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Doubles
1997 European Indoors
Final
Champions	Martina Hingis Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
Runners-up	Larisa Savchenko Helena Suková
Score	4–6, 6–4, 6–1
Details
Draw	16
Seeds	4
Events
Singles Doubles
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Martina Hingis and Helena Suková were the defending champions but they competed with different partners that year, Hingis with Arantxa Sánchez Vicario and Suková with Larisa Savchenko.

Savchenko and Suková lost in the final 4–6, 6–4, 6–1 against Hingis and Sánchez Vicario.

Seeds

Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.

1. Lindsay Davenport / Jana Novotná (semifinals)
2. Martina Hingis / Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (champions)
3. Mary Joe Fernández / Lisa Raymond (first round)
4. Kimberly Po / Natasha Zvereva (quarterfinals)

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

	First round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final
	1	L Davenport J Novotná	6	6
		R Dragomir I Majoli	2	2				1	L Davenport J Novotná	6	7
		K Adams M Bollegraf	7						K Adams M Bollegraf	3	5
		B Schultz-McCarthy I Spîrlea	6	r											1	L Davenport J Novotná	6	4
	4	K Po N Zvereva	7	6												L Savchenko H Suková	7	6
		A Fusai N Tauziat	5	3				4	K Po N Zvereva
	WC	M Maleeva M Serna	3	4					L Savchenko H Suková	w/o
		L Savchenko H Suková	6	6																			Larisa Savchenko Helena Suková	6	4	1
		C Martínez P Tarabini	6	6																		2	Martina Hingis Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	4	6	6
	Q	A Miller B Rippner	4	4					C Martínez P Tarabini	w/o
		A Coetzer A Huber	6	7					A Coetzer A Huber
	3	M J Fernández L Raymond	2	5												C Martínez P Tarabini	2	1
		A Sugiyama D Van Roost	3	2											2	M Hingis A Sánchez Vicario	6	6
		Y Basuki C Vis	6	6					Y Basuki C Vis	1	5
		S Appelmans M Oremans	3	4				2	M Hingis A Sánchez Vicario	6	7
	2	M Hingis A Sánchez Vicario	6	6

Qualifying

Seeds

Both seeds received a bye into the second round.

1. Silvia Farina / Barbara Schett (second round)
2. Åsa Carlsson / Rita Grande (second round)

Qualifiers

1. Annie Miller / Brie Rippner

Qualifying draw

	First round					Second round					Qualifying competition
						1	S Farina B Schett	5
							A Miller B Rippner	8
												A Miller B Rippner	9
											WC	S Williams V Williams	8
		J Kruger C Schneider	2
	WC	S Williams V Williams	8
						WC	S Williams V Williams	9
						2	Å Carlsson R Grande	7

External links

• Official results archive (ITF) Archived 2016-04-02 at the Wayback Machine
• Official results archive (WTA)

• Zurich Open
• 1997 WTA Tour