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1997 WTA German Open – Doubles
CZE Jana Novotná BLR Natasha Zvereva
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.
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.
- 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
| RD1-seed1=1 | RD1-team1=USA Gigi Fernández BLR Natasha Zvereva | RD1-score1-1=2 | RD1-score1-2=6 | RD1-score1-3=2 | RD1-seed2=2 | RD1-team2=USA Lindsay Davenport CZE Jana Novotná | RD1-score2-1=6 | RD1-score2-2=3 | RD1-score2-3=6
Top half
| RD1-seed03= | RD1-team03=RSA A Coetzer USA C Rubin | RD1-score03-1=6 | RD1-score03-2=6 | RD1-score03-3= | RD1-seed04= | RD1-team04=BEL E Callens BEL L Courtois | RD1-score04-1=1 | RD1-score04-2=2 | RD1-score04-3= | RD1-seed05= | RD1-team05=GER M Babel SVK K Habšudová | RD1-score05-1=6 | RD1-score05-2=2 | RD1-score05-3= | RD1-seed06= | RD1-team06=RUS A Kournikova RUS E Likhovtseva | RD1-score06-1=7 | RD1-score06-2=6 | RD1-score06-3= | RD1-seed07=Q | RD1-team07=ARG M-J Gaidano RUS T Panova | RD1-score07-1=2 | RD1-score07-2=3 | RD1-score07-3= | RD1-seed08=6 | RD1-team08=FRA A Fusai FRA N Tauziat | RD1-score08-1=6 | RD1-score08-2=6 | RD1-score08-3= | RD1-seed11=WC | RD1-team11=ARG I Gorrochategui GER S Graf | RD1-score11-1=4 | RD1-score11-2=6 | RD1-score11-3=3 | RD1-seed12= | RD1-team12=JPN R Hiraki ARG F Labat | RD1-score12-1=6 | RD1-score12-2=3 | RD1-score12-3=6 | RD1-seed13= | RD1-team13=BEL S Appelmans JPN A Sugiyama | RD1-score13-1=6 | RD1-score13-2=7 | RD1-score13-3= | RD1-seed14= | RD1-team14=ARG M Paz CAN R Simpson | RD1-score14-1=4 | RD1-score14-2=5 | RD1-score14-3= | RD1-seed15= | RD1-team15=FRA A-G Sidot ARG P Suárez | RD1-score15-1=4 | RD1-score15-2=2 | RD1-score15-3= | RD1-seed16=7 | RD1-team16=NED M Bollegraf ARG P Tarabini | RD1-score16-1=6 | RD1-score16-2=6 | RD1-score16-3= | RD2-seed01=1 | RD2-team01=USA G Fernández BLR N Zvereva | RD2-score01-1=6 | RD2-score01-2=6 | RD2-score01-3= | RD2-seed02= | RD2-team02=RSA A Coetzer USA C Rubin | RD2-score02-1=2 | RD2-score02-2=3 | RD2-score02-3= | RD2-seed03= | RD2-team03=RUS A Kournikova RUS E Likhovtseva | RD2-score03-1=6 | RD2-score03-2=7 | RD2-score03-3= | RD2-seed04=6 | RD2-team04=FRA A Fusai FRA N Tauziat | RD2-score04-1=4 | RD2-score04-2=6 | RD2-score04-3= | RD2-seed05=4 | RD2-team05=USA K Adams LAT L Savchenko | RD2-score05-1=6 | RD2-score05-2=6 | RD2-score05-3= | RD2-seed06= | RD2-team06=JPN R Hiraki ARG F Labat | RD2-score06-1=1 | RD2-score06-2=2 | RD2-score06-3= | RD2-seed07= | RD2-team07=BEL S Appelmans JPN A Sugiyama | RD2-score07-1=4 | RD2-score07-2=3 | RD2-score07-3= | RD2-seed08=7 | RD2-team08=NED M Bollegraf ARG P Tarabini | RD2-score08-1=6 | RD2-score08-2=6 | RD2-score08-3= | RD3-seed01=1 | RD3-team01=USA G Fernández BLR N Zvereva | RD3-score01-1=6 | RD3-score01-2=7 | RD3-score01-3= | RD3-seed02= | RD3-team02=RUS A Kournikova RUS E Likhovtseva | RD3-score02-1=2 | RD3-score02-2=5 | RD3-score02-3= | RD3-seed03=4 | RD3-team03=USA K Adams LAT L Savchenko | RD3-score03-1=7 | RD3-score03-2=7 | RD3-score03-3= | RD3-seed04=7 | RD3-team04=NED M Bollegraf ARG P Tarabini | RD3-score04-1=6 | RD3-score04-2=6 | RD3-score04-3= | RD4-seed01=1 | RD4-team01=USA G Fernández BLR N Zvereva | RD4-score01-1=w/o | RD4-score01-2= | RD4-score01-3= | RD4-seed02=4 | RD4-team02=USA K Adams LAT L Savchenko | RD4-score02-1= | RD4-score02-2= | RD4-score02-3=
