1997 Rexona Cup – Doubles

The 1997 Rexona Cup - Singles was a tennis event played on outdoor clay courts at the Am Rothenbaum in Hamburg, Germany. The 1997 Rexona Cup tournament was held from 28 April until 4 May 1997, and was part of Tier II of the 1997 WTA Tour.

Doubles
1997 Rexona Cup
1996 ChampionsSpain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
Netherlands Brenda Schultz-McCarthy
Final
ChampionsGermany Anke Huber
France Mary Pierce
Runners-upRomania Ruxandra Dragomir
Croatia Iva Majoli
Score2–6, 7–6, 6–2
Details
Draw16
Seeds4
Events
Singles Doubles
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Arantxa Sánchez Vicario and Brenda Schultz-McCarthy were the defending champions but they competed with different partners that year, Sánchez Vicario with Inés Gorrochategui and Schultz-McCarthy with Larisa Savchenko.

Savchenko and Schultz-McCarthy lost in the first round to Ruxandra Dragomir and Iva Majoli. Gorrochategui and Sánchez Vicario lost in the quarterfinals to Dragomir and Majoli. Anke Huber and Mary Pierce won in the final 2–6, 7–6, 6–2 against Dragomir and Majoli.

Seeds edit

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

  1.   Larisa Savchenko /   Brenda Schultz-McCarthy (first round)
  2.   Gigi Fernández /   Conchita Martínez (semifinals)
  3.   Sandrine Testud /   Caroline Vis (quarterfinals)
  4.   Olga Lugina /   Elena Wagner (quarterfinals)

Draw edit

Key edit

First round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
1   L Savchenko
  B Schultz-McCarthy
3 4  
    R Dragomir
  I Majoli
6 6       R Dragomir
  I Majoli
6 4 6
    E Melicharová
  A Olsza
3 3       I Gorrochategui
  A Sánchez Vicario
3 6 1
    I Gorrochategui
  A Sánchez Vicario
6 6       R Dragomir
  I Majoli
6 6  
3   S Testud
  C Vis
5 7 6     Å Carlsson
  P Suárez
2 1  
    F Labat
  B Rittner
7 6 2 3   S Testud
  C Vis
5 6 3
    Å Carlsson
  P Suárez
6 6       Å Carlsson
  P Suárez
7 2 6
    S Krivencheva
  P Schnyder
4 1       Ruxandra Dragomir
  Iva Majoli
6 6 2
    V Csurgo
  A-G Sidot
2 4       Anke Huber
  Mary Pierce
2 7 6
    A Huber
  M Pierce
6 6       A Huber
  M Pierce
7 7  
WC   S Klösel
  J Wöhr
7 5 2 4   O Lugina
  E Wagner
5 5  
4   O Lugina
  E Wagner
5 7 6     A Huber
  M Pierce
6 4 6
Q   M Díaz Oliva
  K Kschwendt
2 5   2   G Fernández
  C Martínez
3 6 4
    A Grossman
  P Langrová
6 7       A Grossman
  P Langrová
2 3  
    K Freye
  S Meier
2 2   2   G Fernández
  C Martínez
6 6  
2   G Fernández
  C Martínez
6 6  

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