1997 European Indoors – Doubles
| Doubles | |
|---|---|
| 1997 European Indoors | |
| Champions | Martina Hingis Arantxa Sánchez Vicario |
| Runners-up | Larisa Savchenko Helena Suková |
| Score | 4–6, 6–4, 6–1 |
| Draw | 16 |
| Seeds | 4 |
Martina Hingis and Helena Suková were the defending champions but they competed with different partners that year, Hingis with Arantxa Sánchez Vicario and Suková with Larisa Savchenko.
Savchenko and Suková lost in the final 4–6, 6–4, 6–1 against Hingis and Sánchez Vicario.
Seeds
Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.
- Lindsay Davenport / Jana Novotná (semifinals)
- Martina Hingis / Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (champions)
- Mary Joe Fernández / Lisa Raymond (first round)
- Kimberly Po / Natasha Zvereva (quarterfinals)
Draw
Key
- Q = Qualifier
- WC = Wild card
- LL = Lucky loser
- Alt = Alternate
- ITF = ITF entry
- PR = Protected ranking
- SR = Special ranking
- SE = Special exempt
- JE = Junior exempt
- JR = Junior Accelerator Programme entrant
- CO = College Accelerator Programme entrant
- NG = Next Gen Accelerator Program entrant
- w/o = Walkover
- r = Retired
- d = Defaulted
| First round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | L Davenport J Novotná | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| R Dragomir I Majoli | 2 | 2 | 1 | L Davenport J Novotná | 6 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| K Adams M Bollegraf | 7 | K Adams M Bollegraf | 3 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| B Schultz-McCarthy I Spîrlea | 6 | r | 1 | L Davenport J Novotná | 6 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | K Po N Zvereva | 7 | 6 | L Savchenko H Suková | 7 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| A Fusai N Tauziat | 5 | 3 | 4 | K Po N Zvereva | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| WC | M Maleeva M Serna | 3 | 4 | L Savchenko H Suková | w/o | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| L Savchenko H Suková | 6 | 6 | Larisa Savchenko Helena Suková | 6 | 4 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| C Martínez P Tarabini | 6 | 6 | 2 | Martina Hingis Arantxa Sánchez Vicario | 4 | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Q | A Miller B Rippner | 4 | 4 | C Martínez P Tarabini | w/o | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| A Coetzer A Huber | 6 | 7 | A Coetzer A Huber | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | M J Fernández L Raymond | 2 | 5 | C Martínez P Tarabini | 2 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| A Sugiyama D Van Roost | 3 | 2 | 2 | M Hingis A Sánchez Vicario | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Y Basuki C Vis | 6 | 6 | Y Basuki C Vis | 1 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| S Appelmans M Oremans | 3 | 4 | 2 | M Hingis A Sánchez Vicario | 6 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | M Hingis A Sánchez Vicario | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Qualifying
Seeds
Both seeds received a bye into the second round.
- Silvia Farina / Barbara Schett (second round)
- Åsa Carlsson / Rita Grande (second round)
Qualifiers
Qualifying draw
| First round | Second round | Qualifying competition | ||||||||||||
| 1 | S Farina B Schett | 5 | ||||||||||||
| A Miller B Rippner | 8 | |||||||||||||
| A Miller B Rippner | 9 | |||||||||||||
| WC | S Williams V Williams | 8 | ||||||||||||
| J Kruger C Schneider | 2 | |||||||||||||
| WC | S Williams V Williams | 8 | ||||||||||||
| WC | S Williams V Williams | 9 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Å Carlsson R Grande | 7 | ||||||||||||
External links
- Official results archive (ITF) Archived 2016-04-02 at the Wayback Machine
- Official results archive (WTA)