1997 Family Circle Cup – Doubles

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Doubles
Doubles
1997 Family Circle Cup
Final
Champions	Mary Joe Fernández; Martina Hingis
Runners-up	Lindsay Davenport; Jana Novotná
Score	7–5, 4–6, 6–1
Details
Draw	28
Seeds	8
Events
Singles	Doubles

Jana Novotná and Arantxa Sánchez Vicario were the defending champions but only Novotná competed that year with Lindsay Davenport.

Davenport and Novotná lost in the final 7–5, 4–6, 6–1 against Mary Joe Fernández and Martina Hingis.

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.

Lindsay Davenport / Jana Novotná (final)
Mary Joe Fernández / Martina Hingis (champions)
Gigi Fernández / Lisa Raymond (semifinals)
Nicole Arendt / Manon Bollegraf (semifinals)
Larisa Savchenko / Irina Spîrlea (second round)
Brenda Schultz-McCarthy / Caroline Vis (second round)
Lori McNeil / Linda Wild (quarterfinals)
Conchita Martínez / Patricia Tarabini (quarterfinals)

First round					Second round					Quarterfinals					Semifinals

					1	L Davenport J Novotná	6	6
LL	E Gagliardi S Kleinová	0	3			E Likhovtseva A Sugiyama	2	0
	E Likhovtseva A Sugiyama	6	6							1	L Davenport J Novotná	6	4	6
	S Farina B Schett	1	3							8	C Martínez P Tarabini	0	6	2
	M Grzybowska S-T Wang	6	6			M Grzybowska S-T Wang	7	3	5
	V Ruano-Pascual P Suárez	3	6	4	8	C Martínez P Tarabini	5	6	7
8	C Martínez P Tarabini	6	4	6											1	L Davenport J Novotná	6	4	6
															4	N Arendt M Bollegraf	4	6	3
					4	N Arendt M Bollegraf	6	6
	A Grossman K Habšudová	6	2	3		O Lugina C Wood	2	2
	O Lugina C Wood	4	6	6						4	N Arendt M Bollegraf	7	6
	A Coetzer I Gorrochategui	6	2	2							R Dragomir I Majoli	6	2
	R Dragomir I Majoli	2	6	6		R Dragomir I Majoli	6	5	6
	F Labat B Rittner	4	6	4	6	B Schultz-McCarthy C Vis	1	7	3
6	B Schultz-McCarthy C Vis	6	2	6

First round					Second round					Quarterfinals				Semifinals

5	L Savchenko I Spîrlea	6	6
WC	J Kruger C Papadáki	3	3		5	L Savchenko I Spîrlea
	P Hy-Boulais R Simpson	5	7	4		A Fusai M Paz	w/o
	A Fusai M Paz	7	5	6							A Fusai M Paz	4	4
	K Adams M de Swardt	4	2							3	G Fernández L Raymond	6	6
	A Huber M Seles	6	6			A Huber M Seles	3	5
					3	G Fernández L Raymond	6	7
														3	G Fernández L Raymond	4	4
7	L McNeil L Wild	6	6											2	M J Fernández M Hingis	6	6
	E Martincová H Nagyová	2	4		7	L McNeil L Wild	6	4	6
	S Meier S Pitkowski	4	0			C Morariu T Whitlinger-Jones	2	6	3
	C Morariu T Whitlinger-Jones	6	6							7	L McNeil L Wild	0	4
Q	K Kschwendt M Murić	6	7							2	M J Fernández M Hingis	6	6
	A Lettiere N Miyagi	0	6		Q	K Kschwendt M Murić	6	3
					2	M J Fernández M Hingis	7	6

Lindsay Davenport
Jana Novotná

Mary Joe Fernández
Martina Hingis

1997 Family Circle Cup Doubles draw^{[permanent dead link]}