Martina Hingis and

Helena Suková Helena Suková () (born 23 February 1965) is a Czech former professional tennis player. During her career, she won 14 major doubles titles, nine in women's doubles and five in mixed doubles. She is also a two-time Olympic silver medalist in doub ...

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 Manon Maria Bollegraf (born 10 April 1964) is a former professional tennis player from the Netherlands, who was a quarterfinalist at the singles event of the 1992 French Open, a finalist in doubles at the 1997 Wimbledon Championships, and a four ...

, and Suková teamed with

Larisa Neiland Larisa Savchenko-Neiland ( uk, Лариса Савченко-Нейланд, lv, Larisa Savčenko-Neilande; née Savchenko; also Larisa Neiland; born 21 July 1966) is a retired tennis player who represented the Soviet Union, Ukraine and Latvia. ...

and lost in semifinals against the same pair.

Gigi Fernández Beatriz "Gigi" Fernández (born February 22, 1964) is a Puerto Rican former professional tennis player. Fernández won 17 major doubles titles and two Olympic gold medals representing the United States, and reached the world No. 1 ranking in do ...

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. 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

/ Natasha Zvereva (champions) Martina Hingis / Arantxa Sánchez Vicario ''(quarterfinals)'' Lindsay Davenport / Jana Novotná ''(quarterfinals, withdrew)''

''(semifinals)'' Mary Joe Fernández / Lisa Raymond ''(quarterfinals)'' Nicole Arendt /

''(final)'' Conchita Martínez / Patricia Tarabini ''(first round)'' Yayuk Basuki / Caroline Vis ''(third round)'' Katrina Adams / Lori McNeil ''(third round)''

Nathalie Tauziat Nathalie Tauziat (born 17 October 1967) is a French former professional tennis player. She was the runner-up in women's singles at the 1998 Wimbledon Championships and runner-up in the women's doubles at the 2001 US Open partnering Kimberl ...

/ Linda Wild ''(third round)'' Naoko Kijimuta /

Nana Miyagi Nana Smith (born Nana Miyagi; 10 April 1971) is an American-born tennis player who played for Japan. Career Miyagi, a former top-15 player in doubles, played at all the Grand Slam tournaments in both singles and doubles – the Australian Open, ...

''(third round)'' Sabine Appelmans / Miriam Oremans ''(semifinals)''

Alexandra Fusai Alexandra Fusai (born 22 November 1973) is a former professional tennis player from France. Fusai was born in Saint-Cloud, Hauts-de-Seine. Starting from September 1989 when she turned professional, Fusai played four tournaments (all of them p ...

/ Rita Grande ''(third round)'' Amy Frazier / Kimberly Po ''(third round)'' Chanda Rubin / Brenda Schultz-McCarthy ''(third round)'' Kristie Boogert /

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 ...

''(second round)''

Qualifying

Draw

Finals

Top half

Section 1

Section 2

Bottom half

Section 3

Section 4

References

External links

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1997 Wimbledon Championships on WTAtennis.com1997 Wimbledon Championships – Women's draws and results
at the International Tennis Federation {{DEFAULTSORT:1997 Wimbledon Championships - Women's Doubles Women's Doubles Wimbledon Championship by year – Women's doubles