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1997 Direct Line International Championships – Doubles

ESP Arantxa Sánchez Vicario

Jana Novotná and Arantxa Sánchez Vicario were the defending champions but they competed with different partners that year, Novotná with Mary Joe Fernández and Sánchez Vicario with Chanda Rubin.

Rubin and Sánchez Vicario lost in the first round to Alexandra Fusai and Nathalie Tauziat.

Fernández and Novotná lost in the quarterfinals to Naoko Kijimuta and Miho Saeki.

There was no result for the tournament due to rain. The final would have seen Lori McNeil and Helena Suková take on Nicole Arendt and Manon Bollegraf.

Seeds

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

USA Gigi Fernández / BLR Natasha Zvereva (semifinals)
USA Mary Joe Fernández / CZE Jana Novotná (quarterfinals)
USA Lori McNeil / CZE Helena Suková (final)
USA Nicole Arendt / NED Manon Bollegraf (final)

Draw

| RD1-seed01=1 | RD1-team01=USA G FernándezBLR N Zvereva | RD1-score01-1=7 | RD1-score01-2=6 | RD1-score01-3= | RD1-seed02= | RD1-team02=ARG I GorrochateguiROM I Spîrlea | RD1-score02-1=5 | RD1-score02-2=3 | RD1-score02-3=

| RD1-seed03= | RD1-team03=USA C RubinESP A Sánchez Vicario | RD1-score03-1=6 | RD1-score03-2=6 | RD1-score03-3=5 | RD1-seed04= | RD1-team04=FRA A FusaiFRA N Tauziat | RD1-score04-1=7 | RD1-score04-2=3 | RD1-score04-3=7

| RD1-seed05=3 | RD1-team05=USA L McNeilCZE H Suková | RD1-score05-1=6 | RD1-score05-2=6 | RD1-score05-3= | RD1-seed06= | RD1-team06=CRO I MajoliARG P Tarabini | RD1-score06-1=3 | RD1-score06-2=4 | RD1-score06-3=

| RD1-seed07= | RD1-team07=AUS K-A GuseAUS R McQuillan | RD1-score07-1=6 | RD1-score07-2=6 | RD1-score07-3= | RD1-seed08= | RD1-team08=ITA S FarinaRUS E Likhovtseva | RD1-score08-1=1 | RD1-score08-2=2 | RD1-score08-3=

| RD1-seed09= | RD1-team09=INA Y BasukiNED C Vis | RD1-score09-1=6 | RD1-score09-2=6 | RD1-score09-3= | RD1-seed10= | RD1-team10=ITA R GrandeJPN R Hiraki | RD1-score10-1=1 | RD1-score10-2=1 | RD1-score10-3=

| RD1-seed11=Q | RD1-team11=USA G Helgeson-NielsenGBR L Woodroffe | RD1-score11-1=6 | RD1-score11-2=7 | RD1-score11-3=2 | RD1-seed12=4 | RD1-team12=USA N ArendtNED M Bollegraf | RD1-score12-1=7 | RD1-score12-2=5 | RD1-score12-3=6

| RD1-seed13= | RD1-team13=USA A FrazierUSA K Po | RD1-score13-1=5 | RD1-score13-2=2 | RD1-score13-3= | RD1-seed14= | RD1-team14=JPN N KijimutaJPN M Saeki | RD1-score14-1=7 | RD1-score14-2=6 | RD1-score14-3=

| RD1-seed15=WC | RD1-team15=GBR S SmithGBR C Wood | RD1-score15-1=2 | RD1-score15-2=3 | RD1-score15-3= | RD1-seed16=2 | RD1-team16=USA M J FernándezCZE J Novotná | RD1-score16-1=6 | RD1-score16-2=6 | RD1-score16-3=

| RD2-seed01=1 | RD2-team01=USA G FernándezBLR N Zvereva | RD2-score01-1=w/o | RD2-score01-2= | RD2-score01-3= | RD2-seed02= | RD2-team02=FRA A Fusai FRA N Tauziat | RD2-score02-1= | RD2-score02-2= | RD2-score02-3=

| RD2-seed03=3 | RD2-team03=USA L McNeilCZE H Suková | RD2-score03-1=6 | RD2-score03-2=3 | RD2-score03-3=6 | RD2-seed04= | RD2-team04=AUS K-A Guse AUS R McQuillan | RD2-score04-1=4 | RD2-score04-2=6 | RD2-score04-3=3

| RD2-seed05= | RD2-team05=INA Y Basuki NED C Vis | RD2-score05-1=4 | RD2-score05-2=6 | RD2-score05-3=5 | RD2-seed06=4 | RD2-team06=USA N Arendt NED M Bollegraf | RD2-score06-1=6 | RD2-score06-2=4 | RD2-score06-3=7

| RD2-seed07= | RD2-team07=JPN N Kijimuta JPN M Saeki | RD2-score07-1=w/o | RD2-score07-2= | RD2-score07-3= | RD2-seed08=2 | RD2-team08=USA M J Fernández CZE J Novotná | RD2-score08-1= | RD2-score08-2= | RD2-score08-3=

| RD3-seed01=1 | RD3-team01=USA G Fernández BLR N Zvereva | RD3-score01-1= | RD3-score01-2= | RD3-score01-3= | RD3-seed02=3 | RD3-team02=USA L McNeil CZE H Suková | RD3-score02-1=w/o | RD3-score02-2= | RD3-score02-3=

| RD3-seed03=4 | RD3-team03=USA N Arendt NED M Bollegraf | RD3-score03-1=6 | RD3-score03-2=6 | RD3-score03-3= | RD3-seed04= | RD3-team04=JPN N Kijimuta JPN M Saeki | RD3-score04-1=2 | RD3-score04-2=0 | RD3-score04-3=

| RD4-seed01=3 | RD4-team01=USA Lori McNeil CZE Helena Suková | RD4-score01-1= | RD4-score01-2= | RD4-score01-3= | RD4-seed02=4 | RD4-team02=USA Nicole Arendt NED Manon Bollegraf | RD4-score02-1= | RD4-score02-2= | RD4-score02-3=

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