1997 WTA German Open – Doubles
1997 tennis event results
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Meredith McGrath and Larisa Savchenko were the defending champions but only Savchenko competed that year with Katrina Adams.
Champions
Lindsay Davenport
Jana Novotná
Lindsay Davenport
Jana NovotnáRunners-up Gigi Fernández
Natasha Zvereva
Gigi Fernández
Natasha ZverevaScore6–2, 3–6, 6–2
Draw28
| Doubles | |
|---|---|
| 1997 WTA German Open | |
| Champions | Lindsay Davenport Jana Novotná |
| Runners-up | Gigi Fernández Natasha Zvereva |
| Score | 6–2, 3–6, 6–2 |
| Draw | 28 |
| Seeds | 8 |
Adams and Savchenko lost in the semifinals to Gigi Fernández and Natasha Zvereva.
Lindsay Davenport and Jana Novotná won in the final 6–2, 3–6, 6–2 against Fernández and Zvereva.[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.
- Gigi Fernández / Natasha Zvereva (final)
- Lindsay Davenport / Jana Novotná (champions)
- Mary Joe Fernández /
Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (semifinals) - Katrina Adams /
Larisa Savchenko (semifinals) 
Yayuk Basuki / 
Caroline Vis (quarterfinals)
Alexandra Fusai / Nathalie Tauziat (second round)- Manon Bollegraf /
Patricia Tarabini (quarterfinals) 
Ruxandra Dragomir / 
Iva Majoli (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 | ||||||
| 1 | Gigi Fernández Natasha Zvereva
| 2 | 6 | 2 | ||
| 2 | Lindsay Davenport Jana Novotná
| 6 | 3 | 6 | ||
Top half
| First round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | G Fernández N Zvereva
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 A Coetzer C Rubin
| 6 | 6 | A Coetzer C Rubin
| 2 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
 E Callens L Courtois
| 1 | 2 | 1 | G Fernández N Zvereva
| 6 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||
 M Babel K Habšudová
| 6 | 2 |  A Kournikova E Likhovtseva
| 2 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| A Kournikova E Likhovtseva
| 7 | 6 | A Kournikova E Likhovtseva
| 6 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Q |  M-J Gaidano T Panova
| 2 | 3 | 6 |  A Fusai N Tauziat
| 4 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | A Fusai N Tauziat
| 6 | 6 | 1 | G Fernández N Zvereva
| w/o | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | K Adams L Savchenko
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | K Adams L Savchenko
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| WC | I Gorrochategui S Graf
| 4 | 6 | 3 |  R Hiraki F Labat
| 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| R Hiraki F Labat
| 6 | 3 | 6 | 4 | K Adams L Savchenko
| 7 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| S Appelmans A Sugiyama
| 6 | 7 | 7 |  M Bollegraf P Tarabini
| 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
M Paz R Simpson
| 4 | 5 | S Appelmans A Sugiyama
| 4 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| A-G Sidot P Suárez
| 4 | 2 | 7 | M Bollegraf P Tarabini
| 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | M Bollegraf P Tarabini
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bottom half
| First round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 |  Y Basuki C Vis
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
S Meier F Perfetti
| 0 | 0 | 5 | Y Basuki C Vis
| 6 | 3 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
E Martincová R McQuillan
| 6 | 2 | L Montalvo H Nagyová
| 4 | 6 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| L Montalvo H Nagyová
| 7 | 6 | 5 | Y Basuki C Vis
| 3 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WC | B Rittner J Wöhr
| 5 | 0 | 3 | M J Fernández A Sánchez Vicario
| 6 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||
L Golarsa I Spîrlea
| 7 | 6 | L Golarsa I Spîrlea
| 3 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | M J Fernández A Sánchez Vicario
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | M J Fernández A Sánchez Vicario
| 5 | 6 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | R Dragomir I Majoli
| 2 | 6 | 4 | 2 | L Davenport J Novotná
| 7 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
 O Lugina E Wagner
| 6 | 3 | 6 | O Lugina E Wagner
| 7 | 3 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
P Hy-Boulais S-T Wang
| 6 | 6 | P Hy-Boulais S-T Wang
| 5 | 6 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||
L Němečková A Olsza
| 2 | 2 | O Lugina E Wagner
| 3 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
 B Schett P Schnyder
| 4 | 2 | 2 | L Davenport J Novotná
| 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| R Bobková E Melicharová
| 6 | 6 | R Bobková E Melicharová
| 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | L Davenport J Novotná
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||