1997 WTA Tour Championships – Doubles

Doubles
1997 Chase Championships
1996 Champions United States Lindsay Davenport
United States Mary Joe Fernández
Champions United States Lindsay Davenport
Czech Republic Jana Novotná
Runners-up France Alexandra Fusai
France Nathalie Tauziat
Final score 67, 63, 62

Lindsay Davenport and Mary Joe Fernández were the defending champions but only Davenport competed that year with Jana Novotná.

Davenport and Novotná won in the final 67, 63, 62 against Alexandra Fusai and Nathalie Tauziat.

Seeds

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

  1. United States Gigi Fernández / Belarus Natasha Zvereva (Quarterfinals)
  2. Switzerland Martina Hingis / Spain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (Quarterfinals)
  3. United States Lindsay Davenport / Czech Republic Jana Novotná (Champions)
  4. United States Nicole Arendt / Netherlands Manon Bollegraf (Semifinals)

Draw

Key

  Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
                                       
  1  United States Gigi Fernández
 Belarus Natasha Zvereva
5 6 4  
   Latvia Larisa Neiland
 Czech Republic Helena Suková
7 3 6  
     Latvia Larisa Neiland
 Czech Republic Helena Suková
0 6    
  3  United States Lindsay Davenport
 Czech Republic Jana Novotná
6 7    
3  United States Lindsay Davenport
 Czech Republic Jana Novotná
6 7  
     Indonesia Yayuk Basuki
 Netherlands Caroline Vis
1 5    
    3  United States Lindsay Davenport
 Czech Republic Jana Novotná
6 6 6
     France Alexandra Fusai
 France Nathalie Tauziat
7 3 2
     Spain Conchita Martínez
 Argentina Patricia Tarabini
2 6    
4  United States Nicole Arendt
 Netherlands Manon Bollegraf
6 7    
  4  United States Nicole Arendt
 Netherlands Manon Bollegraf
3 2 r
     France Alexandra Fusai
 France Nathalie Tauziat
6 3    
   France Alexandra Fusai
 France Nathalie Tauziat
6 6  
  2  Switzerland Martina Hingis
 Spain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
3 1    

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