1997 Gold Coast Classic – Doubles

Doubles
Doubles
1997 Gold Coast Classic
Final
Champions	Naoko Kijimuta ; Nana Miyagi
Runners-up	Ruxandra Dragomir ; Silvia Farina
Score	7–6, 6–1
Events
Singles	Doubles

The 1997 Gold Coast Classic doubles was a tennis competition as part of the 1997 Gold Coast Classic, a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at the Hope Island Resort Tennis Centre in Hope Island, Queensland in Australia that was part of Tier III of the 1997 WTA Tour. The tournament was held from 30 December 1996 through 5 January 1997.

Seeds

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

First round					Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Final

1	P Tarabini C Vis	6	6
	C Barclay K-A Guse	2	4		1	P Tarabini C Vis	6	6
WC	G Biggs A Jensen	4	2			E Likhovtseva C Wood	1	3
	E Likhovtseva C Wood	6	6							1	P Tarabini C Vis	0	3
3	N Kijimuta N Miyagi	6	6							3	N Kijimuta N Miyagi	6	6
	C Morariu M Werdel-Witmeyer	4	1		3	N Kijimuta N Miyagi	7	6
	R McQuillan K Radford	6	6	6		R McQuillan K Radford	6	1
	A Ellwood N Pratt	3	7	1											3	Naoko Kijimuta Nana Miyagi	7	6
	R Grande A Sugiyama	1														Ruxandra Dragomir Silvia Farina	6	1
	E deLone S-T Wang	1	r			R Grande A Sugiyama	6	6	3
Q	O Barabanschikova L Richterová	6	6		Q	O Barabanschikova L Richterová	2	7	6
4	S Appelmans B Rittner	4	3							Q	O Barabanschikova L Richterová	6	0	5
	R Dragomir S Farina	4	6	6							R Dragomir S Farina	4	6	7
	V Csurgo P Suárez	6	3	1		R Dragomir S Farina	6	6
	A-G Sidot S Testud	7	6			A-G Sidot S Testud	2	3
2	E Callens H Suková	6	1