1997 Family Circle Cup – Doubles

Jana Novotná and Arantxa Sánchez Vicario were the defending champions but only Novotná competed that year with Lindsay Davenport.

Doubles
1997 Family Circle Cup
Champions	Mary Joe Fernández Martina Hingis
Runners-up	Lindsay Davenport Jana Novotná
Score	7–5, 4–6, 6–1
Draw	28
Seeds	8

Davenport and Novotná lost in the final 7–5, 4–6, 6–1 against Mary Joe Fernández and Martina Hingis.

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.

1. Lindsay Davenport / Jana Novotná (final)
2. Mary Joe Fernández / Martina Hingis (champions)
3. Gigi Fernández / Lisa Raymond (semifinals)
4. Nicole Arendt / Manon Bollegraf (semifinals)
5. Larisa Savchenko / Irina Spîrlea (second round)
6. Brenda Schultz-McCarthy / Caroline Vis (second round)
7. Lori McNeil / Linda Wild (quarterfinals)
8. Conchita Martínez / Patricia Tarabini (quarterfinals)

Draw

Key

• Q = Qualifier
• WC = Wild card
• LL = Lucky loser
• Alt = Alternate
• SE = Special exempt
• PR = Protected ranking
• ITF = ITF entry
• JE = Junior exempt
• w/o = Walkover
• r = Retired
• d = Defaulted
• SR = Special ranking

Finals

	Final
	1	Lindsay Davenport Jana Novotná	5	6	1
	2	Mary Joe Fernández Martina Hingis	7	4	6

Top half

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
								1	L Davenport J Novotná	6	6
	LL	E Gagliardi S Kleinová	0	3					E Likhovtseva A Sugiyama	2	0
		E Likhovtseva A Sugiyama	6	6											1	L Davenport J Novotná	6	4	6
		S Farina B Schett	1	3											8	C Martínez P Tarabini	0	6	2
		M Grzybowska S-T Wang	6	6					M Grzybowska S-T Wang	7	3	5
		V Ruano-Pascual P Suárez	3	6	4			8	C Martínez P Tarabini	5	6	7
	8	C Martínez P Tarabini	6	4	6																	1	L Davenport J Novotná	6	4	6
																						4	N Arendt M Bollegraf	4	6	3
								4	N Arendt M Bollegraf	6	6
		A Grossman K Habšudová	6	2	3				O Lugina C Wood	2	2
		O Lugina C Wood	4	6	6										4	N Arendt M Bollegraf	7	6
		A Coetzer I Gorrochategui	6	2	2											R Dragomir I Majoli	6	2
		R Dragomir I Majoli	2	6	6				R Dragomir I Majoli	6	5	6
		F Labat B Rittner	4	6	4			6	B Schultz-McCarthy C Vis	1	7	3
	6	B Schultz-McCarthy C Vis	6	2	6

Bottom half

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
	5	L Savchenko I Spîrlea	6	6
	WC	J Kruger C Papadáki	3	3				5	L Savchenko I Spîrlea
		P Hy-Boulais R Simpson	5	7	4				A Fusai M Paz	w/o
		A Fusai M Paz	7	5	6											A Fusai M Paz	4	4
		K Adams M de Swardt	4	2											3	G Fernández L Raymond	6	6
		A Huber M Seles	6	6					A Huber M Seles	3	5
								3	G Fernández L Raymond	6	7
																						3	G Fernández L Raymond	4	4
	7	L McNeil L Wild	6	6																		2	M J Fernández M Hingis	6	6
		E Martincová H Nagyová	2	4				7	L McNeil L Wild	6	4	6
		S Meier S Pitkowski	4	0					C Morariu T Whitlinger-Jones	2	6	3
		C Morariu T Whitlinger-Jones	6	6											7	L McNeil L Wild	0	4
	Q	K Kschwendt M Murić	6	7											2	M J Fernández M Hingis	6	6
		A Lettiere N Miyagi	0	6				Q	K Kschwendt M Murić	6	3
								2	M J Fernández M Hingis	7	6

External links

• 1997 Family Circle Cup Doubles draw