1997 Bausch & Lomb Championships – Doubles

Chanda Rubin and Arantxa Sánchez Vicario were the defending champions but they competed with different partners that year, Rubin with Brenda Schultz-McCarthy and Sánchez Vicario with Larisa Savchenko.

Doubles
1997 Bausch & Lomb Championships
Champions	Lindsay Davenport Jana Novotná
Runners-up	Nicole Arendt Manon Bollegraf
Score	6–3, 6–0
Draw	28 (1 Q / 1 WC )
Seeds	8

Rubin and Schultz-McCarthy lost in the quarterfinals to Savchenko and Sánchez Vicario.

Savchenko and Sánchez Vicario lost in the semifinals to Nicole Arendt and Manon Bollegraf.

Lindsay Davenport and Jana Novotná won in the final 6–3, 6–0 against Arendt and Bollegraf.

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 / Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (semifinals)
2. Gigi Fernández / Mary Joe Fernández (semifinals)
3. Lindsay Davenport / Jana Novotná (champions)
4. Nicole Arendt / Manon Bollegraf (final)
5. Katrina Adams / Caroline Vis (quarterfinals)
6. Conchita Martínez / Patricia Tarabini (quarterfinals)
7. Angela Lettiere / Nana Miyagi (first round)
8. Chanda Rubin / Brenda Schultz-McCarthy (quarterfinals)

Draw

Key

• 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

Final

	Final
	4	Nicole Arendt Manon Bollegraf	3	0
	3	Lindsay Davenport Jana Novotná	6	6

Top half

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
								1	L Savchenko A Sánchez Vicario	6	6
		O Lugina E Wagner	6	6					O Lugina E Wagner	4	4
		F Labat E Likhovtseva	4	3											1	L Savchenko A Sánchez Vicario	1
	WC	W Probst P Schnyder	w/o												8	C Rubin B Schultz-McCarthy	1	r
		A Huber M Seles						WC	W Probst P Schnyder	2	2
	LL	P Langrová S Pitkowski	3	2				8	C Rubin B Schultz-McCarthy	6	6
	8	C Rubin B Schultz-McCarthy	6	6																		1	L Savchenko A Sánchez Vicario	6	6	2
																						4	N Arendt M Bollegraf	4	7	6
								4	N Arendt M Bollegraf	7	3	7
		P Hy-Boulais M Murić	2	1					M Grzybowska S-T Wang	5	6	5
		M Grzybowska S-T Wang	6	6											4	N Arendt M Bollegraf	6	6
		A Grossman T Whitlinger-Jones	6	6											6	C Martínez P Tarabini	2	4
		L McNeil R Simpson	3	3					A Grossman T Whitlinger-Jones	3	4
		L Montalvo H Nagyová	6	1	4			6	C Martínez P Tarabini	6	6
	6	C Martínez P Tarabini	0	6	6

Bottom half

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
	7	A Lettiere N Miyagi	5	4
		R Dragomir I Majoli	7	6					R Dragomir I Majoli	6	6
		A Fusai M Paz	6	7					A Fusai M Paz	4	4
		C Cristea C Papadáki	4	6												R Dragomir I Majoli	0	3
		T Križan N van Lottum	7	1	6										3	L Davenport J Novotná	6	6
	Q	T Ječmenica K Kschwendt	5	6	1				T Križan N van Lottum	1	1
								3	L Davenport J Novotná	6	6
																						3	L Davenport J Novotná	6	5	7
	5	K Adams C Vis	7	4	6																	2	G Fernández M J Fernández	3	7	5
		S Farina B Schett	5	6	3			5	K Adams C Vis	7	6
		L Pleming C Wood	1	2					A Coetzer I Gorrochategui	6	3
		A Coetzer I Gorrochategui	6	6											5	K Adams C Vis	1	6	2
		E Martincová R McQuillan	6	6											2	G Fernández M J Fernández	6	1	6
		S Meier P Schwarz	2	4					E Martincová R McQuillan	2	3
								2	G Fernández M J Fernández	6	6

External links

• ITF tournament edition details Archived 2016-08-05 at the Wayback Machine