Final score 6–2, 6–4 Doubles men | Singles men | |
1996 Champions Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
Irina Spîrlea Champions Nicole Arendt
Manon Bollegraf Runners-up Conchita Martínez
Patricia Tarabini | ||
Arantxa Sánchez Vicario and Irina Spîrlea were the defending champions but only Spîrlea competed that year with Gigi Fernández.
Fernández and Spîrlea lost in the quarterfinals to Nicole Arendt and Manon Bollegraf.
Arendt and Bollegraf won in the final 6–2, 6–4 against Conchita Martínez and Patricia Tarabini.
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.
References
1997 Italian Open – Women's Doubles Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA