# 1997 DFS Classic – Doubles

Elizabeth Smylie and Linda Wild were the defending champions but only Wild competed that year with Nathalie Tauziat.
Tauziat and Wild lost in the final 6–2, 6–3 against Katrina Adams and Larisa Savchenko.

## 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.
* Katrina Adams / Larisa Savchenko (champions)
* Nathalie Tauziat / Linda Wild (final)
* Miriam Oremans / Lisa Raymond (quarterfinals)
* Yayuk Basuki / Lori McNeil (semifinals)
* Naoko Kijimuta / Nana Miyagi (quarterfinals)
* Alexandra Fusai / Rita Grande (quarterfinals)
* Silvia Farina / Rika Hiraki (first round)
* Debbie Graham / Kristine Kunce (second 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 | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | K Adams L Savchenko | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| 4 | Y Basuki L McNeil | 4 | 2 | | | | |
| 4 | Y Basuki L McNeil | 4 | 2 | 1 | Katrina Adams Larisa Savchenko | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | 2 | Nathalie Tauziat Linda Wild | 2 | 3 |
| WC | J Pullin L Woodroffe | 2 | 5 | 2 | Nathalie Tauziat Linda Wild | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | N Tauziat L Wild | 6 | 7 | | | | |

### Top half

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| | | | | | 1 | K Adams L Savchenko | 7 | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
| | N Feber S Jeyaseelan | 1 | 4 | | | D Jones T Tanasugarn | 5 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | D Jones T Tanasugarn | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 1 | K Adams L Savchenko | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | L Cenková N van Lottum | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | S Noorlander C Papadáki | 6 | 2 | 2 | | | | |
| | S Noorlander C Papadáki | 2 | 6 | 8 | | S Noorlander C Papadáki | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | K-A Guse C Morariu | 2 | 6 | 1 | 8 | D Graham K Kunce | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | D Graham K Kunce | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | 1 | K Adams L Savchenko | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | Y Basuki L McNeil | 4 | 2 |
| | | | | | 4 | Y Basuki L McNeil | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | E deLone N Pratt | 6 | 4 | 1 | | E Callens G Helgeson-Nielsen | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| | E Callens G Helgeson-Nielsen | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | 4 | Y Basuki L McNeil | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | M Murić M Saeki | 5 | 6 | 6 | | | | | 6 | A Fusai R Grande | 4 | 4 | | | | | |
| | S-H Park M Tu | 7 | 3 | 1 | | M Murić M Saeki | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| | M de Swardt L Horn | 3 | 7 | 2 | 6 | A Fusai R Grande | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | A Fusai R Grande | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Bottom half

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| 7 | S Farina R Hiraki | 2 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | I Gorrochategui I Spîrlea | 6 | 6 | | | I Gorrochategui I Spîrlea | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Paz A-G Sidot | 7 | 5 | 2 | WC | J Pullin L Woodroffe | w/o | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | J Pullin L Woodroffe | 5 | 7 | 6 | | | | | WC | J Pullin L Woodroffe | 6 | 0 | | | | | |
| | C Barclay C Wood | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 3 | M Oremans L Raymond | 3 | 1 | r | | | | |
| | C Cristea M Grzybowska | 3 | 4 | | | C Barclay C Wood | 1 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 3 | M Oremans L Raymond | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | WC | J Pullin L Woodroffe | 2 | 5 |
| 5 | N Kijimuta N Miyagi | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | N Tauziat L Wild | 6 | 7 |
| WC | S-A Siddall A Wainwright | 3 | 0 | | 5 | N Kijimuta N Miyagi | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Lee A Olsza | 1 | 3 | | | L Golarsa D Van Roost | 5 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| | L Golarsa D Van Roost | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 5 | N Kijimuta N Miyagi | 1 | 3 | | | | | |
| | A Ellwood R McQuillan | 5 | 4 | | | | | | 2 | N Tauziat L Wild | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| Q | O Barabanschikova S Smith | 7 | 6 | | Q | O Barabanschikova S Smith | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 2 | N Tauziat L Wild | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |

### Qualifying draw

| First qualifying round | First qualifying round | First qualifying round | Second qualifying round | Second qualifying round | Second qualifying round | Final qualifying round | Final qualifying round | Final qualifying round |
| 1 | L Ghirardi S Pitkowski | 8 | | | | | | |
| | N Vaidyanathan M Weingärtner | 6 | | | | | | |
| | N Vaidyanathan M Weingärtner | 6 | 1 | L Ghirardi S Pitkowski | 8 | | | |
| | | | | L Ahl L Latimer | 1 | | | |
| | L Ahl L Latimer | 8 | | L Ahl L Latimer | 1 | | | |
| | C Taylor J Ward | 2 | | | | | | |
| | C Taylor J Ward | 2 | | | | 1 | L Ghirardi S Pitkowski | 6 |
| | | | | | | | O Barabanschikova S Smith | 8 |
| WC | H Crook V Davies | 8 | | | | | | | O Barabanschikova S Smith | 8 |
| | M Drake K Pace | 3 | | | | | | |
| | M Drake K Pace | 3 | WC | H Crook V Davies | 1 | | | |
| | | | | O Barabanschikova S Smith | 8 | | | |
| | O Barabanschikova S Smith | 8 | | O Barabanschikova S Smith | 8 | | | |
| 2 | Y Hosoki K Nagatomi | 3 | | | | | | |