1997 Danamon Open – Doubles

Doubles
1997 Danamon Open
1996 Champions	Rika Hiraki Naoko Kijimuta
Champions	Kerry-Anne Guse Kristine Radford
Runners-up	Lenka Němečková Yuka Yoshida
Final score	6–4, 5–7, 7–5

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.

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

• Q = Qualifier
• WC = Wild Card
• LL = Lucky Loser
• Alt = Alternate
• SE = Special Exempt
• PR = Protected Ranking
• w/o = Walkover
• r = Retired
• d = Defaulted

	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

• 1997 Danamon Open Doubles Draw