1997 US Open – Women's doubles

August 2023 1997 US Open s USA Lindsay DavenportCZE Jana Novotná USA Gigi FernándezBLR 1995 Natasha Zvereva 6–3, 6–4 64 (4 Q Qualifiers / 4 WC Wild Cards) 16 US Open – Women's doubles US Open – Women's doubles 1997 US Open (tennis) Lindsay Davenport and Jana Novotná defeated the defending champions Gigi Fernández and Natasha Zvereva in the final, 6–3, 6–4 to win the women's doubles tennis title at the 1997 US Open. It was the 17th doubles title and second major title for Davenport, and the 67th title and ninth major title for Novotná. This was the first major in which sisters Venus and Serena Williams competed, losing in the first round. Zvereva made the finals of all 4 grand slam tournaments for the second time in her career, but fell short of winning the Calendar Grand Slam with this loss. This would also be Fernández’s last women’s doubles grand slam tournament, ending a 6-year streak of making the quarterfinals or better in 24 consecutive slams and winning 14 of her total 17 women’s double grand slam titles. Seeds 30em USA Gigi Fernández / BLR 1995 Natasha Zvereva (final) SUI Martina Hingis / ESP Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (semifinals) USA Lindsay Davenport / CZE Jana Novotná (champions) USA Nicole Arendt / NED Manon Bollegraf (semifinals) LAT Larisa Neiland / CZE Helena Suková (third round, retired) INA Yayuk Basuki / NED Caroline Vis (quarterfinals) FRA Alexandra Fusai / FRA Nathalie Tauziat (quarterfinals) ESP Conchita Martínez / ARG Patricia Tarabini (quarterfinals, retired) JPN Naoko Kijimuta / JPN Nana Miyagi (third round) USA Lisa Raymond / AUS Rennae Stubbs (third round) BEL Sabine Appelmans / NED Miriam Oremans (first round) USA Mary Joe Fernández / GER Anke Huber (third round) USA Amy Frazier / USA Kimberly Po (third round) USA Katrina Adams / NED Kristie Boogert (third round) RUS Anna Kournikova / RUS Elena Likhovtseva (third round) ROU Ruxandra Dragomir / CRO Iva Majoli (quarterfinals) Qualifying 1997 US Open – Women's doubles qualifying Draw Finals Quarterfinals Semifinals Final 185 1 USA Gigi FernándezBLR 1995 Natasha Zvereva 4 6 6 7 FRA Alexandra FusaiFRA Nathalie Tauziat 6 2 2 4 USA Nicole ArendtNED Manon Bollegraf 6 3 6 16 ROU Ruxandra DragomirCRO Iva Majoli 3 6 4 6 INA Yayuk BasukiNED Caroline Vis 3 5 3 USA Lindsay DavenportCZE Jana Novotná 6 7 8 ESP Conchita MartínezARG Patricia Tarabini 0r 2 SUI Martina HingisESP Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 4 1 USA Gigi FernándezBLR 1995 Natasha Zvereva 3 7 6 4 USA Nicole ArendtNED Manon Bollegraf 6 6 2 3 USA Lindsay DavenportCZE Jana Novotná 6 6 2 SUI Martina HingisESP Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 4 3 1 USA Gigi FernándezBLR 1995 Natasha Zvereva 3 4 3 USA Lindsay DavenportCZE Jana Novotná 6 6 Top half Section 1 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals 1 USA G FernándezBLR 1995 N Zvereva 6 6 GBR J PullinGBR L Woodroffe 4 4 GER W ProbstJPN A Sugiyama 6 6 Q CZE L RichterováBUL P Stoyanova 1 3 CAN J HetheringtonUSA K Rinaldi-Stunkel 6 7 WC USA S WilliamsUSA V Williams 4 5 CZE L NěmečkováNED S Noorlander 1 2 10 USA L RaymondAUS R Stubbs 6 6 12 USA MJ FernándezGER A Huber 6 6 UKR O LuginaBUL E Pampoulova 1 3 POL A OlszaSVK K Studeníková 1 5 ESP V Ruano PascualARG P Suárez 6 7 USA C RubinNED B Schultz-McCarthy 1 5 CAN S JeyaseelanCAN R Simpson 6 7 WC USA D ButhUSA S Nickitas 7 3 2 7 FRA A FusaiFRA N Tauziat 6 6 6 1 USA G FernándezBLR 1995 N Zvereva 6 6 GER W ProbstJPN A Sugiyama 1 4 CAN J HetheringtonUSA K Rinaldi-Stunkel 1 7 3 10 USA L RaymondAUS R Stubbs 6 5 6 12 USA MJ FernándezGER A Huber 6 6 ESP V Ruano PascualARG P Suárez 2 4 CAN S JeyaseelanCAN R Simpson 6 2 7 FRA A FusaiFRA