1997 DFS Classic – Doubles

Doubles
1997 DFS Classic
1996 Champions	Elizabeth Smylie Linda Wild
Champions	Katrina Adams Larisa Savchenko
Runners-up	Nathalie Tauziat Linda Wild
Score	6–2, 6–3

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.

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.

	Semifinals							Final
	1	K Adams L Savchenko	6	6
	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	N Tauziat L Wild	6	7

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							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

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							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

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

• 1997 DFS Classic Draws
• ITF Tournament Page Archived 5 December 2020 at the Wayback Machine
• ITF doubles results page
• ITF doubles qualifying results page