1997 Wimbledon Championships – Women's doubles
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Martina Hingis and Helena Suková were the defending champions but decided not to play together. Hingis teamed up with Arantxa Sánchez Vicario and lost in quarterfinals to Nicole Arendt and Manon Bollegraf, and Suková teamed with Larisa Neiland and lost in semifinals against the same pair.
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Champions | Gigi Fernández Natasha Zvereva | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Runners-up | Nicole Arendt Manon Bollegraf | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Score | 7–6(7–4), 6–4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Draw | 64 (2 Q / 4 WC ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Seeds | 16 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Gigi Fernández and Natasha Zvereva defeated Arendt and Bollegraf in the final, 7–6(7–4), 6–4 to win the ladies' doubles tennis title at the 1997 Wimbledon Championships.[1] It was the 4th Wimbledon title, 17th Grand Slam and 69th overall title for Fernández and the 5th Wimbledon title, 18th Grand Slam and 67th overall title for Zvereva, in their respective doubles careers.