1997 Family Circle Cup – Doubles

Doubles
1997 Family Circle Cup
Champions Mary Joe Fernández
Martina Hingis
Runners-up Lindsay Davenport
Jana Novotná
Score7–5, 4–6, 6–1
Draw28
Seeds8

Jana Novotná and Arantxa Sánchez Vicario were the defending champions but only Novotná competed that year with Lindsay Davenport.

Davenport and Novotná lost in the final 7–5, 4–6, 6–1 against Mary Joe Fernández and Martina Hingis.

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.

Draw

Key

Finals

Final
     
1 Lindsay Davenport
Jana Novotná
5 6 1
2 Mary Joe Fernández
Martina Hingis
7 4 6

Top half

First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
1 L Davenport
J Novotná
6 6  
LL E Gagliardi
S Kleinová
0 3     E Likhovtseva
A Sugiyama
2 0  
  E Likhovtseva
A Sugiyama
6 6   1 L Davenport
J Novotná
6 4 6
  S Farina
B Schett
1 3   8 C Martínez
P Tarabini
0 6 2
  M Grzybowska
S-T Wang
6 6     M Grzybowska
S-T Wang
7 3 5
  V Ruano-Pascual
P Suárez
3 6 4 8 C Martínez
P Tarabini
5 6 7
8 C Martínez
P Tarabini
6 4 6 1 L Davenport
J Novotná
6 4 6
4 N Arendt
M Bollegraf
4 6 3
4 N Arendt
M Bollegraf
6 6  
  A Grossman
K Habšudová
6 2 3   O Lugina
C Wood
2 2  
  O Lugina
C Wood
4 6 6 4 N Arendt
M Bollegraf
7 6  
  A Coetzer
I Gorrochategui
6 2 2   R Dragomir
I Majoli
6 2  
  R Dragomir
I Majoli
2 6 6   R Dragomir
I Majoli
6 5 6
  F Labat
B Rittner
4 6 4 6 B Schultz-McCarthy
C Vis
1 7 3
6 B Schultz-McCarthy
C Vis
6 2 6

Bottom half

First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
5 L Savchenko
I Spîrlea
6 6  
WC J Kruger
C Papadáki
3 3   5 L Savchenko
I Spîrlea
     
  P Hy-Boulais
R Simpson
5 7 4   A Fusai
M Paz
w/o    
  A Fusai
M Paz
7 5 6   A Fusai
M Paz
4 4  
  K Adams
M de Swardt
4 2   3 G Fernández
L Raymond
6 6  
  A Huber
M Seles
6 6     A Huber
M Seles
3 5  
3 G Fernández
L Raymond
6 7  
3 G Fernández
L Raymond
4 4  
7 L McNeil
L Wild
6 6   2 M J Fernández
M Hingis
6 6  
  E Martincová
H Nagyová
2 4   7 L McNeil
L Wild
6 4 6
  S Meier
S Pitkowski
4 0     C Morariu
T Whitlinger-Jones
2 6 3
  C Morariu
T Whitlinger-Jones
6 6   7 L McNeil
L Wild
0 4  
Q K Kschwendt
M Murić
6 7   2 M J Fernández
M Hingis
6 6  
  A Lettiere
N Miyagi
0 6   Q K Kschwendt
M Murić
6 3  
2 M J Fernández
M Hingis
7 6