1997 WTA German Open – Doubles

Doubles
1997 WTA German Open
Champions Lindsay Davenport
Jana Novotná
Runners-up Gigi Fernández
Natasha Zvereva
Score6–2, 3–6, 6–2
Draw28
Seeds8

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.

Draw

Key

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