1997 Acura Classic – Doubles

Doubles
1997 Acura Classic
1996 ChampionsUnited States Lindsay Davenport
Belarus Natasha Zvereva
Final
ChampionsIndonesia Yayuk Basuki
Netherlands Caroline Vis
Runners-upLatvia Larisa Savchenko
Czech Republic Helena Suková
Score7–6, 6–3
Events
Singles Doubles
← 1996 · WTA Los Angeles · 1998 →

Lindsay Davenport and Natasha Zvereva were the defending champions but they competed with different partners that year, Davenport with Chanda Rubin and Zvereva with Gigi Fernández.

Fernández and Zvereva lost in the first round to Anna Kournikova and Ai Sugiyama, as did Davenport and Rubin to Katrina Adams and Patricia Tarabini.

Yayuk Basuki and Caroline Vis won in the final 7–6, 6–3 against Larisa Savchenko and Helena Suková.

Seeds

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

  1. United States Gigi Fernández / Belarus Natasha Zvereva (first round)
  2. Switzerland Martina Hingis / Spain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (first round)
  3. United States Nicole Arendt / Netherlands Manon Bollegraf (first round)
  4. Latvia Larisa Savchenko / Czech Republic Helena Suková (final)

Draw

Key

First round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
1 United States G Fernández
Belarus N Zvereva
7 1 1
Q Russia A Kournikova
Japan A Sugiyama
5 6 6 Q Russia A Kournikova
Japan A Sugiyama
6 6  
  Belgium S Appelmans
United States L Wild
0 4     United States L Raymond
Australia R Stubbs
2 2  
  United States L Raymond
Australia R Stubbs
6 6   Q Russia A Kournikova
Japan A Sugiyama
6 1  
4 Latvia L Savchenko
Czech Republic H Suková
6 7   4 Latvia L Savchenko
Czech Republic H Suková
7 6  
  France A Fusai
France N Tauziat
3 5   4 Latvia L Savchenko
Czech Republic H Suková
6 3 6
  Romania R Dragomir
Russia E Likhovtseva
6 4 6   Romania R Dragomir
Russia E Likhovtseva
3 6 1
  United States L McNeil
Romania I Spîrlea
3 6 2 4 Latvia Larisa Savchenko
Czech Republic Helena Suková
6 3  
  United States A Frazier
United States K Po
6 6     Indonesia Yayuk Basuki
Netherlands Caroline Vis
7 6  
  Belarus O Barabanschikova
Australia L Pleming
2 4     United States A Frazier
United States K Po
2 4  
  Indonesia Y Basuki
Netherlands C Vis
4 6 6   Indonesia Y Basuki
Netherlands C Vis
6 6  
3 United States N Arendt
Netherlands M Bollegraf
6 4 3   Indonesia Y Basuki
Netherlands C Vis
6 2  
  United States L Davenport
United States C Rubin
2 5     Japan R Hiraki
Japan N Kijimuta
3 1 r
  United States K Adams
Argentina P Tarabini
6 7     United States K Adams
Argentina P Tarabini
3 4  
  Japan R Hiraki
Japan N Kijimuta
6 6     Japan R Hiraki
Japan N Kijimuta
6 6  
2 Switzerland M Hingis
Spain A Sánchez Vicario
4 4