1997 European Indoors – Doubles

Doubles

1997 European Indoors
Final
Champions|  Martina Hingis
Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
Runners-up|  Larisa Savchenko
Helena Suková
Score| 4-6, 6-4, 6-1
Details
Draw| 16
Seeds| 4
Events
| Singles | Doubles

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1997 tennis event results

Martina Hingis and Helena Suková were the defending champions but they competed with different partners that year, Hingis with Arantxa Sánchez Vicario and Suková with Larisa Savchenko.

Savchenko and Suková lost in the final 4-6, 6-4, 6-1 against Hingis and Sánchez Vicario.

## Seeds

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

1. Lindsay Davenport /  Jana Novotná (semifinals)
2. Martina Hingis /  Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (champions)
3. Mary Joe Fernández /  Lisa Raymond (first round)
4. Kimberly Po /  Natasha Zvereva (quarterfinals)

## Draw

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### Key

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* 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

| First round | | | Quarterfinals | | | Semifinals | | | Final |

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| 1 |  L Davenport
J Novotná | 6 | 6 |  | | | |
|  |  R Dragomir
I Majoli | 2 | 2 |  | | | 1 |  L Davenport
J Novotná | 6 | 7 |  |
|  |  K Adams
M Bollegraf | 7 |  |  | | |  |  K Adams
M Bollegraf | 3 | 5 |  |
|  |  B Schultz-McCarthy
I Spîrlea | 6 | r |  | | | | | | 1 |  L Davenport
J Novotná | 6 | 4 |  |
| 4 |  K Po
N Zvereva | 7 | 6 |  | | | | |  |  L Savchenko
H Suková | 7 | 6 |  |
|  |  A Fusai
N Tauziat | 5 | 3 |  | | | 4 |  K Po
N Zvereva |  |  |  | | | |
| WC |  M Maleeva
M Serna | 3 | 4 |  | | |  |  L Savchenko
H Suková | w/o |  |  |
|  |  L Savchenko
H Suková | 6 | 6 |  | | | |  |  Larisa Savchenko
Helena Suková | 6 | 4 | 1 |
|  |  C Martínez
P Tarabini | 6 | 6 |  | | | | | | 2 |  Martina Hingis
Arantxa Sánchez Vicario | 4 | 6 | 6 |
| Q |  A Miller
B Rippner | 4 | 4 |  | | |  |  C Martínez
P Tarabini | w/o |  |  | | | |
|  |  A Coetzer
A Huber | 6 | 7 |  | | |  |  A Coetzer
A Huber |  |  |  |
| 3 |  M J Fernández
L Raymond | 2 | 5 |  | | | | | |  |  C Martínez
P Tarabini | 2 | 1 |  |
|  |  A Sugiyama
D Van Roost | 3 | 2 |  | | | | | 2 |  M Hingis
A Sánchez Vicario | 6 | 6 |  |
|  |  Y Basuki
C Vis | 6 | 6 |  | | |  |  Y Basuki
C Vis | 1 | 5 |  | |
|  |  S Appelmans
M Oremans | 3 | 4 |  | | | 2 |  M Hingis
A Sánchez Vicario | 6 | 7 |  |
| 2 |  M Hingis
A Sánchez Vicario | 6 | 6 |  | |

## Qualifying

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### Seeds

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Both seeds received a bye into the second round.

1. Silvia Farina /  Barbara Schett (second round)
2. Åsa Carlsson /  Rita Grande (second round)

### Qualifiers

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1. Annie Miller /  Brie Rippner

### Qualifying draw

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| First round | | | Second round | | | Qualifying competition |

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| | | | 1 |  S Farina
B Schett | 5 | |
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B Rippner | 8 |
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B Rippner | 9 |
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V Williams | 8 |
|  |  J Kruger
C Schneider | 2 | |

| WC |  S Williams
V Williams | 8 |
| | WC |  S Williams
V Williams | 9 |
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| | | 2 |  Å Carlsson
R Grande | 7 |

## External links

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* Official results archive (ITF) Archived 2016-04-02 at the Wayback Machine
* Official results archive (WTA)

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1997 WTA Tour

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Grand Slam events|

* Australian Open (S, D, X)
* French Open (S, D, X)
* Wimbledon (S, D, X)
* US Open (S, D, X)

Tier I tournaments|

* Tokyo Indoor (S, D)
* Indian Wells (S, D)
* Key Biscayne (S, D)
* Hilton Head (S, D)
* Rome (S, D)
* Berlin (S, D)
* Toronto (S, D)
* Zürich (S, D)
* Moscow (S, D)

Tier II tournaments|

* Sydney (S, D)
* Paris (S, D)
* Hanover (S, D)
* Amelia Island (S, D)
* Hamburg (S, D)
* Eastbourne (S, D)
* Stanford (S, D)
* San Diego (S, D)
* Los Angeles (S, D)
* Atlanta (S, D)
* Tokyo (S, D)
* Leipzig (S, D)
* Filderstadt (S, D)
* Chicago (S, D)
* Philadelphia (S, D)

Tier III tournaments|

* Gold Coast (S, D)
* Linz (S, D)
* Oklahoma City (S, D)
* Tokyo Outdoor (S, D)
* Strasbourg (S, D)
* Madrid (S, D)
* Birmingham (S, D)
* Rosmalen (S, D)
* Warsaw (S, D)
* Quebec City (S, D)
* Luxembourg (S, D)

Tier IV tournaments|

* Auckland (S, D)
* Hobart (S, D)
* Budapest (S, D)
* Jakarta (S, D)
* Bol (S, D)
* Cardiff (S, D)
* Prague (S, D)
* Palermo (S, D)
* Maria Lankowitz (S, D)
* Surabaya (S, D)
* Pattaya (S, D)

Team events|

* Fed Cup

* Chase Championships, New York (S, D)
* World Doubles Cup, Edinburgh (D)

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