1997 European Indoors – Doubles

Martina Hingis and Helena Suková were the defending champions but they competed with different partners that year, Hingis with Arantxa Sánchez Vicario and Suková with Larisa Savchenko.

Doubles
1997 European Indoors
Champions Martina Hingis
Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
Runners-up Larisa Savchenko
Helena Suková
Final score4–6, 6–4, 6–1
Draw16
Seeds4

Savchenko and Suková lost in the final 4–6, 6–4, 6–1 against Hingis and Sánchez Vicario.

Seeds

Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.

  1. Lindsay Davenport / Jana Novotná (Semifinals)
  2. Martina Hingis / Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (Champions)
  3. Mary Joe Fernández / Lisa Raymond (First Round)
  4. Kimberly Po / Natasha Zvereva (Quarterfinals)

Draw

Key
First Round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
1 L Davenport
J Novotná 		6 6  
  R Dragomir
I Majoli 		2 2   1 L Davenport
J Novotná 		6 7  
  K Adams
M Bollegraf 		7       K Adams
M Bollegraf 		3 5  
  B Schultz-McCarthy
I Spîrlea 		6 r   1 L Davenport
J Novotná 		6 4  
4 K Po
N Zvereva 		7 6     L Savchenko
H Suková 		7 6  
  A Fusai
N Tauziat 		5 3   4 K Po
N Zvereva 		     
WC M Maleeva
M Serna 		3 4     L Savchenko
H Suková 		w/o    
  L Savchenko
H Suková 		6 6     Larisa Savchenko
Helena Suková 		6 4 1
  C Martínez
P Tarabini 		6 6   2 Martina Hingis
Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 		4 6 6
Q A Miller
B Rippner 		4 4     C Martínez
P Tarabini 		w/o    
  A Coetzer
A Huber 		6 7     A Coetzer
A Huber 		     
3 M J Fernández
L Raymond 		2 5     C Martínez
P Tarabini 		2 1  
  A Sugiyama
D Van Roost 		3 2   2 M Hingis
A Sánchez Vicario 		6 6  
  Y Basuki
C Vis 		6 6     Y Basuki
C Vis 		1 5  
  S Appelmans
M Oremans 		3 4   2 M Hingis
A Sánchez Vicario 		6 7  
2 M Hingis
A Sánchez Vicario 		6 6  

Qualifying

Seeds

Both seeds received a bye into the second round.

  1. Silvia Farina / Barbara Schett (Second round)
  2. Åsa Carlsson / Rita Grande (Second round)

Qualifiers
  1. Annie Miller / Brie Rippner

Qualifying draw
  First Round Second Round Qualifying Competition
                           
       
  1 S Farina
B Schett		 5  
    A Miller
B Rippner		 8  
     
         
    A Miller
B Rippner		 9
  WC S Williams
V Williams		 8
  J Kruger
C Schneider		 2  
WC S Williams
V Williams		 8  
WC S Williams
V Williams		 9
    2 Å Carlsson
R Grande		 7  
     
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