1997 Acura Classic – Doubles

Doubles
1997 Acura Classic
1996 Champions	Lindsay Davenport Natasha Zvereva
Champions	Yayuk Basuki Caroline Vis
Runners-up	Larisa Savchenko Helena Suková
Final score	7–6, 6–3

Lindsay Davenport and Natasha Zvereva were the defending champions but they competed with different partners that year, Davenport with Chanda Rubin and Zvereva with Gigi Fernández.

Fernández and Zvereva lost in the first round to Anna Kournikova and Ai Sugiyama, as did Davenport and Rubin to Katrina Adams and Patricia Tarabini.

Yayuk Basuki and Caroline Vis won in the final 7–6, 6–3 against Larisa Savchenko and Helena Suková.

Seeds

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

1. Gigi Fernández / Natasha Zvereva (First Round)
2. Martina Hingis / Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (First Round)
3. Nicole Arendt / Manon Bollegraf (First Round)
4. Larisa Savchenko / Helena Suková (Final)

Draw

Key

	First Round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final
	1	G Fernández N Zvereva	7	1	1
	Q	A Kournikova A Sugiyama	5	6	6			Q	A Kournikova A Sugiyama	6	6
		S Appelmans L Wild	0	4					L Raymond R Stubbs	2	2
		L Raymond R Stubbs	6	6											Q	A Kournikova A Sugiyama	6	1
	4	L Savchenko H Suková	6	7											4	L Savchenko H Suková	7	6
		A Fusai N Tauziat	3	5				4	L Savchenko H Suková	6	3	6
		R Dragomir E Likhovtseva	6	4	6				R Dragomir E Likhovtseva	3	6	1
		L McNeil I Spîrlea	3	6	2																	4	Larisa Savchenko Helena Suková	6	3
		A Frazier K Po	6	6																			Yayuk Basuki Caroline Vis	7	6
		O Barabanschikova L Pleming	2	4					A Frazier K Po	2	4
		Y Basuki C Vis	4	6	6				Y Basuki C Vis	6	6
	3	N Arendt M Bollegraf	6	4	3											Y Basuki C Vis	6	2
		L Davenport C Rubin	2	5												R Hiraki N Kijimuta	3	1	r
		K Adams P Tarabini	6	7					K Adams P Tarabini	3	4
		R Hiraki N Kijimuta	6	6					R Hiraki N Kijimuta	6	6
	2	M Hingis A Sánchez Vicario	4	4

External links

• 1997 Acura Classic Doubles Draw