Women's doubles
1997 Italian Open
1996 Champions	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Irina Spîrlea
Final
Champions	Nicole Arendt Manon Bollegraf
Runners-up	Conchita Martínez Patricia Tarabini
Score	6–2, 6–4
Events
Singles men women Doubles men women
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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.

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.

	Final
	6	Conchita Martínez Patricia Tarabini	2	4
	2	Nicole Arendt Manon Bollegraf	6	6

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
								1	L Savchenko H Suková	7	2	5
		A Kournikova E Likhovtseva	6	6					A Kournikova E Likhovtseva	6	6	7
	LL	B Fulco-Villella L Pleming	2	0												A Kournikova E Likhovtseva	7	6
		B Schett P Schnyder	6	6												B Schett P Schnyder	6	4
		I Gorrochategui F Perfetti	3	3					B Schett P Schnyder	6	5	7
		C Rubin B Schultz-McCarthy	4	7	4			7	S Appelmans M Oremans	1	7	5
	7	S Appelmans M Oremans	6	5	6																		A Kournikova E Likhovtseva	6	3
																						6	C Martínez P Tarabini	7	6
								3	A Fusai N Tauziat	6	6
		A Grossman K Habšudová	6	6					A Grossman K Habšudová	3	4
		M Saeki S-T Wang	3	3											3	A Fusai N Tauziat	2	3
		R Hiraki F Labat	3	6	6										6	C Martínez P Tarabini	6	6
		M Murić A Olsza	6	2	3				R Hiraki F Labat	2	1
		R Dragomir I Majoli	4	7	4			6	C Martínez P Tarabini	6	6
	6	C Martínez P Tarabini	6	5	6

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
	8	A Dechaume-Balleret S Testud	6	4	5
		P Suárez D Van Roost	3	6	7				P Suárez D Van Roost	6	6
		A Coetzer M Pierce	6	6					A Coetzer M Pierce	2	4
		A Ellwood R McQuillan	2	0												P Suárez D Van Roost	6	4
		E Callens A-G Sidot	6												4	Y Basuki C Vis	7	6
		L Montalvo H Nagyová	2	r					E Callens A-G Sidot	4	2
								4	Y Basuki C Vis	6	6
																						4	Y Basuki C Vis	2	6
	5	G Fernández I Spîrlea	6	6																		2	N Arendt M Bollegraf	6	7
	Q	A Sugiyama Y Yoshida	1	4				5	G Fernández I Spîrlea	6	4	6
		A Canepa G Casoni	0	6	2				S Cecchini L Garrone	1	6	2
		S Cecchini L Garrone	6	4	6										5	G Fernández I Spîrlea	4	6	5
		C Morariu M Paz	6	5	3										2	N Arendt M Bollegraf	6	3	7
		D Graham R Grande	2	7	6				D Graham R Grande	3	1
								2	N Arendt M Bollegraf	6	6

• 1997 Italian Open Women's Doubles Draw^{[permanent dead link]}