1997 Italian Open – Women's doubles

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Women's doubles
Women's doubles
1997 Italian Open
1996 Champions	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario; Irina Spîrlea
Final
Champions	Nicole Arendt; Manon Bollegraf
Runners-up	Conchita Martínez; Patricia Tarabini
Score	6–2, 6–4
Events

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.

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.

Larisa Savchenko / Helena Suková (second round)
Nicole Arendt / Manon Bollegraf (champions)
Alexandra Fusai / Nathalie Tauziat (quarterfinals)
Yayuk Basuki / Caroline Vis (semifinals)
Gigi Fernández / Irina Spîrlea (quarterfinals)
Conchita Martínez / Patricia Tarabini (final)
Sabine Appelmans / Miriam Oremans (second round)
Alexia Dechaume-Balleret / Sandrine Testud (first round)

First round					Second round					Quarterfinals				Semifinals

					1	L Savchenko H Suková	7	2	5
	A Kournikova E Likhovtseva	6	6			A Kournikova E Likhovtseva	6	6	7
LL	B Fulco-Villella L Pleming	2	0								A Kournikova E Likhovtseva	7	6
	B Schett P Schnyder	6	6								B Schett P Schnyder	6	4
	I Gorrochategui F Perfetti	3	3			B Schett P Schnyder	6	5	7
	C Rubin B Schultz-McCarthy	4	7	4	7	S Appelmans M Oremans	1	7	5
7	S Appelmans M Oremans	6	5	6											A Kournikova E Likhovtseva	6	3
														6	C Martínez P Tarabini	7	6
					3	A Fusai N Tauziat	6	6
	A Grossman K Habšudová	6	6			A Grossman K Habšudová	3	4
	M Saeki S-T Wang	3	3							3	A Fusai N Tauziat	2	3
	R Hiraki F Labat	3	6	6						6	C Martínez P Tarabini	6	6
	M Murić A Olsza	6	2	3		R Hiraki F Labat	2	1
	R Dragomir I Majoli	4	7	4	6	C Martínez P Tarabini	6	6
6	C Martínez P Tarabini	6	5	6

First round					Second round					Quarterfinals					Semifinals

8	A Dechaume-Balleret S Testud	6	4	5
	P Suárez D Van Roost	3	6	7		P Suárez D Van Roost	6	6
	A Coetzer M Pierce	6	6			A Coetzer M Pierce	2	4
	A Ellwood R McQuillan	2	0								P Suárez D Van Roost	6	4
	E Callens A-G Sidot	6								4	Y Basuki C Vis	7	6
	L Montalvo H Nagyová	2	r			E Callens A-G Sidot	4	2
					4	Y Basuki C Vis	6	6
															4	Y Basuki C Vis	2	6
5	G Fernández I Spîrlea	6	6												2	N Arendt M Bollegraf	6	7
Q	A Sugiyama Y Yoshida	1	4		5	G Fernández I Spîrlea	6	4	6
	A Canepa G Casoni	0	6	2		S Cecchini L Garrone	1	6	2
	S Cecchini L Garrone	6	4	6						5	G Fernández I Spîrlea	4	6	5
	C Morariu M Paz	6	5	3						2	N Arendt M Bollegraf	6	3	7
	D Graham R Grande	2	7	6		D Graham R Grande	3	1
					2	N Arendt M Bollegraf	6	6

Conchita Martínez
Patricia Tarabini

Nicole Arendt
Manon Bollegraf

1997 Italian Open Women's Doubles Draw^{[permanent dead link]}