1997 DFS Classic – Doubles

Doubles
Doubles
1997 DFS Classic
1996 Champions	Elizabeth Smylie; Linda Wild
Final
Champions	Katrina Adams; Larisa Savchenko
Runners-up	Nathalie Tauziat; Linda Wild
Score	6–2, 6–3
Events
Singles	Doubles

Elizabeth Smylie and Linda Wild were the defending champions but only Wild competed that year with Nathalie Tauziat.

Tauziat and Wild lost in the final 6–2, 6–3 against Katrina Adams and Larisa Savchenko.

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.

Katrina Adams / Larisa Savchenko (champions)
Nathalie Tauziat / Linda Wild (final)
Miriam Oremans / Lisa Raymond (quarterfinals)
Yayuk Basuki / Lori McNeil (semifinals)
Naoko Kijimuta / Nana Miyagi (quarterfinals)
Alexandra Fusai / Rita Grande (quarterfinals)
Silvia Farina / Rika Hiraki (first round)
Debbie Graham / Kristine Kunce (second round)

Draw

Key

Finals

Semifinals				Final

1	K Adams L Savchenko	6	6

4	Y Basuki L McNeil	4	2
				1	Katrina Adams Larisa Savchenko	6	6

				2	Nathalie Tauziat Linda Wild	2	3
WC	J Pullin L Woodroffe	2	5

2	N Tauziat L Wild	6	7

Top half

First round					Second round				Quarterfinals					Semifinals

					1	K Adams L Savchenko	7	7
	N Feber S Jeyaseelan	1	4			D Jones T Tanasugarn	5	6
	D Jones T Tanasugarn	6	6						1	K Adams L Savchenko	3	6	6
	L Cenková N van Lottum	6	3	6						S Noorlander C Papadáki	6	2	2
	S Noorlander C Papadáki	2	6	8		S Noorlander C Papadáki	6	6
	K-A Guse C Morariu	2	6	1	8	D Graham K Kunce	4	2
8	D Graham K Kunce	6	4	6										1	K Adams L Savchenko	6	6
														4	Y Basuki L McNeil	4	2
					4	Y Basuki L McNeil	6	6
	E deLone N Pratt	6	4	1		E Callens G Helgeson-Nielsen	2	2
	E Callens G Helgeson-Nielsen	4	6	6					4	Y Basuki L McNeil	6	6
	M Murić M Saeki	5	6	6					6	A Fusai R Grande	4	4
	S-H Park M Tu	7	3	1		M Murić M Saeki	6	3
	M de Swardt L Horn	3	7	2	6	A Fusai R Grande	7	6
6	A Fusai R Grande	6	6	6

Bottom half

First round					Second round				Quarterfinals					Semifinals

7	S Farina R Hiraki	2	0
	I Gorrochategui I Spîrlea	6	6			I Gorrochategui I Spîrlea
	M Paz A-G Sidot	7	5	2	WC	J Pullin L Woodroffe	w/o
WC	J Pullin L Woodroffe	5	7	6					WC	J Pullin L Woodroffe	6	0
	C Barclay C Wood	6	6						3	M Oremans L Raymond	3	1	r
	C Cristea M Grzybowska	3	4			C Barclay C Wood	1	4
					3	M Oremans L Raymond	6	6
														WC	J Pullin L Woodroffe	2	5
5	N Kijimuta N Miyagi	6	6											2	N Tauziat L Wild	6	7
WC	S-A Siddall A Wainwright	3	0		5	N Kijimuta N Miyagi	7	6
	J Lee A Olsza	1	3			L Golarsa D Van Roost	5	3
	L Golarsa D Van Roost	6	6						5	N Kijimuta N Miyagi	1	3
	A Ellwood R McQuillan	5	4						2	N Tauziat L Wild	6	6
Q	O Barabanschikova S Smith	7	6		Q	O Barabanschikova S Smith	4	3
					2	N Tauziat L Wild	6	6

Qualifying draw

First qualifying round			Second qualifying round			Final qualifying round

1	L Ghirardi S Pitkowski	8

	N Vaidyanathan M Weingärtner	6
			1	L Ghirardi S Pitkowski	8

				L Ahl L Latimer	1
	L Ahl L Latimer	8

	C Taylor J Ward	2
						1	L Ghirardi S Pitkowski	6

							O Barabanschikova S Smith	8
WC	H Crook V Davies	8

	M Drake K Pace	3
			WC	H Crook V Davies	1

				O Barabanschikova S Smith	8
	O Barabanschikova S Smith	8

2	Y Hosoki K Nagatomi	3

External links

1997 DFS Classic Draws
ITF Tournament Page Archived 5 December 2020 at the Wayback Machine
ITF doubles results page^{[permanent dead link‍]}
ITF doubles qualifying results page^{[permanent dead link‍]}