1997 Páginas Amarillas Open – Doubles

Doubles
1997 Páginas Amarillas Open
1996 Champions	Jana Novotná Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
Champions	Mary Joe Fernández Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
Runners-up	Inés Gorrochategui Irina Spîrlea
Final score	6–3, 6–2

Jana Novotná and Arantxa Sánchez Vicario were the defending champions but only Sánchez Vicario competed that year with Mary Joe Fernández.

Fernández and Sánchez Vicario won in the final 6–3, 6–2 against Inés Gorrochategui and Irina Spîrlea.

Seeds

Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated. The top seeded team received a bye into the quarterfinals.

1. Mary Joe Fernández / Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (Champions)
2. Amy Frazier / Kimberly Po (First Round)
3. Rika Hiraki / Florencia Labat (Quarterfinals)
4. Patty Schnyder / Linda Wild (Quarterfinals)

Draw

Key

First Round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final
							1	M J Fernández   A Sánchez Vicario	6	6
	Å Carlsson   A Grossman	6	6					Å Carlsson   A Grossman	3	2
	G León García   V Ruano-Pascual	1	3											1	M J Fernández   A Sánchez Vicario	6	7
3	R Hiraki   F Labat	6	6												A Ellwood   L Pleming	0	5
	S Cecchini   M Serna	2	4				3	R Hiraki   F Labat	5	7	6
	A Ellwood   L Pleming	6	7					A Ellwood   L Pleming	7	6	7
	M Cano   A Montero	3	5																		1	Mary Joe Fernández   Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	6	6
WC	C Martínez Granados   E Salvador Reja	1	2																			Inés Gorrochategui   Irina Spîrlea	3	2
	I Gorrochategui   I Spîrlea	6	6					I Gorrochategui   I Spîrlea	6	6
	C Cristea   M Maruska	3	4				4	P Schnyder   L Wild	0	0
4	P Schnyder   L Wild	6	6												I Gorrochategui   I Spîrlea	7	6	6
	M-F Cianfagna   A Ortuño	1	1												C Barclay   C Wood	6	7	4
	M Murić   T Whitlinger-Jones	6	6					M Murić   T Whitlinger-Jones	6	6	5
	C Barclay   C Wood	7	6					C Barclay   C Wood	2	7	7
2	A Frazier   K Po	5	1

External links

• 1997 Páginas Amarillas Open Doubles Draw