1997 Italian Open – Women's doubles
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1997 Italian Open | |||||||
1996 Champions | Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Irina Spîrlea | ||||||
Final | |||||||
Champions | Nicole Arendt Manon Bollegraf | ||||||
Runners-up | Conchita Martínez Patricia Tarabini | ||||||
Score | 6–2, 6–4 | ||||||
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1997 tennis event results
Arantxa Sánchez Vicario and Irina Spîrlea were the defending champions but only Spîrlea competed that year with Gigi Fernández.
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.
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
- SE = Special exempt
- PR = Protected ranking
- ITF = ITF entry
- JE = Junior exempt
- w/o = Walkover
- r = Retired
- d = Defaulted
- SR = Special ranking
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 |
External links
- 1997 Italian Open Women's Doubles Draw[permanent dead link]
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