Bottom half
| RD1-seed01=5 | RD1-team01=INA Y Basuki NED C Vis | RD1-score01-1=6 | RD1-score01-2=6 | RD1-score01-3= | RD1-seed02= | RD1-team02=GER S Meier ITA F Perfetti | RD1-score02-1=0 | RD1-score02-2=0 | RD1-score02-3= | RD1-seed03= | RD1-team03=CZE E Martincová AUS R McQuillan | RD1-score03-1=6 | RD1-score03-2=2 | RD1-score03-3= | RD1-seed04= | RD1-team04=ARG L Montalvo SVK H Nagyová | RD1-score04-1=7 | RD1-score04-2=6 | RD1-score04-3= | RD1-seed05=WC | RD1-team05=GER B Rittner GER J Wöhr | RD1-score05-1=5 | RD1-score05-2=0 | RD1-score05-3= | RD1-seed06= | RD1-team06=ITA L Golarsa ROM I Spîrlea | RD1-score06-1=7 | RD1-score06-2=6 | RD1-score06-3= | RD1-seed09=8 | RD1-team09=ROM R Dragomir CRO I Majoli | RD1-score09-1=2 | RD1-score09-2=6 | RD1-score09-3=4 | RD1-seed10= | RD1-team10=UKR O Lugina GER E Wagner | RD1-score10-1=6 | RD1-score10-2=3 | RD1-score10-3=6 | RD1-seed11= | RD1-team11=CAN P Hy-Boulais TPE S-T Wang | RD1-score11-1=6 | RD1-score11-2=6 | RD1-score11-3= | RD1-seed12= | RD1-team12=CZE L Němečková POL A Olsza | RD1-score12-1=2 | RD1-score12-2=2 | RD1-score12-3= | RD1-seed13= | RD1-team13=AUT B Schett SUI P Schnyder | RD1-score13-1=4 | RD1-score13-2=2 | RD1-score13-3= | RD1-seed14= | RD1-team14=CZE R Bobková CZE E Melicharová | RD1-score14-1=6 | RD1-score14-2=6 | RD1-score14-3= | RD2-seed01=5 | RD2-team01=INA Y Basuki NED C Vis | RD2-score01-1=6 | RD2-score01-2=3 | RD2-score01-3=6 | RD2-seed02= | RD2-team02=ARG L Montalvo SVK H Nagyová | RD2-score02-1=4 | RD2-score02-2=6 | RD2-score02-3=1 | RD2-seed03= | RD2-team03=ITA L Golarsa ROM I Spîrlea | RD2-score03-1=3 | RD2-score03-2=3 | RD2-score03-3= | RD2-seed04=3 | RD2-team04=USA M J Fernández ESP A Sánchez Vicario | RD2-score04-1=6 | RD2-score04-2=6 | RD2-score04-3= | RD2-seed05= | RD2-team05=UKR O Lugina GER E Wagner | RD2-score05-1=7 | RD2-score05-2=3 | RD2-score05-3=6 | RD2-seed06= | RD2-team06=CAN P Hy-Boulais TPE S-T Wang | RD2-score06-1=5 | RD2-score06-2=6 | RD2-score06-3=4 | RD2-seed07= | RD2-team07=CZE R Bobková CZE E Melicharová | RD2-score07-1=1 | RD2-score07-2=2 | RD2-score07-3= | RD2-seed08=2 | RD2-team08=USA L Davenport CZE J Novotná | RD2-score08-1=6 | RD2-score08-2=6 | RD2-score08-3= | RD3-seed01=5 | RD3-team01=INA Y Basuki NED C Vis | RD3-score01-1=3 | RD3-score01-2=5 | RD3-score01-3= | RD3-seed02=3 | RD3-team02=USA M J Fernández ESP A Sánchez Vicario | RD3-score02-1=6 | RD3-score02-2=7 | RD3-score02-3= | RD3-seed03= | RD3-team03=UKR O Lugina GER E Wagner | RD3-score03-1=3 | RD3-score03-2=2 | RD3-score03-3= | RD3-seed04=2 | RD3-team04=USA L Davenport CZE J Novotná | RD3-score04-1=6 | RD3-score04-2=6 | RD3-score04-3= | RD4-seed01=3 | RD4-team01=USA M J Fernández ESP A Sánchez Vicario | RD4-score01-1=5 | RD4-score01-2=6 | RD4-score01-3=3 | RD4-seed02=2 | RD4-team02=USA L Davenport CZE J Novotná | RD4-score02-1=7 | RD4-score02-2=1 | RD4-score02-3=6
References
References
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