1997 Italian Open – Women's Doubles

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

Women's Doubles
1997 Italian Open
1996 Champions Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
Irina Spîrlea
Champions Nicole Arendt
Manon Bollegraf
Runners-up Conchita Martínez
Patricia Tarabini
Final score6–2, 6–4

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

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.

  1. Larisa Savchenko / Helena Suková (Second Round)
  2. Nicole Arendt / Manon Bollegraf (Champions)
  3. Alexandra Fusai / Nathalie Tauziat (Quarterfinals)
  4. Yayuk Basuki / Caroline Vis (Semifinals)
  5. Gigi Fernández / Irina Spîrlea (Quarterfinals)
  6. Conchita Martínez / Patricia Tarabini (Final)
  7. Sabine Appelmans / Miriam Oremans (Second Round)
  8. Alexia Dechaume-Balleret / Sandrine Testud (First Round)

Draw

Key

Finals
Final
     
6 Conchita Martínez
Patricia Tarabini 		2 4  
2 Nicole Arendt
Manon Bollegraf 		6 6  

Top Half
First Round Second Round Quarterfinals Semifinals
1 L Savchenko
H Suková 		7 2 5
  A Kournikova
E Likhovtseva 		6 6     A Kournikova
E Likhovtseva 		6 6 7
LL B Fulco-Villella
L Pleming 		2 0     A Kournikova
E Likhovtseva 		7 6  
  B Schett
P Schnyder 		6 6     B Schett
P Schnyder 		6 4  
  I Gorrochategui
F Perfetti 		3 3     B Schett
P Schnyder 		6 5 7
  C Rubin
B Schultz-McCarthy 		4 7 4 7 S Appelmans
M Oremans 		1 7 5
7 S Appelmans
M Oremans 		6 5 6   A Kournikova
E Likhovtseva 		6 3  
6 C Martínez
P Tarabini 		7 6  
3 A Fusai
N Tauziat 		6 6  
  A Grossman
K Habšudová 		6 6     A Grossman
K Habšudová 		3 4  
  M Saeki
S-T Wang 		3 3   3 A Fusai
N Tauziat 		2 3  
  R Hiraki
F Labat 		3 6 6 6 C Martínez
P Tarabini 		6 6  
  M Murić
A Olsza 		6 2 3   R Hiraki
F Labat 		2 1  
  R Dragomir
I Majoli 		4 7 4 6 C Martínez
P Tarabini 		6 6  
6 C Martínez
P Tarabini 		6 5 6

Bottom Half
First Round Second Round Quarterfinals Semifinals
8 A Dechaume-Balleret
S Testud 		6 4 5
  P Suárez
D Van Roost 		3 6 7   P Suárez
D Van Roost 		6 6  
  A Coetzer
M Pierce 		6 6     A Coetzer
M Pierce 		2 4  
  A Ellwood
R McQuillan 		2 0     P Suárez
D Van Roost 		6 4  
  E Callens
A-G Sidot 		6     4 Y Basuki
C Vis 		7 6  
  L Montalvo
H Nagyová 		2 r     E Callens
A-G Sidot 		4 2  
4 Y Basuki
C Vis 		6 6  
4 Y Basuki
C Vis 		2 6  
5 G Fernández
I Spîrlea 		6 6   2 N Arendt
M Bollegraf 		6 7  
Q A Sugiyama
Y Yoshida 		1 4   5 G Fernández
I Spîrlea 		6 4 6
  A Canepa
G Casoni 		0 6 2   S Cecchini
L Garrone 		1 6 2
  S Cecchini
L Garrone 		6 4 6 5 G Fernández
I Spîrlea 		4 6 5
  C Morariu
M Paz 		6 5 3 2 N Arendt
M Bollegraf 		6 3 7
  D Graham
R Grande 		2 7 6   D Graham
R Grande 		3 1  
2 N Arendt
M Bollegraf 		6 6  
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