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1997 du Maurier Open – Women's doubles
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1997 du Maurier Open s INA Yayuk BasukiNED Caroline Vis USA Nicole ArendtNED Manon Bollegraf 3–6, 7–5, 6–4 Canadian Open (tennis) Canadian Open 28 (1WC Wild cards/1Q Qualifiers) 8
1997 du Maurier Open
Larisa Savchenko and Arantxa Sánchez Vicario were the defending champions but they competed with different partners that year, Savchenko with Helena Suková and Sánchez Vicario with Mary Joe Fernández.
Fernández and Sánchez Vicario lost in the quarterfinals to Yayuk Basuki and Caroline Vis.
Savchenko and Suková lost in the semifinals to Nicole Arendt and Manon Bollegraf.
Basuki and Vis won in the final 3–6, 7–5, 6–4 against Arendt and Bollegraf.Seles takes du Maurier for third year in row https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/sports/1997/08/18/seles-takes-du-maurier-for-third-year-in-row/5a772057-e38f-4bfd-82d2-c7d6db47aad0/ 25 April 2024 The Washington Post 17 August 1997
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 Mary Joe Fernández / ESP Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (quarterfinals, retired)
USA Nicole Arendt / NED Manon Bollegraf (final)
LAT Larisa Savchenko / CZE Helena Suková (semifinals)
FRA Alexandra Fusai / FRA Nathalie Tauziat (second round)
ESP Conchita Martínez / ARG Patricia Tarabini (second round)
INA Yayuk Basuki / NED Caroline Vis (champions)
JPN Naoko Kijimuta / JPN Nana Miyagi (quarterfinals)
USA Lisa Raymond / AUS Rennae Stubbs (quarterfinals)
Draw
Final
3 Final 6 INA Yayuk BasukiNED Caroline Vis 3 7 6 2 USA Nicole ArendtNED Manon Bollegraf 6 5 4
Top half
y 3 1 First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals BEL S AppelmansUSA L Wild 6 4 6 ITA S FarinaGER B Rittner 3 6 4 GER M BabelUSA A Lettiere 6 2 3 USA A GrossmanSVK K Habšudová 3 6 6 ARG F LabatARG M Paz 3 3 6 INA Y BasukiNED C Vis 6 6 WC CAN M DrakeCAN J Nejedly 1 4 ARG I GorrochateguiROM I Spîrlea 6 6 ROM R DragomirCRO I Majoli 5 2 Q ROM C CristeaARG L Montalvo 7 6 RSA A CoetzerFRA M Pierce 2 4 8 USA L RaymondAUS R Stubbs 6 6 1 USA M J FernándezESP A Sánchez Vicario 6 6 BEL S AppelmansUSA L Wild 3 4 USA A GrossmanSVK K Habšudová 4 6 2 6 INA Y BasukiNED C Vis 6 2 6 4 FRA A FusaiFRA N Tauziat 6 3 2 ARG I GorrochateguiROM I Spîrlea 2 6 6 Q ROM C CristeaARG L Montalvo 2 2 8 USA L RaymondAUS R Stubbs 6 6 1 USA M J FernándezESP A Sánchez Vicario 1 0 r 6 INA Y BasukiNED C Vis 6 1 ARG I GorrochateguiROM I Spîrlea 3 6 6 8 USA L RaymondAUS R Stubbs 6 3 3 6 INA Y BasukiNED C Vis 4 7 7 ARG I GorrochateguiROM I Spîrlea 6 5 6
Bottom half
y 3 1 First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals 5 ESP C MartínezARG P Tarabini 6 6 GER A HuberTHA T Tanasugarn 4 3 JPN M SaekiJPN Y Yoshida 7 0 6 BEL E CallensITA R Grande 6 6 7 USA K PoNED B Schultz-McCarthy 2 6 7 CAN S JeyaseelanCAN R Simpson 6 2 6 7 JPN N KijimutaJPN N Miyagi 6 6 FRA A Dechaume-BalleretFRA S Testud 4 1 RSA M de SwardtCRO M Murić 4 4 RUS E LikhovtsevaJPN A Sugiyama 6 6 SWE Å CarlssonCAN P Hy-Boulais 6 6 AUS C BarclayGBR C Wood 4 4 5 ESP C MartínezARG P Tarabini 6 4 BEL E CallensITA R Grande 7 6 USA K PoNED B Schultz-McCarthy 6 2 3 LAT L SavchenkoCZE H Suková 7 6 7 JPN N KijimutaJPN N Miyagi 4 6 6 RUS E LikhovtsevaJPN A Sugiyama 6 3 2 SWE Å CarlssonCAN P Hy-Boulais 7 4 2 2 USA N ArendtNED M Bollegraf 6 6 6 BEL E CallensITA R Grande 3 4 3 LAT L SavchenkoCZE H Suková 6 6 7 JPN N KijimutaJPN N Miyagi 6 3 2 2 USA N ArendtNED M Bollegraf 4 6 6 3 LAT L SavchenkoCZE H Suková 1 6 2 USA N ArendtNED M Bollegraf 6 7
Qualifying
Qualifying seeds
30em CAN Jill Hetherington / USA Kathy Rinaldi-Stunkel (first round)
ROM Cătălina Cristea / ARG Laura Montalvo (qualified)
Qualifiers
ROM Cătălina Cristea / ARG Laura Montalvo
Qualifying draw
First round Second round Qualifying competition 190 yes 1 CAN Jill HetheringtonUSA Kathy Rinaldi-Stunkel 5 RSA Joannette KrugerAUT Marion Maruska 8 BLR 1995 Olga BarabanschikovaAUS Louise Pleming 8 GER Andrea GlassCZE Sandra Kleinová 2 FRA Nathalie DechyFRA Sarah Pitkowski 8 WC CAN Renata KolbovicCAN Vanessa Webb 3 USA Rebecca JensenAUS Danielle Jones 2 2 ROM Cătălina CristeaARG Laura Montalvo 8 RSA Joannette KrugerAUT Marion Maruska 2 BLR 1995 Olga BarabanschikovaAUS Louise Pleming 8 FRA Nathalie DechyFRA Sarah Pitkowski 1 2 ROM Cătălina CristeaARG Laura Montalvo 8 BLR 1995 Olga BarabanschikovaAUS Louise Pleming 8 2 ROM Cătălina CristeaARG Laura Montalvo 9
References
External links
1997 du Maurier Open women's doubles draw
Main and qualifying draws (WTA)
Doubles
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