1997 Danamon Open – Doubles

Doubles
1997 Danamon Open
Champions Kerry-Anne Guse
Kristine Radford
Runners-up Lenka Němečková
Yuka Yoshida
Score6–4, 5–7, 7–5
Draw16
Seeds4

Rika Hiraki and Naoko Kijimuta were the defending champions but they competed with different partners that year, Hiraki with Alexia Dechaume-Balleret and Kijimuta with Nana Miyagi.

Hiraki and Dechaume-Balleret lost in the first round to Lenka Němečková and Yuka Yoshida.

Kijimuta and Miyagi lost in the semifinals to Kerry-Anne Guse and Kristine Radford.

Guse and Radford won in the final 6–4, 5–7, 7–5 against Nemeckova and Yoshida.[1]

Seeds

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

  1. Naoko Kijimuta / Nana Miyagi (semifinals)
  2. Alexia Dechaume-Balleret / Rika Hiraki (first round)
  3. Sung-Hee Park / Shi-Ting Wang (first round)
  4. Kerry-Anne Guse / Kristine Radford (champions)

Draw

Key

First round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
1 N Kijimuta
N Miyagi
6 6  
WC M Chernovita
M Gunawan
1 2   1 N Kijimuta
N Miyagi
6 6  
  S Haas
N Vaidyanathan
6 5 6   S Haas
N Vaidyanathan
3 3  
  Y Hosoki
K Nagatomi
4 7 3 1 N Kijimuta
N Miyagi
5 3  
4 K-A Guse
K Radford
6 6   4 K-A Guse
K Radford
7 6  
  T Hotta
Y Yamagishi
3 4   4 K-A Guse
K Radford
7 6  
  J Lee
T Tanasugarn
4 6 6   J Lee
T Tanasugarn
5 3  
  J Chi
M Tu
6 2 1 4 Kerry-Anne Guse
Kristine Radford
6 5 7
LL L Andriyani
I Iskandar
7 6     Lenka Němečková
Yuka Yoshida
4 7 5
Q E-H Kim
M Kuki
5 3   LL L Andriyani
I Iskandar
3 6  
  N Feber
G Helgeson-Nielsen
6 5 6   N Feber
G Helgeson-Nielsen
6 7  
3 S-H Park
S-T Wang
4 7 3   N Feber
G Helgeson-Nielsen
     
  K Takuma
K Yazawa
5 7 6   L Němečková
Y Yoshida
w/o    
  M-R Jeon
B Sangaram
7 6 3   K Takuma
K Yazawa
0 2  
  L Němečková
Y Yoshida
6 6     L Němečková
Y Yoshida
6 6  
2 A Dechaume-Balleret
R Hiraki
4 3  

References

  1. ^ John Barrett, ed. (1998). International Tennis Federation World of Tennis 1998. London: CollinsWillow. pp. 171, 173, 187. ISBN 9780002188241.