Kristie Boogert and Jana Novotná were the defending champions but they competed with different partners that year, Boogert with Irina Spîrlea and Novotná with Martina Hingis.
| Doubles | |
|---|---|
| 1997 Open Gaz de France | |
| 1996 Champions |  Kristie Boogert  Jana Novotná |
| Champions |  Martina Hingis Jana Novotná |
| Runners-up |  Alexandra Fusai  Rita Grande |
| Score | 6–3, 6–0 |
| Draw | 16 |
| Seeds | 4 |
Boogert and Spîrlea lost in the first round to Sabine Appelmans and Miriam Oremans.
Hingis and Novotná won in the final 6–3, 6–0 against Alexandra Fusai and Rita Grande.[1]
Seeds
editChampion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.
- Martina Hingis / Jana Novotná (champions)
Larisa Savchenko / Nathalie Tauziat (quarterfinals)
Nicole Arendt / Manon Bollegraf (first round)
Yayuk Basuki / Caroline Vis (quarterfinals)
Draw
editKey
- Q = Qualifier
- WC = Wild card
- LL = Lucky loser
- Alt = Alternate
- ITF = ITF entry
- PR = Protected ranking
- SR = Special ranking
- SE = Special exempt
- JE = Junior exempt
- JR = Junior Accelerator Programme entrant
- CO = College Accelerator Programme entrant
- NG = Next Gen Accelerator Program entrant
- w/o = Walkover
- r = Retired
- d = Defaulted
| First round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | M Hingis J Novotná
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 E Likhovtseva O Lugina
| 3 | 3 | 1 | M Hingis J Novotná
| 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Q | A-G Sidot M Strandlund
| 2 | 6 | 3 |  A Huber I Majoli
| 4 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| A Huber I Majoli
| 6 | 4 | 6 | 1 | M Hingis J Novotná
| 6 | 2 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Y Basuki C Vis
| 4 | 7 | 6 |  S Appelmans M Oremans
| 0 | 6 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||
 T Križan N van Lottum
| 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | Y Basuki C Vis
| 1 | 6 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||
K Boogert I Spîrlea
| 2 | 5 | S Appelmans M Oremans
| 6 | 3 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| S Appelmans M Oremans
| 6 | 7 | 1 | Martina Hingis Jana Novotná
| 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Å Carlsson F Labat
| 3 | 6 | 1 | Alexandra Fusai Rita Grande
| 3 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
S Farina B Schett
| 6 | 3 | 6 | S Farina B Schett
| 7 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| C Rubin B Schultz-McCarthy
| 2 | 7 | 7 | C Rubin B Schultz-McCarthy
| 5 | 6 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | N Arendt M Bollegraf
| 6 | 6 | 6 | S Farina B Schett
| 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| A Fusai R Grande
| 6 | 4 | 6 | A Fusai R Grande
| 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
E Callens A Ellwood
| 2 | 6 | 3 | A Fusai R Grande
| 6 | 4 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| A Dechaume-Balleret S Testud
| 2 | 6 | 2 | L Savchenko N Tauziat
| 3 | 6 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | L Savchenko N Tauziat
| 6 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
References
edit- ↑ John Barrett, ed. (1998). International Tennis Federation World of Tennis 1998. London: CollinsWillow. pp. 171, 173, 179. ISBN 9780002188241.