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1997 Rexona Cup – Doubles

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Doubles
1997 Rexona Cup
1996 ChampionsSpain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
Netherlands Brenda Schultz-McCarthy
Final
ChampionsGermany Anke Huber
France Mary Pierce
Runners-upRomania Ruxandra Dragomir
Croatia Iva Majoli
Score2–6, 7–6, 6–2
Details
Draw16
Seeds4
Events
Singles Doubles
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The 1997 Rexona Cup - Singles was a tennis event played on outdoor clay courts at the Am Rothenbaum in Hamburg, Germany. The 1997 Rexona Cup tournament was held from 28 April until 4 May 1997, and was part of Tier II of the 1997 WTA Tour.

Arantxa Sánchez Vicario and Brenda Schultz-McCarthy were the defending champions but they competed with different partners that year, Sánchez Vicario with Inés Gorrochategui and Schultz-McCarthy with Larisa Savchenko.

Savchenko and Schultz-McCarthy lost in the first round to Ruxandra Dragomir and Iva Majoli. Gorrochategui and Sánchez Vicario lost in the quarterfinals to Dragomir and Majoli. Anke Huber and Mary Pierce won in the final 2–6, 7–6, 6–2 against Dragomir and Majoli.

Seeds

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

  1. Latvia Larisa Savchenko / Netherlands Brenda Schultz-McCarthy (first round)
  2. United States Gigi Fernández / Spain Conchita Martínez (semifinals)
  3. France Sandrine Testud / Netherlands Caroline Vis (quarterfinals)
  4. Ukraine Olga Lugina / Germany Elena Wagner (quarterfinals)

Draw

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Key

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First round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
1 Latvia L Savchenko
Netherlands B Schultz-McCarthy
3 4  
  Romania R Dragomir
Croatia I Majoli
6 6     Romania R Dragomir
Croatia I Majoli
6 4 6
  Czech Republic E Melicharová
Poland A Olsza
3 3     Argentina I Gorrochategui
Spain A Sánchez Vicario
3 6 1
  Argentina I Gorrochategui
Spain A Sánchez Vicario
6 6     Romania R Dragomir
Croatia I Majoli
6 6  
3 France S Testud
Netherlands C Vis
5 7 6   Sweden Å Carlsson
Argentina P Suárez
2 1  
  Argentina F Labat
Germany B Rittner
7 6 2 3 France S Testud
Netherlands C Vis
5 6 3
  Sweden Å Carlsson
Argentina P Suárez
6 6     Sweden Å Carlsson
Argentina P Suárez
7 2 6
  Bulgaria S Krivencheva
Switzerland P Schnyder
4 1     Romania Ruxandra Dragomir
Croatia Iva Majoli
6 6 2
  Hungary V Csurgo
France A-G Sidot
2 4     Germany Anke Huber
France Mary Pierce
2 7 6
  Germany A Huber
France M Pierce
6 6     Germany A Huber
France M Pierce
7 7  
WC Germany S Klösel
Germany J Wöhr
7 5 2 4 Ukraine O Lugina
Germany E Wagner
5 5  
4 Ukraine O Lugina
Germany E Wagner
5 7 6   Germany A Huber
France M Pierce
6 4 6
Q Argentina M Díaz Oliva
Austria K Kschwendt
2 5   2 United States G Fernández
Spain C Martínez
3 6 4
  United States A Grossman
Czech Republic P Langrová
6 7     United States A Grossman
Czech Republic P Langrová
2 3  
  Germany K Freye
Germany S Meier
2 2   2 United States G Fernández
Spain C Martínez
6 6  
2 United States G Fernández
Spain C Martínez
6 6  
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