N Tauziat 7 6 1 USA G FernándezBLR 1995 N Zvereva 6 6 10 USA L RaymondAUS R Stubbs 3 4 12 USA MJ FernándezGER A Huber 6 3 1 7 FRA A FusaiFRA N Tauziat 4 6 6 1 USA G FernándezBLR 1995 N Zvereva 4 6 6 7 FRA A FusaiFRA N Tauziat 6 2 2 Section 2 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals 4 USA N ArendtNED M Bollegraf 6 6 USA C MorariuCRO M Murić 4 4 KOR S-h ParkTHA T Tanasugarn 7 6 AUS C BarclayGBR C Wood 6 4 ROU C CristeaPOL M Grzybowska 6 6 GER K FreyeFRA N van Lottum 2 4 CZE E MelicharováCZE H Vildová 0 3 13 USA A FrazierUSA K Po 6 6 16 ROU R DragomirCRO I Majoli 6 7 AUT B SchettGBR S-A Siddall 4 5 ITA L GarroneITA G Pizzichini 4 4 UKR N MedvedevaUKR E Tatarkova 6 6 AUS KA GuseAUS R McQuillan 6 6 WC USA M IrvinUSA A Stevenson 1 4 BEL E CallensUSA G Helgeson-Nielsen 3 5 5 LAT L NeilandCZE H Suková 6 7 4 USA N ArendtNED M Bollegraf 7 6 KOR S-h ParkTHA T Tanasugarn 6 4 ROU C CristeaPOL M Grzybowska 4 5 13 USA A FrazierUSA K Po 6 7 16 ROU R DragomirCRO I Majoli 6 4 6 UKR N MedvedevaUKR E Tatarkova 2 6 4 AUS KA GuseAUS R McQuillan 4 4 5 LAT L NeilandCZE H Suková 6 6 4 USA N ArendtNED M Bollegraf 6 6 13 USA A FrazierUSA K Po 4 2 16 ROU R DragomirCRO I Majoli 5 5 LAT L NeilandCZE H Suková 2r 4 USA N ArendtNED M Bollegraf 6 3 6 16 ROU R DragomirCRO I Majoli 3 6 4 Bottom half Section 3 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals 163 6 INA Y BasukiNED C Vis 2 6 6 SWE Å CarlssonCAN P Hy-Boulais 6 3 1 USA A GrossmanSVK K Habšudová 3 2 Q AUS L McSheaGBR A Wainwright 6 6 USA J LeeUSA L Lee 3 5 ARG L MontalvoAUS L Pleming 6 7 AUS A EllwoodAUS K Kunce 6 6 11 BEL S AppelmansNED M Oremans 2 2 9 JPN N KijimutaJPN N Miyagi 6 6 ITA R GrandeUSA L Wild 3 3 JPN R HirakiFRA AG Sidot 6 6 AUS D JonesUSA T Whitlinger-Jones 1 4 GER B RittnerBEL D van Roost 6 5 FRA A Dechaume-BalleretFRA S Testud 7 7 WC USA Z Garrison-JacksonUSA L McNeil 2 6 3 3 USA L DavenportCZE J Novotná 6 4 6 6 INA Y BasukiNED C Vis 6 7 Q AUS L McSheaGBR A Wainwright 2 6 ARG L MontalvoAUS L Pleming 4 1 AUS A EllwoodAUS K Kunce 6 6 9 JPN N KijimutaJPN N Miyagi 2 JPN R HirakiFRA AG Sidot 1r FRA A Dechaume-BalleretFRA S Testud 6 2 3 USA L DavenportCZE J Novotná 7 6 6 INA Y BasukiNED C Vis 6 6 AUS A EllwoodAUS K Kunce 0 4 9 JPN N KijimutaJPN N Miyagi 7 2 2 3 USA L DavenportCZE J Novotná 6 6 6 6 INA Y BasukiNED C Vis 3 5 3 USA L DavenportCZE J Novotná 6 7 Section 4 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals 8 ESP C MartínezARG P Tarabini 6 6 Q USA C MorosUSA J Scott 2 3 RSA M de SwardtUSA D Graham 6 6 CZE P LangrováSVK R Zrubáková 1 3 ARG F LabatARG M Paz 6 6 USA A LettiereUSA M Tu 1 3 JPN M SaekiJPN Y Yoshida 2 5 14 USA K AdamsNED K Boogert 6 7 15 RUS A KournikovaRUS E Likhovtseva 6 6 6 Q USA A MillerUSA J Steven 2 7 4 SLO T KrižanCZE E Martincová 5 4 GER M BabelITA L Golarsa 7 6 SVK H NagyováSUI P Schnyder 0 1 RSA A CoetzerFRA M Pierce 6 6 ARG I GorrochateguiROU I Spîrlea 3 1 2 SUI M HingisESP A Sánchez Vicario 6 6 8 ESP C MartínezARG P Tarabini 7 4 6 RSA M de SwardtUSA D Graham 6 6 4 ARG F LabatARG M Paz 2 3 14 USA K AdamsNED K Boogert 6 6 15 RUS A KournikovaRUS E Likhovtseva 5 6 6 GER M BabelITA L Golarsa 7 3 3 RSA A CoetzerFRA M Pierce 4 2 2 SUI M HingisESP A Sánchez Vicario 6 6 8 ESP C MartínezARG P Tarabini 6 6 6 14 USA K AdamsNED K Boogert 4 7 4 15 RUS A KournikovaRUS E Likhovtseva 4 4 2 SUI M HingisESP A Sánchez Vicario 6 6 8 ESP C MartínezARG P Tarabini 0r 2 SUI M HingisESP A Sánchez Vicario 4 References Official Results Archive (WTA) 1997 US Open – Women's draws and results at the International Tennis Federation Women's Doubles Women's Doubles Category:US Open (tennis) by year – Women's doubles Category:1997 in women's tennis Category:1997 in American women's sports