1997 du Maurier Open – Women's doubles

Women's doubles
1997 du Maurier Open
Final
Champions	Yayuk Basuki Caroline Vis
Runners-up	Nicole Arendt Manon Bollegraf
Score	3–6, 7–5, 6–4
Details
Draw	28 (1WC/1Q)
Seeds	8
Events
Singles men women Doubles men women
← 1996 · Canadian Open · 1998 →

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.

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]

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.

	Final
	6	Yayuk Basuki Caroline Vis	3	7	6
	2	Nicole Arendt Manon Bollegraf	6	5	4

	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

	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

1. Cătălina Cristea / Laura Montalvo

	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

• 1997 du Maurier Open women's doubles draw
• Main and qualifying draws (WTA)