1997 Australian Open – Women's doubles

Tennis tournament April 2026 1997 Australian Open s SUI Martina HingisBLR 1995 Natasha Zvereva USA Lindsay DavenportUSA Lisa Raymond 6–2, 6–2 64 16 Australian Open – Women's doubles Australian Open – Women's doubles 1997 Australian Open Martina Hingis and Natasha Zvereva defeated Lindsay Davenport and Lisa Raymond in the final, 6–2, 6–2 to win the women's doubles tennis title at the 1997 Australian Open. It was Hingis' first Australian Open doubles title and second major doubles title, and Zvereva's third Australian Open doubles title and 16th major doubles title. Chanda Rubin and Arantxa Sánchez Vicario were the defending champions, but competed this year with different partners. Rubin partnered Brenda Schultz-McCarthy and lost in the third round, while Sánchez Vicario partnered Gigi Fernández and lost in the semifinals. Seeds 30em USA Gigi Fernández / ESP Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (semifinals) LAT Larisa Neiland / CZE Helena Suková (semifinals) USA Lindsay Davenport / USA Lisa Raymond (final) SUI Martina Hingis / BLR 1995 Natasha Zvereva (champions) USA Nicole Arendt / NED Manon Bollegraf (quarterfinals) USA Katrina Adams / USA Mary Joe Fernández (second round) USA Lori McNeil / USA Linda Wild (third round) USA Chanda Rubin / NED Brenda Schultz-McCarthy (third round) INA Yayuk Basuki / NED Caroline Vis (second round) NED Kristie Boogert / ROM Irina Spîrlea (first round) USA Amy Frazier / USA Kimberly Po (second round) ESP Conchita Martínez / ARG Patricia Tarabini (quarterfinals) JPN Naoko Kijimuta / JPN Nana Miyagi (quarterfinals) BEL Sabine Appelmans / NED Miriam Oremans (second round) FRA Alexia Dechaume-Balleret / FRA Sandrine Testud (first round) FRA Alexandra Fusai / ARG Mercedes Paz (second round) Draw Finals Quarterfinals Semifinals Final 185 1 USA Gigi FernándezESP Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 6 7 5 USA Nicole ArendtNED Manon Bollegraf 4 5 4 SUI Martina HingisBLR 1995 Natasha Zvereva 6 6 ESP Virginia Ruano PascualARG Paola Suárez 3 2 12 ESP Conchita MartínezARG Patricia Tarabini 4 62 3 USA Lindsay DavenportUSA Lisa Raymond 6 77 13 JPN Naoko KijimutaJPN Nana Miyagi 2 3 2 LAT Larisa NeilandCZE Helena Suková 6 6 1 USA Gigi FernándezESP Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 3 7 2 4 SUI Martina HingisBLR 1995 Natasha Zvereva 6 5 6 3 USA Lindsay DavenportUSA Lisa Raymond 7 6 2 LAT Larisa NeilandCZE Helena Suková 5 3 4 SUI Martina HingisBLR 1995 Natasha Zvereva 6 6 3 USA Lindsay DavenportUSA Lisa Raymond 2 2 Top half Section 1 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals 1 USA G FernándezESP A Sánchez Vicario 6 6 WC RSA A CoetzerFRA M Pierce 3 2 WC USA J CapriatiCRO I Majoli 64 6 6 GBR V LakeAUS L Pleming 77 1 4 AUS A EllwoodAUS N Pratt 6 6 CZE L CenkováSVK D Krajčovičová 1 0 USA D GrahamAUS K Radford 6 2 6 10 NED K BoogertROM I Spîrlea 2 6 4 15 FRA A Dechaume-BalleretFRA S Testud 63 6 4 NED S NoorlanderCZE H Vildová 77 1 6 GER A HuberGER B Rittner 6 4 6 AUS C BarclayAUS K-A Guse 1 6 3 ROM C CristeaFR Yugoslavia T Ječmenica 4 6 3 Alt USA J LeeSVK H Nagyová 6 4 6 WC AUS S Drake-BrockmanAUS T Musgrave 1 2 5 USA N ArendtNED M Bollegraf 6 6 1 USA G FernándezESP A Sánchez Vicario 6 77 WC USA J CapriatiCRO I Majoli 3 65 AUS A EllwoodAUS N Pratt 1 3 USA D GrahamAUS K Radford 6 6 NED S NoorlanderCZE H Vildová 0 64 GER A HuberGER B Rittner 6 77 Alt USA J LeeSVK H Nagyová 3 3 5 USA N ArendtNED M Bollegraf 6 6 1 USA G FernándezESP A Sánchez Vicario 