1997 Sydney International – Women's doubles

Lindsay Davenport and Mary Joe Fernandez were the defending champions but they competed with different partners that year, Davenport with Natasha Zvereva and Fernandez with Katrina Adams.

Women's doubles
1997 Sydney International
1996 ChampionsUnited States Lindsay Davenport
United States Mary Joe Fernandez
Final
ChampionsUnited States Gigi Fernández
Spain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
Runners-upUnited States Lindsay Davenport
Belarus Natasha Zvereva
Score6–3, 6–1
Events
Singles men women
Doubles men women
← 1996 · Sydney International · 1998 →

Adams and Fernandez lost in the quarterfinals to Sabine Appelmans and Miriam Oremans.

Davenport and Zvereva lost in the final 6–3, 6–1 against Gigi Fernández and Arantxa Sánchez Vicario.

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.   Gigi Fernández /   Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (champions)
  2.   Lindsay Davenport /   Natasha Zvereva (final)
  3.   Nicole Arendt /   Manon Bollegraf (first round)
  4.   Katrina Adams /   Mary Joe Fernandez (quarterfinals)

Draw

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First round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
1   G Fernández
  A Sánchez Vicario
6 6  
    I Spîrlea
  P Tarabini
3 2   1   G Fernández
  A Sánchez Vicario
6 6  
Q   C Cristea
  T Ječmenica
77 6   Q   C Cristea
  T Ječmenica
4 0  
    L Golarsa
  R Simpson
63 2   1   G Fernández
  A Sánchez Vicario
77 1 6
4   K Adams
  M J Fernandez
5 6 6     S Appelmans
  M Oremans
64 6 3
    R Hiraki
  J Husárová
7 1 1 4   K Adams
  M J Fernandez
5 6 1
    S Appelmans
  M Oremans
6 6       S Appelmans
  M Oremans
7 3 6
    A Dechaume-Balleret
  S Testud
4 4   1   Gigi Fernández
  Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
6 6  
    N Bradtke
  R McQuillan
4 7 3 2   Lindsay Davenport
  Natasha Zvereva
3 1  
LL   A Grossman
  T Whitlinger-Jones
6 5 6 LL   A Grossman
  T Whitlinger-Jones
5 1  
    A Frazier
  K Po
6 2 6     A Frazier
  K Po
7 6  
3   N Arendt
  M Bollegraf
4 6 0     A Frazier
  K Po
0 65  
    C Rubin
  B Schultz-McCarthy
5 6 0 2   L Davenport
  N Zvereva
6 77  
WC   A Coetzer
  M Pierce
7 4 6 WC   A Coetzer
  M Pierce
2 1  
    Y Basuki
  C Vis
3 5   2   L Davenport
  N Zvereva
6 6  
2   L Davenport
  N Zvereva
6 7  
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