1997 Skoda Czech Open – Doubles
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The women's doubles of the 1997 Skoda Czech Open tournament played on
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Karina Habšudová Karina Habšudová (; born 2 August 1973) is a Slovak former professional tennis player. She has been ranked as high as 10 in the world (1997). Together with Karol Kučera, she won the 1998 Hopman Cup, Hopman Cup in 1998. Her best performance at ...
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Helena Suková Helena Suková () (born 23 February 1965) is a Czech former professional tennis player. She was ranked as the world No. 1 in women's doubles by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA), and No. 4 in singles. Suková won 14 major titles: nine in wo ...
were the defending champions but only Habšudová competed that year with
Ruxandra Dragomir Ruxandra Dragomir Ilie (born 24 October 1972) is a retired tennis player from Romania. She won four singles and five doubles titles on the WTA Tour during her career. The right-hander reached her highest individual WTA ranking on 25 August 199 ...
. Dragomir and Habšudová won in the final 6–1, 5–7, 6–2 against
Eva Martincová Eva Martincová (born 4 March 1975 in Brno) is a former Czech tennis player. Martincová reached a singles ranking high of world No. 94 in June 1997 and even ranked world No. 69 in doubles during a career in which she won one WTA Tour The WTA ...
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Helena Vildová Helena Vildová (born 19 March 1972) is a retired Czech tennis player. In her career, she won three doubles titles on the WTA Tour The WTA Tour (also known as the Hologic WTA Tour for sponsorship reasons) is a worldwide top-tier tennis tour ...
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Seeds

Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated. #
Ruxandra Dragomir Ruxandra Dragomir Ilie (born 24 October 1972) is a retired tennis player from Romania. She won four singles and five doubles titles on the WTA Tour during her career. The right-hander reached her highest individual WTA ranking on 25 August 199 ...
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Karina Habšudová Karina Habšudová (; born 2 August 1973) is a Slovak former professional tennis player. She has been ranked as high as 10 in the world (1997). Together with Karol Kučera, she won the 1998 Hopman Cup, Hopman Cup in 1998. Her best performance at ...
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Kristie Boogert Kristie Boogert (born 16 December 1973) is a Dutch former professional female tennis player. She retired in 2003 due to chronic elbow pain. On 5 February 1996, she reached her career-high singles ranking of world No. 29. She has not won any s ...
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Alexia Dechaume-Balleret Alexia Dechaume-Balleret (born 3 May 1970) is a former professional tennis player from France. In her career, she reached three finals on the WTA Tour: at Taranto in 1990, she lost to Raffaella Reggi, and in New York in 1991, she lost to Bren ...
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Eva Martincová Eva Martincová (born 4 March 1975 in Brno) is a former Czech tennis player. Martincová reached a singles ranking high of world No. 94 in June 1997 and even ranked world No. 69 in doubles during a career in which she won one WTA Tour The WTA ...
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Helena Vildová Helena Vildová (born 19 March 1972) is a retired Czech tennis player. In her career, she won three doubles titles on the WTA Tour The WTA Tour (also known as the Hologic WTA Tour for sponsorship reasons) is a worldwide top-tier tennis tour ...
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Sonya Jeyaseelan Sonya Jeyaseelan (born April 24, 1976) is a Canadian former professional tennis player. Her highest WTA singles ranking is No. 48, which she reached in December 2000. Her career-high ranking in doubles is world No. 40, achieved on 16 October 20 ...
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Rene Simpson Rene Simpson Collins (14 January 1966 – 17 October 2013) was a Canadian professional tennis player from Sarnia, Ontario. She reached a WTA singles ranking of 70 in 1989 and had a successful NCAA career for Texas Christian University. She wa ...
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Draw


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1997 Skoda Czech Open Doubles draw
{{DEFAULTSORT:Skoda Czech Open - Doubles, 1997 1997 - Doubles 1997 WTA Tour