1997 State Farm Evert Cup – Doubles
# 1997 State Farm Evert Cup – Doubles

Chanda Rubin and Brenda Schultz-McCarthy were the defending champions but only Rubin competed that year with Mary Joe Fernández.

Fernandez and Rubin lost in the semifinals to Lindsay Davenport and Natasha Zvereva.

Davenport and Zvereva won in the final 6–3, 6–2 against Lisa Raymond and Nathalie Tauziat.

## Seeds

Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated. The top four seeded teams received byes into the second round.

* Gigi Fernández / Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (semifinals)
* Larisa Neiland / Helena Suková (second round)
* Lindsay Davenport / Natasha Zvereva (champions)
* Lisa Raymond / Nathalie Tauziat (final)
* Katrina Adams / Manon Bollegraf (second round)
* Mary Joe Fernández / Chanda Rubin (semifinals)
* Naoko Kijimuta / Nana Miyagi (second round)
* Conchita Martínez / Patricia Tarabini (first round)

## Draw

### Key

* Q = Qualifier
* WC = Wild card
* LL = Lucky loser
* Alt = Alternate
* SE = Special exempt
* PR = Protected ranking
* ITF = ITF entry
* JE = Junior exempt
* w/o = Walkover
* r = Retired
* d = Defaulted
* SR = Special ranking

### Finals

| Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 4 | Lisa Raymond Nathalie Tauziat | 3 | 2 | |
| 3 | Lindsay Davenport Natasha Zvereva | 6 | 6 | |

### Top half

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | | | | | 1 | G Fernández A Sánchez Vicario | 7 | $7^7$ | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Grossman G Helgeson-Nielsen | $6^4$ | 5 | | | V Ruano-Pascual P Suárez | 5 | $6^3$ | | | | | | | | | |
| | V Ruano-Pascual P Suárez | $7^7$ | 7 | | | | | | | 1 | G Fernández A Sánchez Vicario | 6 | $7^9$ | | | | |
| WC | I Majoli M Murić | 2 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | WC | I Majoli M Murić | 3 | $6^7$ | | | | |
| | P Hy-Boulais R Simpson | 6 | 4 | 4 | WC | I Majoli M Murić | $7^7$ | $7^8$ | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Werdel-Witmeyer T Whitlinger-Jones | $6^5$ | 3 | | 5 | K Adams M Bollegraf | $6^4$ | $6^6$ | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | K Adams M Bollegraf | $7^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | G Fernández A Sánchez Vicario | 5 | 2 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | L Raymond N Tauziat | 7 | 6 |
| | | | | | 4 | L Raymond N Tauziat | $7^7$ | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Ellwood R McQuillan | 4 | 2 | | | R Grande A Sugiyama | $6^4$ | 5 | | | | | | | | | |
| | R Grande A Sugiyama | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 4 | L Raymond N Tauziat | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | D Graham K Radford | 6 | 2 | 3/r | | | | | | | A Dechaume-Balleret S Testud | 2 | 4 | | | | |
| | A Dechaume-Balleret S Testud | 2 | 6 | 4 | | A Dechaume-Balleret S Testud | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | R Hiraki L Montalvo | 3 | 1 | | 7 | N Kijimuta N Miyagi | 6 | 2 | 0 | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | N Kijimuta N Miyagi | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Bottom half

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 8 | C Martínez P Tarabini | 6 | $6^5$ | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | S Williams V Williams | 4 | $7^7$ | 7 | WC | S Williams V Williams | 0 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | Å Carlsson A-G Sidot | 2 | $7^7$ | $7^7$ | Q | Å Carlsson A-G Sidot | 6 | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| | K Boogert I Spîrlea | 6 | $6^4$ | $6^2$ | | | | | | WC | S Williams V Williams | 3 | 0 | | | | | |
| | A Frazier K Po | 2 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 3 | L Davenport N Zvereva | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | S Farina B Schett | 6 | 3 | 2 | | A Frazier K Po | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 3 | L Davenport N Zvereva | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | L Davenport N Zvereva | 6 | 6 |
| 6 | M J Fernández C Rubin | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | 6 | M J Fernández C Rubin | 1 | 0 |
| | F Labat B Rittner | 5 | 3 | | 6 | M J Fernández C Rubin | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | R Dragomir C Vis | $7^7$ | $7^7$ | | | R Dragomir C Vis | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | K-A Guse R Nideffer | $6^4$ | $6^4$ | | | | | | | 6 | M J Fernández C Rubin | 2 | 6 | 7 | | | | |
| | A Kournikova E Likhovtseva | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | A Kournikova E Likhovtseva | 6 | 4 | 5 | | | | |
| | A Lettiere C Morariu | 1 | 1 | | | A Kournikova E Likhovtseva | 7 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 2 | L Neiland H Suková | 5 | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
