1997 Italian Indoor – Doubles

1997 Italian Indoor
1996 champions   Andrea Gaudenzi
Goran Ivanišević
Champions   Pablo Albano
Peter Nyborg
Runners-up   David Adams
Andrei Olhovskiy
Final score   6–4, 7–6
Events
Singles   Doubles

Andrea Gaudenzi and Goran Ivanišević were the defending champions but they competed with different partners that year, Gaudenzi with Marc Rosset and Ivanišević with Sasa Hirszon.

Gaudenzi and Rosset lost in the first round to Pablo Albano and Peter Nyborg, as did Hirszon and Ivanišević to David Adams and Andrei Olhovskiy.

Albano and Nyborg won in the final 6–4, 7–6 against Adams and Olhovskiy.

Contents

Seeds

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

  1. Guy Forget / Daniel Vacek (Quarterfinals)
  2. Libor Pimek / Byron Talbot (Semifinals)
  3. David Adams / Andrei Olhovskiy (Final)
  4. Marius Barnard / Piet Norval (First Round)

Draw

Key

First Round   Quarterfinals   Semifinals   Final
1   G Forget
  D Vacek
7 7    
    S Noteboom
  F Wibier
5 6       1   G Forget
  D Vacek
4 6    
    P Albano
  P Nyborg
6 7         P Albano
  P Nyborg
6 7    
WC   A Gaudenzi
  M Rosset
3 6             P Albano
  P Nyborg
7 6    
4   M Barnard
  P Norval
6 6 4       WC   O Camporese
  D Nargiso
6 4    
    H J Davids
  M Oosting
7 1 6         H J Davids
  M Oosting
6 5  
WC   O Camporese
  D Nargiso
7 6     WC   O Camporese
  D Nargiso
7 7    
    J-L de Jager
  M Keil
6 1             Pablo Albano
  Peter Nyborg
6 7  
    T Kempers
  T Nijssen
7 6         3   David Adams
  Andrei Olhovskiy
4 6  
Q   N Bruno
  M Martelli
6 2           T Kempers
  T Nijssen
7 4 4  
    S Hirszon
  G Ivanišević
6 6     3   D Adams
  A Olhovskiy
6 6 6  
3   D Adams
  A Olhovskiy
7 7         3   D Adams
  A Olhovskiy
6 7  
    D Prinosil
  P Vízner
6 6 4       2   L Pimek
  B Talbot
4 6    
WC   A Medvedev
  M Stich
3 7 6     WC   A Medvedev
  M Stich
6 4 2
    J A Conde
  J Sánchez
4 4     2   L Pimek
  B Talbot
3 6 6  
2   L Pimek
  B Talbot
6 6    

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