1997 WTA German Open – Doubles

Meredith McGrath and Larisa Savchenko were the defending champions but only Savchenko competed that year with Katrina Adams.

Doubles
1997 WTA German Open
ChampionsUnited States Lindsay Davenport
Czech Republic Jana Novotná
Runners-upUnited States Gigi Fernández
Belarus Natasha Zvereva
Score6–2, 3–6, 6–2

Adams and Savchenko lost in the semifinals to Gigi Fernández and Natasha Zvereva.

Lindsay Davenport and Jana Novotná won in the final 6–2, 3–6, 6–2 against Fernández and Zvereva.

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.

Draw

Key

Finals

Final
     
1 United States Gigi Fernández
Belarus Natasha Zvereva
2 6 2
2 United States Lindsay Davenport
Czech Republic Jana Novotná
6 3 6

Top half

First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
1 United States G Fernández
Belarus N Zvereva
6 6  
  South Africa A Coetzer
United States C Rubin
6 6     South Africa A Coetzer
United States C Rubin
2 3  
  Belgium E Callens
Belgium L Courtois
1 2   1 United States G Fernández
Belarus N Zvereva
6 7  
  Germany M Babel
Slovakia K Habšudová
6 2     Russia A Kournikova
Russia E Likhovtseva
2 5  
  Russia A Kournikova
Russia E Likhovtseva
7 6     Russia A Kournikova
Russia E Likhovtseva
6 7  
Q Argentina M-J Gaidano
Russia T Panova
2 3   6 France A Fusai
France N Tauziat
4 6  
6 France A Fusai
France N Tauziat
6 6   1 United States G Fernández
Belarus N Zvereva
w/o    
4 United States K Adams
Latvia L Savchenko
     
4 United States K Adams
Latvia L Savchenko
6 6  
WC Argentina I Gorrochategui
Germany S Graf
4 6 3   Japan R Hiraki
Argentina F Labat
1 2  
  Japan R Hiraki
Argentina F Labat
6 3 6 4 United States K Adams
Latvia L Savchenko
7 7  
  Belgium S Appelmans
Japan A Sugiyama
6 7   7 Netherlands M Bollegraf
Argentina P Tarabini
6 6  
  Argentina M Paz
Canada R Simpson
4 5     Belgium S Appelmans
Japan A Sugiyama
4 3  
  France A-G Sidot
Argentina P Suárez
4 2   7 Netherlands M Bollegraf
Argentina P Tarabini
6 6  
7 Netherlands M Bollegraf
Argentina P Tarabini
6 6  

Bottom half

First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
5 Indonesia Y Basuki
Netherlands C Vis
6 6  
  Germany S Meier
Italy F Perfetti
0 0   5 Indonesia Y Basuki
Netherlands C Vis
6 3 6
  Czech Republic E Martincová
Australia R McQuillan
6 2     Argentina L Montalvo
Slovakia H Nagyová
4 6 1
  Argentina L Montalvo
Slovakia H Nagyová
7 6   5 Indonesia Y Basuki
Netherlands C Vis
3 5  
WC Germany B Rittner
Germany J Wöhr
5 0   3 United States M J Fernández
Spain A Sánchez Vicario
6 7  
  Italy L Golarsa
Romania I Spîrlea
7 6     Italy L Golarsa
Romania I Spîrlea
3 3  
3 United States M J Fernández
Spain A Sánchez Vicario
6 6  
3 United States M J Fernández
Spain A Sánchez Vicario
5 6 3
8 Romania R Dragomir
Croatia I Majoli
2 6 4 2 United States L Davenport
Czech Republic J Novotná
7 1 6
  Ukraine O Lugina
Germany E Wagner
6 3 6   Ukraine O Lugina
Germany E Wagner
7 3 6
  Canada P Hy-Boulais
Chinese Taipei S-T Wang
6 6     Canada P Hy-Boulais
Chinese Taipei S-T Wang
5 6 4
  Czech Republic L Němečková
Poland A Olsza
2 2     Ukraine O Lugina
Germany E Wagner
3 2  
  Austria B Schett
Switzerland P Schnyder
4 2   2 United States L Davenport
Czech Republic J Novotná
6 6  
  Czech Republic R Bobková
Czech Republic E Melicharová
6 6     Czech Republic R Bobková
Czech Republic E Melicharová
1 2  
2 United States L Davenport
Czech Republic J Novotná
6 6  
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