# 1997 Great American Insurance ATP Championships – Doubles

Mark Knowles and Daniel Nestor were the defending champions, but Knowles did not compete this year. Nestor teamed up with Cyril Suk and lost in quarterfinals to Olivier Delaître and Fabrice Santoro.
Todd Woodbridge and Mark Woodforde won the title by defeating Mark Philippoussis and Patrick Rafter 7–6, 4–6, 6–4 in an all-Australian final.

## Seeds

The first four seeds received a bye into the second round.
* Todd Woodbridge / Mark Woodforde (champions)
* Yevgeny Kafelnikov / Daniel Vacek (second round)
* Sébastien Lareau / Alex O'Brien (semifinals)
* Daniel Nestor / Cyril Suk (quarterfinals)
* Ellis Ferreira / Patrick Galbraith (quarterfinals)
* Rick Leach / Jonathan Stark (first round)
* Mark Philippoussis / Patrick Rafter (final)
* Donald Johnson / Francisco Montana (second 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

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde | 6 | 6 | | | | | | |
| 3 | Sébastien Lareau Alex O'Brien | 2 | 1 | | | | | | |
| 3 | Sébastien Lareau Alex O'Brien | 2 | 1 | | 1 | Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde | 7 | 4 | 6 |
| | | | | | 7 | Mark Philippoussis Patrick Rafter | 6 | 6 | 4 |
| | Olivier Delaître Fabrice Santoro | 6 | 6 | 4 | 7 | Mark Philippoussis Patrick Rafter | 6 | 6 | 4 |
| 7 | Mark Philippoussis Patrick Rafter | 4 | 7 | 6 | | | | | |

### 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 |
| | | | | | 1 | T Woodbridge M Woodforde | 6 | 4 | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Eltingh J Siemerink | 7 | 7 | | | J Eltingh J Siemerink | 2 | 6 | 5 | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | B Bryan M Bryan | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 1 | T Woodbridge M Woodforde | 2 | 7 | 6 | | | | |
| | J Waite F Wibier | 0 | 4 | | | | | | | | M Bhupathi L Paes | 6 | 6 | 1 | | | | |
| | M Bhupathi L Paes | 6 | 6 | | | M Bhupathi L Paes | 7 | 5 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | S Draper J Stoltenberg | 5 | 1 | | 8 | D Johnson F Montana | 5 | 7 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | D Johnson F Montana | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | T Woodbridge M Woodforde | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | S Lareau A O'Brien | 2 | 1 |
| | | | | | 3 | S Lareau A O'Brien | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | D Adams K Ullyett | 4 | 4 | | | T Kronemann D Macpherson | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | T Kronemann D Macpherson | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 3 | S Lareau A O'Brien | 6 | 7 | | | | | |
| | J Grabb P Korda | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | 5 | E Ferreira P Galbraith | 4 | 5 | | | | | |
| | P Albano À Corretja | 6 | 6 | | | P Albano À Corretja | 7 | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | G Ivanišević C Woodruff | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | E Ferreira P Galbraith | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | E Ferreira P Galbraith | 7 | 2 | 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 | R Leach J Stark | 6 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | O Delaître F Santoro | 7 | 6 | | | O Delaître F Santoro | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | B Black B Steven | 5 | 6 | | | N Broad P Norval | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | N Broad P Norval | 7 | 7 | | | | | | | | O Delaître F Santoro | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| WC | S Groen G Kuerten | 4 | 6 | 3 | | | | | | 4 | D Nestor C Suk | 4 | 2 | | | | | |
| WC | T Haas M Ríos | 6 | 4 | 6 | WC | T Haas M Ríos | 2 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 4 | D Nestor C Suk | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | O Delaître F Santoro | 6 | 6 | 4 |
| 7 | M Philippoussis P Rafter | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 7 | M Philippoussis P Rafter | 4 | 7 | 6 |
| WC | W Ferreira T Henman | 5 | 4 | | 7 | M Philippoussis P Rafter | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Eagle A Florent | 2 | 7 | 3 | | L Jensen M Jensen | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | L Jensen M Jensen | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 7 | M Philippoussis P Rafter | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | J Björkman MK Goellner | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | J Björkman MK Goellner | 2 | 3 | | | | | |
| | M Damm P Vízner | 4 | 6 | | | J Björkman MK Goellner | 4 | 7 | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 2 | Y Kafelnikov D Vacek | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |

## Qualifying
### Qualifying seeds

* Kelly Jones / Byron Talbot (qualifying competition)
* Kent Kinnear / Aleksandar Kitinov (first round)
* Peter Nyborg / Mikael Tillström (qualifying competition)
* Vince Spadea / Eric Taino (first round)

### Qualifiers

* Scott Draper / Jason Stoltenberg
* Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan

### Qualifying draw
#### First qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 1 | Kelly Jones Byron Talbot | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| WC | Craig Boynton Craig Lindner | 3 | 1 | | | | |
| WC | Craig Boynton Craig Lindner | 3 | 1 | 1 | Kelly Jones Byron Talbot | 3 | 4 |
| | | | | | Scott Draper Jason Stoltenberg | 6 | 6 |
| | Scott Draper Jason Stoltenberg | 6 | 6 | | Scott Draper Jason Stoltenberg | 6 | 6 |
| 4 | Vince Spadea Eric Taino | 3 | 1 | | | | |

#### Second qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 2 | Kent Kinnear Aleksandar Kitinov | 6 | 4 | | | | |
| WC | Bob Bryan Mike Bryan | 7 | 6 | | | | |
| WC | Bob Bryan Mike Bryan | 7 | 6 | WC | Bob Bryan Mike Bryan | 7 | 6 |
| | | | | 3 | Peter Nyborg Mikael Tillström | 6 | 4 |
| WC | Chris Groer Andrew Rueb | 6 | 3 | 3 | Peter Nyborg Mikael Tillström | 6 | 4 |
| 3 | Peter Nyborg Mikael Tillström | 7 | 6 | | | | |