1997 WTA German Open – Doubles

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Doubles
1997 WTA German Open
Final
Champions Flag of the United States.svg Lindsay Davenport
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Jana Novotná
Runners-up Flag of the United States.svg Gigi Fernández
Flag of Belarus.svg Natasha Zvereva
Score6–2, 3–6, 6–2
Details
Draw28
Seeds8
Events
Singles Doubles
  1996  · WTA German Open ·  1998  

Meredith McGrath and Larisa Savchenko were the defending champions but only Savchenko competed that year with Katrina Adams.

Contents

Adams and Savchenko lost in the semifinals to Gigi Fernández and Natasha Zvereva.

Lindsay Davenport and Jana Novotná won in the final 6–2, 3–6, 6–2 against Fernández and Zvereva. [1]

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. Flag of the United States.svg Gigi Fernández / Flag of Belarus.svg Natasha Zvereva (final)
  2. Flag of the United States.svg Lindsay Davenport / Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Jana Novotná (champions)
  3. Flag of the United States.svg Mary Joe Fernández / Flag of Spain.svg Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (semifinals)
  4. Flag of the United States.svg Katrina Adams / Flag of Latvia.svg Larisa Savchenko (semifinals)
  5. Flag of Indonesia.svg Yayuk Basuki / Flag of the Netherlands.svg Caroline Vis (quarterfinals)
  6. Flag of France.svg Alexandra Fusai / Flag of France.svg Nathalie Tauziat (second round)
  7. Flag of the Netherlands.svg Manon Bollegraf / Flag of Argentina.svg Patricia Tarabini (quarterfinals)
  8. Flag of Romania.svg Ruxandra Dragomir / Flag of Croatia.svg Iva Majoli (first round)

Draw

Key

Finals

Final
     
1 Flag of the United States.svg Gigi Fernández
Flag of Belarus.svg Natasha Zvereva
2 62
2 Flag of the United States.svg Lindsay Davenport
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Jana Novotná
63 6

Top half

First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
1 Flag of the United States.svg G Fernández
Flag of Belarus.svg N Zvereva
66 
  Flag of South Africa.svg A Coetzer
Flag of the United States.svg C Rubin
66   Flag of South Africa.svg A Coetzer
Flag of the United States.svg C Rubin
2 3  
  Flag of Belgium (civil).svg E Callens
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg L Courtois
1 2  1 Flag of the United States.svg G Fernández
Flag of Belarus.svg N Zvereva
67 
  Flag of Germany.svg M Babel
Flag of Slovakia.svg K Habšudová
6 2    Flag of Russia.svg A Kournikova
Flag of Russia.svg E Likhovtseva
2 5  
  Flag of Russia.svg A Kournikova
Flag of Russia.svg E Likhovtseva
76   Flag of Russia.svg A Kournikova
Flag of Russia.svg E Likhovtseva
67 
Q Flag of Argentina.svg M-J Gaidano
Flag of Russia.svg T Panova
2 3  6 Flag of France.svg A Fusai
Flag of France.svg N Tauziat
4 6  
6 Flag of France.svg A Fusai
Flag of France.svg N Tauziat
66 1 Flag of the United States.svg G Fernández
Flag of Belarus.svg N Zvereva
w/o  
4 Flag of the United States.svg K Adams
Flag of Latvia.svg L Savchenko
   
4 Flag of the United States.svg K Adams
Flag of Latvia.svg L Savchenko
66 
WC Flag of Argentina.svg I Gorrochategui
Flag of Germany.svg S Graf
4 63   Flag of Japan.svg R Hiraki
Flag of Argentina.svg F Labat
1 2  
  Flag of Japan.svg R Hiraki
Flag of Argentina.svg F Labat
63 64 Flag of the United States.svg K Adams
Flag of Latvia.svg L Savchenko
77 
  Flag of Belgium (civil).svg S Appelmans
Flag of Japan.svg A Sugiyama
67 7 Flag of the Netherlands.svg M Bollegraf
Flag of Argentina.svg P Tarabini
6 6  
  Flag of Argentina.svg M Paz
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg R Simpson
4 5    Flag of Belgium (civil).svg S Appelmans
Flag of Japan.svg A Sugiyama
4 3  
  Flag of France.svg A-G Sidot
Flag of Argentina.svg P Suárez
4 2  7 Flag of the Netherlands.svg M Bollegraf
Flag of Argentina.svg P Tarabini
66 
7 Flag of the Netherlands.svg M Bollegraf
Flag of Argentina.svg P Tarabini
66 

Bottom half

First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
5 Flag of Indonesia.svg Y Basuki
Flag of the Netherlands.svg C Vis
66 
  Flag of Germany.svg S Meier
Flag of Italy.svg F Perfetti
0 0  5 Flag of Indonesia.svg Y Basuki
Flag of the Netherlands.svg C Vis
63 6
  Flag of the Czech Republic.svg E Martincová
Flag of Australia (converted).svg R McQuillan
6 2    Flag of Argentina.svg L Montalvo
Flag of Slovakia.svg H Nagyová
4 61
  Flag of Argentina.svg L Montalvo
Flag of Slovakia.svg H Nagyová
76 5 Flag of Indonesia.svg Y Basuki
Flag of the Netherlands.svg C Vis
3 5  
WC Flag of Germany.svg B Rittner
Flag of Germany.svg J Wöhr
5 0  3 Flag of the United States.svg M J Fernández
Flag of Spain.svg A Sánchez Vicario
67 
  Flag of Italy.svg L Golarsa
Flag of Romania.svg I Spîrlea
76   Flag of Italy.svg L Golarsa
Flag of Romania.svg I Spîrlea
3 3  
3 Flag of the United States.svg M J Fernández
Flag of Spain.svg A Sánchez Vicario
66 
3 Flag of the United States.svg M J Fernández
Flag of Spain.svg A Sánchez Vicario
5 63
8 Flag of Romania.svg R Dragomir
Flag of Croatia.svg I Majoli
2 64 2 Flag of the United States.svg L Davenport
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg J Novotná
71 6
  Flag of Ukraine.svg O Lugina
Flag of Germany.svg E Wagner
63 6  Flag of Ukraine.svg O Lugina
Flag of Germany.svg E Wagner
73 6
  Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg P Hy-Boulais
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg S-T Wang
66   Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg P Hy-Boulais
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg S-T Wang
5 64
  Flag of the Czech Republic.svg L Němečková
Flag of Poland.svg A Olsza
2 2    Flag of Ukraine.svg O Lugina
Flag of Germany.svg E Wagner
3 2  
  Flag of Austria.svg B Schett
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg P Schnyder
4 2  2 Flag of the United States.svg L Davenport
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg J Novotná
66 
  Flag of the Czech Republic.svg R Bobková
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg E Melicharová
66   Flag of the Czech Republic.svg R Bobková
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg E Melicharová
1 2  
2 Flag of the United States.svg L Davenport
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg J Novotná
66 

References

  1. John Barrett, ed. (1998). International Tennis Federation World of Tennis 1998. London: CollinsWillow. pp. 171, 173, 182–183. ISBN   9780002188241.