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1997 DFS Classic – Doubles
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November 2019
1997 DFS Classic s AUS Elizabeth SmylieUSA Linda Wild USA Katrina AdamsLAT Larisa Savchenko FRA Nathalie TauziatUSA Linda Wild 6–2, 6–3 28 8 singles doubles Birmingham Classic (tennis) Birmingham Classic
1997 DFS Classic
Elizabeth Smylie and Linda Wild were the defending champions but only Wild competed that year with Nathalie Tauziat.
Tauziat and Wild lost in the final 6–2, 6–3 against Katrina Adams and Larisa Savchenko.International Tennis Federation World of Tennis 1998 1998 CollinsWillow London 9780002188241 John Barrett 171, 173, 188
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 USA Katrina Adams / LAT Larisa Savchenko (champions)
FRA Nathalie Tauziat / USA Linda Wild (final)
NED Miriam Oremans / USA Lisa Raymond (quarterfinals)
INA Yayuk Basuki / USA Lori McNeil (semifinals)
JPN Naoko Kijimuta / JPN Nana Miyagi (quarterfinals)
FRA Alexandra Fusai / ITA Rita Grande (quarterfinals)
ITA Silvia Farina / JPN Rika Hiraki (first round)
USA Debbie Graham / AUS Kristine Kunce (second round)
Draw
Finals
1 USA K AdamsLAT L Savchenko 6 6 4 INA Y BasukiUSA L McNeil 4 2 WC GBR J PullinGBR L Woodroffe 2 5 2 FRA N TauziatUSA L Wild 6 7 1 USA Katrina AdamsLAT Larisa Savchenko 6 6 2 FRA Nathalie TauziatUSA Linda Wild 2 3
Top half
First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals BEL N FeberCAN S Jeyaseelan 1 4 AUS D JonesTHA T Tanasugarn 6 6 CZE L CenkováFRA N van Lottum 6 3 6 NED S NoorlanderGRE C Papadáki 2 6 8 AUS K-A GuseUSA C Morariu 2 6 1 8 USA D GrahamAUS K Kunce 6 4 6 USA E deLoneAUS N Pratt 6 4 1 BEL E CallensUSA G Helgeson-Nielsen 4 6 6 CRO M MurićJPN M Saeki 5 6 6 KOR S-H ParkUSA M Tu 7 3 1 RSA M de SwardtRSA L Horn 3 7 2 6 FRA A FusaiITA R Grande 6 6 6 1 USA K AdamsLAT L Savchenko 7 7 AUS D JonesTHA T Tanasugarn 5 6 NED S NoorlanderGRE C Papadáki 6 6 8 USA D GrahamAUS K Kunce 4 2 4 INA Y BasukiUSA L McNeil 6 6 BEL E CallensUSA G Helgeson-Nielsen 2 2 CRO M MurićJPN M Saeki 6 3 6 FRA A FusaiITA R Grande 7 6 1 USA K AdamsLAT L Savchenko 3 6 6 NED S NoorlanderGRE C Papadáki 6 2 2 4 INA Y BasukiUSA L McNeil 6 6 6 FRA A FusaiITA R Grande 4 4 1 USA K AdamsLAT L Savchenko 6 6 4 INA Y BasukiUSA L McNeil 4 2
Bottom half
First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals 7 ITA S FarinaJPN R Hiraki 2 0 ARG I GorrochateguiROM I Spîrlea 6 6 ARG M PazFRA A-G Sidot 7 5 2 WC GBR J PullinGBR L Woodroffe 5 7 6 AUS C BarclayGBR C Wood 6 6 ROM C CristeaPOL M Grzybowska 3 4 5 JPN N KijimutaJPN N Miyagi 6 6 WC GBR S-A SiddallGBR A Wainwright 3 0 TPE J LeePOL A Olsza 1 3 ITA L GolarsaBEL D Van Roost 6 6 AUS A EllwoodAUS R McQuillan 5 4 Q BLR O BarabanschikovaGBR S Smith 7 6 ARG I GorrochateguiROM I Spîrlea WC GBR J PullinGBR L Woodroffe w/o AUS C BarclayGBR C Wood 1 4 3 NED M OremansUSA L Raymond 6 6 5 JPN N KijimutaJPN N Miyagi 7 6 ITA L GolarsaBEL D Van Roost 5 3 Q BLR O BarabanschikovaGBR S Smith 4 3 2 FRA N TauziatUSA L Wild 6 6 WC GBR J PullinGBR L Woodroffe 6 0 3 NED M OremansUSA L Raymond 3 1 r 5 JPN N KijimutaJPN N Miyagi 1 3 2 FRA N TauziatUSA L Wild 6 6 WC GBR J PullinGBR L Woodroffe 2 5 2 FRA N TauziatUSA L Wild 6 7
Qualifying draw
First qualifying round Second qualifying round Final qualifying round 1 FRA L GhirardiFRA S Pitkowski 8 IND N VaidyanathanGER M Weingärtner 6 GBR L AhlGBR L Latimer 8 GBR C TaylorGBR J Ward 2 WC GBR H CrookGBR V Davies 8 CAN M DrakeUSA K Pace 3 BLR O BarabanschikovaGBR S Smith 8 2 JPN Y HosokiJPN K Nagatomi 3 1 FRA L GhirardiFRA S Pitkowski 8 GBR L AhlGBR L Latimer 1 WC GBR H CrookGBR V Davies 1 BLR O BarabanschikovaGBR S Smith 8 1 FRA L GhirardiFRA S Pitkowski 6 BLR O BarabanschikovaGBR S Smith 8
References
External links
1997 DFS Classic draws
ITF tournament draws
Category:Birmingham Classic (tennis)
Category:1997 WTA Tour