1997 WTA German Open – Doubles

Meredith McGrath and Larisa Savchenko were the defending champions but only Savchenko competed that year with Katrina Adams.

Doubles
1997 WTA German Open
Champions Lindsay Davenport
Jana Novotná
Runners-up Gigi Fernández
Natasha Zvereva
Final score6–2, 3–6, 6–2

Adams and Savchenko lost in the semifinals to Gigi Fernández and Natasha Zvereva.

Lindsay Davenport and Jana Novotná won in the final 6–2, 3–6, 6–2 against Fernández and Zvereva.

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. Gigi Fernández / Natasha Zvereva (Final)
  2. Lindsay Davenport / Jana Novotná (Champions)
  3. Mary Joe Fernández / Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (Semifinals)
  4. Katrina Adams / Larisa Savchenko (Semifinals)
  5. Yayuk Basuki / Caroline Vis (Quarterfinals)
  6. Alexandra Fusai / Nathalie Tauziat (Second Round)
  7. Manon Bollegraf / Patricia Tarabini (Quarterfinals)
  8. Ruxandra Dragomir / Iva Majoli (First Round)

Draw

Key

Finals
Final
     
1 Gigi Fernández
Natasha Zvereva 		2 6 2
2 Lindsay Davenport
Jana Novotná 		6 3 6

Top Half
First Round Second Round Quarterfinals Semifinals
1 G Fernández
N Zvereva 		6 6  
  A Coetzer
C Rubin 		6 6     A Coetzer
C Rubin 		2 3  
  E Callens
L Courtois 		1 2   1 G Fernández
N Zvereva 		6 7  
  M Babel
K Habšudová 		6 2     A Kournikova
E Likhovtseva 		2 5  
  A Kournikova
E Likhovtseva 		7 6     A Kournikova
E Likhovtseva 		6 7  
Q M-J Gaidano
T Panova 		2 3   6 A Fusai
N Tauziat 		4 6  
6 A Fusai
N Tauziat 		6 6   1 G Fernández
N Zvereva 		w/o    
4 K Adams
L Savchenko 		     
4 K Adams
L Savchenko 		6 6  
WC I Gorrochategui
S Graf 		4 6 3   R Hiraki
F Labat 		1 2  
  R Hiraki
F Labat 		6 3 6 4 K Adams
L Savchenko 		7 7  
  S Appelmans
A Sugiyama 		6 7   7 M Bollegraf
P Tarabini 		6 6  
  M Paz
R Simpson 		4 5     S Appelmans
A Sugiyama 		4 3  
  A-G Sidot
P Suárez 		4 2   7 M Bollegraf
P Tarabini 		6 6  
7 M Bollegraf
P Tarabini 		6 6  

Bottom Half
First Round Second Round Quarterfinals Semifinals
5 Y Basuki
C Vis 		6 6  
  S Meier
F Perfetti 		0 0   5 Y Basuki
C Vis 		6 3 6
  E Martincová
R McQuillan 		6 2     L Montalvo
H Nagyová 		4 6 1
  L Montalvo
H Nagyová 		7 6   5 Y Basuki
C Vis 		3 5  
WC B Rittner
J Wöhr 		5 0   3 M J Fernández
A Sánchez Vicario 		6 7  
  L Golarsa
I Spîrlea 		7 6     L Golarsa
I Spîrlea 		3 3  
3 M J Fernández
A Sánchez Vicario 		6 6  
3 M J Fernández
A Sánchez Vicario 		5 6 3
8 R Dragomir
I Majoli 		2 6 4 2 L Davenport
J Novotná 		7 1 6
  O Lugina
E Wagner 		6 3 6   O Lugina
E Wagner 		7 3 6
  P Hy-Boulais
S-T Wang 		6 6     P Hy-Boulais
S-T Wang 		5 6 4
  L Němečková
A Olsza 		2 2     O Lugina
E Wagner 		3 2  
  B Schett
P Schnyder 		4 2   2 L Davenport
J Novotná 		6 6  
  R Bobková
E Melicharová 		6 6     R Bobková
E Melicharová 		1 2  
2 L Davenport
J Novotná 		6 6  
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