1997 WTA German Open – Doubles

Meredith McGrath and Larisa Savchenko were the defending champions but only Savchenko competed that year with Katrina Adams.

Doubles
1997 WTA German Open
Final
ChampionsUnited States Lindsay Davenport
Czech Republic Jana Novotná
Runners-upUnited States Gigi Fernández
Belarus Natasha Zvereva
Score6–2, 3–6, 6–2
Events
Singles Doubles
← 1996 · WTA German Open · 1998 →

Adams and Savchenko lost in the semifinals to Gigi Fernández and Natasha Zvereva.

Lindsay Davenport and Jana Novotná won in the final 6–2, 3–6, 6–2 against Fernández and Zvereva.

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. The top four seeded teams received byes into the second round.

Draw

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Finals

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Final
     
1   Gigi Fernández
  Natasha Zvereva
2 6 2
2   Lindsay Davenport
  Jana Novotná
6 3 6

Top half

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First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
1   G Fernández
  N Zvereva
6 6  
    A Coetzer
  C Rubin
6 6       A Coetzer
  C Rubin
2 3  
    E Callens
  L Courtois
1 2   1   G Fernández
  N Zvereva
6 7  
    M Babel
  K Habšudová
6 2       A Kournikova
  E Likhovtseva
2 5  
    A Kournikova
  E Likhovtseva
7 6       A Kournikova
  E Likhovtseva
6 7  
Q   M-J Gaidano
  T Panova
2 3   6   A Fusai
  N Tauziat
4 6  
6   A Fusai
  N Tauziat
6 6   1   G Fernández
  N Zvereva
w/o    
4   K Adams
  L Savchenko
     
4   K Adams
  L Savchenko
6 6  
WC   I Gorrochategui
  S Graf
4 6 3     R Hiraki
  F Labat
1 2  
    R Hiraki
  F Labat
6 3 6 4   K Adams
  L Savchenko
7 7  
    S Appelmans
  A Sugiyama
6 7   7   M Bollegraf
  P Tarabini
6 6  
    M Paz
  R Simpson
4 5       S Appelmans
  A Sugiyama
4 3  
    A-G Sidot
  P Suárez
4 2   7   M Bollegraf
  P Tarabini
6 6  
7   M Bollegraf
  P Tarabini
6 6  

Bottom half

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First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
5   Y Basuki
  C Vis
6 6  
    S Meier
  F Perfetti
0 0   5   Y Basuki
  C Vis
6 3 6
    E Martincová
  R McQuillan
6 2       L Montalvo
  H Nagyová
4 6 1
    L Montalvo
  H Nagyová
7 6   5   Y Basuki
  C Vis
3 5  
WC   B Rittner
  J Wöhr
5 0   3   M J Fernández
  A Sánchez Vicario
6 7  
    L Golarsa
  I Spîrlea
7 6       L Golarsa
  I Spîrlea
3 3  
3   M J Fernández
  A Sánchez Vicario
6 6  
3   M J Fernández
  A Sánchez Vicario
5 6 3
8   R Dragomir
  I Majoli
2 6 4 2   L Davenport
  J Novotná
7 1 6
    O Lugina
  E Wagner
6 3 6     O Lugina
  E Wagner
7 3 6
    P Hy-Boulais
  S-T Wang
6 6       P Hy-Boulais
  S-T Wang
5 6 4
    L Němečková
  A Olsza
2 2       O Lugina
  E Wagner
3 2  
    B Schett
  P Schnyder
4 2   2   L Davenport
  J Novotná
6 6  
    R Bobková
  E Melicharová
6 6       R Bobková
  E Melicharová
1 2  
2   L Davenport
  J Novotná
6 6  
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