Women's Doubles
1997 Wimbledon Championships
Champions	Gigi Fernández Natasha Zvereva
Runners-up	Nicole Arendt Manon Bollegraf
Final score	7-6(7-4), 6-4
Details
Draw	64 (2 Q / 4 WC )
Seeds	16
Events
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Martina Hingis and Helena Suková were the defending champions but decided not to play together. Hingis teamed up with Arantxa Sánchez Vicario and lost in quarterfinals to Nicole Arendt and Manon Bollegraf, and Suková teamed with Larisa Neiland and lost in semifinals against the same pair.

Gigi Fernández and Natasha Zvereva defeated Arendt and Bollegraf in the final, 7-6^(7-4), 6-4 to win the Ladies' Doubles tennis title at the 1997 Wimbledon Championships.^[1] It was the 4th Wimbledon title, 17th Grand Slam and 69th overall title for Fernández and the 5th Wimbledon title, 18th Grand Slam and 67th overall title for Zvereva, in their respective doubles careers.

Seeds

Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.

Qualifying

Draw

Key

Finals

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final
	1	Gigi Fernández Natasha Zvereva	5	6	6
	5	Mary Joe Fernández Lisa Raymond	7	4	4
								1	Gigi Fernández Natasha Zvereva	6	6
								12	Sabine Appelmans Miriam Oremans	1	2
	3	Lindsay Davenport Jana Novotná	w/o
	12	Sabine Appelmans Miriam Oremans
															1	Gigi Fernández Natasha Zvereva	77	6
															6	Nicole Arendt Manon Bollegraf	64	4
		Els Callens Ginger Helgeson-Nielsen	4	4
	4	Larisa Neiland Helena Suková	6	6
								4	Larisa Neiland Helena Suková	2	6	1
								6	Nicole Arendt Manon Bollegraf	6	3	6
	6	Nicole Arendt Manon Bollegraf	6	5	6
	2	Martina Hingis Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	4	7	2

Top half

Section 1

	First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Quarterfinals
	1	G Fernández N Zvereva	6	6
	WC	O Barabanschikova S Smith	2	2				1	G Fernández N Zvereva	6	6
		K Freye S Noorlander	77	4	6				K Freye S Noorlander	0	2
		P Hy-Boulais K Studeníková	65	6	2										1	G Fernández N Zvereva	7	7
		C Barclay C Wood	6	6												C Barclay C Wood	5	5
		S Farina B Schett	4	3					C Barclay C Wood	4	77	6
	WC	J Pullin L Woodroffe	3	2				16	K Boogert I Spîrlea	6	65	4
	16	K Boogert I Spîrlea	6	6																		1	G Fernández N Zvereva	5	6	6
	9	K Adams L McNeil	77	6																		5	MJ Fernández L Raymond	7	4	4
		V Ruano Pascual P Suárez	63	3				9	K Adams L McNeil	6	1	6
		B Rittner D Van Roost	4	6	6				B Rittner D Van Roost	3	6	4
		A Ellwood R McQuillan	6	1	1										9	K Adams L McNeil	1	61
		C Cristea M Grzybowska	7	6											5	MJ Fernández L Raymond	6	77
		Å Carlsson F Perfetti	5	3					C Cristea M Grzybowska	3	0
		L Horn M de Swardt	2	1				5	MJ Fernández L Raymond	6	6
	5	MJ Fernández L Raymond	6	6

