1997 State Farm Evert Cup – Doubles

Doubles
1997 Newsweek Champions Cup and the State Farm Evert Cup
1996 Champions	Chanda Rubin Brenda Schultz-McCarthy
Champions	Lindsay Davenport Natasha Zvereva
Runners-up	Lisa Raymond Nathalie Tauziat
Final score	6–3, 6–2
Events
Singles men women Doubles men women
← 1996 · Newsweek Champions Cup · 1998 → ← 1996 · State Farm Evert Cup · 1998 →

Chanda Rubin and Brenda Schultz-McCarthy were the defending champions but only Rubin competed that year with Mary Joe Fernandez.

Fernandez and Rubin lost in the semifinals to Lindsay Davenport and Natasha Zvereva.

Davenport and Zvereva won in the final 6–3, 6–2 against Lisa Raymond and Nathalie Tauziat.

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[]

Finals[]

	Final
	4	Lisa Raymond Nathalie Tauziat	3	2
	3	Lindsay Davenport Natasha Zvereva	6	6

Top half[]

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
								1	G Fernández A Sánchez Vicario	7	77
		A Grossman G Helgeson-Nielsen	64	5					V Ruano-Pascual P Suárez	5	63
		V Ruano-Pascual P Suárez	77	7											1	G Fernández A Sánchez Vicario	6	79
	WC	I Majoli M Murić	2	6	6										WC	I Majoli M Murić	3	67
		P Hy-Boulais R Simpson	6	4	4			WC	I Majoli M Murić	77	78
		M Werdel-Witmeyer T Whitlinger-Jones	65	3				5	K Adams M Bollegraf	64	66
	5	K Adams M Bollegraf	77	6																		1	G Fernández A Sánchez Vicario	5	2
																						4	L Raymond N Tauziat	7	6
								4	L Raymond N Tauziat	77	7
		A Ellwood R McQuillan	4	2					R Grande A Sugiyama	64	5
		R Grande A Sugiyama	6	6											4	L Raymond N Tauziat	6	6
		D Graham K Radford	6	2	3/r											A Dechaume-Balleret S Testud	2	4
		A Dechaume-Balleret S Testud	2	6	4				A Dechaume-Balleret S Testud	3	6	6
		R Hiraki L Montalvo	3	1				7	N Kijimuta N Miyagi	6	2	0
	7	N Kijimuta N Miyagi	6	6

Bottom half[]

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
	8	C Martínez P Tarabini	6	65	5
	WC	S Williams V Williams	4	77	7			WC	S Williams V Williams	0	6	6
	Q	Å Carlsson A-G Sidot	2	77	77			Q	Å Carlsson A-G Sidot	6	3	3
		K Boogert I Spîrlea	6	64	62										WC	S Williams V Williams	3	0
		A Frazier K Po	2	6	6										3	L Davenport N Zvereva	6	6
		S Farina B Schett	6	3	2				A Frazier K Po	1	1
								3	L Davenport N Zvereva	6	6
																						3	L Davenport N Zvereva	6	6
	6	M J Fernandez C Rubin	7	6																		6	M J Fernandez C Rubin	1	0
		F Labat B Rittner	5	3				6	M J Fernandez C Rubin	6	6
		R Dragomir C Vis	77	77					R Dragomir C Vis	1	1
		K-A Guse R Nideffer	64	64											6	M J Fernandez C Rubin	2	6	7
		A Kournikova E Likhovtseva	6	6												A Kournikova E Likhovtseva	6	4	5
		A Lettiere C Morariu	1	1					A Kournikova E Likhovtseva	7	4	6
								2	L Neiland H Suková	5	6	3

References[]

• 1997 State Farm Evert Cup Doubles Draw^{[permanent dead link]}