1997 Lipton Championships – Women's doubles

January 2025 November 2019 1997 Lipton Championships s ESP Arantxa Sánchez Vicario BLR Natasha Zvereva BEL Sabine Appelmans NED Miriam Oremans 6–2, 6–3 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 6–2, 6–3 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. 30em ESP Arantxa Sánchez Vicario / BLR Natasha Zvereva (champions) LAT Larisa Neiland / CZE Helena Suková (third round) USA Lindsay Davenport / CZE Jana Novotná (third round) USA Mary Joe Fernández / SUI Martina Hingis (semifinals) USA Nicole Arendt / NED Manon Bollegraf (quarterfinals) FRA Nathalie Tauziat / USA Linda Wild (quarterfinals) ARG Patricia Tarabini / NED Caroline Vis (quarterfinals) JPN Naoko Kijimuta / JPN Nana Miyagi (quarterfinals) USA Amy Frazier / USA Kimberly Po (second round) USA Katrina Adams / RSA Mariaan de Swardt (second round) BEL Sabine Appelmans / NED Miriam Oremans (final) USA Chanda Rubin / NED Brenda Schultz-McCarthy (third round) FRA Alexandra Fusai / ARG Mercedes Paz (third round) FRA Alexia Dechaume-Balleret / FRA Sandrine Testud (third round) ITA Silvia Farina / AUT Barbara Schett (second round) JPN Rika Hiraki / ARG Florencia Labat (third round) Draw Finals Semifinals Final 1 ESP Arantxa Sánchez VicarioBLR Natasha Zvereva 6 1 7 4 USA Mary Joe FernándezSUI Martina Hingis 4 6 6 11 BEL Sabine AppelmansNED Miriam Oremans 6 6     RSA Amanda CoetzerGER Anke Huber 4 2   1 ESP Arantxa Sánchez VicarioBLR Natasha Zvereva 6 6   11 BEL Sabine AppelmansNED Miriam Oremans 2 3   Top half Section 1 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals   USA A GrossmanSVK K Habšudová 5 6 6   GER W ProbstSUI P Schnyder 7 4 0   SLO T KrižanFRA N van Lottum 7 1 4   NED S NoorlanderGRE C Papadáki 5 6 6   GER B RittnerBEL D Van Roost 6 6     RUS A KournikovaRUS E Likhovtseva 4 3     ESP V Ruano-PascualARG P Suárez 2 4     CAN P Hy-BoulaisCAN R Simpson 6 6   1 ESP A Sánchez VicarioBLR N Zvereva 6 6     USA A GrossmanSVK K Habšudová 4 4     NED S NoorlanderGRE C Papadáki 4 3   12 USA C RubinNED B Schultz-McCarthy 6 6   14 FRA A Dechaume-BalleretFRA S Testud 6 6     GER B RittnerBEL D Van Roost 0 2     CAN P Hy-BoulaisCAN R Simpson 6 5 4 7 ARG P TarabiniNED C Vis 4 7 6 1 ESP A Sánchez VicarioBLR N Zvereva 4 6 6 12 USA C RubinNED B Schultz-McCarthy 6 3 0 14 FRA A Dechaume-BalleretFRA S Testud 7 3 2 7 ARG P TarabiniNED C Vis 5 6 6 1 ESP A Sánchez VicarioBLR N Zvereva 6 6   7 ARG P TarabiniNED C Vis 4 3   Section 2 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals   CZE E MartincováCZE H Vildová 0 6 6   ROM R DragomirCRO I Majoli 6 3 1 Q ESP Á MontolioAUS L Pleming 1 0     GER C PorwikAUS K Radford 6 6   WC USA L RaymondUSA M Seles 2 2     ARG I GorrochateguiROM I Spîrlea 6 6     AUS D JonesCZE L Němečková 0 5     AUS A EllwoodAUS R McQuillan 7 6   4 USA M J FernándezSUI M Hingis 6 6     CZE E MartincováCZE H Vildová 2 0     GER C PorwikAUS K Radford 7 5 63 16 JPN R HirakiARG F Labat 5 7 77 9 USA A FrazierUSA K Po 6 2 4   ARG I GorrochateguiROM I Spîrlea 4 6 6   AUS A EllwoodAUS R McQuillan 1 62   6 FRA N TauziatUSA L Wild 6 77   4 USA M J FernándezSUI M Hingis 6 6   16 JPN R HirakiARG F Labat 2 0     ARG I GorrochateguiROM I Spîrlea 6 3 5 6 FRA N TauziatUSA L Wild 3 6 7 4 USA M J FernándezSUI M Hingis 6 6   6 FRA N TauziatUSA L Wild 3 1   Bottom half Section 3 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals   BEL E CallensUSA G Helgeson-Nielsen 6 6     USA A LettiereUSA C Morariu 4 4     USA M Werdel-WitmeyerUSA T Whitlinger-Jones 6 7   WC USA J LeeUSA L Lee 3 5     USA E deLoneGBR C Wood 77 1 6   ITA R GrandeJPN A Sugiyama 65 6 4   ITA L GarroneARG L Montalvo 6 4 77   SVK H NagyováSVK R Zrubáková 1 6 63 8 JPN N KijimutaJPN N Miyagi 7 6     BEL E CallensUSA G Helgeson-Nielsen 5 3     USA M Werdel-WitmeyerUSA T Whitlinger-Jones 7 6   10 USA K AdamsRSA M de Swardt 5 3   11 BEL S AppelmansNED M Oremans 6 6     USA E deLoneGBR C Wood 3 2     ITA L GarroneARG L Montalvo 3 1   3 USA L DavenportCZE J Novotná 6 6   8 JPN N KijimutaJPN N Miyagi 6 6     USA M Werdel-WitmeyerUSA T Whitlinger-Jones 2 4   11 BEL S AppelmansNED M Oremans 4 6 6 3 USA L DavenportCZE J Novotná 6 4 4 8 JPN N KijimutaJPN N Miyagi 3 5   11 BEL S AppelmansNED M Oremans 6 7   Section 4 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals   ITA L GolarsaGER C Singer 4 6 6   CAN S JeyaseelanRSA R Nideffer 6 3 0   USA L McNeilCRO M Murić 6 6     SWE Å CarlssonITA F Perfetti 3 3     FRA A-G SidotSWE M Strandlund 6 5 3   RSA A CoetzerGER A Huber 4 7 6   UKR O LuginaGER E Wagner 77 5 0   JPN M SaekiTPE S-T Wang 63 7 6 5 USA N ArendtNED M Bollegraf 4 6 6   ITA L GolarsaGER C Singer 6 4 3   USA L McNeilCRO M Murić 3 5   13 FRA A FusaiARG M Paz 6 7   15 ITA S FarinaAUT B Schett 7 1 3   RSA A CoetzerGER A Huber 5 6 6   JPN M SaekiTPE S-T Wang 5 4   2 LAT L NeilandCZE H Suková 7 6   5 USA N ArendtNED M Bollegraf 6 6   13 FRA A FusaiARG M Paz 2 4     RSA A CoetzerGER A Huber 6 7   2 LAT L NeilandCZE H Suková 0 5   5 USA N ArendtNED M Bollegraf 2 3     RSA A CoetzerGER A Huber 6 6   References 1997 Lipton Championships Women's Doubles DrawFebruary 2019 InternetArchiveBot yes Women's Doubles Doubles