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
Inés Gorrochategui (born 13 June 1973) is a former professional female tennis player from Argentina. She reached her career-high singles ranking world No. 19 on October 17, 1994. Her best performance at a Grand Slam championship came when she got ...
and
Irina Spîrlea
Irina Spîrlea (born 26 March 1974) is a retired tennis player from Romania who turned professional in 1990. She won four singles and six doubles titles. Spîrlea reached her career-high ranking on the WTA Tour on 13 October 1997, when she becam ...
.
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.
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Mary Joe Fernández /
Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (champions)
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Amy Frazier /
Kimberly Po
Kimberly Po (born October 20, 1971) is a former professional tennis player from the United States.
In her career, she won the mixed doubles title at Wimbledon in 2000, partnering Donald Johnson. She also was a runner-up at the US Open in women' ...
''(first round)''
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Rika Hiraki
Rika Hiraki ( ja, 平木 理化, born 6 December 1971) is a former professional Japanese tennis player.
She won the mixed-doubles title at the 1997 French Open (with Mahesh Bhupathi
Mahesh Shrinivas Bhupathi (born 7 June 1974) is an Indi ...
/
Florencia Labat
María Florencia Labat (born 12 June 1971) is an Argentinian former professional female tennis player. She joined the WTA Tour
The WTA Tour is a worldwide top-tier tennis tour for women organized by the Women's Tennis Association. The second ...
''(quarterfinals)''
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Patty Schnyder /
Linda Wild
Linda Harvey Wild (born February 11, 1971) is a retired tennis player from the United States. Born as Linda Harvey, she later used the family name of her stepfather and coach Steve Wild.
Wild turned professional in 1989. In the first round of he ...
''(quarterfinals)''
Draw
External links
1997 Páginas Amarillas Open Doubles Draw
{{DEFAULTSORT:1997 Paginas Amarillas Open - Doubles
Doubles