1997 Italian Open – Women's doubles

1997 Italian Open s ESP Arantxa Sánchez VicarioROM Irina Spîrlea USA Nicole ArendtNED Manon Bollegraf ESP Conchita MartínezARG Patricia Tarabini 6–2, 6–4 28 8 Arantxa Sánchez Vicario and Irina Spîrlea were the defending champions but only Spîrlea competed that year with Gigi Fernández. Fernández and Spîrlea lost in the quarterfinals to Nicole Arendt and Manon Bollegraf. Arendt and Bollegraf won in the final 6–2, 6–4 against Conchita Martínez and Patricia Tarabini.International Tennis Federation World of Tennis 1998 1998 CollinsWillow London 9780002188241 John Barrett 182 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. 30em LAT Larisa Savchenko / CZE Helena Suková (second round) USA Nicole Arendt / NED Manon Bollegraf (champions) FRA Alexandra Fusai / FRA Nathalie Tauziat (quarterfinals) INA Yayuk Basuki / NED Caroline Vis (semifinals) USA Gigi Fernández / ROM Irina Spîrlea (quarterfinals) ESP Conchita Martínez / ARG Patricia Tarabini (final) BEL Sabine Appelmans / NED Miriam Oremans (second round) FRA Alexia Dechaume-Balleret / FRA Sandrine Testud (first round) Draw Finals 3 Final 6 ESP Conchita MartínezARG Patricia Tarabini 2 4   2 USA Nicole ArendtNED Manon Bollegraf 6 6   Top half y 3 1 y First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals   RUS A KournikovaRUS E Likhovtseva 6 6   LL ARG B Fulco-VillellaAUS L Pleming 2 0     AUT B SchettSUI P Schnyder 6 6     ARG I GorrochateguiITA F Perfetti 3 3     USA C RubinNED B Schultz-McCarthy 4 7 4 7 BEL S AppelmansNED M Oremans 6 5 6   USA A GrossmanSVK K Habšudová 6 6     JPN M SaekiTPE S-T Wang 3 3     JPN R HirakiARG F Labat 3 6 6   CRO M MurićPOL A Olsza 6 2 3   ROM R DragomirCRO I Majoli 4 7 4 6 ESP C MartínezARG P Tarabini 6 5 6 1 LAT L SavchenkoCZE H Suková 7 2 5   RUS A KournikovaRUS E Likhovtseva 6 6 7   AUT B SchettSUI P Schnyder 6 5 7 7 BEL S AppelmansNED M Oremans 1 7 5 3 FRA A FusaiFRA N Tauziat 6 6     USA A GrossmanSVK K Habšudová 3 4     JPN R HirakiARG F Labat 2 1   6 ESP C MartínezARG P Tarabini 6 6     RUS A KournikovaRUS E Likhovtseva 7 6     AUT B SchettSUI P Schnyder 6 4   3 FRA A FusaiFRA N Tauziat 2 3   6 ESP C MartínezARG P Tarabini 6 6     RUS A KournikovaRUS E Likhovtseva 6 3   6 ESP C MartínezARG P Tarabini 7 6   Bottom half y 3 1 y First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals 8 FRA A Dechaume-BalleretFRA S Testud 6 4 5   ARG P SuárezBEL D Van Roost 3 6 7   RSA A CoetzerFRA M Pierce 6 6     AUS A EllwoodAUS R McQuillan 2 0     BEL E CallensFRA A-G Sidot 6       ARG L MontalvoSVK H Nagyová 2 r   5 USA G FernándezROM I Spîrlea 6 6   Q JPN A SugiyamaJPN Y Yoshida 1 4     ITA A CanepaITA G Casoni 0 6 2   ITA S CecchiniITA L Garrone 6 4 6   USA C MorariuARG M Paz 6 5 3   USA D GrahamITA R Grande 2 7 6   ARG P SuárezBEL D Van Roost 6 6     RSA A CoetzerFRA M Pierce 2 4     BEL E CallensFRA A-G Sidot 4 2   4 INA Y BasukiNED C Vis 6 6   5 USA G FernándezROM I Spîrlea 6 4 6   ITA S CecchiniITA L Garrone 1 6 2   USA D GrahamITA R Grande 3 1   2 USA N ArendtNED M Bollegraf 6 6     ARG P SuárezBEL D Van Roost 6 4   4 INA Y BasukiNED C Vis 7 6   5 USA G FernándezROM I Spîrlea 4 6 5 2 USA N ArendtNED M Bollegraf 6 3 7 4 INA Y BasukiNED C Vis 2 6   2 USA N ArendtNED M Bollegraf 6 7   References External links ITF tournament draws WTA tournament draws Women's Doubles Doubles Category:1997 in Italian women's sport