Doubles
1997 Open Gaz de France
1996 Champions	Kristie Boogert Jana Novotná
Final
Champions	Martina Hingis Jana Novotná
Runners-up	Alexandra Fusai Rita Grande
Score	6–3, 6–0
Events
Singles Doubles
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Kristie Boogert and Jana Novotná were the defending champions but they competed with different partners that year, Boogert with Irina Spîrlea and Novotná with Martina Hingis.

Boogert and Spîrlea lost in the first round to Sabine Appelmans and Miriam Oremans.

Hingis and Novotná won in the final 6–3, 6–0 against Alexandra Fusai and Rita Grande.

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

1. Martina Hingis / Jana Novotná (champions)
2. Larisa Savchenko / Nathalie Tauziat (quarterfinals)
3. Nicole Arendt / Manon Bollegraf (first round)
4. Yayuk Basuki / Caroline Vis (quarterfinals)

	First round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final
	1	M Hingis J Novotná	6	6
		E Likhovtseva O Lugina	3	3				1	M Hingis J Novotná	6	6
	Q	A-G Sidot M Strandlund	2	6	3				A Huber I Majoli	4	0
		A Huber I Majoli	6	4	6										1	M Hingis J Novotná	6	2	6
	4	Y Basuki C Vis	4	7	6											S Appelmans M Oremans	0	6	0
		T Križan N van Lottum	6	5	4			4	Y Basuki C Vis	1	6	5
		K Boogert I Spîrlea	2	5					S Appelmans M Oremans	6	3	7
		S Appelmans M Oremans	6	7																		1	Martina Hingis Jana Novotná	6	6
		Å Carlsson F Labat	3	6	1																		Alexandra Fusai Rita Grande	3	0
		S Farina B Schett	6	3	6				S Farina B Schett	7	1	6
		C Rubin B Schultz-McCarthy	2	7	7				C Rubin B Schultz-McCarthy	5	6	4
	3	N Arendt M Bollegraf	6	6	6											S Farina B Schett	1	2
		A Fusai R Grande	6	4	6											A Fusai R Grande	6	6
		E Callens A Ellwood	2	6	3				A Fusai R Grande	6	4	6
		A Dechaume-Balleret S Testud	2	6				2	L Savchenko N Tauziat	3	6	2
	2	L Savchenko N Tauziat	6	7

• 1997 Open Gaz de France Doubles Draw