6 6 USA D GrahamAUS K Radford 4 3 GER A HuberGER B Rittner 2 4 5 USA N ArendtNED M Bollegraf 6 6 1 USA G FernándezESP A Sánchez Vicario 6 7 5 USA N ArendtNED M Bollegraf 4 5 Section 2 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals 155 4 SUI M HingisBLR 1995 N Zvereva 6 6 JPN K NagatsukaCZE L Richterová 1 1 USA A LettiereITA G Pizzichini 4 6 5 ARG I GorrochateguiESP Á Montolio 6 2 7 ROM R DragomirITA S Farina 6 6 USA P ShriverAUS E Smylie 4 2 SWE Å CarlssonSVK K Studeníková 2 2 11 USA A FrazierUSA K Po 6 6 14 BEL S AppelmansNED M Oremans 6 6 HUN V CsurgóGRE C Papadáki 1 3 WC AUS J LimmerAUS L McShea 2 1 ESP V Ruano PascualARG P Suárez 6 6 CZE E MartincováGER E Wagner 3 6 3 AUS N BradtkeAUS R McQuillan 6 4 6 RUS A KournikovaRUS E Likhovtseva 2 3 8 USA C RubinNED B Schultz-McCarthy 6 6 4 SUI M HingisBLR 1995 N Zvereva 6 6 ARG I GorrochateguiESP Á Montolio 0 1 ROM R DragomirITA S Farina 6 4 6 11 USA A FrazierUSA K Po 4 6 2 14 BEL S AppelmansNED M Oremans 6 5 4 ESP V Ruano PascualARG P Suárez 1 7 6 AUS N BradtkeAUS R McQuillan 4 2 8 USA C RubinNED B Schultz-McCarthy 6 6 4 SUI M HingisBLR 1995 N Zvereva 6 6 ROM R DragomirITA S Farina 2 1 ESP V Ruano PascualARG P Suárez 66 6 6 8 USA C RubinNED B Schultz-McCarthy 78 1 4 4 SUI M HingisBLR 1995 N Zvereva 6 6 ESP V Ruano PascualARG P Suárez 3 2 Bottom half Section 3 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals 6 USA K AdamsUSA MJ Fernández 6 6 RUS E MakarovaUKR N Medvedeva 2 2 SLO T KrižanFRA N van Lottum 0 3 SVK K HabšudováSVK R Zrubáková 6 6 AUT K KschwendtAUT B Schett 4 1 CAN P Hy-BoulaisUSA C Morariu 6 6 GER V MartinekGER C Schneider 1 3 12 ESP C MartínezARG P Tarabini 6 6 9 INA Y BasukiNED C Vis 6 6 POL M GrzybowskaPOL A Olsza 2 3 KOR S-h ParkTPE S-t Wang 7 6 CAN S JeyaseelanCAN R Simpson 5 2 JPN M SaekiJPN Y Yoshida 4 6 4 CZE P LangrováCZE L Němečková 6 0 6 ITA R GrandeJPN A Sugiyama 3 62 3 USA L DavenportUSA L Raymond 6 77 6 USA K AdamsUSA MJ Fernández 63 4 SVK K HabšudováSVK R Zrubáková 77 6 CAN P Hy-BoulaisUSA C Morariu 1 66 12 ESP C MartínezARG P Tarabini 6 78 9 INA Y BasukiNED C Vis 65 65 KOR S-h ParkTPE S-t Wang 77 77 CZE P LangrováCZE L Němečková 3 4 3 USA L DavenportUSA L Raymond 6 6 SVK K HabšudováSVK R Zrubáková 3 4 12 ESP C MartínezARG P Tarabini 6 6 KOR S-h ParkTPE S-t Wang 62 0 3 USA L DavenportUSA L Raymond 77 6 12 ESP C MartínezARG P Tarabini 4 62 3 USA L DavenportUSA L Raymond 6 77 Section 4 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals 160 7 USA L McNeilUSA L Wild 6 6 JPN R HirakiARG F Labat 3 1 GER K FreyeGER S Meier 2 3 CZE K KroupováCZE E Melicharová 6 6 ITA L GolarsaFRA A-G Sidot 3 61 USA E deLoneGBR C Wood 6 77 BEL N FeberUSA A Grossman 5 1 13 JPN N KijimutaJPN N Miyagi 7 6 16 FRA A FusaiARG M Paz 6 6 AUS D JonesTHA T Tanasugarn 2 4 BUL S KrivenchevaITA F Perfetti 6 6 GER W ProbstSUI P Schnyder 3 4 USA M Werdel-WitmeyerUSA T Whitlinger-Jones 2 0 BEL E CallensUSA G Helgeson-Nielsen 6 6 USA E HakamiFRA S Pitkowski 1 3 2 LAT L NeilandCZE H Suková 6 6 7 USA L McNeilUSA L Wild 6 6 CZE K KroupováCZE E Melicharová 3 1 USA E deLoneGBR C Wood 3 5 13 JPN N KijimutaJPN N Miyagi 6 7 16 FRA A FusaiARG M Paz 6 3 4 BUL S KrivenchevaITA F Perfetti 3 6 6 BEL E CallensUSA G Helgeson-Nielsen 2 2 2 LAT L NeilandCZE H Suková 6 6 7 USA L McNeilUSA L Wild 4 2 13 JPN N KijimutaJPN N Miyagi 6 6 BUL S KrivenchevaITA F Perfetti 5 3 2 LAT L NeilandCZE H Suková 7 6 13 JPN N KijimutaJPN N Miyagi 2 3 2 LAT L NeilandCZE H Suková 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