# 1997 Newsweek Champions Cup – Doubles

Todd Woodbridge and Mark Woodforde were the defending champions but lost in the semifinals to Mark Philippoussis and Patrick Rafter.
Mark Knowles and Daniel Nestor won in the final 7–6, 4–6, 7–5 against Philippoussis and Rafter.

## Seeds

The top four seeded teams received byes into the second round.
* Todd Woodbridge / Mark Woodforde (final)
* Jacco Eltingh / Paul Haarhuis (second round)
* Byron Black / Grant Connell (second round)
* Ellis Ferreira / Patrick Galbraith (second round)
* Sébastien Lareau / Alex O'Brien (quarterfinals)
* Mark Knowles / Daniel Nestor (champions)
* Jonas Björkman / Nicklas Kulti (quarterfinals)
* Rick Leach / Jonathan Stark (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

### Final

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | Mark Philippoussis Patrick Rafter | 6 | 4 | 7 | | | | | |
| | Mark Philippoussis Patrick Rafter | 6 | 4 | 7 | | Mark Philippoussis Patrick Rafter | 6 | 6 | 5 |
| | | | | | 6 | Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor | 7 | 4 | 7 |
| 6 | Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor | 6 | 3 | 6 | 6 | Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor | 7 | 4 | 7 |
| Q | Scott Davis Kelly Jones | 4 | 6 | 3 | | | | | |

### 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 | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| | | | | | 1 | T Woodbridge M Woodforde | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | N Broad P Norval | 4 | 6 | 7 | | N Broad P Norval | 3 | 7 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| | G Forget M Rosset | 6 | 3 | 5 | | | | | | 1 | T Woodbridge M Woodforde | 6 | 7 | | | | | |
| WC | L Jensen M Jensen | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | 8 | R Leach J Stark | 3 | 5 | | | | | |
| WC | J Courier C Woodruff | 6 | 4 | | WC | L Jensen M Jensen | 6 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Stolle C Suk | 6 | 3 | 4 | 8 | R Leach J Stark | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | R Leach J Stark | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | 1 | T Woodbridge M Woodforde | 4 | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | M Philippoussis P Rafter | 6 | 4 | 7 |
| | | | | | 3 | B Black G Connell | 6 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Novák P Vízner | 2 | 3 | | | M Philippoussis P Rafter | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Philippoussis P Rafter | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | M Philippoussis P Rafter | 7 | 6 | | | | | |
| | B MacPhie M Tebbutt | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | 5 | S Lareau A O'Brien | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | J Grabb R Reneberg | 6 | 6 | | | J Grabb R Reneberg | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | T Ho J Waite | 1 | 5 | | 5 | S Lareau A O'Brien | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | S Lareau A O'Brien | 6 | 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 | Semifinals |
| 6 | M Knowles D Nestor | 4 | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | D Johnson F Montana | 6 | 5 | 3 | 6 | M Knowles D Nestor | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | H J Davids S Schalken | 6 | 6 | 6 | WC | W Ferreira G Muller | 5 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | W Ferreira G Muller | 4 | 7 | 7 | | | | | | 6 | M Knowles D Nestor | 7 | 6 | | | | | |
| | J Eagle A Florent | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | M-K Goellner B Talbot | 5 | 4 | | | | | |
| | M-K Goellner B Talbot | 6 | 6 | | | M-K Goellner B Talbot | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 4 | E Ferreira P Galbraith | 6 | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 6 | M Knowles D Nestor | 6 | 3 | 6 |
| 7 | J Björkman N Kulti | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | Q | S Davis K Jones | 4 | 6 | 3 |
| Q | M Ondruska L Paes | 2 | 4 | | 7 | J Björkman N Kulti | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | T Kronemann D Macpherson | 4 | 4 | | | L Lobo J Sánchez | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | L Lobo J Sánchez | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 7 | J Björkman N Kulti | 6 | 4 | | | | | |
| | J Tarango C van Rensburg | 6 | 4 | | | | | | | Q | S Davis K Jones | 7 | 6 | | | | | |
| Q | S Davis K Jones | 7 | 6 | | Q | S Davis K Jones | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 2 | J Eltingh P Haarhuis | 6 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |