1997 Wimbledon Championships – Women's doubles

April 2022 1997 Wimbledon Championships s USA Gigi Fernández BLR 1995 Natasha Zvereva USA Nicole Arendt NED Manon Bollegraf 7–6(7–4), 6–4 64 (2 Q Qualifiers / 4 WC Wildcards) 16 1997 Wimbledon Championships Martina Hingis and Helena Suková were the defending champions but decided not to play together. Hingis teamed up with Arantxa Sánchez Vicario and lost in quarterfinals to Nicole Arendt and Manon Bollegraf, and Suková teamed with Larisa Neiland and lost in semifinals against the same pair. Gigi Fernández and Natasha Zvereva defeated Arendt and Bollegraf in the final, 7–6(7–4), 6–4 to win the ladies' doubles tennis title at the 1997 Wimbledon Championships.Barrett John Wimbledon: The Official History 2014 Vision Sports Publishing 9-781909-534230 4th It was the 4th Wimbledon title, 17th Grand Slam and 69th overall title for Fernández and the 5th Wimbledon title, 18th Grand Slam and 67th overall title for Zvereva, in their respective doubles careers. Seeds 1 1 USA Gigi Fernández / BLR 1995 Natasha Zvereva (champions) 2 4 SUI Martina Hingis / ESP Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (quarterfinals) 3 2 USA Lindsay Davenport / CZE Jana Novotná (quarterfinals, withdrew) 4 3 LAT Larisa Neiland / CZE Helena Suková (semifinals) 5 1 USA Mary Joe Fernández / USA Lisa Raymond (quarterfinals) 6 4 USA Nicole Arendt / NED Manon Bollegraf (final) 7 3 ESP Conchita Martínez / ARG Patricia Tarabini (first round) 8 2 INA Yayuk Basuki / NED Caroline Vis (third round) 9 1 USA Katrina Adams / USA Lori McNeil (third round) 10 3 FRA Nathalie Tauziat / USA Linda Wild (third round) 11 4 JPN 1947 Naoko Kijimuta / JPN 1947 Nana Miyagi (third round) 12 2 BEL Sabine Appelmans / NED Miriam Oremans (semifinals) 13 2 FRA Alexandra Fusai / ITA Rita Grande (third round) 14 3 USA Amy Frazier / USA Kimberly Po (third round) 15 4 USA Chanda Rubin / NED Brenda Schultz-McCarthy (third round) 16 1 NED Kristie Boogert / ROU Irina Spîrlea (second round) Qualifying 1997 Wimbledon Championships – Women's doubles qualifying Draw Finals Quarterfinals Semifinals Final 180 1 USA Gigi FernándezBLR 1995 Natasha Zvereva 5 6 6 5 USA Mary Joe FernándezUSA Lisa Raymond 7 4 4 3 USA Lindsay DavenportCZE Jana Novotná w/o 12 BEL Sabine AppelmansNED Miriam Oremans BEL Els CallensUSA Ginger Helgeson-Nielsen 4 4 4 LAT Larisa NeilandCZE Helena Suková 6 6 6 USA Nicole ArendtNED Manon Bollegraf 6 5 6 2 SUI Martina HingisESP Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 4 7 2 1 USA Gigi FernándezBLR 1995 Natasha Zvereva 6 6 12 BEL Sabine AppelmansNED Miriam Oremans 1 2 4 LAT Larisa NeilandCZE Helena Suková 2 6 1 6 USA Nicole ArendtNED Manon Bollegraf 6 3 6 1 USA Gigi FernándezBLR 1995 Natasha Zvereva 77 6 6 USA Nicole ArendtNED Manon Bollegraf 64 4 Top half Section 1 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals 1 USA G FernándezBLR 1995 N Zvereva 6 6 WC BLR 1995 O BarabanschikovaGBR S Smith 2 2 GER K FreyeNED S Noorlander 77 4 6 CAN P Hy-BoulaisSVK K Studeníková 65 6 2 AUS C BarclayGBR C Wood 6 6 ITA S FarinaAUT B Schett 4 3 WC GBR J PullinGBR L Woodroffe 3 2 16 NED K BoogertROM I Spîrlea 6 6 9 USA K AdamsUSA L McNeil 77 6 ESP V Ruano PascualARG P Suárez 63 3 GER B RittnerBEL D Van Roost 4 6 6 AUS A EllwoodAUS R McQuillan 6 1 1 ROM C CristeaPOL M Grzybowska 7 6 SWE Å CarlssonITA F Perfetti 5 3 RSA L HornRSA M de Swardt 2 1 5 USA MJ FernándezUSA L Raymond 6 6 1 USA G FernándezBLR 1995 N Zvereva 6 6 GER K FreyeNED S Noorlander 0 2 AUS C BarclayGBR C Wood 4 77 6 16 NED K BoogertROM I Spîrlea 6 65 4 9 USA K AdamsUSA L McNeil 6 1 6 GER B RittnerBEL D Van Roost 3 6 4 ROM C CristeaPOL M Grzybowska 3 0 5 USA MJ FernándezUSA L Raymond 6 6 1 USA G FernándezBLR 1995 N Zvereva 7 7 AUS C BarclayGBR C