1997 WTA German Open – Doubles

1997 WTA German Open s USA Lindsay DavenportCZE Jana Novotná USA Gigi FernándezBLR Natasha Zvereva 6–2, 3–6, 6–2 28 8 singles doubles Meredith McGrath and Larisa Savchenko were the defending champions but only Savchenko competed that year with Katrina Adams. Adams and Savchenko lost in the semifinals to Gigi Fernández and Natasha Zvereva. Lindsay Davenport and Jana Novotná won in the final 6–2, 3–6, 6–2 against Fernández and Zvereva.International Tennis Federation World of Tennis 1998 1998 CollinsWillow London 9780002188241 John Barrett 171, 173, 182–183 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 / BLR Natasha Zvereva (final) USA Lindsay Davenport / CZE Jana Novotná (champions) USA Mary Joe Fernández / ESP Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (semifinals) USA Katrina Adams / LAT Larisa Savchenko (semifinals) INA Yayuk Basuki / NED Caroline Vis (quarterfinals) FRA Alexandra Fusai / FRA Nathalie Tauziat (second round) NED Manon Bollegraf / ARG Patricia Tarabini (quarterfinals) ROM Ruxandra Dragomir / CRO Iva Majoli (first round) Draw Finals 3 Final 1 USA Gigi FernándezBLR Natasha Zvereva 2 6 2 2 USA Lindsay DavenportCZE Jana Novotná 6 3 6 Top half y 3 1 First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals   RSA A CoetzerUSA C Rubin 6 6     BEL E CallensBEL L Courtois 1 2     GER M BabelSVK K Habšudová 6 2     RUS A KournikovaRUS E Likhovtseva 7 6   Q ARG M-J GaidanoRUS T Panova 2 3   6 FRA A FusaiFRA N Tauziat 6 6   WC ARG I GorrochateguiGER S Graf 4 6 3   JPN R HirakiARG F Labat 6 3 6   BEL S AppelmansJPN A Sugiyama 6 7     ARG M PazCAN R Simpson 4 5     FRA A-G SidotARG P Suárez 4 2   7 NED M BollegrafARG P Tarabini 6 6   1 USA G FernándezBLR N Zvereva 6 6     RSA A CoetzerUSA C Rubin 2 3     RUS A KournikovaRUS E Likhovtseva 6 7   6 FRA A FusaiFRA N Tauziat 4 6   4 USA K AdamsLAT L Savchenko 6 6     JPN R HirakiARG F Labat 1 2     BEL S AppelmansJPN A Sugiyama 4 3   7 NED M BollegrafARG P Tarabini 6 6   1 USA G FernándezBLR N Zvereva 6 7     RUS A KournikovaRUS E Likhovtseva 2 5   4 USA K AdamsLAT L Savchenko 7 7   7 NED M BollegrafARG P Tarabini 6 6   1 USA G FernándezBLR N Zvereva w/o     4 USA K AdamsLAT L Savchenko       Bottom half y 3 1 First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals 5 INA Y BasukiNED C Vis 6 6     GER S MeierITA F Perfetti 0 0     CZE E MartincováAUS R McQuillan 6 2     ARG L MontalvoSVK H Nagyová 7 6   WC GER B RittnerGER J Wöhr 5 0     ITA L GolarsaROM I Spîrlea 7 6   8 ROM R DragomirCRO I Majoli 2 6 4   UKR O LuginaGER E Wagner 6 3 6   CAN P Hy-BoulaisTPE S-T Wang 6 6     CZE L NěmečkováPOL A Olsza 2 2     AUT B SchettSUI P Schnyder 4 2     CZE R BobkováCZE E Melicharová 6 6   5 INA Y BasukiNED C Vis 6 3 6   ARG L MontalvoSVK H Nagyová 4 6 1   ITA L GolarsaROM I Spîrlea 3 3   3 USA M J FernándezESP A Sánchez Vicario 6 6     UKR O LuginaGER E Wagner 7 3 6   CAN P Hy-BoulaisTPE S-T Wang 5 6 4   CZE R BobkováCZE E Melicharová 1 2   2 USA L DavenportCZE J Novotná 6 6   5 INA Y BasukiNED C Vis 3 5   3 USA M J FernándezESP A Sánchez Vicario 6 7     UKR O LuginaGER E Wagner 3 2   2 USA L DavenportCZE J Novotná 6 6   3 USA M J FernándezESP A Sánchez Vicario 5 6 3 2 USA L DavenportCZE J Novotná 7 1 6 References External links 1997 WTA German Open Doubles draw Category:WTA German Open Category:1997 WTA Tour