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1997 Direct Line International Championships – Doubles

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Doubles
1997 Direct Line International Championships
1996 ChampionsCzech Republic Jana Novotná
Spain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
Final
Champions
Runners-up
ScoreNo result due to rain.
Details
Draw16
Seeds4
Events
Singles Doubles
← 1996 · Eastbourne International · 1998 →

Jana Novotná and Arantxa Sánchez Vicario were the defending champions but they competed with different partners that year, Novotná with Mary Joe Fernández and Sánchez Vicario with Chanda Rubin.

Rubin and Sánchez Vicario lost in the first round to Alexandra Fusai and Nathalie Tauziat.

Fernández and Novotná lost in the quarterfinals to Naoko Kijimuta and Miho Saeki.

There was no result for the tournament due to rain. The final would have seen Lori McNeil and Helena Suková take on Nicole Arendt and Manon Bollegraf.

Seeds

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Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.

  1. United States Gigi Fernández / Belarus Natasha Zvereva (semifinals)
  2. United States Mary Joe Fernández / Czech Republic Jana Novotná (quarterfinals)
  3. United States Lori McNeil / Czech Republic Helena Suková (final)
  4. United States Nicole Arendt / Netherlands Manon Bollegraf (final)

Draw

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Key

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First round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
1 United States G Fernández
Belarus N Zvereva
7 6  
  Argentina I Gorrochategui
Romania I Spîrlea
5 3   1 United States G Fernández
Belarus N Zvereva
w/o    
  United States C Rubin
Spain A Sánchez Vicario
6 6 5   France A Fusai
France N Tauziat
     
  France A Fusai
France N Tauziat
7 3 7 1 United States G Fernández
Belarus N Zvereva
     
3 United States L McNeil
Czech Republic H Suková
6 6   3 United States L McNeil
Czech Republic H Suková
w/o    
  Croatia I Majoli
Argentina P Tarabini
3 4   3 United States L McNeil
Czech Republic H Suková
6 3 6
  Australia K-A Guse
Australia R McQuillan
6 6     Australia K-A Guse
Australia R McQuillan
4 6 3
  Italy S Farina
Russia E Likhovtseva
1 2   3 United States Lori McNeil
Czech Republic Helena Suková
     
  Indonesia Y Basuki
Netherlands C Vis
6 6   4 United States Nicole Arendt
Netherlands Manon Bollegraf
     
  Italy R Grande
Japan R Hiraki
1 1     Indonesia Y Basuki
Netherlands C Vis
4 6 5
Q United States G Helgeson-Nielsen
United Kingdom L Woodroffe
6 7 2 4 United States N Arendt
Netherlands M Bollegraf
6 4 7
4 United States N Arendt
Netherlands M Bollegraf
7 5 6 4 United States N Arendt
Netherlands M Bollegraf
6 6  
  United States A Frazier
United States K Po
5 2     Japan N Kijimuta
Japan M Saeki
2 0  
  Japan N Kijimuta
Japan M Saeki
7 6     Japan N Kijimuta
Japan M Saeki
w/o    
WC United Kingdom S Smith
United Kingdom C Wood
2 3   2 United States M J Fernández
Czech Republic J Novotná
     
2 United States M J Fernández
Czech Republic J Novotná
6 6  
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