# 1997 WTA German Open – Doubles

Meredith McGrath and Larisa Savchenko were the defending champions but only Savchenko competed that year with Katrina Adams.
Adams and Savchenko lost in the semifinals to Gigi Fernández and Natasha Zvereva.
Lindsay Davenport and Jana Novotná won in the final 6–2, 3–6, 6–2 against Fernández and Zvereva.

## 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.
* Gigi Fernández / Natasha Zvereva (final)
* Lindsay Davenport / Jana Novotná (champions)
* Mary Joe Fernández / Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (semifinals)
* Katrina Adams / Larisa Savchenko (semifinals)
* Yayuk Basuki / Caroline Vis (quarterfinals)
* Alexandra Fusai / Nathalie Tauziat (second round)
* Manon Bollegraf / Patricia Tarabini (quarterfinals)
* Ruxandra Dragomir / Iva Majoli (first round)

## 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

| Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | Gigi Fernández Natasha Zvereva | 2 | 6 | 2 |
| 2 | Lindsay Davenport Jana Novotná | 6 | 3 | 6 |

### Top half

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| | | | | | 1 | G Fernández N Zvereva | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | |
| | A Coetzer C Rubin | 6 | 6 | | | A Coetzer C Rubin | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | |
| | E Callens L Courtois | 1 | 2 | | | | | | 1 | G Fernández N Zvereva | 6 | 7 | | | |
| | M Babel K Habšudová | 6 | 2 | | | | | | | A Kournikova E Likhovtseva | 2 | 5 | | | |
| | A Kournikova E Likhovtseva | 7 | 6 | | | A Kournikova E Likhovtseva | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | |
| Q | M-J Gaidano T Panova | 2 | 3 | | 6 | A Fusai N Tauziat | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | |
| 6 | A Fusai N Tauziat | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | 1 | G Fernández N Zvereva | w/o |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | K Adams L Savchenko | |
| | | | | | 4 | K Adams L Savchenko | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | |
| WC | I Gorrochategui S Graf | 4 | 6 | 3 | | R Hiraki F Labat | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | |
| | R Hiraki F Labat | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | 4 | K Adams L Savchenko | 7 | 7 | | | |
| | S Appelmans A Sugiyama | 6 | 7 | | | | | | 7 | M Bollegraf P Tarabini | 6 | 6 | | | |
| | M Paz R Simpson | 4 | 5 | | | S Appelmans A Sugiyama | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | |
| | A-G Sidot P Suárez | 4 | 2 | | 7 | M Bollegraf P Tarabini | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | |
| 7 | M Bollegraf P Tarabini | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### 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 | Semifinals |
| 5 | Y Basuki C Vis | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Meier F Perfetti | 0 | 0 | | 5 | Y Basuki C Vis | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | E Martincová R McQuillan | 6 | 2 | | | L Montalvo H Nagyová | 4 | 6 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| | L Montalvo H Nagyová | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | 5 | Y Basuki C Vis | 3 | 5 | | | | | |
| WC | B Rittner J Wöhr | 5 | 0 | | | | | | | 3 | M J Fernández A Sánchez Vicario | 6 | 7 | | | | | |
| | L Golarsa I Spîrlea | 7 | 6 | | | L Golarsa I Spîrlea | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 3 | M J Fernández A Sánchez Vicario | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | M J Fernández A Sánchez Vicario | 5 | 6 | 3 |
| 8 | R Dragomir I Majoli | 2 | 6 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | 2 | L Davenport J Novotná | 7 | 1 | 6 |
| | O Lugina E Wagner | 6 | 3 | 6 | | O Lugina E Wagner | 7 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | P Hy-Boulais S-T Wang | 6 | 6 | | | P Hy-Boulais S-T Wang | 5 | 6 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| | L Němečková A Olsza | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | O Lugina E Wagner | 3 | 2 | | | | | |
| | B Schett P Schnyder | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | 2 | L Davenport J Novotná | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | R Bobková E Melicharová | 6 | 6 | | | R Bobková E Melicharová | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 2 | L Davenport J Novotná | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |