1997 Rexona Cup – Doubles

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Doubles
1997 Rexona Cup
1996 Champions Flag of Spain.svg Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Brenda Schultz-McCarthy
Final
Champions Flag of Germany.svg Anke Huber
Flag of France.svg Mary Pierce
Runners-up Flag of Romania.svg Ruxandra Dragomir
Flag of Croatia.svg Iva Majoli
Score2–6, 7–6, 6–2
Details
Draw16
Seeds4
Events
Singles Doubles
  1996  · Hamburg European Open ·  1998  

The 1997 Rexona Cup - Singles was a tennis event played on outdoor clay courts at the Am Rothenbaum in Hamburg, Germany. The 1997 Rexona Cup tournament was held from 28 April until 4 May 1997, and was part of Tier II of the 1997 WTA Tour.

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Arantxa Sánchez Vicario and Brenda Schultz-McCarthy were the defending champions but they competed with different partners that year, Sánchez Vicario with Inés Gorrochategui and Schultz-McCarthy with Larisa Savchenko.

Savchenko and Schultz-McCarthy lost in the first round to Ruxandra Dragomir and Iva Majoli. Gorrochategui and Sánchez Vicario lost in the quarterfinals to Dragomir and Majoli. Anke Huber and Mary Pierce won in the final 2–6, 7–6, 6–2 against Dragomir and Majoli.

Seeds

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

  1. Flag of Latvia.svg Larisa Savchenko / Flag of the Netherlands.svg Brenda Schultz-McCarthy (first round)
  2. Flag of the United States.svg Gigi Fernández / Flag of Spain.svg Conchita Martínez (semifinals)
  3. Flag of France.svg Sandrine Testud / Flag of the Netherlands.svg Caroline Vis (quarterfinals)
  4. Flag of Ukraine.svg Olga Lugina / Flag of Germany.svg Elena Wagner (quarterfinals)

Draw

Key

First round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
1 Flag of Latvia.svg L Savchenko
Flag of the Netherlands.svg B Schultz-McCarthy
3 4  
  Flag of Romania.svg R Dragomir
Flag of Croatia.svg I Majoli
66   Flag of Romania.svg R Dragomir
Flag of Croatia.svg I Majoli
64 6
  Flag of the Czech Republic.svg E Melicharová
Flag of Poland.svg A Olsza
3 3    Flag of Argentina.svg I Gorrochategui
Flag of Spain.svg A Sánchez Vicario
3 61
  Flag of Argentina.svg I Gorrochategui
Flag of Spain.svg A Sánchez Vicario
66   Flag of Romania.svg R Dragomir
Flag of Croatia.svg I Majoli
66 
3 Flag of France.svg S Testud
Flag of the Netherlands.svg C Vis
5 76  Flag of Sweden.svg Å Carlsson
Flag of Argentina.svg P Suárez
2 1  
  Flag of Argentina.svg F Labat
Flag of Germany.svg B Rittner
76 2 3 Flag of France.svg S Testud
Flag of the Netherlands.svg C Vis
5 63
  Flag of Sweden.svg Å Carlsson
Flag of Argentina.svg P Suárez
66   Flag of Sweden.svg Å Carlsson
Flag of Argentina.svg P Suárez
72 6
  Flag of Bulgaria.svg S Krivencheva
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg P Schnyder
4 1    Flag of Romania.svg Ruxandra Dragomir
Flag of Croatia.svg Iva Majoli
66 2
  Flag of Hungary.svg V Csurgo
Flag of France.svg A-G Sidot
2 4    Flag of Germany.svg Anke Huber
Flag of France.svg Mary Pierce
2 76
  Flag of Germany.svg A Huber
Flag of France.svg M Pierce
66   Flag of Germany.svg A Huber
Flag of France.svg M Pierce
77 
WC Flag of Germany.svg S Klösel
Flag of Germany.svg J Wöhr
75 2 4 Flag of Ukraine.svg O Lugina
Flag of Germany.svg E Wagner
5 5  
4 Flag of Ukraine.svg O Lugina
Flag of Germany.svg E Wagner
5 76  Flag of Germany.svg A Huber
Flag of France.svg M Pierce
64 6
Q Flag of Argentina.svg M Díaz Oliva
Flag of Austria.svg K Kschwendt
2 5  2 Flag of the United States.svg G Fernández
Flag of Spain.svg C Martínez
3 64
  Flag of the United States.svg A Grossman
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg P Langrová
67   Flag of the United States.svg A Grossman
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg P Langrová
2 3  
  Flag of Germany.svg K Freye
Flag of Germany.svg S Meier
2 2  2 Flag of the United States.svg G Fernández
Flag of Spain.svg C Martínez
66 
2 Flag of the United States.svg G Fernández
Flag of Spain.svg C Martínez
66 

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