1997 State Farm Evert Cup – Doubles

January 2025 1997 Newsweek Champions Cup State Farm Evert Cup s USA Lindsay Davenport BLR Natasha Zvereva USA Lisa Raymond FRA Nathalie Tauziat 6–3, 6–2 28 8 Chanda Rubin and Brenda Schultz-McCarthy were the defending champions but only Rubin competed that year with Mary Joe Fernández. Fernandez and Rubin lost in the semifinals to Lindsay Davenport and Natasha Zvereva. Davenport and Zvereva won in the final 6–3, 6–2 against Lisa Raymond and Nathalie Tauziat. 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 Gigi Fernández / ESP Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (semifinals) LAT Larisa Neiland / CZE Helena Suková (second round) USA Lindsay Davenport / BLR Natasha Zvereva (champions) USA Lisa Raymond / FRA Nathalie Tauziat (final) USA Katrina Adams / NED Manon Bollegraf (second round) USA Mary Joe Fernández / USA Chanda Rubin (semifinals) JPN Naoko Kijimuta / JPN Nana Miyagi (second round) ESP Conchita Martínez / ARG Patricia Tarabini (first round) Draw Finals 3 y Final 4 USA Lisa RaymondFRA Nathalie Tauziat 3 2   3 USA Lindsay DavenportBLR Natasha Zvereva 6 6   Top half y 3 1 y First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals   USA A GrossmanUSA G Helgeson-Nielsen 64 5     ESP V Ruano-PascualARG P Suárez 77 7   WC CRO I MajoliCRO M Murić 2 6 6   CAN P Hy-BoulaisCAN R Simpson 6 4 4   USA M Werdel-WitmeyerUSA T Whitlinger-Jones 65 3   5 USA K AdamsNED M Bollegraf 77 6     AUS A EllwoodAUS R McQuillan 4 2     ITA R GrandeJPN A Sugiyama 6 6     USA D GrahamAUS K Radford 6 2 3/r   FRA A Dechaume-BalleretFRA S Testud 2 6 4   JPN R HirakiARG L Montalvo 3 1   7 JPN N KijimutaJPN N Miyagi 6 6   1 USA G FernándezESP A Sánchez Vicario 7 77     ESP V Ruano-PascualARG P Suárez 5 63   WC CRO I MajoliCRO M Murić 77 78   5 USA K AdamsNED M Bollegraf 64 66   4 USA L RaymondFRA N Tauziat 77 7     ITA R GrandeJPN A Sugiyama 64 5     FRA A Dechaume-BalleretFRA S Testud 3 6 6 7 JPN N KijimutaJPN N Miyagi 6 2 0 1 USA G FernándezESP A Sánchez Vicario 6 79   WC CRO I MajoliCRO M Murić 3 67   4 USA L RaymondFRA N Tauziat 6 6     FRA A Dechaume-BalleretFRA S Testud 2 4   1 USA G FernándezESP A Sánchez Vicario 5 2   4 USA L RaymondFRA N Tauziat 7 6   Bottom half y 3 1 y First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals 8 ESP C MartínezARG P Tarabini 6 65 5 WC USA S WilliamsUSA V Williams 4 77 7 Q SWE Å CarlssonFRA A-G Sidot 2 77 77   NED K BoogertROM I Spîrlea 6 64 62   USA A FrazierUSA K Po 2 6 6   ITA S FarinaAUT B Schett 6 3 2 6 USA M J FernándezUSA C Rubin 7 6     ARG F LabatGER B Rittner 5 3     ROM R DragomirNED C Vis 77 77     AUS K-A GuseRSA R Nideffer 64 64     RUS A KournikovaRUS E Likhovtseva 6 6     USA A LettiereUSA C Morariu 1 1   WC USA S WilliamsUSA V Williams 0 6 6 Q SWE Å CarlssonFRA A-G Sidot 6 3 3   USA A FrazierUSA K Po 1 1   3 USA L DavenportBLR N Zvereva 6 6   6 USA M J FernándezUSA C Rubin 6 6     ROM R DragomirNED C Vis 1 1     RUS A KournikovaRUS E Likhovtseva 7 4 6 2 LAT L NeilandCZE H Suková 5 6 3 WC USA S WilliamsUSA V Williams 3 0   3 USA L DavenportBLR N Zvereva 6 6   6 USA M J FernándezUSA C Rubin 2 6 7   RUS A KournikovaRUS E Likhovtseva 6 4 5 3 USA L DavenportBLR N Zvereva 6 6   6 USA M J FernándezUSA C Rubin 1 0   External links 1997 State Farm Evert Cup Doubles DrawFebruary 2019 InternetArchiveBot yes Doubles Category:1997 Newsweek Champions Cup and the State Farm Evert Cup