1997 Italian Open – Women's doubles
Appearance
Women's doubles | |
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1997 Italian Open | |
1996 Champions | ![]() ![]() |
Champions | ![]() ![]() |
Runners-up | ![]() ![]() |
Score | 6–2, 6–4 |
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 6–2, 6–4 against Conchita Martínez and Patricia Tarabini.
Seeds
[edit]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.
Larisa Savchenko /
Helena Suková (second round)
Nicole Arendt /
Manon Bollegraf (champions)
Alexandra Fusai /
Nathalie Tauziat (quarterfinals)
Yayuk Basuki /
Caroline Vis (semifinals)
Gigi Fernández /
Irina Spîrlea (quarterfinals)
Conchita Martínez /
Patricia Tarabini (final)
Sabine Appelmans /
Miriam Oremans (second round)
Alexia Dechaume-Balleret /
Sandrine Testud (first round)
Draw
[edit]Key
[edit]- Q = Qualifier
- WC = Wild card
- LL = Lucky loser
- Alt = Alternate
- SE = Special exempt
- PR = Protected ranking
- ITF = ITF entry
- JE = Junior exempt
- w/o = Walkover
- r = Retired
- d = Defaulted
- SR = Special ranking
Finals
[edit]Final | ||||||
6 | ![]() ![]() | 2 | 4 | |||
2 | ![]() ![]() | 6 | 6 |
Top half
[edit]First round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1 | ![]() ![]() | 7 | 2 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
![]() ![]() | 6 | 6 | ![]() ![]() | 6 | 6 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||
LL | ![]() ![]() | 2 | 0 | ![]() ![]() | 7 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
![]() ![]() | 6 | 6 | ![]() ![]() | 6 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
![]() ![]() | 3 | 3 | ![]() ![]() | 6 | 5 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||
![]() ![]() | 4 | 7 | 4 | 7 | ![]() ![]() | 1 | 7 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||
7 | ![]() ![]() | 6 | 5 | 6 | ![]() ![]() | 6 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
6 | ![]() ![]() | 7 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
3 | ![]() ![]() | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
![]() ![]() | 6 | 6 | ![]() ![]() | 3 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
![]() ![]() | 3 | 3 | 3 | ![]() ![]() | 2 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
![]() ![]() | 3 | 6 | 6 | 6 | ![]() ![]() | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
![]() ![]() | 6 | 2 | 3 | ![]() ![]() | 2 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
![]() ![]() | 4 | 7 | 4 | 6 | ![]() ![]() | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
6 | ![]() ![]() | 6 | 5 | 6 |
Bottom half
[edit]First round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | ![]() ![]() | 6 | 4 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
![]() ![]() | 3 | 6 | 7 | ![]() ![]() | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
![]() ![]() | 6 | 6 | ![]() ![]() | 2 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
![]() ![]() | 2 | 0 | ![]() ![]() | 6 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
![]() ![]() | 6 | 4 | ![]() ![]() | 7 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
![]() ![]() | 2 | r | ![]() ![]() | 4 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
4 | ![]() ![]() | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
4 | ![]() ![]() | 2 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | ![]() ![]() | 6 | 6 | 2 | ![]() ![]() | 6 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Q | ![]() ![]() | 1 | 4 | 5 | ![]() ![]() | 6 | 4 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||
![]() ![]() | 0 | 6 | 2 | ![]() ![]() | 1 | 6 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
![]() ![]() | 6 | 4 | 6 | 5 | ![]() ![]() | 4 | 6 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||
![]() ![]() | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | ![]() ![]() | 6 | 3 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||
![]() ![]() | 2 | 7 | 6 | ![]() ![]() | 3 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
2 | ![]() ![]() | 6 | 6 |