1997 French Open – Women's doubles

1997 French Open s USA Gigi FernándezBLR 1995 Natasha Zvereva USA Mary Joe FernándezUSA Lisa Raymond 6–2, 6–3 64 (4 WC Wild Cards) 16 1997 French Open Lindsay Davenport and Mary Joe Fernández were the defending champions, but played this year with different partners. Davenport teamed up with Jana Novotná and lost in third round to Conchita Martínez and Patricia Tarabini, while Fernández teamed up with Lisa Raymond, losing in the final. Gigi Fernández and Natasha Zvereva won the title, defeating Fernández and Raymond 6–2, 6–3 in the final. It was the 6th French Open title, 16th Grand Slam title and 68th overall doubles title for Fernández, and the 6th French Open title, 17th Grand Slam title and 66th overall doubles title for Zvereva, in their respective careers. Seeds 30em USA Gigi Fernández / BLR 1995 Natasha Zvereva (champions) USA Lindsay Davenport / CZE Jana Novotná (third round) SUI Martina Hingis / ESP Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (semifinals) LAT Larisa Neiland / CZE Helena Suková (quarterfinals) USA Mary Joe Fernández / USA Lisa Raymond (final) USA Nicole Arendt / NED Manon Bollegraf (quarterfinals) INA Yayuk Basuki / NED Caroline Vis (quarterfinals) FRA Alexandra Fusai / FRA Nathalie Tauziat (semifinals) USA Katrina Adams / USA Lori McNeil (second round) ESP Conchita Martínez / ARG Patricia Tarabini (quarterfinals) JPN Naoko Kijimuta / JPN Nana Miyagi (third round) BEL Sabine Appelmans / NED Miriam Oremans (first round) USA Amy Frazier / USA Kimberly Po (second round) NED Kristie Boogert / ROU Irina Spîrlea (second round) RUS Anna Kournikova / RUS Elena Likhovtseva (third round) ROU Ruxandra Dragomir / CRO Iva Majoli (third round) Draw Finals Quarterfinals Semifinals Final 185 1 USA Gigi FernándezBLR 1995 Natasha Zvereva 77 1 6 6 USA Nicole ArendtNED Manon Bollegraf 63 6 3 3 SUI Martina HingisESP Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 77 7 7 INA Yayuk BasukiNED Caroline Vis 63 5 5 USA Mary Joe FernándezUSA Lisa Raymond 6 6 4 LAT Larisa NeilandCZE Helena Suková 2 3 8 FRA Alexandra FusaiFRA Nathalie Tauziat 6 6 10 ESP Conchita MartínezARG Patricia Tarabini 2 4 1 USA Gigi FernándezBLR 1995 Natasha Zvereva 3 77 10 3 SUI Martina HingisESP Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 6 63 8 5 USA Mary Joe FernándezUSA Lisa Raymond 3 6 6 8 FRA Alexandra FusaiFRA Nathalie Tauziat 6 4 1 1 USA Gigi FernándezBLR 1995 Natasha Zvereva 6 6 5 USA Mary Joe FernándezUSA Lisa Raymond 2 3 Top half Section 1 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals 173 1 USA G FernándezBLR 1995 N Zvereva 6 6 USA A GrossmanSVK K Habšudová 0 0 USA D GrahamAUS K Kunce 6 65 1 WC FRA E CurutchetFRA S Georges 3 77 6 GER Ad BarnaGER An Barna 2 5 SVK H NagyováSUI P Schnyder 6 7 USA C RubinNED B Schultz-McCarthy 2 7 6 12 BEL S AppelmansNED M Oremans 6 5 3 16 ROU R DragomirCRO I Majoli 6 6 GER B RittnerBEL D van Roost 4 2 AUS A EllwoodAUS R McQuillan 3 1 GER W ProbstJPN A Sugiyama 6 6 WC FRA É LoitFRA A Mauresmo 6 6 RSA M de SwardtHUN A Temesvári 3 4 GER K FreyeNED S Noorlander 1 0 6 USA N ArendtNED M Bollegraf 6 6 1 USA G FernándezBLR 1995 N Zvereva 6 6 WC FRA E CurutchetFRA S Georges 1 3 SVK H NagyováSUI P Schnyder 6 6 USA C RubinNED B Schultz-McCarthy 1 2 16 ROU R DragomirCRO I Majoli 5 6 6 GER W ProbstJPN A Sugiyama 7 4 2 WC FRA É LoitFRA A Mauresmo 6 3 7 6 USA N ArendtNED M Bollegraf 3 6 9 1 USA G FernándezBLR 1995 N Zvereva 6 6 SVK H NagyováSUI P