1997 Danamon Open – Doubles

Doubles
1997 Danamon Open
Final
ChampionsAustralia Kerry-Anne Guse
Australia Kristine Radford
Runners-upCzech Republic Lenka Němečková
Japan Yuka Yoshida
Score6–4, 5–7, 7–5
Details
Draw16
Seeds4
Events
Singles Doubles
← 1996 · Danamon Open

Rika Hiraki and Naoko Kijimuta were the defending champions but they competed with different partners that year, Hiraki with Alexia Dechaume-Balleret and Kijimuta with Nana Miyagi.

Hiraki and Dechaume-Balleret lost in the first round to Lenka Němečková and Yuka Yoshida.

Kijimuta and Miyagi lost in the semifinals to Kerry-Anne Guse and Kristine Radford.

Guse and Radford won in the final 6–4, 5–7, 7–5 against Nemeckova and Yoshida.

Seeds

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

  1. Japan Naoko Kijimuta / Japan Nana Miyagi (semifinals)
  2. France Alexia Dechaume-Balleret / Japan Rika Hiraki (first round)
  3. South Korea Sung-Hee Park / Chinese Taipei Shi-Ting Wang (first round)
  4. Australia Kerry-Anne Guse / Australia Kristine Radford (champions)

Draw

Key

First round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
1 Japan N Kijimuta
Japan N Miyagi
6 6  
WC Indonesia M Chernovita
Indonesia M Gunawan
1 2   1 Japan N Kijimuta
Japan N Miyagi
6 6  
  Germany S Haas
India N Vaidyanathan
6 5 6   Germany S Haas
India N Vaidyanathan
3 3  
  Japan Y Hosoki
Japan K Nagatomi
4 7 3 1 Japan N Kijimuta
Japan N Miyagi
5 3  
4 Australia K-A Guse
Australia K Radford
6 6   4 Australia K-A Guse
Australia K Radford
7 6  
  Japan T Hotta
Japan Y Yamagishi
3 4   4 Australia K-A Guse
Australia K Radford
7 6  
  United States J Lee
Thailand T Tanasugarn
4 6 6   United States J Lee
Thailand T Tanasugarn
5 3  
  United States J Chi
United States M Tu
6 2 1 4 Australia Kerry-Anne Guse
Australia Kristine Radford
6 5 7
LL Indonesia L Andriyani
Indonesia I Iskandar
7 6     Czech Republic Lenka Němečková
Japan Yuka Yoshida
4 7 5
Q South Korea E-H Kim
Japan M Kuki
5 3   LL Indonesia L Andriyani
Indonesia I Iskandar
3 6  
  Belgium N Feber
United States G Helgeson-Nielsen
6 5 6   Belgium N Feber
United States G Helgeson-Nielsen
6 7  
3 South Korea S-H Park
Chinese Taipei S-T Wang
4 7 3   Belgium N Feber
United States G Helgeson-Nielsen
     
  Japan K Takuma
Japan K Yazawa
5 7 6   Czech Republic L Němečková
Japan Y Yoshida
w/o    
  South Korea M-R Jeon
Thailand B Sangaram
7 6 3   Japan K Takuma
Japan K Yazawa
0 2  
  Czech Republic L Němečková
Japan Y Yoshida
6 6     Czech Republic L Němečková
Japan Y Yoshida
6 6  
2 France A Dechaume-Balleret
Japan R Hiraki
4 3