1997 Sydney International – Women's Doubles

Lindsay Davenport and Mary Joe Fernandez were the defending champions but they competed with different partners that year, Davenport with Natasha Zvereva and Fernandez with Katrina Adams.

Women's Doubles
1997 Sydney International
1996 Champions Lindsay Davenport
Mary Joe Fernandez
Champions Gigi Fernández
Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
Runners-up Lindsay Davenport
Natasha Zvereva
Final score6–3, 6–1

Adams and Fernandez lost in the quarterfinals to Sabine Appelmans and Miriam Oremans.

Davenport and Zvereva lost in the final 6–3, 6–1 against Gigi Fernández and Arantxa Sánchez Vicario.

Seeds

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

  1. Gigi Fernández / Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (Champions)
  2. Lindsay Davenport / Natasha Zvereva (Final)
  3. Nicole Arendt / Manon Bollegraf (First Round)
  4. Katrina Adams / Mary Joe Fernandez (Quarterfinals)

Draw

Key
First Round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
1 G Fernández
A Sánchez Vicario 		6 6  
  I Spîrlea
P Tarabini 		3 2   1 G Fernández
A Sánchez Vicario 		6 6  
Q C Cristea
T Ječmenica 		77 6   Q C Cristea
T Ječmenica 		4 0  
  L Golarsa
R Simpson 		63 2   1 G Fernández
A Sánchez Vicario 		77 1 6
4 K Adams
M J Fernandez 		5 6 6   S Appelmans
M Oremans 		64 6 3
  R Hiraki
J Husárová 		7 1 1 4 K Adams
M J Fernandez 		5 6 1
  S Appelmans
M Oremans 		6 6     S Appelmans
M Oremans 		7 3 6
  A Dechaume-Balleret
S Testud 		4 4   1 Gigi Fernández
Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 		6 6  
  N Bradtke
R McQuillan 		4 7 3 2 Lindsay Davenport
Natasha Zvereva 		3 1  
LL A Grossman
T Whitlinger-Jones 		6 5 6 LL A Grossman
T Whitlinger-Jones 		5 1  
  A Frazier
K Po 		6 2 6   A Frazier
K Po 		7 6  
3 N Arendt
M Bollegraf 		4 6 0   A Frazier
K Po 		0 65  
  C Rubin
B Schultz-McCarthy 		5 6 0 2 L Davenport
N Zvereva 		6 77  
WC A Coetzer
M Pierce 		7 4 6 WC A Coetzer
M Pierce 		2 1  
  Y Basuki
C Vis 		3 5   2 L Davenport
N Zvereva 		6 6  
2 L Davenport
N Zvereva 		6 7  

References
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