Schnyder 4 2 16 ROU R DragomirCRO I Majoli 7 4 5 6 USA N ArendtNED M Bollegraf 5 6 7 1 USA G FernándezBLR 1995 N Zvereva 77 1 6 6 USA N ArendtNED M Bollegraf 63 6 3 Section 2 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals 3 SUI M HingisESP A Sánchez Vicario 6 77 ITA R GrandeAUS KA Guse 3 62 FRA C DheninFRA S Pitkowski 4 2 BEL N FeberCAN P Hy-Boulais 6 6 ROU C CristeaESP V Ruano Pascual 3 6 5 ITA S FarinaITA G Pizzichini 6 3 7 POL M GrzybowskaPOL A Olsza 1 4 14 NED K BoogertROU I Spîrlea 6 6 9 USA K AdamsUSA L McNeil 4 6 6 SLO T KrižanFRA N van Lottum 6 2 4 CZE P LangrováCZE L Němečková 3 2 ARG M PazCAN R Simpson 6 6 ARG I GorrochateguiUSA L Wild 6 6 GER S MeierAUT B Schwartz 3 1 UKR O LuginaBUL E Pampoulova 3 2 7 INA Y BasukiNED C Vis 6 6 3 SUI M HingisESP A Sánchez Vicario 6 6 BEL N FeberCAN P Hy-Boulais 4 0 ITA S FarinaITA G Pizzichini 7 1 6 14 NED K BoogertROU I Spîrlea 5 6 2 9 USA K AdamsUSA L McNeil 4 3 ARG M PazCAN R Simpson 6 6 ARG I GorrochateguiUSA L Wild 3 3 7 INA Y BasukiNED C Vis 6 6 3 SUI M HingisESP A Sánchez Vicario 6 6 ITA S FarinaITA G Pizzichini 4 1 ARG M PazCAN R Simpson 4 6 3 7 INA Y BasukiNED C Vis 6 3 6 3 SUI M HingisESP A Sánchez Vicario 77 7 7 INA Y BasukiNED C Vis 63 5 Bottom half Section 3 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals 160 5 USA MJ FernándezUSA L Raymond 6 6 USA C MorariuFRA AG Sidot 1 3 JPN M SaekiJPN Y Yoshida 77 6 BUL S KrivenchevaRUS E Makarova 64 3 BEL E CallensUSA G Helgeson-Nielsen 7 1 6 ARG L MontalvoARG P Suárez 5 6 2 AUS D JonesTHA T Tanasugarn 6 4 4 13 USA A FrazierUSA K Po 3 6 6 11 JPN N KijimutaJPN N Miyagi 6 6 CZE R BobkováCZE E Melicharová 3 1 HUN V CsurgóRSA L Horn 6 6 WC FRA S BergerFRA K Jagieniak 2 3 CRO M MurićUSA T Whitlinger-Jones 2 6 3 USA E deLoneSVK R Zrubáková 6 4 6 AUS C BarclayGBR C Wood 2 3 4 LAT L NeilandCZE H Suková 6 6 5 USA MJ FernándezUSA L Raymond 6 6 JPN M SaekiJPN Y Yoshida 1 2 BEL E CallensUSA G Helgeson-Nielsen 77 6 13 USA A FrazierUSA K Po 63 1 11 JPN N KijimutaJPN N Miyagi 6 6 HUN V CsurgóRSA L Horn 3 3 USA E deLoneSVK R Zrubáková 4 1 4 LAT L NeilandCZE H Suková 6 6 5 USA MJ FernándezUSA L Raymond 4 6 6 BEL E CallensUSA G Helgeson-Nielsen 6 3 4 11 JPN N KijimutaJPN N Miyagi 1 2 4 LAT L NeilandCZE H Suková 6 6 5 USA MJ FernándezUSA L Raymond 6 6 4 LAT L NeilandCZE H Suková 2 3 Section 4 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals 8 FRA A FusaiFRA N Tauziat 6 6 KOR S-h ParkTPE S-t Wang 3 4 WC FRA N DechyFRA L Ghirardi-Rubbi 4 4 JPN R HirakiARG F Labat 6 6 PR GER M BabelITA L Golarsa 6 6 RSA R NidefferUSA K Rinaldi-Stunkel 0 2 CZE E MartincováCZE H Vildová 6 1 4 15 RUS A KournikovaRUS E Likhovtseva 4 6 6 10 ESP C MartínezARG P Tarabini 6 6 FRA A Dechaume-BalleretFRA S Testud 3 3 RSA A CoetzerFRA M Pierce 6 6 CAN S JeyaseelanUSA J Lee 4 4 SWE Å CarlssonITA F Perfetti 4 5 GER A HuberUSA M Seles 6 7 AUS L PlemingAUS N Pratt 0 1 2 USA L DavenportCZE J Novotná 6 6 8 FRA A FusaiFRA N Tauziat 6 6 JPN R HirakiARG F Labat 4 3 PR GER M BabelITA L Golarsa 64 1 15 RUS A KournikovaRUS E Likhovtseva 77 6 10 ESP C MartínezARG P Tarabini w/o RSA A CoetzerFRA M Pierce GER A HuberUSA M Seles 5 63 2 USA L DavenportCZE J Novotná 7 77 8 FRA A FusaiFRA N Tauziat 6 6 15 RUS A KournikovaRUS E Likhovtseva 3 4 10 ESP C MartínezARG P Tarabini 5 6 6 2 USA L DavenportCZE J Novotná 7 4 4 8 FRA A FusaiFRA N Tauziat 6 6 10 ESP C MartínezARG P Tarabini 2 4 External links Official 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