# 1997 US Open – Women's doubles qualifying

The qualifying rounds for the 1997 US Open were played from 20 to 23 August 1997 in the USTA National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows, New York, United States.

## Seeds

* Virág Csurgó / Flora Perfetti (first round)
* Erika deLone / Nicole Pratt (qualifying competition)
* Lisa McShea / Amanda Wainwright (qualified)
* Nino Louarsabishvili / Kaoru Shibata (qualifying competition)
* Nancy Feber / Liezel Horn (qualifying competition)
* Karin Kschwendt / Nirupama Vaidyanathan (first round)
* Elly Hakami / Rebecca Jensen (first round)
* Caroline Dhenin / Valda Lake (first round)

## Qualifiers

* Ludmila Richterová / Pavlina Stoyanova
* Anne Miller / Julie Steven
* Lisa McShea / Amanda Wainwright
* Cristina Moros / Julie Scott

## Draw
### First qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 1 | Virág Csurgó Flora Perfetti | 7 | 6$^5$ | 4 | | | | |
| | Ludmila Richterová Pavlina Stoyanova | 5 | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | |
| | Ludmila Richterová Pavlina Stoyanova | 5 | 7$^7$ | 6 | Ludmila Richterová Pavlina Stoyanova | 6 | 3 | 6 |
| | | | | | Nathalie Dechy Sarah Pitkowski | 3 | 6 | 3 |
| | Nathalie Dechy Sarah Pitkowski | 6 | 2 | 7 | Nathalie Dechy Sarah Pitkowski | 3 | 6 | 3 |
| 8 | Caroline Dhenin Valda Lake | 4 | 6 | 5 | | | | |

### Second qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 4 | Nino Louarsabishvili Kaoru Shibata | 7 | 2 | 6 | | | | | |
| WC | Jane Chi Kelly Pace | 5 | 6 | 4 | | | | | |
| WC | Jane Chi Kelly Pace | 5 | 6 | 4 | 4 | Nino Louarsabishvili Kaoru Shibata | 7$^7$ | 3 | 4 |
| | | | | | WC | Anne Miller Julie Steven | 6$^4$ | 6 | 6 |
| WC | Anne Miller Julie Steven | 6 | 6 | | WC | Anne Miller Julie Steven | 6$^4$ | 6 | 6 |
| 6 | Karin Kschwendt Nirupama Vaidyanathan | 2 | 3 | | | | | | |

### Third qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 5 | Nancy Feber Liezel Horn | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | Sylvia Plischke Marlene Weingärtner | 6 | 2 | 1 | | | | |
| | Sylvia Plischke Marlene Weingärtner | 6 | 2 | 1 | 5 | Nancy Feber Liezel Horn | 2 | 6$^6$ |
| | | | | | 3 | Lisa McShea Amanda Wainwright | 6 | 7$^8$ |
| | Olga Barabanschikova Sofia Prazeres | 4 | 3 | | 3 | Lisa McShea Amanda Wainwright | 6 | 7$^8$ |
| 3 | Lisa McShea Amanda Wainwright | 6 | 6 | | | | | |

### Fourth qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 7 | Elly Hakami Rebecca Jensen | 4 | 3 | | | | |
| WC | Cristina Moros Julie Scott | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| WC | Cristina Moros Julie Scott | 6 | 6 | WC | Cristina Moros Julie Scott | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | 2 | Erika deLone Nicole Pratt | 4 | 3 |
| | Emmanuelle Gagliardi Katalin Marosi | 4$^r$ | | 2 | Erika deLone Nicole Pratt | 4 | 3 |
| 2 | Erika deLone Nicole Pratt | 4 | | | | | |