita Martínez / Patricia Tarabini (Second Round)
6. Yayuk Basuki / Caroline Vis (Champions)
7. Naoko Kijimuta / Nana Miyagi (Quarterfinals)
8. Lisa Raymond / Rennae Stubbs (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

Top Half

	First Round							Second Round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
								1	M J Fernández A Sánchez Vicario	6	6
		S Appelmans L Wild	6	4	6				S Appelmans L Wild	3	4
		S Farina B Rittner	3	6	4										1	M J Fernández A Sánchez Vicario	1	0	r
		M Babel A Lettiere	6	2	3										6	Y Basuki C Vis	6	1
		A Grossman K Habšudová	3	6	6				A Grossman K Habšudová	4	6	2
		F Labat M Paz	3	3				6	Y Basuki C Vis	6	2	6
	6	Y Basuki C Vis	6	6																		6	Y Basuki C Vis	4	7	7
																							I Gorrochategui I Spîrlea	6	5	6
								4	A Fusai N Tauziat	6	3	2
	WC	M Drake J Nejedly	1	4					I Gorrochategui I Spîrlea	2	6	6
		I Gorrochategui I Spîrlea	6	6												I Gorrochategui I Spîrlea	3	6	6
		R Dragomir I Majoli	5	2											8	L Raymond R Stubbs	6	3	3
	Q	C Cristea L Montalvo	7	6				Q	C Cristea L Montalvo	2	2
		A Coetzer M Pierce	2	4				8	L Raymond R Stubbs	6	6
	8	L Raymond R Stubbs	6	6

Bottom Half

	First Round							Second Round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
	5	C Martínez P Tarabini	6	6
		A Huber T Tanasugarn	4	3				5	C Martínez P Tarabini	6	4
		M Saeki Y Yoshida	7	0	6				E Callens R Grande	7	6
		E Callens R Grande	6	6	7											E Callens R Grande	3	4
		K Po B Schultz-McCarthy	2	6	7										3	L Savchenko H Suková	6	6
		S Jeyaseelan R Simpson	6	2	6				K Po B Schultz-McCarthy	6	2
								3	L Savchenko H Suková	7	6
																						3	L Savchenko H Suková	1	6
	7	N Kijimuta N Miyagi	6	6																		2	N Arendt M Bollegraf	6	7
		A Dechaume-Balleret S Testud	4	1				7	N Kijimuta N Miyagi	4	6	6
		M de Swardt M Murić	4	4					E Likhovtseva A Sugiyama	6	3	2
		E Likhovtseva A Sugiyama	6	6											7	N Kijimuta N Miyagi	6	3	2
		Å Carlsson P Hy-Boulais	6	6											2	N Arendt M Bollegraf	4	6	6
		C Barclay C Wood	4	4					Å Carlsson P Hy-Boulais	7	4	2
								2	N Arendt M Bollegraf	6	6	6

External links

• 1997 du Maurier Open Women's Doubles Draw