1997 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Doubles

Women's Doubles
1997 Wimbledon Championships
Champions	Gigi Fernández Natasha Zvereva
Runners-up	Nicole Arendt Manon Bollegraf
Final score	7–6(7–4), 6–4

Martina Hingis and Helena Suková were the defending champions, but had different outcomes. Hingis teamed up with Arantxa Sánchez Vicario and lost in quarterfinals to Nicole Arendt and Manon Bollegraf, while Suková teamed up with Larisa Neiland and lost in semifinals against the same pair.

Gigi Fernández and Natasha Zvereva won the title by defeating Arendt and Bollegraf 7–6^(7–4), 6–4 in the final. It was the 4th Wimbledon title, 17th Grand Slam and 69th overall title for Fernández and the 5th Wimbledon title, 18th Grand Slam and 67th overall title for Zvereva, in their respective doubles careers.

Seeds

Qualifying

Draw

Key

Finals

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final
	1	Gigi Fernández   Natasha Zvereva	5	6	6
	5	Mary Joe Fernández   Lisa Raymond	7	4	4
								1	Gigi Fernández   Natasha Zvereva	6	6
								12	Sabine Appelmans   Miriam Oremans	1	2
	3	Lindsay Davenport   Jana Novotná
	12	Sabine Appelmans   Miriam Oremans	w/o
															1	Gigi Fernández   Natasha Zvereva	77	6
															6	Nicole Arendt   Manon Bollegraf	64	4
		Els Callens   Ginger Helgeson-Nielsen	4	4
	4	Larisa Neiland   Helena Suková	6	6
								4	Larisa Neiland   Helena Suková	2	6	1
								6	Nicole Arendt   Manon Bollegraf	6	3	6
	6	Nicole Arendt   Manon Bollegraf	6	5	6
	2	Martina Hingis   Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	4	7	2

Top Half

Section 1

	First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Quarterfinals
	1	G Fernández N Zvereva	6	6
	WC	O Barabanschikova S Smith	2	2				1	G Fernández N Zvereva	6	6
		K Freye S Noorlander	77	4	6				K Freye S Noorlander	0	2
		P Hy-Boulais K Studeníková	65	6	2										1	G Fernández N Zvereva	7	7
		C Barclay C Wood	6	6												C Barclay C Wood	5	5
		S Farina B Schett	4	3					C Barclay C Wood	4	77	6
	WC	J Pullin L Woodroffe	3	2				16	K Boogert I Spîrlea	6	65	4
	16	K Boogert I Spîrlea	6	6																		1	G Fernández N Zvereva	5	6	6
	9	K Adams L McNeil	77	6																		5	MJ Fernández L Raymond	7	4	4
		V Ruano Pascual P Suárez	63	3				9	K Adams L McNeil	6	1	6
		B Rittner D van Roost	4	6	6				B Rittner D van Roost	3	6	4
		A Ellwood R McQuillan	6	1	1										9	K Adams L McNeil	1	61
		C Cristea M Grzybowska	7	6											5	MJ Fernández L Raymond	6	77
		Å Carlsson F Perfetti	5	3					C Cristea M Grzybowska	3	0
		L Horn M de Swardt	2	1				5	MJ Fernández L Raymond	6	6
	5	MJ Fernández L Raymond	6	6

