1997 Danamon Open – Doubles

Doubles
1997 Danamon Open
Final
Champions	Kerry-Anne Guse Kristine Radford
Runners-up	Lenka Němečková Yuka Yoshida
Score	6–4, 5–7, 7–5
Details
Draw	16
Seeds	4
Events
Singles Doubles
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Rika Hiraki and Naoko Kijimuta were the defending champions but they competed with different partners that year, Hiraki with Alexia Dechaume-Balleret and Kijimuta with Nana Miyagi.

Hiraki and Dechaume-Balleret lost in the first round to Lenka Němečková and Yuka Yoshida.

Kijimuta and Miyagi lost in the semifinals to Kerry-Anne Guse and Kristine Radford.

Guse and Radford won in the final 6–4, 5–7, 7–5 against Nemeckova and Yoshida. ^[1]

Seeds

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

1. Naoko Kijimuta / Nana Miyagi (semifinals)
2. Alexia Dechaume-Balleret / Rika Hiraki (first round)
3. Sung-Hee Park / Shi-Ting Wang (first round)
4. Kerry-Anne Guse / Kristine Radford (champions)

Draw

Key

• Q = Qualifier
• WC = Wild card
• LL = Lucky loser
• Alt = Alternate
• ITF = ITF entry
• PR = Protected ranking
• SR = Special ranking
• SE = Special exempt
• JE = Junior exempt
• JR = Junior Accelerator Programme entrant
• CO = College Accelerator Programme entrant
• NG = Next Gen Accelerator Program entrant
• w/o = Walkover
• r = Retired
• d = Defaulted

	First round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final
	1	N Kijimuta N Miyagi	6	6
	WC	M Chernovita M Gunawan	1	2				1	N Kijimuta N Miyagi	6	6
		S Haas N Vaidyanathan	6	5	6				S Haas N Vaidyanathan	3	3
		Y Hosoki K Nagatomi	4	7	3										1	N Kijimuta N Miyagi	5	3
	4	K-A Guse K Radford	6	6											4	K-A Guse K Radford	7	6
		T Hotta Y Yamagishi	3	4				4	K-A Guse K Radford	7	6
		J Lee T Tanasugarn	4	6	6				J Lee T Tanasugarn	5	3
		J Chi M Tu	6	2	1																	4	Kerry-Anne Guse Kristine Radford	6	5	7
	LL	L Andriyani I Iskandar	7	6																			Lenka Němečková Yuka Yoshida	4	7	5
	Q	E-H Kim M Kuki	5	3				LL	L Andriyani I Iskandar	3	6
		N Feber G Helgeson-Nielsen	6	5	6				N Feber G Helgeson-Nielsen	6	7
	3	S-H Park S-T Wang	4	7	3											N Feber G Helgeson-Nielsen
		K Takuma K Yazawa	5	7	6											L Němečková Y Yoshida	w/o
		M-R Jeon B Sangaram	7	6	3				K Takuma K Yazawa	0	2
		L Němečková Y Yoshida	6	6					L Němečková Y Yoshida	6	6
	2	A Dechaume-Balleret R Hiraki	4	3

References

1. John Barrett, ed. (1998). International Tennis Federation World of Tennis 1998. London: CollinsWillow. pp. 171, 173, 187. ISBN   9780002188241.

External links

• WTA tournament draws
• ITF tournament draws