1997 Italian Open – Women's doubles
1997 tennis event results
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Arantxa Sánchez Vicario and Irina Spîrlea were the defending champions but only Spîrlea competed that year with Gigi Fernández.
1996Champions
Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
Irina Spîrlea
Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
Irina SpîrleaChampions
Nicole Arendt
Manon Bollegraf
Nicole Arendt
Manon BollegrafRunners-up Conchita Martínez
Patricia Tarabini
Conchita Martínez
Patricia TarabiniScore6–2, 6–4
| Women's doubles | |
|---|---|
| 1997 Italian Open | |
| 1996 Champions | Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Irina Spîrlea |
| Champions | Nicole Arendt Manon Bollegraf |
| Runners-up | Conchita Martínez Patricia Tarabini |
| Score | 6–2, 6–4 |
| Draw | 28 |
| Seeds | 8 |
Fernández and Spîrlea lost in the quarterfinals to Nicole Arendt and Manon Bollegraf.
Arendt and Bollegraf won in the final 6–2, 6–4 against Conchita Martínez and Patricia Tarabini.[1]
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.
Larisa Savchenko / 
Helena Suková (second round)- Nicole Arendt / Manon Bollegraf (champions)
Alexandra Fusai / Nathalie Tauziat (quarterfinals)
Yayuk Basuki / Caroline Vis (semifinals)- Gigi Fernández / Irina Spîrlea (quarterfinals)
- Conchita Martínez / Patricia Tarabini (final)
Sabine Appelmans / Miriam Oremans (second round)- Alexia Dechaume-Balleret / Sandrine Testud (first round)
Draw
Key
- Q = Qualifier
- WC = Wild card
- LL = Lucky loser
- Alt = Alternate
- ITF = ITF entry
- PR = Protected ranking
- SR = Special ranking
- SE = Special exempt
- JE = Junior exempt
- JR = Junior Accelerator Programme entrant
- CO = College Accelerator Programme entrant
- NG = Next Gen Accelerator Program entrant
- w/o = Walkover
- r = Retired
- d = Defaulted
Finals
| Final | ||||||
| 6 | Conchita Martínez Patricia Tarabini
| 2 | 4 | |||
| 2 | Nicole Arendt Manon Bollegraf
| 6 | 6 | |||
Top half
| First round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 |  L Savchenko H Suková
| 7 | 2 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
 A Kournikova E Likhovtseva
| 6 | 6 | A Kournikova E Likhovtseva
| 6 | 6 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| LL | B Fulco-Villella L Pleming
| 2 | 0 | A Kournikova E Likhovtseva
| 7 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
 B Schett P Schnyder
| 6 | 6 | B Schett P Schnyder
| 6 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
I Gorrochategui F Perfetti
| 3 | 3 | B Schett P Schnyder
| 6 | 5 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| C Rubin B Schultz-McCarthy
| 4 | 7 | 4 | 7 |  S Appelmans M Oremans
| 1 | 7 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | S Appelmans M Oremans
| 6 | 5 | 6 | A Kournikova E Likhovtseva
| 6 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | C Martínez P Tarabini
| 7 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 |  A Fusai N Tauziat
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
A Grossman K Habšudová
| 6 | 6 | A Grossman K Habšudová
| 3 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
 M Saeki S-T Wang
| 3 | 3 | 3 | A Fusai N Tauziat
| 2 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| R Hiraki F Labat
| 3 | 6 | 6 | 6 | C Martínez P Tarabini
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
 M Murić A Olsza
| 6 | 2 | 3 | R Hiraki F Labat
| 2 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| R Dragomir I Majoli
| 4 | 7 | 4 | 6 | C Martínez P Tarabini
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | C Martínez P Tarabini
| 6 | 5 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Bottom half
| First round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | A Dechaume-Balleret S Testud
| 6 | 4 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| P Suárez D Van Roost
| 3 | 6 | 7 | P Suárez D Van Roost
| 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
 A Coetzer M Pierce
| 6 | 6 | A Coetzer M Pierce
| 2 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| A Ellwood R McQuillan
| 2 | 0 | P Suárez D Van Roost
| 6 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| E Callens A-G Sidot
| 6 | 4 |  Y Basuki C Vis
| 7 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| L Montalvo H Nagyová
| 2 | r | E Callens A-G Sidot
| 4 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Y Basuki C Vis
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Y Basuki C Vis
| 2 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | G Fernández I Spîrlea
| 6 | 6 | 2 | N Arendt M Bollegraf
| 6 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Q | A Sugiyama Y Yoshida
| 1 | 4 | 5 | G Fernández I Spîrlea
| 6 | 4 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||
| A Canepa G Casoni
| 0 | 6 | 2 | S Cecchini L Garrone
| 1 | 6 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| S Cecchini L Garrone
| 6 | 4 | 6 | 5 | G Fernández I Spîrlea
| 4 | 6 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||
| C Morariu M Paz
| 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | N Arendt M Bollegraf
| 6 | 3 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||
| D Graham R Grande
| 2 | 7 | 6 | D Graham R Grande
| 3 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | N Arendt M Bollegraf
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||