1997 Lipton Championships – Women's Doubles

Women's Doubles
1997 Lipton Championships
1996 Champions Czech Republic Jana Novotná
Spain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
Champions Spain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
Belarus Natasha Zvereva
Runners-up Belgium Sabine Appelmans
Netherlands Miriam Oremans
Final score 62, 63

Jana Novotná and Arantxa Sánchez Vicario were the defending champions but they competed with different partners that year, Novotná with Lindsay Davenport and Sánchez Vicario with Natasha Zvereva.

Davenport and Novotná lost in the third round to Sabine Appelmans and Miriam Oremans.

Sánchez Vicario and Zvereva won in the final 62, 63 against Appelmans and Oremans.

Seeds

Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated. All sixteen seeded teams received byes into the second round.

Draw

Key

Finals

Semifinals Final
 
1  Spain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
 Belarus Natasha Zvereva
6 1 7  
4  United States Mary Joe Fernandez
 Switzerland Martina Hingis
4 6 6  
  1  Spain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
 Belarus Natasha Zvereva
6 6  
  11  Belgium Sabine Appelmans
 Netherlands Miriam Oremans
2 3  
11  Belgium Sabine Appelmans
 Netherlands Miriam Oremans
6 6  
   South Africa Amanda Coetzer
 Germany Anke Huber
4 2    

Top Half

Section 1

First Round   Second Round   Third Round   Quarterfinals
 
    1  Spain A Sánchez Vicario
 Belarus N Zvereva
6 6    
   United States A Grossman
 Slovakia K Habšudová
5 6 6        United States A Grossman
 Slovakia K Habšudová
4 4    
   Germany W Probst
 Switzerland P Schnyder
7 4 0       1  Spain A Sánchez Vicario
 Belarus N Zvereva
4 6 6  
   Slovenia T Križan
 France N van Lottum
7 1 4       12  United States C Rubin
 Netherlands B Schultz-McCarthy
6 3 0  
   Netherlands S Noorlander
 Greece C Papadáki
5 6 6        Netherlands S Noorlander
 Greece C Papadáki
4 3  
    12  United States C Rubin
 Netherlands B Schultz-McCarthy
6 6    
      1  Spain A Sánchez Vicario
 Belarus N Zvereva
6 6  
      7  Argentina P Tarabini
 Netherlands C Vis
4 3  
    14  France A Dechaume-Balleret
 France S Testud
6 6    
   Germany B Rittner
 Belgium D Van Roost
6 6          Germany B Rittner
 Belgium D Van Roost
0 2    
   Russia A Kournikova
 Russia E Likhovtseva
4 3         14  France A Dechaume-Balleret
 France S Testud
7 3 2
   Spain V Ruano-Pascual
 Argentina P Suárez
2 4         7  Argentina P Tarabini
 Netherlands C Vis
5 6 6  
   Canada P Hy-Boulais
 Canada R Simpson
6 6          Canada P Hy-Boulais
 Canada R Simpson
6 5 4
    7  Argentina P Tarabini
 Netherlands C Vis
4 7 6  
 

Section 2

First Round   Second Round   Third Round   Quarterfinals
 
    4  United States M J Fernandez
 Switzerland M Hingis
6 6    
   Czech Republic E Martincová
 Czech Republic H Vildová
0 6 6        Czech Republic E Martincová
 Czech Republic H Vildová
2 0    
   Romania R Dragomir
 Croatia I Majoli
6 3 1       4  United States M J Fernandez
 Switzerland M Hingis
6 6    
Q  Spain Á Montolio
 Australia L Pleming
1 0         16  Japan R Hiraki
 Argentina F Labat
2 0    
   Germany C Porwik
 Australia K Radford
6 6          Germany C Porwik
 Australia K Radford
7 5 63
    16  Japan R Hiraki
 Argentina F Labat
5 7 77  
      4  United States M J Fernandez
 Switzerland M Hingis
6 6  
      6  France N Tauziat
 United States L Wild
3 1  
    9  United States A Frazier
 United States K Po
6 2 4  
WC  United States L Raymond
 United States M Seles
2 2          Argentina I Gorrochategui
 Romania I Spîrlea
4 6 6  
   Argentina I Gorrochategui
 Romania I Spîrlea
6 6            Argentina I Gorrochategui
 Romania I Spîrlea
6 3 5
   Australia D Jones
 Czech Republic L Němečková
0 5         6  France N Tauziat
 United States L Wild
3 6 7  
   Australia A Ellwood
 Australia R McQuillan
7 6          Australia A Ellwood
 Australia R McQuillan
1 62  
    6  France N Tauziat
 United States L Wild
6 77    
 