Section 2

	First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Quarterfinals
	3	L Davenport J Novotná	6	6
		T Križan N van Lottum	0	2				3	L Davenport J Novotná	6	6
		D Graham K Kunce	6	6					D Graham K Kunce	1	2
	LL	J Lutrova Jane Wood	4	1											3	L Davenport J Novotná	6	6
	WC	Shirli-Ann Siddall Amanda Wainwright	6	6											13	A Fusai R Grande	1	1
		P Langrová R Zrubáková	3	2				WC	Shirli-Ann Siddall Amanda Wainwright	3	4
		M Paz AG Sidot	3	0				13	A Fusai R Grande	6	6
	13	A Fusai R Grande	6	6																		3	L Davenport J Novotná
	12	S Appelmans M Oremans	w/o																			12	S Appelmans M Oremans	w/o
		R Dragomir I Majoli						12	S Appelmans M Oremans	6	6
		Danielle Jones T Tanasugarn	2	63					A Dechaume-Balleret S Testud	4	3
		A Dechaume-Balleret S Testud	6	77											12	S Appelmans M Oremans	7	6
		L Garrone G Pizzichini	6	6											8	Y Basuki C Vis	5	1
		A Grossman K Habšudová	2	4					L Garrone G Pizzichini	7	4	2
		S Jeyaseelan R Simpson	4	2				8	Y Basuki C Vis	5	6	6
	8	Y Basuki C Vis	6	6

Bottom Half

Section 3

	First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Quarterfinals
	7	C Martínez P Tarabini	4	5
		E Callens G Helgeson-Nielsen	6	7					E Callens G Helgeson-Nielsen	6	6
		R Nideffer K Rinaldi-Stunkel	5	3					A Huber M Seles	2	4
		A Huber M Seles	7	6												E Callens G Helgeson-Nielsen	77	6
	Q	E Brioukhovets E Tatarkova	3	1											14	A Frazier K Po	64	3
		T Jones M Murić	6	6					T Jones M Murić	2	3
		R Hiraki F Labat	5	3				14	A Frazier K Po	6	6
	14	A Frazier K Po	7	6																			E Callens G Helgeson-Nielsen	4	4
	10	N Tauziat L Wild	6	1	10																	4	L Neiland H Suková	6	6
		A Coetzer M Pierce	1	6	8			10	N Tauziat L Wild	65	77	6
		J Lee A Olsza	5	3					L Golarsa P Schnyder	77	64	3
		L Golarsa P Schnyder	7	6											10	N Tauziat L Wild	4	4
		S Meier L Němečková	4	6	4										4	L Neiland H Suková	6	6
		O Lugina E Wagner	6	4	6				O Lugina E Wagner	3	2
		L Montalvo H Nagyová	6	1	4			4	L Neiland H Suková	6	6
	4	L Neiland H Suková	3	6	6

Section 4

	First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Quarterfinals
	6	N Arendt M Bollegraf	6	6
	WC	Claire Taylor Joanne Ward	4	4				6	N Arendt M Bollegraf	6	6
		Park Sung-hee S-t Wang	6	6					Park Sung-hee S-t Wang	2	0
	Q	V Lake L Pleming	4	4											6	N Arendt M Bollegraf	6	3	6
		P Shriver E Smylie	6	5	7										11	N Kijimuta N Miyagi	2	6	1
		A Kournikova E Likhovtseva	3	7	9				A Kournikova E Likhovtseva	6	2	5
		V Csurgó Caroline Schneider	4	3				11	N Kijimuta N Miyagi	4	6	7
	11	N Kijimuta N Miyagi	6	6																		6	N Arendt M Bollegraf	6	5	6
	15	C Rubin B Schultz-McCarthy	6	7																		2	M Hingis A Sánchez Vicario	4	7	2
		W Probst A Sugiyama	1	5				15	C Rubin B Schultz-McCarthy	77	6
		M Saeki Y Yoshida	61	7	6				M Saeki Y Yoshida	65	3
		E de Lone N Pratt	77	5	4										15	C Rubin B Schultz-McCarthy	612	78	11
		R Bobková E Melicharová	77	64	1										2	M Hingis A Sánchez Vicario	714	66	13
		KA Guse C Morariu	65	77	6				KA Guse C Morariu	3	3
		E Martincová H Vildová	2	3				2	M Hingis A Sánchez Vicario	6	6
	2	M Hingis A Sánchez Vicario	6	6

References

• Official Results Archive (ITF)
• Official Results Archive (Wimbledon)
• Official Results Archive (WTA)