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1997 Italian Open – Women's doubles
ROM Irina Spîrlea NED Manon Bollegraf ARG Patricia Tarabini
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.
- LAT Larisa Savchenko / CZE Helena Suková (second round)
- USA Nicole Arendt / NED Manon Bollegraf (champions)
- FRA Alexandra Fusai / FRA Nathalie Tauziat (quarterfinals)
- INA Yayuk Basuki / NED Caroline Vis (semifinals)
- USA Gigi Fernández / ROM Irina Spîrlea (quarterfinals)
- ESP Conchita Martínez / ARG Patricia Tarabini (final)
- BEL Sabine Appelmans / NED Miriam Oremans (second round)
- FRA Alexia Dechaume-Balleret / FRA Sandrine Testud (first round)
Draw
Finals
| RD1-seed1=6 | RD1-team1=ESP Conchita Martínez ARG Patricia Tarabini | RD1-score1-1=2 | RD1-score1-2=4 | RD1-score1-3= | RD1-seed2=2 | RD1-team2=USA Nicole Arendt NED Manon Bollegraf | RD1-score2-1=6 | RD1-score2-2=6 | RD1-score2-3=
Top half
| RD1-seed03= | RD1-team03=RUS A Kournikova RUS E Likhovtseva | RD1-score03-1=6 | RD1-score03-2=6 | RD1-score03-3= | RD1-seed04=LL | RD1-team04=ARG B Fulco-Villella AUS L Pleming | RD1-score04-1=2 | RD1-score04-2=0 | RD1-score04-3= | RD1-seed05= | RD1-team05=AUT B Schett SUI P Schnyder | RD1-score05-1=6 | RD1-score05-2=6 | RD1-score05-3= | RD1-seed06= | RD1-team06=ARG I Gorrochategui ITA F Perfetti | RD1-score06-1=3 | RD1-score06-2=3 | RD1-score06-3= | RD1-seed07= | RD1-team07=USA C Rubin NED B Schultz-McCarthy | RD1-score07-1=4 | RD1-score07-2=7 | RD1-score07-3=4 | RD1-seed08=7 | RD1-team08=BEL S Appelmans NED M Oremans | RD1-score08-1=6 | RD1-score08-2=5 | RD1-score08-3=6 | RD1-seed11= | RD1-team11=USA A Grossman SVK K Habšudová | RD1-score11-1=6 | RD1-score11-2=6 | RD1-score11-3= | RD1-seed12= | RD1-team12=JPN M Saeki TPE S-T Wang | RD1-score12-1=3 | RD1-score12-2=3 | RD1-score12-3= | RD1-seed13= | RD1-team13=JPN R Hiraki ARG F Labat | RD1-score13-1=3 | RD1-score13-2=6 | RD1-score13-3=6 | RD1-seed14= | RD1-team14=CRO M Murić POL A Olsza | RD1-score14-1=6 | RD1-score14-2=2 | RD1-score14-3=3 | RD1-seed15= | RD1-team15=ROM R Dragomir CRO I Majoli | RD1-score15-1=4 | RD1-score15-2=7 | RD1-score15-3=4 | RD1-seed16=6 | RD1-team16=ESP C Martínez ARG P Tarabini | RD1-score16-1=6 | RD1-score16-2=5 | RD1-score16-3=6 | RD2-seed01=1 | RD2-team01=LAT L Savchenko CZE H Suková | RD2-score01-1=7 | RD2-score01-2=2 | RD2-score01-3=5 | RD2-seed02= | RD2-team02=RUS A Kournikova RUS E Likhovtseva | RD2-score02-1=6 | RD2-score02-2=6 | RD2-score02-3=7 | RD2-seed03= | RD2-team03=AUT B Schett SUI P Schnyder | RD2-score03-1=6 | RD2-score03-2=5 | RD2-score03-3=7 | RD2-seed04=7 | RD2-team04=BEL S Appelmans NED M Oremans | RD2-score04-1=1 | RD2-score04-2=7 | RD2-score04-3=5 | RD2-seed05=3 | RD2-team05=FRA A Fusai FRA N Tauziat | RD2-score05-1=6 | RD2-score05-2=6 | RD2-score05-3= | RD2-seed06= | RD2-team06=USA A Grossman SVK K Habšudová | RD2-score06-1=3 | RD2-score06-2=4 | RD2-score06-3= | RD2-seed07= | RD2-team07=JPN R Hiraki ARG F Labat | RD2-score07-1=2 | RD2-score07-2=1 | RD2-score07-3= | RD2-seed08=6 | RD2-team08=ESP C Martínez ARG P Tarabini | RD2-score08-1=6 | RD2-score08-2=6 | RD2-score08-3= | RD3-seed01= | RD3-team01=RUS A Kournikova RUS E Likhovtseva | RD3-score01-1=7 | RD3-score01-2=6 | RD3-score01-3= | RD3-seed02= | RD3-team02=AUT B Schett SUI P Schnyder | RD3-score02-1=6 | RD3-score02-2=4 | RD3-score02-3= | RD3-seed03=3 | RD3-team03=FRA A Fusai FRA N Tauziat | RD3-score03-1=2 | RD3-score03-2=3 | RD3-score03-3= | RD3-seed04=6 | RD3-team04=ESP C Martínez ARG P Tarabini | RD3-score04-1=6 | RD3-score04-2=6 | RD3-score04-3= | RD4-seed01= | RD4-team01=RUS A Kournikova RUS E Likhovtseva | RD4-score01-1=6 | RD4-score01-2=3 | RD4-score01-3= | RD4-seed02=6 | RD4-team02=ESP C Martínez ARG P Tarabini | RD4-score02-1=7 | RD4-score02-2=6 | RD4-score02-3=