Section 2

	First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Quarterfinals
	3	L Davenport J Novotná	6	6
		T Kri?an N van Lottum	0	2				3	L Davenport J Novotná	6	6
		D Graham K Kunce	6	6					D Graham K Kunce	1	2
	LL	J Lutrova J Wood	4	1											3	L Davenport J Novotná	6	6
	WC	S-A Siddall A Wainwright	6	6											13	A Fusai R Grande	1	1
		P Langrová R Zrubáková	3	2				WC	S-A Siddall A Wainwright	3	4
		M Paz A-G Sidot	3	0				13	A Fusai R Grande	6	6
	13	A Fusai R Grande	6	6																		3	L Davenport J Novotná	w/o
	12	S Appelmans M Oremans																				12	S Appelmans M Oremans
		R Dragomir I Majoli	w/o					12	S Appelmans M Oremans	6	6
		D Jones T Tanasugarn	2	63					A Dechaume-Balleret S Testud	4	3
		A Dechaume-Balleret S Testud	6	77											12	S Appelmans M Oremans	7	6
		L Garrone G Pizzichini	6	6											8	Y Basuki C Vis	5	1
		A Grossman K Hab?udová	2	4					L Garrone G Pizzichini	7	4	2
		S Jeyaseelan R Simpson	4	2				8	Y Basuki C Vis	5	6	6
	8	Y Basuki C Vis	6	6

Bottom half

Section 3

	First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Quarterfinals
	7	C Martínez P Tarabini	4	5
		E Callens G Helgeson-Nielsen	6	7					E Callens G Helgeson-Nielsen	6	6
		R Nideffer K Rinaldi-Stunkel	5	3					A Huber M Seles	2	4
		A Huber M Seles	7	6												E Callens G Helgeson-Nielsen	77	6
	Q	E Brioukhovets E Tatarkova	3	1											14	A Frazier K Po	64	3
		T Whitlinger-Jones M Muri?	6	6					T Whitlinger-Jones M Muri?	2	3
		R Hiraki F Labat	5	3				14	A Frazier K Po	6	6
	14	A Frazier K Po	7	6																			E Callens G Helgeson-Nielsen	4	4
	10	N Tauziat L Wild	6	1	10																	4	L Neiland H Suková	6	6
		A Coetzer M Pierce	1	6	8			10	N Tauziat L Wild	65	77	6
		J Lee A Olsza	5	3					L Golarsa P Schnyder	77	64	3
		L Golarsa P Schnyder	7	6											10	N Tauziat L Wild	4	4
		S Meier L N?me?ková	4	6	4										4	L Neiland H Suková	6	6
		O Lugina E Wagner	6	4	6				O Lugina E Wagner	3	2
		L Montalvo H Nagyová	6	1	4			4	L Neiland H Suková	6	6
	4	L Neiland H Suková	3	6	6

Section 4

	First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Quarterfinals
	6	N Arendt M Bollegraf	6	6
	WC	C Taylor J Ward	4	4				6	N Arendt M Bollegraf	6	6
		S-h Park S-t Wang	6	6					S-h Park S-t Wang	2	0
	Q	V Lake L Pleming	4	4											6	N Arendt M Bollegraf	6	3	6
		P Shriver E Smylie	6	5	7										11	N Kijimuta N Miyagi	2	6	1
		A Kournikova E Likhovtseva	3	7	9				A Kournikova E Likhovtseva	6	2	5
		V Csurgó C Schneider	4	3				11	N Kijimuta N Miyagi	4	6	7
	11	N Kijimuta N Miyagi	6	6																		6	N Arendt M Bollegraf	6	5	6
	15	C Rubin B Schultz-McCarthy	6	7																		2	M Hingis A Sánchez Vicario	4	7	2
		W Probst A Sugiyama	1	5				15	C Rubin B Schultz-McCarthy	77	6
		M Saeki Y Yoshida	61	7	6				M Saeki Y Yoshida	65	3
		E deLone N Pratt	77	5	4										15	C Rubin B Schultz-McCarthy	612	78	11
		R Bobková E Melicharová	77	64	1										2	M Hingis A Sánchez Vicario	714	66	13
		K-A Guse C Morariu	65	77	6				K-A Guse C Morariu	3	3
		E Martincová H Vildová	2	3				2	M Hingis A Sánchez Vicario	6	6
	2	M Hingis A Sánchez Vicario	6	6

References

External links

• Source for the draw at Wimbledon.com
• 1997 Wimbledon Championships on WTAtennis.com
• 1997 Wimbledon Championships - Women's draws and results at the International Tennis Federation