1997 du Maurier Open – Women's doubles

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

Women's doubles
1997 du Maurier Open
Champions	Yayuk Basuki Caroline Vis
Runners-up	Nicole Arendt Manon Bollegraf
Score	3–6, 7–5, 6–4
Draw	28 (1WC/1Q)
Seeds	8

Main article: 1997 du Maurier Open

Fernández and Sánchez Vicario lost in the quarterfinals to Yayuk Basuki and Caroline Vis.

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

Basuki and Vis won in the final 3–6, 7–5, 6–4 against Arendt and Bollegraf.^[1]

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. Mary Joe Fernández / Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (quarterfinals, retired)
2. Nicole Arendt / Manon Bollegraf (final)
3. Larisa Savchenko / Helena Suková (semifinals)
4. Alexandra Fusai / Nathalie Tauziat (second round)
5. Conchita Martínez / Patricia Tarabini (second round)
6. Yayuk Basuki / Caroline Vis (champions)
7. Naoko Kijimuta / Nana Miyagi (quarterfinals)
8. Lisa Raymond / Rennae Stubbs (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
	6	Yayuk Basuki Caroline Vis	3	7	6
	2	Nicole Arendt Manon Bollegraf	6	5	4

Top half

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
								1	M J Fernández A Sánchez Vicario	6	6
		S Appelmans L Wild	6	4	6				S Appelmans L Wild	3	4
		S Farina B Rittner	3	6	4										1	M J Fernández A Sánchez Vicario	1	0	r
		M Babel A Lettiere	6	2	3										6	Y Basuki C Vis	6	1
		A Grossman K Habšudová	3	6	6				A Grossman K Habšudová	4	6	2
		F Labat M Paz	3	3				6	Y Basuki C Vis	6	2	6
	6	Y Basuki C Vis	6	6																		6	Y Basuki C Vis	4	7	7
																							I Gorrochategui I Spîrlea	6	5	6
								4	A Fusai N Tauziat	6	3	2
	WC	M Drake J Nejedly	1	4					I Gorrochategui I Spîrlea	2	6	6
		I Gorrochategui I Spîrlea	6	6												I Gorrochategui I Spîrlea	3	6	6
		R Dragomir I Majoli	5	2											8	L Raymond R Stubbs	6	3	3
	Q	C Cristea L Montalvo	7	6				Q	C Cristea L Montalvo	2	2
		A Coetzer M Pierce	2	4				8	L Raymond R Stubbs	6	6
	8	L Raymond R Stubbs	6	6

Bottom half

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
	5	C Martínez P Tarabini	6	6
		A Huber T Tanasugarn	4	3				5	C Martínez P Tarabini	6	4
		M Saeki Y Yoshida	7	0	6				E Callens R Grande	7	6
		E Callens R Grande	6	6	7											E Callens R Grande	3	4
		K Po B Schultz-McCarthy	2	6	7										3	L Savchenko H Suková	6	6
		S Jeyaseelan R Simpson	6	2	6				K Po B Schultz-McCarthy	6	2
								3	L Savchenko H Suková	7	6
																						3	L Savchenko H Suková	1	6
	7	N Kijimuta N Miyagi	6	6																		2	N Arendt M Bollegraf	6	7
		A Dechaume-Balleret S Testud	4	1				7	N Kijimuta N Miyagi	4	6	6
		M de Swardt M Murić	4	4					E Likhovtseva A Sugiyama	6	3	2
		E Likhovtseva A Sugiyama	6	6											7	N Kijimuta N Miyagi	6	3	2
		Å Carlsson P Hy-Boulais	6	6											2	N Arendt M Bollegraf	4	6	6
		C Barclay C Wood	4	4					Å Carlsson P Hy-Boulais	7	4	2
								2	N Arendt M Bollegraf	6	6	6

Qualifying

Qualifying seeds

1. Jill Hetherington / Kathy Rinaldi-Stunkel (first round)
2. Cătălina Cristea / Laura Montalvo (qualified)

Qualifiers

1. Cătălina Cristea / Laura Montalvo

Qualifying draw

	First round					Second round					Qualifying competition
	1	Jill Hetherington Kathy Rinaldi-Stunkel	5
		Joannette Kruger Marion Maruska	8
							Joannette Kruger Marion Maruska	2
							Olga Barabanschikova Louise Pleming	8
		Olga Barabanschikova Louise Pleming	8
		Andrea Glass Sandra Kleinová	2
												Olga Barabanschikova Louise Pleming	8
											2	Cătălina Cristea Laura Montalvo	9
		Nathalie Dechy Sarah Pitkowski	8
	WC	Renata Kolbovic Vanessa Webb	3
							Nathalie Dechy Sarah Pitkowski	1
						2	Cătălina Cristea Laura Montalvo	8
		Rebecca Jensen Danielle Jones	2
	2	Cătălina Cristea Laura Montalvo	8