Wood 5 5 9 USA K AdamsUSA L McNeil 1 61 5 USA MJ FernándezUSA L Raymond 6 77 1 USA G FernándezBLR 1995 N Zvereva 5 6 6 5 USA MJ FernándezUSA L Raymond 7 4 4 Section 2 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals 165 3 USA L DavenportCZE J Novotná 6 6 SLO T KrižanFRA N van Lottum 0 2 USA D GrahamAUS K Kunce 6 6 LL RUS J LutrovaGBR J Wood 4 1 WC GBR S-A SiddallGBR A Wainwright 6 6 CZE P LangrováSVK R Zrubáková 3 2 ARG M PazFRA A-G Sidot 3 0 13 FRA A FusaiITA R Grande 6 6 12 BEL S AppelmansNED M Oremans ROM R DragomirCRO I Majoli w/o AUS D JonesTHA T Tanasugarn 2 63 FRA A Dechaume-BalleretFRA S Testud 6 77 ITA L GarroneITA G Pizzichini 6 6 USA A GrossmanSVK K Habšudová 2 4 CAN S JeyaseelanCAN R Simpson 4 2 8 INA Y BasukiNED C Vis 6 6 3 USA L DavenportCZE J Novotná 6 6 USA D GrahamAUS K Kunce 1 2 WC GBR S-A SiddallGBR A Wainwright 3 4 13 FRA A FusaiITA R Grande 6 6 12 BEL S AppelmansNED M Oremans 6 6 FRA A Dechaume-BalleretFRA S Testud 4 3 ITA L GarroneITA G Pizzichini 7 4 2 8 INA Y BasukiNED C Vis 5 6 6 3 USA L DavenportCZE J Novotná 6 6 13 FRA A FusaiITA R Grande 1 1 12 BEL S AppelmansNED M Oremans 7 6 8 INA Y BasukiNED C Vis 5 1 3 USA L DavenportCZE J Novotná w/o 12 BEL S AppelmansNED M Oremans Bottom half Section 3 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals 158 7 ESP C MartínezARG P Tarabini 4 5 BEL E CallensUSA G Helgeson-Nielsen 6 7 RSA R NidefferUSA K Rinaldi-Stunkel 5 3 GER A HuberUSA M Seles 7 6 Q UKR E BrioukhovetsUKR E Tatarkova 3 1 USA T Whitlinger-JonesCRO M Murić 6 6 JPN 1947 R HirakiARG F Labat 5 3 14 USA A FrazierUSA K Po 7 6 10 FRA N TauziatUSA L Wild 6 1 10 RSA A CoetzerFRA M Pierce 1 6 8 USA J LeePOL A Olsza 5 3 ITA L GolarsaSUI P Schnyder 7 6 GER S MeierCZE L Němečková 4 6 4 UKR O LuginaGER E Wagner 6 4 6 ARG L MontalvoSVK H Nagyová 6 1 4 4 LAT L NeilandCZE H Suková 3 6 6 BEL E CallensUSA G Helgeson-Nielsen 6 6 GER A HuberUSA M Seles 2 4 USA T Whitlinger-JonesCRO M Murić 2 3 14 USA A FrazierUSA K Po 6 6 10 FRA N TauziatUSA L Wild 65 77 6 ITA L GolarsaSUI P Schnyder 77 64 3 UKR O LuginaGER E Wagner 3 2 4 LAT L NeilandCZE H Suková 6 6 BEL E CallensUSA G Helgeson-Nielsen 77 6 14 USA A FrazierUSA K Po 64 3 10 FRA N TauziatUSA L Wild 4 4 4 LAT L NeilandCZE H Suková 6 6 BEL E CallensUSA G Helgeson-Nielsen 4 4 4 LAT L NeilandCZE H Suková 6 6 Section 4 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals 155 6 USA N ArendtNED M Bollegraf 6 6 WC GBR C TaylorGBR J Ward 4 4 KOR S-h ParkTPE S-t Wang 6 6 Q GBR V LakeAUS L Pleming 4 4 USA P ShriverAUS E Smylie 6 5 7 RUS A KournikovaRUS E Likhovtseva 3 7 9 HUN V CsurgóGER C Schneider 4 3 11 JPN 1947 N KijimutaJPN 1947 N Miyagi 6 6 15 USA C RubinNED B Schultz-McCarthy 6 7 GER W ProbstJPN 1947 A Sugiyama 1 5 JPN 1947 M SaekiJPN 1947 Y Yoshida 61 7 6 USA E deLoneAUS N Pratt 77 5 4 CZE R BobkováCZE E Melicharová 77 64 1 AUS K-A GuseUSA C Morariu 65 77 6 CZE E MartincováCZE H Vildová 2 3 2 SUI M HingisESP A Sánchez Vicario 6 6 6 USA N ArendtNED M Bollegraf 6 6 KOR S-h ParkTPE S-t Wang 2 0 RUS A KournikovaRUS E Likhovtseva 6 2 5 11 JPN 1947 N KijimutaJPN 1947 N Miyagi 4 6 7 15 USA C RubinNED B Schultz-McCarthy 77 6 JPN 1947 M SaekiJPN 1947 Y Yoshida 65 3 AUS K-A GuseUSA C Morariu 3 3 2 SUI M HingisESP A Sánchez Vicario 6 6 6 USA N ArendtNED M Bollegraf 6 3 6 11 JPN 1947 N KijimutaJPN 1947 N Miyagi 2 6 1 15 USA C RubinNED B Schultz-McCarthy 612 78 11 2 SUI M HingisESP A Sánchez Vicario 714 66 13 6 USA N ArendtNED M Bollegraf 6 5 6 2 SUI M HingisESP A Sánchez Vicario 4 7 2 References External links 1997 LD 1997 Wimbledon Championships on WTAtennis.com 1997 Wimbledon Championships – Women's draws and results at the International Tennis Federation Women's Doubles Women's Doubles Category:Wimbledon Championship by year – Women's doubles