Bottom Half

Section 3

First Round   Second Round   Third Round   Quarterfinals
 
    8  Japan N Kijimuta
 Japan N Miyagi
7 6    
   Belgium E Callens
 United States G Helgeson-Nielsen
6 6          Belgium E Callens
 United States G Helgeson-Nielsen
5 3    
   United States A Lettiere
 United States C Morariu
4 4         8  Japan N Kijimuta
 Japan N Miyagi
6 6    
   United States M Werdel-Witmeyer
 United States T Whitlinger-Jones
6 7            United States M Werdel-Witmeyer
 United States T Whitlinger-Jones
2 4    
WC  United States J Lee
 United States L Lee
3 5          United States M Werdel-Witmeyer
 United States T Whitlinger-Jones
7 6  
    10  United States K Adams
 South Africa M de Swardt
5 3    
      8  Japan N Kijimuta
 Japan N Miyagi
3 5  
      11  Belgium S Appelmans
 Netherlands M Oremans
6 7  
    11  Belgium S Appelmans
 Netherlands M Oremans
6 6    
   United States E de Lone
 United Kingdom C Wood
77 1 6        United States E de Lone
 United Kingdom C Wood
3 2    
   Italy R Grande
 Japan A Sugiyama
65 6 4       11  Belgium S Appelmans
 Netherlands M Oremans
4 6 6
   Italy L Garrone
 Argentina L Montalvo
6 4 77       3  United States L Davenport
 Czech Republic J Novotná
6 4 4  
   Slovakia H Nagyová
 Slovakia R Zrubáková
1 6 63        Italy L Garrone
 Argentina L Montalvo
3 1  
    3  United States L Davenport
 Czech Republic J Novotná
6 6    
 

Section 4

First Round   Second Round   Third Round   Quarterfinals
 
    5  United States N Arendt
 Netherlands M Bollegraf
4 6 6  
   Italy L Golarsa
 Germany C Singer
4 6 6        Italy L Golarsa
 Germany C Singer
6 4 3  
   Canada S Jeyaseelan
 South Africa R Nideffer
6 3 0       5  United States N Arendt
 Netherlands M Bollegraf
6 6    
   United States L McNeil
 Croatia M Murić
6 6         13  France A Fusai
 Argentina M Paz
2 4    
   Sweden Å Carlsson
 Italy F Perfetti
3 3          United States L McNeil
 Croatia M Murić
3 5  
    13  France A Fusai
 Argentina M Paz
6 7    
      5  United States N Arendt
 Netherlands M Bollegraf
2 3  
         South Africa A Coetzer
 Germany A Huber
6 6  
    15  Italy S Farina
 Austria B Schett
7 1 3  
   France A-G Sidot
 Sweden M Strandlund
6 5 3        South Africa A Coetzer
 Germany A Huber
5 6 6  
   South Africa A Coetzer
 Germany A Huber
4 7 6          South Africa A Coetzer
 Germany A Huber
6 7  
   Ukraine O Lugina
 Germany E Wagner
77 5 0       2  Latvia L Neiland
 Czech Republic H Suková
0 5    
   Japan M Saeki
 Chinese Taipei S-T Wang
63 7 6        Japan M Saeki
 Chinese Taipei S-T Wang
5 4  
    2  Latvia L Neiland
 Czech Republic H Suková
7 6    
 

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