1997 WTA German Open – Doubles

Doubles
1997 WTA German Open
1996 Champions	Meredith McGrath Larisa Savchenko
Champions	Lindsay Davenport Jana Novotná
Runners-up	Gigi Fernández Natasha Zvereva
Final score	6–2, 3–6, 6–2

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.

1. Gigi Fernández / Natasha Zvereva (Final)
2. Lindsay Davenport / Jana Novotná (Champions)
3. Mary Joe Fernández / Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (Semifinals)
4. Katrina Adams / Larisa Savchenko (Semifinals)
5. Yayuk Basuki / Caroline Vis (Quarterfinals)
6. Alexandra Fusai / Nathalie Tauziat (Second Round)
7. Manon Bollegraf / Patricia Tarabini (Quarterfinals)
8. Ruxandra Dragomir / Iva Majoli (First Round)

Draw

Key

• Q = Qualifier
• WC = Wild Card
• LL = Lucky Loser
• Alt = Alternate
• SE = Special Exempt
• PR = Protected Ranking
• w/o = Walkover
• r = Retired
• d = Defaulted

Finals

Final
1	Gigi Fernández   Natasha Zvereva	2	6	2
2	Lindsay Davenport   Jana Novotná	6	3	6

Top Half

First Round							Second Round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
							1	G Fernández   N Zvereva	6	6
	A Coetzer   C Rubin	6	6					A Coetzer   C Rubin	2	3
	E Callens   L Courtois	1	2											1	G Fernández   N Zvereva	6	7
	M Babel   K Habšudová	6	2												A Kournikova   E Likhovtseva	2	5
	A Kournikova   E Likhovtseva	7	6					A Kournikova   E Likhovtseva	6	7
Q	M-J Gaidano   T Panova	2	3				6	A Fusai   N Tauziat	4	6
6	A Fusai   N Tauziat	6	6																		1	G Fernández   N Zvereva	w/o
																					4	K Adams   L Savchenko
							4	K Adams   L Savchenko	6	6
WC	I Gorrochategui   S Graf	4	6	3				R Hiraki   F Labat	1	2
	R Hiraki   F Labat	6	3	6										4	K Adams   L Savchenko	7	7
	S Appelmans   A Sugiyama	6	7											7	M Bollegraf   P Tarabini	6	6
	M Paz   R Simpson	4	5					S Appelmans   A Sugiyama	4	3
	A-G Sidot   P Suárez	4	2				7	M Bollegraf   P Tarabini	6	6
7	M Bollegraf   P Tarabini	6	6

Bottom Half

First Round							Second Round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
5	Y Basuki   C Vis	6	6
	S Meier   F Perfetti	0	0				5	Y Basuki   C Vis	6	3	6
	E Martincová   R McQuillan	6	2					L Montalvo   H Nagyová	4	6	1
	L Montalvo   H Nagyová	7	6											5	Y Basuki   C Vis	3	5
WC	B Rittner   J Wöhr	5	0											3	M J Fernández   A Sánchez Vicario	6	7
	L Golarsa   I Spîrlea	7	6					L Golarsa   I Spîrlea	3	3
							3	M J Fernández   A Sánchez Vicario	6	6
																					3	M J Fernández   A Sánchez Vicario	5	6	3
8	R Dragomir   I Majoli	2	6	4																	2	L Davenport   J Novotná	7	1	6
	O Lugina   E Wagner	6	3	6				O Lugina   E Wagner	7	3	6
	P Hy-Boulais   S-T Wang	6	6					P Hy-Boulais   S-T Wang	5	6	4
	L Němečková   A Olsza	2	2												O Lugina   E Wagner	3	2
	B Schett   P Schnyder	4	2											2	L Davenport   J Novotná	6	6
	R Bobková   E Melicharová	6	6					R Bobková   E Melicharová	1	2
							2	L Davenport   J Novotná	6	6

External links

• 1997 WTA German Open Doubles Draw