1997 Bausch & Lomb Championships – Doubles

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

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.

Draw[]

Key[]

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