1997 Direct Line International Championships – Doubles

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.

Doubles
1997 Direct Line International Championships
1996 Champions Jana Novotná
Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
Champions
Runners-up
Final scoreNo result due to rain.

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

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

  1. Gigi Fernández / Natasha Zvereva (Semifinals)
  2. Mary Joe Fernández / Jana Novotná (Quarterfinals)
  3. Lori McNeil / Helena Suková (Final)
  4. Nicole Arendt / Manon Bollegraf (Final)

Draw

Key
First Round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
1 G Fernández
N Zvereva 		7 6  
  I Gorrochategui
I Spîrlea 		5 3   1 G Fernández
N Zvereva 		w/o    
  C Rubin
A Sánchez Vicario 		6 6 5   A Fusai
N Tauziat 		     
  A Fusai
N Tauziat 		7 3 7 1 G Fernández
N Zvereva 		     
3 L McNeil
H Suková 		6 6   3 L McNeil
H Suková 		w/o    
  I Majoli
P Tarabini 		3 4   3 L McNeil
H Suková 		6 3 6
  K-A Guse
R McQuillan 		6 6     K-A Guse
R McQuillan 		4 6 3
  S Farina
E Likhovtseva 		1 2   3 Lori McNeil
Helena Suková 		     
  Y Basuki
C Vis 		6 6   4 Nicole Arendt
Manon Bollegraf 		     
  R Grande
R Hiraki 		1 1     Y Basuki
C Vis 		4 6 5
Q G Helgeson-Nielsen
L Woodroffe 		6 7 2 4 N Arendt
M Bollegraf 		6 4 7
4 N Arendt
M Bollegraf 		7 5 6 4 N Arendt
M Bollegraf 		6 6  
  A Frazier
K Po 		5 2     N Kijimuta
M Saeki 		2 0  
  N Kijimuta
M Saeki 		7 6     N Kijimuta
M Saeki 		w/o    
WC S Smith
C Wood 		2 3   2 M J Fernández
J Novotná 		     
2 M J Fernández
J Novotná 		6 6  
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