1997 Wismilak International – Doubles

Doubles
1997 Wismilak International
1996 ChampionsFrance Alexandra Fusai
Australia Kerry-Anne Guse
ChampionsAustralia Kerry-Anne Guse
Japan Rika Hiraki
Runners-upCanada Maureen Drake
Canada Renata Kolbovic
Score6–1, 7–6
Draw16
Seeds4

Alexandra Fusai and Kerry-Anne Guse were the defending champions but only Guse competed that year with Rika Hiraki.

Guse and Hiraki won in the final 6–1, 7–6 against Maureen Drake and Renata Kolbovic.[1]

Seeds

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

  1. Australia Rachel McQuillan / Japan Nana Miyagi (first round)
  2. Australia Kerry-Anne Guse / Japan Rika Hiraki (champions)
  3. South Korea Sung-Hee Park / Chinese Taipei Shi-Ting Wang (quarterfinals)
  4. Slovakia Henrieta Nagyová / Belgium Dominique Van Roost (first round)

Draw

Key

First round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
1 Australia R McQuillan
Japan N Miyagi
1 4  
Q Japan H Inoue
Japan M Inoue
6 6     Japan H Inoue
Japan M Inoue
7 5 4
  Australia G Biggs
Hungary N Köves
4 2     Malaysia C-B Khoo
Japan Y Yamagishi
5 7 6
  Malaysia C-B Khoo
Japan Y Yamagishi
6 6     Malaysia C-B Khoo
Japan Y Yamagishi
7 4 3
4 Slovakia H Nagyová
Belgium D Van Roost
        Canada M Drake
Canada R Kolbovic
5 6 6
  United States E deLone
Australia N Pratt
w/o       United States E deLone
Australia N Pratt
7 3 5
WC Indonesia W Prakusya
Indonesia W Sawondari
5 6     Canada M Drake
Canada R Kolbovic
5 6 7
  Canada M Drake
Canada R Kolbovic
7 7     Canada Maureen Drake
Canada Renata Kolbovic
1 6  
  Australia S Drake-Brockman
Australia A Ellwood
6 2 3 2 Australia Kerry-Anne Guse
Japan Rika Hiraki
6 7  
  France N Dechy
France S Pitkowski
3 6 6   France N Dechy
France S Pitkowski
6 6  
  Czech Republic L Němečková
Poland A Olsza
1 0   3 South Korea S-H Park
Chinese Taipei S-T Wang
4 2  
3 South Korea S-H Park
Chinese Taipei S-T Wang
6 6     France N Dechy
France S Pitkowski
6 6 2
  Japan M Endo
Germany M Kochta
1 4   2 Australia K-A Guse
Japan R Hiraki
7 0 6
  Australia C Barclay
Thailand T Tanasugarn
6 6     Australia C Barclay
Thailand T Tanasugarn
4 2  
  Australia D Jones
Japan S Obata
1 4   2 Australia K-A Guse
Japan R Hiraki
6 6  
2 Australia K-A Guse
Japan R Hiraki
6 6  

References

  1. ^ John Barrett, ed. (1998). International Tennis Federation World of Tennis 1998. London: CollinsWillow. pp. 171–173, 189. ISBN 9780002188241.