1997 SEAT Open – Doubles

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Doubles
1997 SEAT Open
Champions Flag of Latvia.svg Larisa Neiland
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Helena Suková
Runners-up Flag of Germany.svg Meike Babel
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Laurence Courtois
Final score61, 60
Events
Singles Doubles
  1996  · SEAT Open ·  1998  

Kristie Boogert and Nathalie Tauziat were the defending champions but only Boogert competed that year with Amanda Coetzer.

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Boogert and Coetzer lost in the quarterfinals to Annica Lindstedt and Caroline Schneider.

Larisa Neiland and Helena Suková won in the final 61, 60 against Meike Babel and Laurence Courtois.

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 Neiland / Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Helena Suková (champions)
  2. Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Sabine Appelmans / Flag of the Netherlands.svg Miriam Oremans (quarterfinals)
  3. Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Eva Melicharová / Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Helena Vildová (semifinals)
  4. Flag of the Netherlands.svg Kristie Boogert / Flag of South Africa.svg Amanda Coetzer (quarterfinals)

Draw

Key

First round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
1 Flag of Latvia.svg L Neiland
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg H Suková
66 
Q Flag of Germany.svg A Glass
Flag of South Africa.svg J Kruger
3 3  1 Flag of Latvia.svg L Neiland
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg H Suková
67 
  Flag of Sweden.svg Å Carlsson
Flag of Switzerland.svg P Schnyder
64 3   Flag of Germany.svg W Probst
Flag of Japan.svg A Sugiyama
2 5  
  Flag of Germany.svg W Probst
Flag of Japan.svg A Sugiyama
0 661 Flag of Latvia.svg L Neiland
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg H Suková
66 
3 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg E Melicharová
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg H Vildová
w/o  3 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg E Melicharová
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg H Vildová
2 3  
  Flag of Germany.svg B Rittner
Flag of France.svg A-G Sidot
   3 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg E Melicharová
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg H Vildová
2 67
  Flag of Poland.svg A Olsza
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg S-A Siddall
2 4  LL Flag of France.svg C Dhenin
Flag of Bulgaria.svg M Maleeva
64 5
LL Flag of France.svg C Dhenin
Flag of Bulgaria.svg M Maleeva
66 1 Flag of Latvia.svg Larisa Neiland
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Helena Suková
66 
  Flag of Sweden.svg A Lindstedt
Flag of Germany.svg C Schneider
w/o    Flag of Germany.svg Meike Babel
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Laurence Courtois
2 4  
  Flag of France.svg J Halard-Decugis
Flag of France.svg S Testud
     Flag of Sweden.svg A Lindstedt
Flag of Germany.svg C Schneider
66 
  Flag of Germany.svg K Freye
Flag of Germany.svg S Meier
2 2  4 Flag of the Netherlands.svg K Boogert
Flag of South Africa.svg A Coetzer
3 3  
4 Flag of the Netherlands.svg K Boogert
Flag of South Africa.svg A Coetzer
66   Flag of Sweden.svg A Lindstedt
Flag of Germany.svg C Schneider
1 0  
WC Flag of Luxembourg.svg A Kremer
Flag of Spain.svg M Serna
2 4    Flag of Germany.svg M Babel
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg L Courtois
66 
  Flag of Germany.svg M Babel
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg L Courtois
66   Flag of Germany.svg M Babel
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg L Courtois
66 
  Flag of Slovakia.svg K Habšudová
Flag of Argentina.svg F Labat
3 66 2 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg S Appelmans
Flag of the Netherlands.svg M Oremans
3 2  
2 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg S Appelmans
Flag of the Netherlands.svg M Oremans
63 7

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