Bottom half
| RD1-seed01=8 | RD1-team01=FRA A Dechaume-Balleret FRA S Testud | RD1-score01-1=6 | RD1-score01-2=4 | RD1-score01-3=5 | RD1-seed02= | RD1-team02=ARG P Suárez BEL D Van Roost | RD1-score02-1=3 | RD1-score02-2=6 | RD1-score02-3=7 | RD1-seed03= | RD1-team03=RSA A Coetzer FRA M Pierce | RD1-score03-1=6 | RD1-score03-2=6 | RD1-score03-3= | RD1-seed04= | RD1-team04=AUS A Ellwood AUS R McQuillan | RD1-score04-1=2 | RD1-score04-2=0 | RD1-score04-3= | RD1-seed05= | RD1-team05=BEL E Callens FRA A-G Sidot | RD1-score05-1=6 | RD1-score05-2= | RD1-score05-3= | RD1-seed06= | RD1-team06=ARG L Montalvo SVK H Nagyová | RD1-score06-1=2 | RD1-score06-2=r | RD1-score06-3= | RD1-seed09=5 | RD1-team09=USA G Fernández ROM I Spîrlea | RD1-score09-1=6 | RD1-score09-2=6 | RD1-score09-3= | RD1-seed10=Q | RD1-team10=JPN A Sugiyama JPN Y Yoshida | RD1-score10-1=1 | RD1-score10-2=4 | RD1-score10-3= | RD1-seed11= | RD1-team11=ITA A Canepa ITA G Casoni | RD1-score11-1=0 | RD1-score11-2=6 | RD1-score11-3=2 | RD1-seed12= | RD1-team12=ITA S Cecchini ITA L Garrone | RD1-score12-1=6 | RD1-score12-2=4 | RD1-score12-3=6 | RD1-seed13= | RD1-team13=USA C Morariu ARG M Paz | RD1-score13-1=6 | RD1-score13-2=5 | RD1-score13-3=3 | RD1-seed14= | RD1-team14=USA D Graham ITA R Grande | RD1-score14-1=2 | RD1-score14-2=7 | RD1-score14-3=6 | RD2-seed01= | RD2-team01=ARG P Suárez BEL D Van Roost | RD2-score01-1=6 | RD2-score01-2=6 | RD2-score01-3= | RD2-seed02= | RD2-team02=RSA A Coetzer FRA M Pierce | RD2-score02-1=2 | RD2-score02-2=4 | RD2-score02-3= | RD2-seed03= | RD2-team03=BEL E Callens FRA A-G Sidot | RD2-score03-1=4 | RD2-score03-2=2 | RD2-score03-3= | RD2-seed04=4 | RD2-team04=INA Y Basuki NED C Vis | RD2-score04-1=6 | RD2-score04-2=6 | RD2-score04-3= | RD2-seed05=5 | RD2-team05=USA G Fernández ROM I Spîrlea | RD2-score05-1=6 | RD2-score05-2=4 | RD2-score05-3=6 | RD2-seed06= | RD2-team06=ITA S Cecchini ITA L Garrone | RD2-score06-1=1 | RD2-score06-2=6 | RD2-score06-3=2 | RD2-seed07= | RD2-team07=USA D Graham ITA R Grande | RD2-score07-1=3 | RD2-score07-2=1 | RD2-score07-3= | RD2-seed08=2 | RD2-team08=USA N Arendt NED M Bollegraf | RD2-score08-1=6 | RD2-score08-2=6 | RD2-score08-3= | RD3-seed01= | RD3-team01=ARG P Suárez BEL D Van Roost | RD3-score01-1=6 | RD3-score01-2=4 | RD3-score01-3= | RD3-seed02=4 | RD3-team02=INA Y Basuki NED C Vis | RD3-score02-1=7 | RD3-score02-2=6 | RD3-score02-3= | RD3-seed03=5 | RD3-team03=USA G Fernández ROM I Spîrlea | RD3-score03-1=4 | RD3-score03-2=6 | RD3-score03-3=5 | RD3-seed04=2 | RD3-team04=USA N Arendt NED M Bollegraf | RD3-score04-1=6 | RD3-score04-2=3 | RD3-score04-3=7 | RD4-seed01=4 | RD4-team01=INA Y Basuki NED C Vis | RD4-score01-1=2 | RD4-score01-2=6 | RD4-score01-3= | RD4-seed02=2 | RD4-team02=USA N Arendt NED M Bollegraf | RD4-score02-1=6 | RD4-score02-2=7 | RD4-score02-3=
References
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