1997 DFS Classic – Doubles

Doubles
1997 DFS Classic
1996 Champions	Elizabeth Smylie Linda Wild
Final
Champions	Katrina Adams Larisa Savchenko
Runners-up	Nathalie Tauziat Linda Wild
Score	6–2, 6–3
Events
Singles Doubles
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Main article: 1997 DFS Classic

Elizabeth Smylie and Linda Wild were the defending champions but only Wild competed that year with Nathalie Tauziat.

Tauziat and Wild lost in the final 6–2, 6–3 against Katrina Adams and Larisa Savchenko.

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. Katrina Adams / Larisa Savchenko (champions)
2. Nathalie Tauziat / Linda Wild (final)
3. Miriam Oremans / Lisa Raymond (quarterfinals)
4. Yayuk Basuki / Lori McNeil (semifinals)
5. Naoko Kijimuta / Nana Miyagi (quarterfinals)
6. Alexandra Fusai / Rita Grande (quarterfinals)
7. Silvia Farina / Rika Hiraki (first round)
8. Debbie Graham / Kristine Kunce (second 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	K Adams L Savchenko	6	6
	4	Y Basuki L McNeil	4	2
								1	Katrina Adams Larisa Savchenko	6	6
								2	Nathalie Tauziat Linda Wild	2	3
	WC	J Pullin L Woodroffe	2	5
	2	N Tauziat L Wild	6	7

Top half

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
								1	K Adams L Savchenko	7	7
		N Feber S Jeyaseelan	1	4					D Jones T Tanasugarn	5	6
		D Jones T Tanasugarn	6	6											1	K Adams L Savchenko	3	6	6
		L Cenková N van Lottum	6	3	6											S Noorlander C Papadáki	6	2	2
		S Noorlander C Papadáki	2	6	8				S Noorlander C Papadáki	6	6
		K-A Guse C Morariu	2	6	1			8	D Graham K Kunce	4	2
	8	D Graham K Kunce	6	4	6																	1	K Adams L Savchenko	6	6
																						4	Y Basuki L McNeil	4	2
								4	Y Basuki L McNeil	6	6
		E deLone N Pratt	6	4	1				E Callens G Helgeson-Nielsen	2	2
		E Callens G Helgeson-Nielsen	4	6	6										4	Y Basuki L McNeil	6	6
		M Murić M Saeki	5	6	6										6	A Fusai R Grande	4	4
		S-H Park M Tu	7	3	1				M Murić M Saeki	6	3
		M de Swardt L Horn	3	7	2			6	A Fusai R Grande	7	6
	6	A Fusai R Grande	6	6	6

Bottom half

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
	7	S Farina R Hiraki	2	0
		I Gorrochategui I Spîrlea	6	6					I Gorrochategui I Spîrlea
		M Paz A-G Sidot	7	5	2			WC	J Pullin L Woodroffe	w/o
	WC	J Pullin L Woodroffe	5	7	6										WC	J Pullin L Woodroffe	6	0
		C Barclay C Wood	6	6											3	M Oremans L Raymond	3	1	r
		C Cristea M Grzybowska	3	4					C Barclay C Wood	1	4
								3	M Oremans L Raymond	6	6
																						WC	J Pullin L Woodroffe	2	5
	5	N Kijimuta N Miyagi	6	6																		2	N Tauziat L Wild	6	7
	WC	S-A Siddall A Wainwright	3	0				5	N Kijimuta N Miyagi	7	6
		J Lee A Olsza	1	3					L Golarsa D Van Roost	5	3
		L Golarsa D Van Roost	6	6											5	N Kijimuta N Miyagi	1	3
		A Ellwood R McQuillan	5	4											2	N Tauziat L Wild	6	6
	Q	O Barabanschikova S Smith	7	6				Q	O Barabanschikova S Smith	4	3
								2	N Tauziat L Wild	6	6

Qualifying draw

	First qualifying round							Second qualifying round							Final qualifying round
	1	L Ghirardi S Pitkowski	8
		N Vaidyanathan M Weingärtner	6
								1	L Ghirardi S Pitkowski	8
									L Ahl L Latimer	1
		L Ahl L Latimer	8
		C Taylor J Ward	2
															1	L Ghirardi S Pitkowski	6
																O Barabanschikova S Smith	8
	WC	H Crook V Davies	8
		M Drake K Pace	3
								WC	H Crook V Davies	1
									O Barabanschikova S Smith	8
		O Barabanschikova S Smith	8
	2	Y Hosoki K Nagatomi	3

External links

• 1997 DFS Classic Draws
• ITF Tournament Page Archived 5 December 2020 at the Wayback Machine
• ITF doubles results page ^{[ permanent dead link ]}
• ITF doubles qualifying results page ^{[ permanent dead link ]}