1997 du Maurier Open – Women's doubles

Women's doubles
1997 du Maurier Open
Champions Yayuk Basuki
Caroline Vis
Runners-up Nicole Arendt
Manon Bollegraf
Score3–6, 7–5, 6–4
Draw28 (1WC/1Q)
Seeds8

Larisa Savchenko and Arantxa Sánchez Vicario were the defending champions but they competed with different partners that year, Savchenko with Helena Suková and Sánchez Vicario with Mary Joe Fernández.

Fernández and Sánchez Vicario lost in the quarterfinals to Yayuk Basuki and Caroline Vis.

Savchenko and Suková lost in the semifinals to Nicole Arendt and Manon Bollegraf.

Basuki and Vis won in the final 3–6, 7–5, 6–4 against Arendt and Bollegraf.[1]

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

Final

Final
     
6 Yayuk Basuki
Caroline Vis
3 7 6
2 Nicole Arendt
Manon Bollegraf
6 5 4

Top half

First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
1 M J Fernández
A Sánchez Vicario
6 6  
  S Appelmans
L Wild
6 4 6   S Appelmans
L Wild
3 4  
  S Farina
B Rittner
3 6 4 1 M J Fernández
A Sánchez Vicario
1 0 r
  M Babel
A Lettiere
6 2 3 6 Y Basuki
C Vis
6 1  
  A Grossman
K Habšudová
3 6 6   A Grossman
K Habšudová
4 6 2
  F Labat
M Paz
3 3   6 Y Basuki
C Vis
6 2 6
6 Y Basuki
C Vis
6 6   6 Y Basuki
C Vis
4 7 7
  I Gorrochategui
I Spîrlea
6 5 6
4 A Fusai
N Tauziat
6 3 2
WC M Drake
J Nejedly
1 4     I Gorrochategui
I Spîrlea
2 6 6
  I Gorrochategui
I Spîrlea
6 6     I Gorrochategui
I Spîrlea
3 6 6
  R Dragomir
I Majoli
5 2   8 L Raymond
R Stubbs
6 3 3
Q C Cristea
L Montalvo
7 6   Q C Cristea
L Montalvo
2 2  
  A Coetzer
M Pierce
2 4   8 L Raymond
R Stubbs
6 6  
8 L Raymond
R Stubbs
6 6  

Bottom half

First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
5 C Martínez
P Tarabini
6 6  
  A Huber
T Tanasugarn
4 3   5 C Martínez
P Tarabini
6 4  
  M Saeki
Y Yoshida
7 0 6   E Callens
R Grande
7 6  
  E Callens
R Grande
6 6 7   E Callens
R Grande
3 4  
  K Po
B Schultz-McCarthy
2 6 7 3 L Savchenko
H Suková
6 6  
  S Jeyaseelan
R Simpson
6 2 6   K Po
B Schultz-McCarthy
6 2  
3 L Savchenko
H Suková
7 6  
3 L Savchenko
H Suková
1 6  
7 N Kijimuta
N Miyagi
6 6   2 N Arendt
M Bollegraf
6 7  
  A Dechaume-Balleret
S Testud
4 1   7 N Kijimuta
N Miyagi
4 6 6
  M de Swardt
M Murić
4 4     E Likhovtseva
A Sugiyama
6 3 2
  E Likhovtseva
A Sugiyama
6 6   7 N Kijimuta
N Miyagi
6 3 2
  Å Carlsson
P Hy-Boulais
6 6   2 N Arendt
M Bollegraf
4 6 6
  C Barclay
C Wood
4 4     Å Carlsson
P Hy-Boulais
7 4 2
2 N Arendt
M Bollegraf
6 6 6

Qualifying

Qualifying seeds

Qualifiers

  1. Cătălina Cristea / Laura Montalvo

Qualifying draw

First round Second round Qualifying competition
         
1 Jill Hetherington
Kathy Rinaldi-Stunkel
5
Joannette Kruger
Marion Maruska
8
Joannette Kruger
Marion Maruska
2
Olga Barabanschikova
Louise Pleming
8
Olga Barabanschikova
Louise Pleming
8
Andrea Glass
Sandra Kleinová
2
Olga Barabanschikova
Louise Pleming
8
2 Cătălina Cristea
Laura Montalvo
9
Nathalie Dechy
Sarah Pitkowski
8
WC Renata Kolbovic
Vanessa Webb
3
Nathalie Dechy
Sarah Pitkowski
1
2 Cătălina Cristea
Laura Montalvo
8
Rebecca Jensen
Danielle Jones
2
2 Cătălina Cristea
Laura Montalvo
8

References

  1. ^ "Seles takes du Maurier for third year in row". The Washington Post. 17 August 1997. Retrieved 25 April 2024.