1997 Kremlin Cup – Women's doubles
| Women's doubles | |
|---|---|
| 1997 Kremlin Cup | |
| Champions | Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Natasha Zvereva |
| Runners-up | Yayuk Basuki Caroline Vis |
| Score | 5–3 (default) |
| Seeds | 4 |
Natalia Medvedeva and Larisa Savchenko were the defending champions but only Savchenko competed that year with Helena Suková.
Savchenko and Suková lost in the semifinals to Arantxa Sánchez Vicario and Natasha Zvereva.
Sánchez Vicario and Zvereva won the final 5–3 after Yayuk Basuki and Caroline Vis were defaulted.
Seeds
Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.
- Arantxa Sánchez Vicario / Natasha Zvereva (champions)
- Yayuk Basuki / Caroline Vis (final)
- Larisa Savchenko / Helena Suková (semifinals)
- Conchita Martínez / Patricia Tarabini (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 | A Sánchez Vicario N Zvereva | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| O Lugina E Melicharová | 1 | 0 | 1 | A Sánchez Vicario N Zvereva | 7 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| S Farina R Grande | 6 | 6 | S Farina R Grande | 5 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Q | M Maleeva M Serna | 4 | 4 | 1 | A Sánchez Vicario N Zvereva | 7 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | L Savchenko H Suková | 6 | 6 | 3 | L Savchenko H Suková | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Å Carlsson P Schnyder | 2 | 1 | 3 | L Savchenko H Suková | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| H Nagyová F Perfetti | 6 | 7 | H Nagyová F Perfetti | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| K Habšudová F Labat | 3 | 6 | 1 | Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Natasha Zvereva | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| K Po A Sugiyama | 6 | 4 | 6 | 2 | Yayuk Basuki Caroline Vis | 3 | d | ||||||||||||||||||||
| E Likhovtseva I Spîrlea | 1 | 6 | 2 | K Po A Sugiyama | 6 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Adriana Barna Anca Barna | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | C Martínez P Tarabini | 3 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | C Martínez P Tarabini | 4 | 6 | 6 | K Po A Sugiyama | 6 | 3 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||
| M Goloviznina E Kulikovskaya | 2 | 3 | 2 | Y Basuki C Vis | 1 | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| V Csurgo E Tatarkova | 6 | 6 | V Csurgo E Tatarkova | 4 | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WC | S Kleinová E Makarova | 2 | 1 | 2 | Y Basuki C Vis | 6 | 3 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Y Basuki C Vis | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||