Women's doubles
1997 US Open
Final
Champions	Lindsay Davenport Jana Novotná
Runners-up	Gigi Fernández Natasha Zvereva
Score	6–3, 6–4
Details
Draw	64 (4 Q / 4 WC)
Seeds	16
Events
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Lindsay Davenport andJana Novotná defeated the defending championsGigi Fernández andNatasha Zvereva in the final, 6–3, 6–4 to win the women's doubles tennis title at the 1997 US Open. It was the 17th doubles title and secondmajor title for Davenport, and the 67th title and ninth major title for Novotná.

This was the first major in which sistersVenus andSerena Williams competed, losing in the first round.

Zvereva made the finals of all 4 grand slam tournaments for the second time in her career, but fell short of winning the Calendar Grand Slam with this loss. This would also be Fernández’s last women’s doubles grand slam tournament, ending a 6-year streak of making the quarterfinals or better in 24 consecutive slams and winning 14 of her total 17 women’s double grand slam titles.

Key

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final
	1	Gigi Fernández Natasha Zvereva	4	6	6
	7	Alexandra Fusai Nathalie Tauziat	6	2	2
								1	Gigi Fernández Natasha Zvereva	3	7	6
								4	Nicole Arendt Manon Bollegraf	6	6	2
	4	Nicole Arendt Manon Bollegraf	6	3	6
	16	Ruxandra Dragomir Iva Majoli	3	6	4
															1	Gigi Fernández Natasha Zvereva	3	4
															3	Lindsay Davenport Jana Novotná	6	6
	6	Yayuk Basuki Caroline Vis	3	5
	3	Lindsay Davenport Jana Novotná	6	7
								3	Lindsay Davenport Jana Novotná	6	6
								2	Martina Hingis Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	4	3
	8	Conchita Martínez Patricia Tarabini	0r
	2	Martina Hingis Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	4

	First round							Second round							Third round							Quarterfinals
	1	G Fernández N Zvereva	6	6
		J Pullin L Woodroffe	4	4				1	G Fernández N Zvereva	6	6
		W Probst A Sugiyama	6	6					W Probst A Sugiyama	1	4
	Q	L Richterová P Stoyanova	1	3											1	G Fernández N Zvereva	6	6
		J Hetherington K Rinaldi-Stunkel	6	7											10	L Raymond R Stubbs	3	4
	WC	S Williams V Williams	4	5					J Hetherington K Rinaldi-Stunkel	1	7	3
		L Němečková S Noorlander	1	2				10	L Raymond R Stubbs	6	5	6
	10	L Raymond R Stubbs	6	6																		1	G Fernández N Zvereva	4	6	6
	12	MJ Fernández A Huber	6	6																		7	A Fusai N Tauziat	6	2	2
		O Lugina E Pampoulova	1	3				12	MJ Fernández A Huber	6	6
		A Olsza K Studeníková	1	5					V Ruano Pascual P Suárez	2	4
		V Ruano Pascual P Suárez	6	7											12	MJ Fernández A Huber	6	3	1
		C Rubin B Schultz-McCarthy	1	5											7	A Fusai N Tauziat	4	6	6
		S Jeyaseelan R Simpson	6	7					S Jeyaseelan R Simpson	6	2
	WC	D Buth S Nickitas	7	3	2			7	A Fusai N Tauziat	7	6
	7	A Fusai N Tauziat	6	6	6

	First round							Second round							Third round							Quarterfinals
	4	N Arendt M Bollegraf	6	6
		C Morariu M Murić	4	4				4	N Arendt M Bollegraf	7	6
		S-h Park T Tanasugarn	7	6					S-h Park T Tanasugarn	6	4
		C Barclay C Wood	6	4											4	N Arendt M Bollegraf	6	6
		C Cristea M Grzybowska	6	6											13	A Frazier K Po	4	2
		K Freye N van Lottum	2	4					C Cristea M Grzybowska	4	5
		E Melicharová H Vildová	0	3				13	A Frazier K Po	6	7
	13	A Frazier K Po	6	6																		4	N Arendt M Bollegraf	6	3	6
	16	R Dragomir I Majoli	6	7																		16	R Dragomir I Majoli	3	6	4
		B Schett S-A Siddall	4	5				16	R Dragomir I Majoli	6	4	6
		L Garrone G Pizzichini	4	4					N Medvedeva E Tatarkova	2	6	4
		N Medvedeva E Tatarkova	6	6											16	R Dragomir I Majoli	5
		KA Guse R McQuillan	6	6											5	L Neiland H Suková	2r
	WC	M Irvin A Stevenson	1	4					KA Guse R McQuillan	4	4
		E Callens G Helgeson-Nielsen	3	5				5	L Neiland H Suková	6	6
	5	L Neiland H Suková	6	7

	First round							Second round							Third round							Quarterfinals
	6	Y Basuki C Vis	2	6	6
		Å Carlsson P Hy-Boulais	6	3	1			6	Y Basuki C Vis	6	7
		A Grossman K Habšudová	3	2				Q	L McShea A Wainwright	2	6
	Q	L McShea A Wainwright	6	6											6	Y Basuki C Vis	6	6
		J Lee L Lee	3	5												A Ellwood K Kunce	0	4
		L Montalvo L Pleming	6	7					L Montalvo L Pleming	4	1
		A Ellwood K Kunce	6	6					A Ellwood K Kunce	6	6
	11	S Appelmans M Oremans	2	2																		6	Y Basuki C Vis	3	5
	9	N Kijimuta N Miyagi	6	6																		3	L Davenport J Novotná	6	7
		R Grande L Wild	3	3				9	N Kijimuta N Miyagi	2
		R Hiraki AG Sidot	6	6					R Hiraki AG Sidot	1r
		D Jones T Whitlinger-Jones	1	4											9	N Kijimuta N Miyagi	7	2	2
		B Rittner D van Roost	6	5											3	L Davenport J Novotná	6	6	6
		A Dechaume-Balleret S Testud	7	7					A Dechaume-Balleret S Testud	6	2
	WC	Z Garrison-Jackson L McNeil	2	6	3			3	L Davenport J Novotná	7	6
	3	L Davenport J Novotná	6	4	6

	First round							Second round							Third round							Quarterfinals
	8	C Martínez P Tarabini	6	6
	Q	C Moros J Scott	2	3				8	C Martínez P Tarabini	7	4	6
		M de Swardt D Graham	6	6					M de Swardt D Graham	6	6	4
		P Langrová R Zrubáková	1	3											8	C Martínez P Tarabini	6	6	6
		F Labat M Paz	6	6											14	K Adams K Boogert	4	7	4
		A Lettiere M Tu	1	3					F Labat M Paz	2	3
		M Saeki Y Yoshida	2	5				14	K Adams K Boogert	6	6
	14	K Adams K Boogert	6	7																		8	C Martínez P Tarabini	0r
	15	A Kournikova E Likhovtseva	6	6	6																	2	M Hingis A Sánchez Vicario	4
	Q	A Miller J Steven	2	7	4			15	A Kournikova E Likhovtseva	5	6	6
		T Križan E Martincová	5	4					M Babel L Golarsa	7	3	3
		M Babel L Golarsa	7	6											15	A Kournikova E Likhovtseva	4	4
		H Nagyová P Schnyder	0	1											2	M Hingis A Sánchez Vicario	6	6
		A Coetzer M Pierce	6	6					A Coetzer M Pierce	4	2
		I Gorrochategui I Spîrlea	3	1				2	M Hingis A Sánchez Vicario	6	6
	2	M Hingis A Sánchez Vicario	6	6

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