1997 Italian Open – Women's doubles

Women's doubles
1997 Italian Open
1996 ChampionsSpain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
Romania Irina Spîrlea
Final
ChampionsUnited States Nicole Arendt
Netherlands Manon Bollegraf
Runners-upSpain Conchita Martínez
Argentina Patricia Tarabini
Score6–2, 6–4
Details
Draw28
Seeds8
Events
Singles men women
Doubles men women
← 1996 · Italian Open · 1998 →

Arantxa Sánchez Vicario and Irina Spîrlea were the defending champions but only Spîrlea competed that year with Gigi Fernández.

Fernández and Spîrlea lost in the quarterfinals to Nicole Arendt and Manon Bollegraf.

Arendt and Bollegraf won in the final 6–2, 6–4 against Conchita Martínez and Patricia Tarabini.[1]

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. The top four seeded teams received byes into the second round.

Draw

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Key

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Finals

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Final
     
6 Spain Conchita Martínez
Argentina Patricia Tarabini
2 4  
2 United States Nicole Arendt
Netherlands Manon Bollegraf
6 6  

Top half

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First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
1 Latvia L Savchenko
Czech Republic H Suková
7 2 5
  Russia A Kournikova
Russia E Likhovtseva
6 6     Russia A Kournikova
Russia E Likhovtseva
6 6 7
LL Argentina B Fulco-Villella
Australia L Pleming
2 0     Russia A Kournikova
Russia E Likhovtseva
7 6  
  Austria B Schett
Switzerland P Schnyder
6 6     Austria B Schett
Switzerland P Schnyder
6 4  
  Argentina I Gorrochategui
Italy F Perfetti
3 3     Austria B Schett
Switzerland P Schnyder
6 5 7
  United States C Rubin
Netherlands B Schultz-McCarthy
4 7 4 7 Belgium S Appelmans
Netherlands M Oremans
1 7 5
7 Belgium S Appelmans
Netherlands M Oremans
6 5 6   Russia A Kournikova
Russia E Likhovtseva
6 3  
6 Spain C Martínez
Argentina P Tarabini
7 6  
3 France A Fusai
France N Tauziat
6 6  
  United States A Grossman
Slovakia K Habšudová
6 6     United States A Grossman
Slovakia K Habšudová
3 4  
  Japan M Saeki
Chinese Taipei S-T Wang
3 3   3 France A Fusai
France N Tauziat
2 3  
  Japan R Hiraki
Argentina F Labat
3 6 6 6 Spain C Martínez
Argentina P Tarabini
6 6  
  Croatia M Murić
Poland A Olsza
6 2 3   Japan R Hiraki
Argentina F Labat
2 1  
  Romania R Dragomir
Croatia I Majoli
4 7 4 6 Spain C Martínez
Argentina P Tarabini
6 6  
6 Spain C Martínez
Argentina P Tarabini
6 5 6

Bottom half

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First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
8 France A Dechaume-Balleret
France S Testud
6 4 5
  Argentina P Suárez
Belgium D Van Roost
3 6 7   Argentina P Suárez
Belgium D Van Roost
6 6  
  South Africa A Coetzer
France M Pierce
6 6     South Africa A Coetzer
France M Pierce
2 4  
  Australia A Ellwood
Australia R McQuillan
2 0     Argentina P Suárez
Belgium D Van Roost
6 4  
  Belgium E Callens
France A-G Sidot
6     4 Indonesia Y Basuki
Netherlands C Vis
7 6  
  Argentina L Montalvo
Slovakia H Nagyová
2 r     Belgium E Callens
France A-G Sidot
4 2  
4 Indonesia Y Basuki
Netherlands C Vis
6 6  
4 Indonesia Y Basuki
Netherlands C Vis
2 6  
5 United States G Fernández
Romania I Spîrlea
6 6   2 United States N Arendt
Netherlands M Bollegraf
6 7  
Q Japan A Sugiyama
Japan Y Yoshida
1 4   5 United States G Fernández
Romania I Spîrlea
6 4 6
  Italy A Canepa
Italy G Casoni
0 6 2   Italy S Cecchini
Italy L Garrone
1 6 2
  Italy S Cecchini
Italy L Garrone
6 4 6 5 United States G Fernández
Romania I Spîrlea
4 6 5
  United States C Morariu
Argentina M Paz
6 5 3 2 United States N Arendt
Netherlands M Bollegraf
6 3 7
  United States D Graham
Italy R Grande
2 7 6   United States D Graham
Italy R Grande
3 1  
2 United States N Arendt
Netherlands M Bollegraf
6 6  

References

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  1. ^ John Barrett, ed. (1998). International Tennis Federation World of Tennis 1998. London: CollinsWillow. p. 182. ISBN 9780002188241.
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