# 1997 Lipton Championships – Men's doubles

Todd Woodbridge and Mark Woodforde were the two-time defending champions and won in the final 7–6, 7–6 against Mark Knowles and Daniel Nestor.

## Seeds

All sixteen seeded teams received byes into the second round.
* Todd Woodbridge / Mark Woodforde (champions)
* Jacco Eltingh / Paul Haarhuis (third round)
* Ellis Ferreira / Patrick Galbraith (second round)
* Byron Black / Grant Connell (quarterfinals)
* Mark Knowles / Daniel Nestor (final)
* Sébastien Lareau / Alex O'Brien (third round)
* Rick Leach / Jonathan Stark (quarterfinals)
* Jonas Björkman / Nicklas Kulti (third round)
* Luis Lobo / Javier Sánchez (semifinals)
* Libor Pimek / Byron Talbot (second round)
* Sandon Stolle / Cyril Suk (third round)
* Neil Broad / Piet Norval (semifinals)
* n/a
* Donald Johnson / Francisco Montana (second round)
* Stephen Noteboom / Peter Nyborg (second round)
* Jiří Novák / David Rikl (third 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 | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| 12 | Neil Broad Piet Norval | 3 | 4 | | | | |
| 12 | Neil Broad Piet Norval | 3 | 4 | 1 | Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde | 7 | 7 |
| | | | | 5 | Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor | 6 | 6 |
| 5 | Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor | 6 | 7 | 5 | Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor | 6 | 6 |
| 9 | Luis Lobo Javier Sánchez | 3 | 6 | | | | |

### Top half
#### Section 1

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| | | | | | 1 | T Woodbridge M Woodforde | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | T Henman J Siemerink | | | | | K Jones S Melville | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| | K Jones S Melville | w/o | | | | | | | 1 | T Woodbridge M Woodforde | 7 | 6 | | | | |
| | B MacPhie G Muller | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | 16 | J Novák D Rikl | 6 | 1 | | | | |
| WC | J Courier M Rosset | 7 | 3 | 7 | WC | J Courier M Rosset | 4 | 5 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 16 | J Novák D Rikl | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | T Woodbridge M Woodforde | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | 7 | R Leach J Stark | 4 | 3 |
| | | | | | 10 | L Pimek B Talbot | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| WC | A Costa C Moyá | 4 | 6 | 5 | | J-P Fleurian J Waite | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | J-P Fleurian J Waite | 6 | 2 | 7 | | | | | | J-P Fleurian J Waite | 6 | 4 | | | | |
| WC | M Petchey A Richardson | 4 | 6 | 3 | | | | | 7 | R Leach J Stark | 7 | 6 | | | | |
| Q | S Humphries J Salzenstein | 6 | 3 | 6 | Q | S Humphries J Salzenstein | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 7 | R Leach J Stark | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |

#### Section 2

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| | | | | 3 | E Ferreira P Galbraith | 5 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| J Gimelstob P Korda | 2 | 2 | | | M-K Goellner G Raoux | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| M-K Goellner G Raoux | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | M-K Goellner G Raoux | 7 | 3 | 6 | | | | |
| H J Davids S Schalken | 7 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | H J Davids S Schalken | 6 | 6 | 7 | | | | |
| D Flach T. J. Middleton | 5 | 6 | 2 | | H J Davids S Schalken | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | 14 | D Johnson F Montana | 5 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | H J Davids S Schalken | 3 | 5 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | 12 | N Broad P Norval | 6 | 7 |
| | | | | 12 | N Broad P Norval | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| À Corretja E Sánchez | 7 | 5 | 5 | | A Gaudenzi G Ivanišević | 5 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| A Gaudenzi G Ivanišević | 6 | 7 | 7 | | | | | 12 | N Broad P Norval | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| K Kinnear D Randall | 6 | 6 | 5 | | | | | 6 | S Lareau A O'Brien | 3 | 4 | | | | | |
| J-L de Jager M Keil | 3 | 7 | 7 | | J-L de Jager M Keil | 1 | 5 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | 6 | S Lareau A O'Brien | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | |

### Bottom half
#### Section 3

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| | | | | | 5 | M Knowles D Nestor | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | L Arnold J Frana | 6 | 6 | | | L Arnold J Frana | 6 | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| | T Kempers T Nijssen | 4 | 4 | | | | | | 5 | M Knowles D Nestor | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | T Ho B Shelton | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | 11 | S Stolle C Suk | 2 | 3 | | | | |
| | C Doseděl P Vízner | 4 | 7 | 7 | | C Doseděl P Vízner | 2 | 5 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 11 | S Stolle C Suk | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | 5 | M Knowles D Nestor | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | B Black G Connell | 4 | 4 |
| | | | | | LL | G Kuerten F Meligeni | 6 | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| Q | B Behrens D Orsanic | 4 | 4 | | | R Bergh B Haygarth | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | R Bergh B Haygarth | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | R Bergh B Haygarth | 3 | 2 | | | | |
| | P Cash M Tebbutt | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | | 4 | B Black G Connell | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | M Bhupathi L Paes | 6 | 2 | 7 | | M Bhupathi L Paes | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 4 | B Black G Connell | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | |

#### Section 4

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| | | | | | 8 | J Björkman N Kulti | 7 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Ondruska G Stafford | 6 | 6 | | | M Ondruska G Stafford | 6 | 7 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| | L Jensen M Jensen | 4 | 1 | | | | | | | 8 | J Björkman N Kulti | 5 | 6 | 3 | | | | |
| | K Thorne C van Rensburg | 6 | 3 | 2 | | | | | | 9 | L Lobo J Sánchez | 7 | 3 | 6 | | | | |
| WC | A Kratzmann N Lapentti | 2 | 6 | 6 | WC | A Kratzmann N Lapentti | 2 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 9 | L Lobo J Sánchez | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 9 | L Lobo J Sánchez | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | WC | W Ferreira P Kilderry | 3 | 1 |
| | | | | | 15 | S Noteboom P Nyborg | 4 | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Cannon R Smith | 7 | 5 | 3 | WC | W Ferreira P Kilderry | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | W Ferreira P Kilderry | 6 | 7 | 6 | | | | | | WC | W Ferreira P Kilderry | 5 | 7 | 6 | | | | |
| | S Davis D Macpherson | 6 | 3 | 7 | | | | | | 2 | J Eltingh P Haarhuis | 7 | 6 | 3 | | | | |
| | J Tarango C Woodruff | 4 | 6 | 6 | | S Davis D Macpherson | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 2 | J Eltingh P Haarhuis | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | |