1997 Bausch & Lomb Championships – Doubles

Chanda Rubin and Arantxa Sánchez Vicario were the defending champions but they competed with different partners that year, Rubin with Brenda Schultz-McCarthy and Sánchez Vicario with Larisa Savchenko.

Doubles
1997 Bausch & Lomb Championships
Final
Champions
Runners-up
Score6–3, 6–0
Details
Draw28 (1 Q / 1 WC )
Seeds8
Events
Singles Doubles
← 1996 · Amelia Island Championships · 1998 →

Rubin and Schultz-McCarthy lost in the quarterfinals to Savchenko and Sánchez Vicario.

Savchenko and Sánchez Vicario lost in the semifinals to Nicole Arendt and Manon Bollegraf.

Lindsay Davenport and Jana Novotná won in the final 6–3, 6–0 against Arendt and Bollegraf.

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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Final

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Final
     
4 3 0  
3 6 6  

Top half

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First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
1 6 6  
  6 6     4 4  
  4 3   1 1    
WC w/o     8 1 r  
        WC 2 2  
LL 3 2   8 6 6  
8 6 6   1 6 6 2
4 4 7 6
4 7 3 7
  2 1     5 6 5
  6 6   4 6 6  
  6 6   6 2 4  
  3 3     3 4  
  6 1 4 6 6 6  
6 0 6 6

Bottom half

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First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
7 5 4  
  7 6     6 6  
  6 7     4 4  
  4 6     0 3  
  7 1 6 3 6 6  
Q 5 6 1   1 1  
3 6 6  
3 6 5 7
5 7 4 6 2 3 7 5
  5 6 3 5 7 6  
  1 2     6 3  
  6 6   5 1 6 2
  6 6   2 6 1 6
  2 4     2 3  
2 6 6  
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