1997 State Farm Evert Cup – Doubles

Doubles
1997 Newsweek Champions Cup and the State Farm Evert Cup
1996 Champions	Chanda Rubin Brenda Schultz-McCarthy
Champions	Lindsay Davenport Natasha Zvereva
Runners-up	Lisa Raymond Nathalie Tauziat
Final score	6–3, 6–2

Chanda Rubin and Brenda Schultz-McCarthy were the defending champions but only Rubin competed that year with Mary Joe Fernandez.

Fernandez and Rubin lost in the semifinals to Lindsay Davenport and Natasha Zvereva.

Davenport and Zvereva won in the final 6–3, 6–2 against Lisa Raymond and Nathalie Tauziat.

Seeds

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.

Draw

Key

Finals

Final
4	Lisa Raymond   Nathalie Tauziat	3	2
3	Lindsay Davenport   Natasha Zvereva	6	6

Top Half

First Round							Second Round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
							1	G Fernández   A Sánchez Vicario	7	77
	A Grossman   G Helgeson-Nielsen	64	5					V Ruano-Pascual   P Suárez	5	63
	V Ruano-Pascual   P Suárez	77	7											1	G Fernández   A Sánchez Vicario	6	79
WC	I Majoli   M Murić	2	6	6										WC	I Majoli   M Murić	3	67
	P Hy-Boulais   R Simpson	6	4	4			WC	I Majoli   M Murić	77	78
	M Werdel-Witmeyer   T Whitlinger-Jones	65	3				5	K Adams   M Bollegraf	64	66
5	K Adams   M Bollegraf	77	6																		1	G Fernández   A Sánchez Vicario	5	2
																					4	L Raymond   N Tauziat	7	6
							4	L Raymond   N Tauziat	77	7
	A Ellwood   R McQuillan	4	2					R Grande   A Sugiyama	64	5
	R Grande   A Sugiyama	6	6											4	L Raymond   N Tauziat	6	6
	D Graham   K Radford	6	2	3/r											A Dechaume-Balleret   S Testud	2	4
	A Dechaume-Balleret   S Testud	2	6	4				A Dechaume-Balleret   S Testud	3	6	6
	R Hiraki   L Montalvo	3	1				7	N Kijimuta   N Miyagi	6	2	0
7	N Kijimuta   N Miyagi	6	6

Bottom Half

First Round							Second Round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
8	C Martínez   P Tarabini	6	65	5
WC	S Williams   V Williams	4	77	7			WC	S Williams   V Williams	0	6	6
Q	Å Carlsson   A-G Sidot	2	77	77			Q	Å Carlsson   A-G Sidot	6	3	3
	K Boogert   I Spîrlea	6	64	62										WC	S Williams   V Williams	3	0
	A Frazier   K Po	2	6	6										3	L Davenport   N Zvereva	6	6
	S Farina   B Schett	6	3	2				A Frazier   K Po	1	1
							3	L Davenport   N Zvereva	6	6
																					3	L Davenport   N Zvereva	6	6
6	M J Fernandez   C Rubin	7	6																		6	M J Fernandez   C Rubin	1	0
	F Labat   B Rittner	5	3				6	M J Fernandez   C Rubin	6	6
	R Dragomir   C Vis	77	77					R Dragomir   C Vis	1	1
	K-A Guse   R Nideffer	64	64											6	M J Fernandez   C Rubin	2	6	7
	A Kournikova   E Likhovtseva	6	6												A Kournikova   E Likhovtseva	6	4	5
	A Lettiere   C Morariu	1	1					A Kournikova   E Likhovtseva	7	4	6
							2	L Neiland   H Suková	5	6	3

References

• 1997 State Farm Evert Cup Doubles Draw