1997 DFS Classic – Doubles

Doubles
1997 DFS Classic
1996 Champions	Elizabeth Smylie Linda Wild
Champions	Katrina Adams Larisa Savchenko
Runners-up	Nathalie Tauziat Linda Wild
Final score	6–2, 6–3

Elizabeth Smylie and Linda Wild were the defending champions but only Wild competed that year with Nathalie Tauziat.

Tauziat and Wild lost in the final 6–2, 6–3 against Katrina Adams and Larisa Savchenko.

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.

Draw

Key

Finals

	Semifinals							Final
	1	K Adams   L Savchenko	6	6
	4	Y Basuki   L McNeil	4	2
								1	Katrina Adams   Larisa Savchenko	6	6
								2	Nathalie Tauziat   Linda Wild	2	3
	WC	J Pullin   L Woodroffe	2	5
	2	N Tauziat   L Wild	6	7

Top Half

First Round							Second Round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
							1	K Adams   L Savchenko	7	7
	N Feber   S Jeyaseelan	1	4					D Jones   T Tanasugarn	5	6
	D Jones   T Tanasugarn	6	6											1	K Adams   L Savchenko	3	6	6
	L Cenková   N van Lottum	6	3	6											S Noorlander   C Papadáki	6	2	2
	S Noorlander   C Papadáki	2	6	8				S Noorlander   C Papadáki	6	6
	K-A Guse   C Morariu	2	6	1			8	D Graham   K Kunce	4	2
8	D Graham   K Kunce	6	4	6																	1	K Adams   L Savchenko	6	6
																					4	Y Basuki   L McNeil	4	2
							4	Y Basuki   L McNeil	6	6
	E de Lone   N Pratt	6	4	1				E Callens   G Helgeson-Nielsen	2	2
	E Callens   G Helgeson-Nielsen	4	6	6										4	Y Basuki   L McNeil	6	6
	M Murić   M Saeki	5	6	6										6	A Fusai   R Grande	4	4
	S-H Park   M Tu	7	3	1				M Murić   M Saeki	6	3
	M de Swardt   L Horn	3	7	2			6	A Fusai   R Grande	7	6
6	A Fusai   R Grande	6	6	6

Bottom Half

First Round							Second Round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
7	S Farina   R Hiraki	2	0
	I Gorrochategui   I Spîrlea	6	6					I Gorrochategui   I Spîrlea
	M Paz   A-G Sidot	7	5	2			WC	J Pullin   L Woodroffe	w/o
WC	J Pullin   L Woodroffe	5	7	6										WC	J Pullin   L Woodroffe	6	0
	C Barclay   C Wood	6	6											3	M Oremans   L Raymond	3	1	r
	C Cristea   M Grzybowska	3	4					C Barclay   C Wood	1	4
							3	M Oremans   L Raymond	6	6
																					WC	J Pullin   L Woodroffe	2	5
5	N Kijimuta   N Miyagi	6	6																		2	N Tauziat   L Wild	6	7
WC	S-A Siddall   A Wainwright	3	0				5	N Kijimuta   N Miyagi	7	6
	J Lee   A Olsza	1	3					L Golarsa   D Van Roost	5	3
	L Golarsa   D Van Roost	6	6											5	N Kijimuta   N Miyagi	1	3
	A Ellwood   R McQuillan	5	4											2	N Tauziat   L Wild	6	6
Q	O Barabanschikova   S Smith	7	6				Q	O Barabanschikova   S Smith	4	3
							2	N Tauziat   L Wild	6	6

Qualifying Draw

	First Qualifying Round							Second Qualifying Round							Final Qualifying Round
	1	L Ghirardi   S Pitkowski	8
		N Vaidyanathan   M Weingärtner	6
								1	L Ghirardi   S Pitkowski	8
									L Ahl   L Latimer	1
		L Ahl   L Latimer	8
		C Taylor   J Ward	2
															1	L Ghirardi   S Pitkowski	6
																O Barabanschikova   S Smith	8
	WC	H Crook   V Davies	8
		M Drake   K Pace	3
								WC	H Crook   V Davies	1
									O Barabanschikova   S Smith	8
		O Barabanschikova   S Smith	8
	2	Y Hosoki   K Nagatomi	3

External links

• 1997 DFS Classic Draws
• ITF Tournament Page
• ITF doubles results page
• ITF doubles qualifying results page