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 Champions	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Brenda Schultz-McCarthy
Champions	Anke Huber Mary Pierce
Runners-up	Ruxandra Dragomir Iva Majoli
Score	2–6, 7–6, 6–2
Draw	16
Seeds	4

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

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

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

	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

External links

• ITF tournament edition details Archived 2016-03-11 at the Wayback Machine