1997 Gold Coast Classic – 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.

Doubles
1997 Gold Coast Classic
Final
ChampionsJapan Naoko Kijimuta
Japan Nana Miyagi
Runners-upRomania Ruxandra Dragomir
Italy Silvia Farina
Score7–6, 6–1
Events
Singles Doubles
Australian Hard Court Championships · 1998 →

Naoko Kijimuta and Nana Miyagi won in the final 7–6, 6–1 against Ruxandra Dragomir and Silvia Farina.

Seeds

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

  1.   Patricia Tarabini /   Caroline Vis (semifinals)
  2.   Els Callens /   Helena Suková (first round)
  3.   Naoko Kijimuta /   Nana Miyagi (champions)
  4.   Sabine Appelmans /   Barbara Rittner (first round)

Draw

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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  
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27°52′18″S 153°21′01″E / 27.8717°S 153.3504°E / -27.8717; 153.3504 (Hope Island Resort Tennis Centre)