1997 Italian Open – Women's Doubles

Women's Doubles
1997 Italian Open
1996 Champions Spain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
Romania Irina Spîrlea
Champions United States Nicole Arendt
Netherlands Manon Bollegraf
Runners-up Spain Conchita Martínez
Argentina Patricia Tarabini
Final score 62, 64

Arantxa Sánchez Vicario and Irina Spîrlea were the defending champions but only Spîrlea competed that year with Gigi Fernández.

Fernández and Spîrlea lost in the quarterfinals to Nicole Arendt and Manon Bollegraf.

Arendt and Bollegraf won in the final 62, 64 against Conchita Martínez and Patricia Tarabini.

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
         
6  Spain Conchita Martínez
 Argentina Patricia Tarabini
2 4  
2  United States Nicole Arendt
 Netherlands Manon Bollegraf
6 6  

Top Half

First Round   Second Round   Quarterfinals   Semifinals
 
    1  Latvia L Savchenko
 Czech Republic H Suková
7 2 5  
   Russia A Kournikova
 Russia E Likhovtseva
6 6          Russia A Kournikova
 Russia E Likhovtseva
6 6 7  
LL  Argentina B Fulco-Villella
 Australia L Pleming
2 0            Russia A Kournikova
 Russia E Likhovtseva
7 6    
   Austria B Schett
 Switzerland P Schnyder
6 6            Austria B Schett
 Switzerland P Schnyder
6 4    
   Argentina I Gorrochategui
 Italy F Perfetti
3 3          Austria B Schett
 Switzerland P Schnyder
6 5 7
   United States C Rubin
 Netherlands B Schultz-McCarthy
4 7 4     7  Belgium S Appelmans
 Netherlands M Oremans
1 7 5  
7  Belgium S Appelmans
 Netherlands M Oremans
6 5 6          Russia A Kournikova
 Russia E Likhovtseva
6 3  
      6  Spain C Martínez
 Argentina P Tarabini
7 6  
    3  France A Fusai
 France N Tauziat
6 6    
   United States A Grossman
 Slovakia K Habšudová
6 6          United States A Grossman
 Slovakia K Habšudová
3 4    
   Japan M Saeki
 Chinese Taipei S-T Wang
3 3         3  France A Fusai
 France N Tauziat
2 3  
   Japan R Hiraki
 Argentina F Labat
3 6 6       6  Spain C Martínez
 Argentina P Tarabini
6 6    
   Croatia M Murić
 Poland A Olsza
6 2 3        Japan R Hiraki
 Argentina F Labat
2 1  
   Romania R Dragomir
 Croatia I Majoli
4 7 4     6  Spain C Martínez
 Argentina P Tarabini
6 6    
6  Spain C Martínez
 Argentina P Tarabini
6 5 6  

Bottom Half

First Round   Second Round   Quarterfinals   Semifinals
8  France A Dechaume-Balleret
 France S Testud
6 4 5  
   Argentina P Suárez
 Belgium D Van Roost
3 6 7        Argentina P Suárez
 Belgium D Van Roost
6 6    
   South Africa A Coetzer
 France M Pierce
6 6          South Africa A Coetzer
 France M Pierce
2 4    
   Australia A Ellwood
 Australia R McQuillan
2 0            Argentina P Suárez
 Belgium D Van Roost
6 4    
   Belgium E Callens
 France A-G Sidot
6           4  Indonesia Y Basuki
 Netherlands C Vis
7 6    
   Argentina L Montalvo
 Slovakia H Nagyová
2 r          Belgium E Callens
 France A-G Sidot
4 2  
    4  Indonesia Y Basuki
 Netherlands C Vis
6 6    
      4  Indonesia Y Basuki
 Netherlands C Vis
2 6  
5  United States G Fernández
 Romania I Spîrlea
6 6         2  United States N Arendt
 Netherlands M Bollegraf
6 7  
Q  Japan A Sugiyama
 Japan Y Yoshida
1 4       5  United States G Fernández
 Romania I Spîrlea
6 4 6  
   Italy A Canepa
 Italy G Casoni
0 6 2        Italy S Cecchini
 Italy L Garrone
1 6 2  
   Italy S Cecchini
 Italy L Garrone
6 4 6       5  United States G Fernández
 Romania I Spîrlea
4 6 5
   United States C Morariu
 Argentina M Paz
6 5 3       2  United States N Arendt
 Netherlands M Bollegraf
6 3 7  
   United States D Graham
 Italy R Grande
2 7 6        United States D Graham
 Italy R Grande
3 1  
    2  United States N Arendt
 Netherlands M Bollegraf
6 6    
 

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