1997 State Farm Evert Cup – Doubles
Appearance
Doubles | |
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1997 Newsweek Champions Cup and the State Farm Evert Cup | |
1996 Champions | Chanda Rubin Brenda Schultz-McCarthy |
Champions | Lindsay Davenport Natasha Zvereva |
Runners-up | Lisa Raymond Nathalie Tauziat |
Score | 6–3, 6–2 |
Chanda Rubin and Brenda Schultz-McCarthy were the defending champions but only Rubin competed that year with Mary Joe Fernandez.
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
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.
- Gigi Fernández / Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (Semifinals)
- Larisa Neiland / Helena Suková (Second Round)
- Lindsay Davenport / Natasha Zvereva (Champions)
- Lisa Raymond / Nathalie Tauziat (Final)
- Katrina Adams / Manon Bollegraf (Second Round)
- Mary Joe Fernandez / Chanda Rubin (Semifinals)
- Naoko Kijimuta / Nana Miyagi (Second Round)
- Conchita Martínez / Patricia Tarabini (First 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
Top Half
First Round | Second Round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1 | G Fernández A Sánchez Vicario | 7 | 77 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
A Grossman G Helgeson-Nielsen | 64 | 5 | V Ruano-Pascual P Suárez | 5 | 63 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
V Ruano-Pascual P Suárez | 77 | 7 | 1 | G Fernández A Sánchez Vicario | 6 | 79 | |||||||||||||||||||||
WC | I Majoli M Murić | 2 | 6 | 6 | WC | I Majoli M Murić | 3 | 67 | |||||||||||||||||||
P Hy-Boulais R Simpson | 6 | 4 | 4 | WC | I Majoli M Murić | 77 | 78 | ||||||||||||||||||||
M Werdel-Witmeyer T Whitlinger-Jones | 65 | 3 | 5 | K Adams M Bollegraf | 64 | 66 | |||||||||||||||||||||
5 | K Adams M Bollegraf | 77 | 6 | 1 | G Fernández A Sánchez Vicario | 5 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
4 | L Raymond N Tauziat | 7 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
4 | L Raymond N Tauziat | 77 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
A Ellwood R McQuillan | 4 | 2 | R Grande A Sugiyama | 64 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
R Grande A Sugiyama | 6 | 6 | 4 | L Raymond N Tauziat | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
D Graham K Radford | 6 | 2 | 3/r | A Dechaume-Balleret S Testud | 2 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||
A Dechaume-Balleret S Testud | 2 | 6 | 4 | A Dechaume-Balleret S Testud | 3 | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
R Hiraki L Montalvo | 3 | 1 | 7 | N Kijimuta N Miyagi | 6 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
7 | N Kijimuta N Miyagi | 6 | 6 |
Bottom Half
First Round | Second Round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | C Martínez P Tarabini | 6 | 65 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
WC | S Williams V Williams | 4 | 77 | 7 | WC | S Williams V Williams | 0 | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
Q | Å Carlsson A-G Sidot | 2 | 77 | 77 | Q | Å Carlsson A-G Sidot | 6 | 3 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
K Boogert I Spîrlea | 6 | 64 | 62 | WC | S Williams V Williams | 3 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
A Frazier K Po | 2 | 6 | 6 | 3 | L Davenport N Zvereva | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
S Farina B Schett | 6 | 3 | 2 | A Frazier K Po | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
3 | L Davenport N Zvereva | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
3 | L Davenport N Zvereva | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
6 | M J Fernandez C Rubin | 7 | 6 | 6 | M J Fernandez C Rubin | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
F Labat B Rittner | 5 | 3 | 6 | M J Fernandez C Rubin | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
R Dragomir C Vis | 77 | 77 | R Dragomir C Vis | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
K-A Guse R Nideffer | 64 | 64 | 6 | M J Fernandez C Rubin | 2 | 6 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||
A Kournikova E Likhovtseva | 6 | 6 | A Kournikova E Likhovtseva | 6 | 4 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||
A Lettiere C Morariu | 1 | 1 | A Kournikova E Likhovtseva | 7 | 4 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
2 | L Neiland H Suková | 5 | 6 | 3 |