1997 State Farm Evert Cup – Doubles

Chanda Rubin and Brenda Schultz-McCarthy were the defending champions but only Rubin competed that year with Mary Joe Fernández.

Doubles
1997 Newsweek Champions Cup and the State Farm Evert Cup
Champions	Lindsay Davenport Natasha Zvereva
Runners-up	Lisa Raymond Nathalie Tauziat
Score	6–3, 6–2

Fernandez and Rubin lost in the semifinals to Lindsay Davenport and Natasha Zvereva.

Davenport and Zvereva won in the final 6–3, 6–2 against Lisa Raymond and Nathalie Tauziat.

Seeds

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.

1. Gigi Fernández / Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (semifinals)
2. Larisa Neiland / Helena Suková (second round)
3. Lindsay Davenport / Natasha Zvereva (champions)
4. Lisa Raymond / Nathalie Tauziat (final)
5. Katrina Adams / Manon Bollegraf (second round)
6. Mary Joe Fernández / Chanda Rubin (semifinals)
7. Naoko Kijimuta / Nana Miyagi (second round)
8. Conchita Martínez / Patricia Tarabini (first round)

Draw

Key

• Q = Qualifier
• WC = Wild card
• LL = Lucky loser
• Alt = Alternate
• SE = Special exempt
• PR = Protected ranking
• ITF = ITF entry
• JE = Junior exempt
• w/o = Walkover
• r = Retired
• d = Defaulted
• SR = Special ranking

Finals

	Final
	4	Lisa Raymond Nathalie Tauziat	3	2
	3	Lindsay Davenport Natasha Zvereva	6	6

Top half

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
								1	G Fernández A Sánchez Vicario	7	77
		A Grossman G Helgeson-Nielsen	64	5					V Ruano-Pascual P Suárez	5	63
		V Ruano-Pascual P Suárez	77	7											1	G Fernández A Sánchez Vicario	6	79
	WC	I Majoli M Murić	2	6	6										WC	I Majoli M Murić	3	67
		P Hy-Boulais R Simpson	6	4	4			WC	I Majoli M Murić	77	78
		M Werdel-Witmeyer T Whitlinger-Jones	65	3				5	K Adams M Bollegraf	64	66
	5	K Adams M Bollegraf	77	6																		1	G Fernández A Sánchez Vicario	5	2
																						4	L Raymond N Tauziat	7	6
								4	L Raymond N Tauziat	77	7
		A Ellwood R McQuillan	4	2					R Grande A Sugiyama	64	5
		R Grande A Sugiyama	6	6											4	L Raymond N Tauziat	6	6
		D Graham K Radford	6	2	3/r											A Dechaume-Balleret S Testud	2	4
		A Dechaume-Balleret S Testud	2	6	4				A Dechaume-Balleret S Testud	3	6	6
		R Hiraki L Montalvo	3	1				7	N Kijimuta N Miyagi	6	2	0
	7	N Kijimuta N Miyagi	6	6

Bottom half

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
	8	C Martínez P Tarabini	6	65	5
	WC	S Williams V Williams	4	77	7			WC	S Williams V Williams	0	6	6
	Q	Å Carlsson A-G Sidot	2	77	77			Q	Å Carlsson A-G Sidot	6	3	3
		K Boogert I Spîrlea	6	64	62										WC	S Williams V Williams	3	0
		A Frazier K Po	2	6	6										3	L Davenport N Zvereva	6	6
		S Farina B Schett	6	3	2				A Frazier K Po	1	1
								3	L Davenport N Zvereva	6	6
																						3	L Davenport N Zvereva	6	6
	6	M J Fernández C Rubin	7	6																		6	M J Fernández C Rubin	1	0
		F Labat B Rittner	5	3				6	M J Fernández C Rubin	6	6
		R Dragomir C Vis	77	77					R Dragomir C Vis	1	1
		K-A Guse R Nideffer	64	64											6	M J Fernández C Rubin	2	6	7
		A Kournikova E Likhovtseva	6	6												A Kournikova E Likhovtseva	6	4	5
		A Lettiere C Morariu	1	1					A Kournikova E Likhovtseva	7	4	6
								2	L Neiland H Suková	5	6	3

References

• 1997 State Farm Evert Cup Doubles Draw