# 1997 Monte Carlo Open – Doubles

Ellis Ferreira and Jan Siemerink were the defending champions, but competed this year with different partners. Ferreira teamed up with Patrick Galbraith and lost in quarterfinals to tournament winners Donald Johnson and Francisco Montana, while Siemerink teamed up with Menno Oosting and lost in first round to Pablo Albano and Àlex Corretja.
Donald Johnson and Francisco Montana won the title by defeating Jacco Eltingh and Paul Haarhuis 7–6, 2–6, 7–6 in the final.

## Seeds

The top four seeds received a bye to the second round.
* Jacco Eltingh / Paul Haarhuis (final)
* Yevgeny Kafelnikov / Daniel Vacek (semifinals)
* Ellis Ferreira / Patrick Galbraith (quarterfinals)
* Luis Lobo / Javier Sánchez (quarterfinals)
* Jonas Björkman / Nicklas Kulti (semifinals)
* David Adams / Andrei Olhovskiy (first round)
* Libor Pimek / Byron Talbot (quarterfinals)
* Neil Broad / Piet Norval (quarterfinals)

## Draw
### Key

* Q = Qualifier
* WC = Wild card
* LL = Lucky loser
* Alt = Alternate
* SE = Special exempt
* PR = Protected ranking
* ITF = ITF entry
* JE = Junior exempt
* w/o = Walkover
* r = Retired
* d = Defaulted
* SR = Special ranking

### Finals

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis | 5 | 6 | 7 | | | | | |
| 5 | Jonas Björkman Nicklas Kulti | 7 | 2 | 5 | | | | | |
| 5 | Jonas Björkman Nicklas Kulti | 7 | 2 | 5 | 1 | Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | | Donald Johnson Francisco Montana | 7 | 2 | 7 |
| | Donald Johnson Francisco Montana | 6 | 6 | | | Donald Johnson Francisco Montana | 7 | 2 | 7 |
| 2 | Yevgeny Kafelnikov Daniel Vacek | 1 | 4 | | | | | | |

### Top half

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| | | | | | 1 | J Eltingh P Haarhuis | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | O Camporese D Nargiso | 2 | 6 | | | M Barnard F Messori | 1 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Barnard F Messori | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | 1 | J Eltingh P Haarhuis | 6 | 6 | | | | | | |
| | P Albano À Corretja | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | 8 | N Broad P Norval | 3 | 3 | | | | | | |
| | M Oosting J Siemerink | 5 | 4 | | | P Albano À Corretja | 3 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | D Randall J Waite | 3 | 4 | | 8 | N Broad P Norval | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | N Broad P Norval | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | J Eltingh P Haarhuis | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 5 | J Björkman N Kulti | 7 | 2 | 5 |
| | | | | | 4 | L Lobo J Sánchez | 3 | 6 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | J Courier M Rosset | 7 | 6 | | WC | J Courier M Rosset | 6 | 2 | 1$^d$ | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Gaudenzi S Schalken | 6 | 1 | | | | | | | 4 | L Lobo J Sánchez | 6 | 1 | 5 | | | | | |
| | D Ekerot TJ Middleton | 2 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 5 | J Björkman N Kulti | 4 | 6 | 7 | | | | | |
| | J Eagle A Florent | 6 | 3 | 2 | | D Ekerot TJ Middleton | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | T Kronemann D Macpherson | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | J Björkman N Kulti | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | J Björkman N Kulti | 3 | 7 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Bottom half

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| 6 | D Adams A Olhovskiy | 5 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | T Carbonell F Roig | 7 | 6 | | | T Carbonell F Roig | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| | D Johnson F Montana | 5 | 6 | 6 | | D Johnson F Montana | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | A Medvedev M Stich | 7 | 1 | 4 | | | | | | | D Johnson F Montana | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| WC | A Boetsch C Pioline | 7 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 3 | E Ferreira P Galbraith | 4 | 4 | | | | |
| Q | B Haygarth M Mirnyi | 6 | 7 | 3 | WC | A Boetsch C Pioline | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 3 | E Ferreira P Galbraith | w | / | o | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | D Johnson F Montana | 6 | 6 |
| 7 | L Pimek B Talbot | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | Y Kafelnikov D Vacek | 1 | 4 |
| | C Brandi F Wibier | 2 | 4 | | 7 | L Pimek B Talbot | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | G Kuerten N Lapentti | 6 | 7 | | Q | G Kuerten N Lapentti | 0 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| | E Couto N Marques | 4 | 5 | | | | | | | 7 | L Pimek B Talbot | 4 | 6 | | | | |
| | O Delaître F Santoro | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 2 | Y Kafelnikov D Vacek | 6 | 7 | | | | |
| | P Nyborg S Noteboom | 4 | 4 | | | O Delaître F Santoro | 3 | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 2 | Y Kafelnikov D Vacek | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | |

## Qualifying
### Qualifying seeds

* Brent Haygarth / Max Mirnyi (qualified)
* Clinton Ferreira / Aleksandar Kitinov (first round)
* Gustavo Kuerten / Nicolás Lapentti (qualified)
* Nebojša Đorđević / Sláva Doseděl (first round)

### Qualifiers

* Brent Haygarth / Max Mirnyi
* Gustavo Kuerten / Nicolás Lapentti

### Qualifying draw
#### First qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 1 | Brent Haygarth Max Mirnyi | 2 | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| WC | Emilio Benfele Álvarez Sébastien Graeff | 6 | 3 | 1 | | | | |
| WC | Emilio Benfele Álvarez Sébastien Graeff | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | Brent Haygarth Max Mirnyi | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | WC | Thomas Enqvist Magnus Larsson | 3 | 3 |
| WC | Thomas Enqvist Magnus Larsson | 6 | 6 | | WC | Thomas Enqvist Magnus Larsson | 3 | 3 |
| 4 | Nebojša Đorđević Sláva Doseděl | 3 | 1 | | | | | |

#### Second qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 2 | Clinton Ferreira Aleksandar Kitinov | 5 | 2 | | | | | |
| WC | Wayne Ferreira Marcelo Ríos | 7 | 6 | | | | | |
| WC | Wayne Ferreira Marcelo Ríos | 7 | 6 | WC | Wayne Ferreira Marcelo Ríos | 6 | 6 | 2 |
| | | | | 3 | Gustavo Kuerten Nicolás Lapentti | 3 | 7 | 6 |
| | Patrick Baur Jens Knippschild | 6 | 2 | 3 | Gustavo Kuerten Nicolás Lapentti | 3 | 7 | 6 |
| 3 | Gustavo Kuerten Nicolás Lapentti | 7 | 6 | | | | | |