# 1997 Lipton Championships – Women's doubles

Jana Novotná and Arantxa Sánchez Vicario were the defending champions but they competed with different partners that year, Novotná with Lindsay Davenport and Sánchez Vicario with Natasha Zvereva.
Davenport and Novotná lost in the third round to Sabine Appelmans and Miriam Oremans.
Sánchez Vicario and Zvereva won in the final 6–2, 6–3 against Appelmans and Oremans.

## Seeds

Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated. All sixteen seeded teams received byes into the second round.
* Arantxa Sánchez Vicario / Natasha Zvereva (champions)
* Larisa Neiland / Helena Suková (third round)
* Lindsay Davenport / Jana Novotná (third round)
* Mary Joe Fernández / Martina Hingis (semifinals)
* Nicole Arendt / Manon Bollegraf (quarterfinals)
* Nathalie Tauziat / Linda Wild (quarterfinals)
* Patricia Tarabini / Caroline Vis (quarterfinals)
* Naoko Kijimuta / Nana Miyagi (quarterfinals)
* Amy Frazier / Kimberly Po (second round)
* Katrina Adams / Mariaan de Swardt (second round)
* Sabine Appelmans / Miriam Oremans (final)
* Chanda Rubin / Brenda Schultz-McCarthy (third round)
* Alexandra Fusai / Mercedes Paz (third round)
* Alexia Dechaume-Balleret / Sandrine Testud (third round)
* Silvia Farina / Barbara Schett (second round)
* Rika Hiraki / Florencia Labat (third 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

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Natasha Zvereva | 6 | 1 | 7 | | | | |
| 4 | Mary Joe Fernández Martina Hingis | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| 4 | Mary Joe Fernández Martina Hingis | 4 | 6 | 6 | 1 | Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Natasha Zvereva | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | 11 | Sabine Appelmans Miriam Oremans | 2 | 3 |
| 11 | Sabine Appelmans Miriam Oremans | 6 | 6 | | 11 | Sabine Appelmans Miriam Oremans | 2 | 3 |
| | Amanda Coetzer Anke Huber | 4 | 2 | | | | | |

### Top half
#### Section 1

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| | | | | 1 | A Sánchez Vicario N Zvereva | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| A Grossman K Habšudová | 5 | 6 | 6 | | A Grossman K Habšudová | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| W Probst P Schnyder | 7 | 4 | 0 | | | | | | 1 | A Sánchez Vicario N Zvereva | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| T Križan N van Lottum | 7 | 1 | 4 | | | | | | 12 | C Rubin B Schultz-McCarthy | 6 | 3 | 0 | | | | |
| S Noorlander C Papadáki | 5 | 6 | 6 | | S Noorlander C Papadáki | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | 12 | C Rubin B Schultz-McCarthy | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | A Sánchez Vicario N Zvereva | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 7 | P Tarabini C Vis | 4 | 3 |
| | | | | 14 | A Dechaume-Balleret S Testud | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| B Rittner D Van Roost | 6 | 6 | | | B Rittner D Van Roost | 0 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| A Kournikova E Likhovtseva | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | 14 | A Dechaume-Balleret S Testud | 7 | 3 | 2 | | | | |
| V Ruano-Pascual P Suárez | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | 7 | P Tarabini C Vis | 5 | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| P Hy-Boulais R Simpson | 6 | 6 | | | P Hy-Boulais R Simpson | 6 | 5 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | 7 | P Tarabini C Vis | 4 | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |

#### Section 2

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| | | | | | 4 | M J Fernández M Hingis | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | E Martincová H Vildová | 0 | 6 | 6 | | E Martincová H Vildová | 2 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | R Dragomir I Majoli | 6 | 3 | 1 | | | | | | 4 | M J Fernández M Hingis | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| Q | Á Montolio L Pleming | 1 | 0 | | | | | | | 16 | R Hiraki F Labat | 2 | 0 | | | | | |
| | C Porwik K Radford | 6 | 6 | | | C Porwik K Radford | 7 | 5 | 6$^3$ | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 16 | R Hiraki F Labat | 5 | 7 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | M J Fernández M Hingis | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 6 | N Tauziat L Wild | 3 | 1 |
| | | | | | 9 | A Frazier K Po | 6 | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | L Raymond M Seles | 2 | 2 | | | I Gorrochategui I Spîrlea | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | I Gorrochategui I Spîrlea | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | I Gorrochategui I Spîrlea | 6 | 3 | 5 | | | | |
| | D Jones L Němečková | 0 | 5 | | | | | | | 6 | N Tauziat L Wild | 3 | 6 | 7 | | | | |
| | A Ellwood R McQuillan | 7 | 6 | | | A Ellwood R McQuillan | 1 | 6$^2$ | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 6 | N Tauziat L Wild | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | | | |

### Bottom half
#### Section 3

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| | | | | | 8 | N Kijimuta N Miyagi | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | E Callens G Helgeson-Nielsen | 6 | 6 | | | E Callens G Helgeson-Nielsen | 5 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Lettiere C Morariu | 4 | 4 | | | | | | 8 | N Kijimuta N Miyagi | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | M Werdel-Witmeyer T Whitlinger-Jones | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | M Werdel-Witmeyer T Whitlinger-Jones | 2 | 4 | | | | | |
| WC | J Lee L Lee | 3 | 5 | | | M Werdel-Witmeyer T Whitlinger-Jones | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 10 | K Adams M de Swardt | 5 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 8 | N Kijimuta N Miyagi | 3 | 5 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 11 | S Appelmans M Oremans | 6 | 7 |
| | | | | | 11 | S Appelmans M Oremans | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | E deLone C Wood | 7$^7$ | 1 | 6 | | E deLone C Wood | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| | R Grande A Sugiyama | 6$^5$ | 6 | 4 | | | | | 11 | S Appelmans M Oremans | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | L Garrone L Montalvo | 6 | 4 | 7$^7$ | | | | | 3 | L Davenport J Novotná | 6 | 4 | 4 | | | | |
| | H Nagyová R Zrubáková | 1 | 6 | 6$^3$ | | L Garrone L Montalvo | 3 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 3 | L Davenport J Novotná | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |

#### Section 4

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| | | | | 5 | N Arendt M Bollegraf | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| L Golarsa C Singer | 4 | 6 | 6 | | L Golarsa C Singer | 6 | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| S Jeyaseelan R Nideffer | 6 | 3 | 0 | | | | | | 5 | N Arendt M Bollegraf | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| L McNeil M Murić | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 13 | A Fusai M Paz | 2 | 4 | | | | |
| Å Carlsson F Perfetti | 3 | 3 | | | L McNeil M Murić | 3 | 5 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | 13 | A Fusai M Paz | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | 5 | N Arendt M Bollegraf | 2 | 3 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | A Coetzer A Huber | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | 15 | S Farina B Schett | 7 | 1 | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| A-G Sidot M Strandlund | 6 | 5 | 3 | | A Coetzer A Huber | 5 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| A Coetzer A Huber | 4 | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | A Coetzer A Huber | 6 | 7 | | | | |
| O Lugina E Wagner | 7$^7$ | 5 | 0 | | | | | | 2 | L Neiland H Suková | 0 | 5 | | | | |
| M Saeki S-T Wang | 6$^3$ | 7 | 6 | | M Saeki S-T Wang | 5 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | 2 | L Neiland H Suková | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |