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Women's doubles
1997 Italian Open
1996 ChampionsSpain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
Romania Irina Spîrlea
Final
ChampionsUnited States Nicole Arendt
Netherlands Manon Bollegraf
Runners-upSpain Conchita Martínez
Argentina Patricia Tarabini
Score6–2, 6–4
Details
Draw28
Seeds8
Events
Singles men women
Doubles men women
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1997 tennis event results

Arantxa Sánchez Vicario and Irina Spîrlea were the defending champions but only Spîrlea competed that year with Gigi Fernández.

Fernández and Spîrlea lost in the quarterfinals to Nicole Arendt and Manon Bollegraf.

Arendt and Bollegraf won in the final 6–2, 6–4 against Conchita Martínez and Patricia Tarabini.

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.

  1. Latvia Larisa Savchenko / Czech Republic Helena Suková (second round)
  2. United States Nicole Arendt / Netherlands Manon Bollegraf (champions)
  3. France Alexandra Fusai / France Nathalie Tauziat (quarterfinals)
  4. Indonesia Yayuk Basuki / Netherlands Caroline Vis (semifinals)
  5. United States Gigi Fernández / Romania Irina Spîrlea (quarterfinals)
  6. Spain Conchita Martínez / Argentina Patricia Tarabini (final)
  7. Belgium Sabine Appelmans / Netherlands Miriam Oremans (second round)
  8. France Alexia Dechaume-Balleret / France Sandrine Testud (first round)

Draw

Key

Finals

Final
     
6 Spain Conchita Martínez
Argentina Patricia Tarabini
2 4  
2 United States Nicole Arendt
Netherlands Manon Bollegraf
6 6  

Top half

First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
1 Latvia L Savchenko
Czech Republic H Suková
7 2 5
  Russia A Kournikova
Russia E Likhovtseva
6 6     Russia A Kournikova
Russia E Likhovtseva
6 6 7
LL Argentina B Fulco-Villella
Australia L Pleming
2 0     Russia A Kournikova
Russia E Likhovtseva
7 6  
  Austria B Schett
Switzerland P Schnyder
6 6     Austria B Schett
Switzerland P Schnyder
6 4  
  Argentina I Gorrochategui
Italy F Perfetti
3 3     Austria B Schett
Switzerland P Schnyder
6 5 7
  United States C Rubin
Netherlands B Schultz-McCarthy
4 7 4 7 Belgium S Appelmans
Netherlands M Oremans
1 7 5
7 Belgium S Appelmans
Netherlands M Oremans
6 5 6   Russia A Kournikova
Russia E Likhovtseva
6 3  
6 Spain C Martínez
Argentina P Tarabini
7 6  
3 France A Fusai
France N Tauziat
6 6  
  United States A Grossman
Slovakia K Habšudová
6 6     United States A Grossman
Slovakia K Habšudová
3 4  
  Japan M Saeki
Chinese Taipei S-T Wang
3 3   3 France A Fusai
France N Tauziat
2 3  
  Japan R Hiraki
Argentina F Labat
3 6 6 6 Spain C Martínez
Argentina P Tarabini
6 6  
  Croatia M Murić
Poland A Olsza
6 2 3   Japan R Hiraki
Argentina F Labat
2 1  
  Romania R Dragomir
Croatia I Majoli
4 7 4 6 Spain C Martínez
Argentina P Tarabini
6 6  
6 Spain C Martínez
Argentina P Tarabini
6 5 6

Bottom half

First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
8 France A Dechaume-Balleret
France S Testud
6 4 5
  Argentina P Suárez
Belgium D Van Roost
3 6 7   Argentina P Suárez
Belgium D Van Roost
6 6  
  South Africa A Coetzer
France M Pierce
6 6     South Africa A Coetzer
France M Pierce
2 4  
  Australia A Ellwood
Australia R McQuillan
2 0     Argentina P Suárez
Belgium D Van Roost
6 4  
  Belgium E Callens
France A-G Sidot
6     4 Indonesia Y Basuki
Netherlands C Vis
7 6  
  Argentina L Montalvo
Slovakia H Nagyová
2 r     Belgium E Callens
France A-G Sidot
4 2  
4 Indonesia Y Basuki
Netherlands C Vis
6 6  
4 Indonesia Y Basuki
Netherlands C Vis
2 6  
5 United States G Fernández
Romania I Spîrlea
6 6   2 United States N Arendt
Netherlands M Bollegraf
6 7  
Q Japan A Sugiyama
Japan Y Yoshida
1 4   5 United States G Fernández
Romania I Spîrlea
6 4 6
  Italy A Canepa
Italy G Casoni
0 6 2   Italy S Cecchini
Italy L Garrone
1 6 2
  Italy S Cecchini
Italy L Garrone
6 4 6 5 United States G Fernández
Romania I Spîrlea
4 6 5
  United States C Morariu
Argentina M Paz
6 5 3 2 United States N Arendt
Netherlands M Bollegraf
6 3 7
  United States D Graham
Italy R Grande
2 7 6   United States D Graham
Italy R Grande
3 1  
2 United States N Arendt
Netherlands M Bollegraf
6 6  

References

  1. John Barrett, ed. (1998). International Tennis Federation World of Tennis 1998. London: CollinsWillow. p. 182. ISBN 9780002188241.

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