1997 Rexona Cup – Doubles

1997 Rexona Cup s ESP Arantxa Sánchez Vicario NED Brenda Schultz-McCarthy GER Anke Huber FRA Mary Pierce ROM Ruxandra Dragomir CRO Iva Majoli 2–6, 7–6, 6–2 16 4 singles doubles Intersport Grand Prix – Doubles Hamburg European Open The 1997 Rexona Cup - Singles was a tennis event played on outdoor clay courts at the Am Rothenbaum in Hamburg, Germany. The 1997 Rexona Cup tournament was held from 28 April until 4 May 1997, and was part of Tier II of the 1997 WTA Tour. Arantxa Sánchez Vicario and Brenda Schultz-McCarthy were the defending champions but they competed with different partners that year, Sánchez Vicario with Inés Gorrochategui and Schultz-McCarthy with Larisa Savchenko. Savchenko and Schultz-McCarthy lost in the first round to Ruxandra Dragomir and Iva Majoli. Gorrochategui and Sánchez Vicario lost in the quarterfinals to Dragomir and Majoli. Anke Huber and Mary Pierce won in the final 2–6, 7–6, 6–2 against Dragomir and Majoli.International Tennis Federation World of Tennis 1998 1998 CollinsWillow London 9780002188241 John Barrett 171, 173, 182 Seeds Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated. LAT Larisa Savchenko / NED Brenda Schultz-McCarthy (first round) USA Gigi Fernández / ESP Conchita Martínez (semifinals) FRA Sandrine Testud / NED Caroline Vis (quarterfinals) UKR Olga Lugina / GER Elena Wagner (quarterfinals) Draw First round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final 1 LAT L SavchenkoNED B Schultz-McCarthy 3 4     ROM R DragomirCRO I Majoli 6 6     CZE E MelicharováPOL A Olsza 3 3     ARG I GorrochateguiESP A Sánchez Vicario 6 6   3 FRA S TestudNED C Vis 5 7 6   ARG F LabatGER B Rittner 7 6 2   SWE Å CarlssonARG P Suárez 6 6     BUL S KrivenchevaSUI P Schnyder 4 1     HUN V CsurgoFRA A-G Sidot 2 4     GER A HuberFRA M Pierce 6 6   WC GER S KlöselGER J Wöhr 7 5 2 4 UKR O LuginaGER E Wagner 5 7 6 Q ARG M Díaz OlivaAUT K Kschwendt 2 5     USA A GrossmanCZE P Langrová 6 7     GER K FreyeGER S Meier 2 2   2 USA G FernándezESP C Martínez 6 6     ROM R DragomirCRO I Majoli 6 4 6   ARG I GorrochateguiESP A Sánchez Vicario 3 6 1 3 FRA S TestudNED C Vis 5 6 3   SWE Å CarlssonARG P Suárez 7 2 6   GER A HuberFRA M Pierce 7 7   4 UKR O LuginaGER E Wagner 5 5     USA A GrossmanCZE P Langrová 2 3   2 USA G FernándezESP C Martínez 6 6     ROM R DragomirCRO I Majoli 6 6     SWE Å CarlssonARG P Suárez 2 1     GER A HuberFRA M Pierce 6 4 6 2 USA G FernándezESP C Martínez 3 6 4   ROM Ruxandra DragomirCRO Iva Majoli 6 6 2   GER Anke HuberFRA Mary Pierce 2 7 6 References External links ITF tournament edition details Category:1997 WTA Tour Category:WTA Hamburg