1997 Australian Open – Women's Doubles

Chanda Rubin and Arantxa Sánchez Vicario were the defending champions, but competed this year with different partners. Rubin teamed up with Brenda Schultz-McCarthy and were eliminated in the third round, while Sánchez Vicario teamed up with Gigi Fernández and lost in the semifinals.

Women's Doubles
1997 Australian Open
Champions Martina Hingis
Natasha Zvereva
Runners-up Lindsay Davenport
Lisa Raymond
Final score6–2, 6–2

Martina Hingis and Natasha Zvereva won the title, defeating Lindsay Davenport and Lisa Raymond 6–2, 6–2 in the final. It was the 1st Australian Open, 2nd Grand Slam and 4th overall doubles title for Hingis, and the 3rd Australian Open, 16th Grand Slam and 61st overall doubles title for Zvereva, in their respective careers.

Seeds

Draw

Key

Finals

Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
               
1 Gigi Fernández
Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
6 7
5 Nicole Arendt
Manon Bollegraf
4 5
1 Gigi Fernández
Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
3 7 2
4 Martina Hingis
Natasha Zvereva
6 5 6
4 Martina Hingis
Natasha Zvereva
6 6
Virginia Ruano Pascual
Paola Suárez
3 2
4 Martina Hingis
Natasha Zvereva
6 6
3 Lindsay Davenport
Lisa Raymond
2 2
12 Conchita Martínez
Patricia Tarabini
4 62
3 Lindsay Davenport
Lisa Raymond
6 77
3 Lindsay Davenport
Lisa Raymond
7 6
2 Larisa Neiland
Helena Suková
5 3
13 Naoko Kijimuta
Nana Miyagi
2 3
2 Larisa Neiland
Helena Suková
6 6

Section 1

First Round Second Round Third Round Quarterfinals
1 G Fernández
A Sánchez Vicario
6 6
WC A Coetzer
M Pierce
3 2 1 G Fernández
A Sánchez Vicario
6 77
WC J Capriati
I Majoli
64 6 6 WC J Capriati
I Majoli
3 65
V Lake
L Pleming
77 1 4 1 G Fernández
A Sánchez Vicario
6 6
A Ellwood
N Pratt
6 6 D Graham
K Radford
4 3
L Cenková
D Krajčovičová
1 0 A Ellwood
N Pratt
1 3
D Graham
K Radford
6 2 6 D Graham
K Radford
6 6
10 K Boogert
I Spîrlea
2 6 4 1 G Fernández
A Sánchez Vicario
6 7
15 A Dechaume-Balleret
S Testud
63 6 4 5 N Arendt
M Bollegraf
4 5
S Noorlander
H Vildová
77 1 6 S Noorlander
H Vildová
0 64
A Huber
B Rittner
6 4 6 A Huber
B Rittner
6 77
C Barclay
K-A Guse
1 6 3 A Huber
B Rittner
2 4
C Cristea
T Ječmenica
4 6 3 5 N Arendt
M Bollegraf
6 6
Alt J Lee
H Nagyová
6 4 6 Alt J Lee
H Nagyová
3 3
WC S Drake-Brockman
T Musgrave
1 2 5 N Arendt
M Bollegraf
6 6
5 N Arendt
M Bollegraf
6 6

Section 2

First Round Second Round Third Round Quarterfinals
4 M Hingis
N Zvereva
6 6
K Nagatsuka
L Richterová
1 1 4 M Hingis
N Zvereva
6 6
A Lettiere
G Pizzichini
4 6 5 I Gorrochategui
Á Montolio
0 1
I Gorrochategui
Á Montolio
6 2 7 4 M Hingis
N Zvereva
6 6
R Dragomir
S Farina
6 6 R Dragomir
S Farina
2 1
P Shriver
E Smylie
4 2 R Dragomir
S Farina
6 4 6
Å Carlsson
K Studeníková
2 2 11 A Frazier
K Po
4 6 2
11 A Frazier
K Po
6 6 4 M Hingis
N Zvereva
6 6
14 S Appelmans
M Oremans
6 6 V Ruano Pascual
P Suárez
3 2
V Csurgó
C Papadáki
1 3 14 S Appelmans
M Oremans
6 5 4
WC J Limmer
L McShea
2 1 V Ruano Pascual
P Suárez
1 7 6
V Ruano Pascual
P Suárez
6 6 V Ruano Pascual
P Suárez
66 6 6
E Martincová
E Wagner
3 6 3 8 C Rubin
B Schultz-McCarthy
78 1 4
N Bradtke
R McQuillan
6 4 6 N Bradtke
R McQuillan
4 2
A Kournikova
E Likhovtseva
2 3 8 C Rubin
B Schultz-McCarthy
6 6
8 C Rubin
B Schultz-McCarthy
6 6

Section 3

First Round Second Round Third Round Quarterfinals
6 K Adams
MJ Fernández
6 6
E Makarova
N Medvedeva
2 2 6 K Adams
MJ Fernández
63 4
T Križan
N van Lottum
0 3 K Habšudová
R Zrubáková
77 6
K Habšudová
R Zrubáková
6 6 K Habšudová
R Zrubáková
3 4
K Kschwendt
B Schett
4 1 12 C Martínez
P Tarabini
6 6
P Hy-Boulais
C Morariu
6 6 P Hy-Boulais
C Morariu
1 66
V Martinek
C Schneider
1 3 12 C Martínez
P Tarabini
6 78
12 C Martínez
P Tarabini
6 6 12 C Martínez
P Tarabini
4 62
9 Y Basuki
C Vis
6 6 3 L Davenport
L Raymond
6 77
M Grzybowska
A Olsza
2 3 9 Y Basuki
C Vis
65 65
S-h Park
S-t Wang
7 6 S-h Park
S-t Wang
77 77
S Jeyaseelan
R Simpson
5 2 S-h Park
S-t Wang
62 0
M Saeki
Y Yoshida
4 6 4 3 L Davenport
L Raymond
77 6
P Langrová
L Němečková
6 0 6 P Langrová
L Němečková
3 4
R Grande
A Sugiyama
3 62 3 L Davenport
L Raymond
6 6
3 L Davenport
L Raymond
6 77

Section 4

First Round Second Round Third Round Quarterfinals
7 L McNeil
L Wild
6 6
R Hiraki
F Labat
3 1 7 L McNeil
L Wild
6 6
K Freye
S Meier
2 3 K Kroupová
E Melicharová
3 1
K Kroupová
E Melicharová
6 6 7 L McNeil
L Wild
4 2
L Golarsa
A-G Sidot
3 61 13 N Kijimuta
N Miyagi
6 6
E deLone
C Wood
6 77 E deLone
C Wood
3 5
N Feber
A Grossman
5 1 13 N Kijimuta
N Miyagi
6 7
13 N Kijimuta
N Miyagi
7 6 13 N Kijimuta
N Miyagi
2 3
16 A Fusai
M Paz
6 6 2 L Neiland
H Suková
6 6
D Jones
T Tanasugarn
2 4 16 A Fusai
M Paz
6 3 4
S Krivencheva
F Perfetti
6 6 S Krivencheva
F Perfetti
3 6 6
W Probst
P Schnyder
3 4 S Krivencheva
F Perfetti
5 3
M Werdel-Witmeyer
T Whitlinger-Jones
2 0 2 L Neiland
H Suková
7 6
E Callens
G Helgeson-Nielsen
6 6 E Callens
G Helgeson-Nielsen
2 2
E Hakami
S Pitkowski
1 3 2 L Neiland
H Suková
6 6
2 L Neiland
H Suková
6 6
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