# 1997 Japan Open Tennis Championships – Men's doubles

Todd Woodbridge and Mark Woodforde were the defending champions, but lost in the quarterfinals to tournament runners-up Justin Gimelstob and Patrick Rafter.
Martin Damm and Daniel Vacek won the title by defeating Gimelstob and Rafter 2–6, 6–2, 7–6 in the final.

## Seeds

The first four seeds received a bye to the second round.
* Todd Woodbridge / Mark Woodforde (quarterfinals)
* Rick Leach / Jonathan Stark (second round)
* David Adams / Andrei Olhovskiy (second round)
* Martin Damm / Daniel Vacek (champion)
* Joshua Eagle / Andrew Florent (semifinals)
* Jim Grabb / Brian MacPhie (quarterfinals)
* Justin Gimelstob / Patrick Rafter (final)
* Max Mirnyi / Kevin Ullyett (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

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 7 | Justin Gimelstob Patrick Rafter | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| 5 | Joshua Eagle Andrew Florent | 6 | 3 | 3 | | | | | |
| 5 | Joshua Eagle Andrew Florent | 6 | 3 | 3 | 7 | Justin Gimelstob Patrick Rafter | 6 | 2 | 6 |
| | | | | | 4 | Martin Damm Daniel Vacek | 2 | 6 | 7 |
| 4 | Martin Damm Daniel Vacek | 6 | 6 | | 4 | Martin Damm Daniel Vacek | 2 | 6 | 7 |
| | Wayne Arthurs Andrew Kratzmann | 4 | 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 | T Woodbridge M Woodforde | 6 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Norman T Nydahl | 3 | 7 | 6 | | M Norman T Nydahl | 1 | 0$^r$ | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | J Delgado A Thoms | 6 | 6 | 4 | | | | | | 1 | T Woodbridge M Woodforde | 3 | 7 | 6 | | | | | |
| WC | B Becker P Kühnen | 6 | 6 | 4 | | | | | | 7 | J Gimelstob P Rafter | 6 | 6 | 7 | | | | | |
| WC | Hiroki Ishii M Onoda | 1 | 7 | 6 | WC | Hiroki Ishii M Onoda | 2 | 7 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Richardson D Sapsford | 4 | 6 | 3 | 7 | J Gimelstob P Rafter | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | J Gimelstob P Rafter | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 7 | J Gimelstob P Rafter | 4 | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 5 | J Eagle A Florent | 6 | 3 | 3 |
| | | | | | 3 | D Adams A Olhovskiy | 5 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | G Blumauer A Foster | 4 | 3 | | | JP Fleurian S Simian | 7 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | JP Fleurian S Simian | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | JP Fleurian S Simian | 4 | 5 | | | | | | |
| | F Wibier J Winnink | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | 5 | J Eagle A Florent | 6 | 7 | | | | | | |
| | L Paes R Smith | 6 | 6 | | | L Paes R Smith | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | K Jones S Melville | 2 | 5 | | 5 | J Eagle A Florent | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | J Eagle A Florent | 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 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| 6 | J Grabb B MacPhie | 6 | 5 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | K Braasch J Tarango | 4 | 7 | 4 | 6 | J Grabb B MacPhie | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | N Godwin H Holm | 6 | 7 | | | N Godwin H Holm | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Pavel E Ran | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | 6 | J Grabb B MacPhie | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| WC | M Joyce S Matsuoka | 6 | 4 | 7 | | | | | | 4 | M Damm D Vacek | 3 | 7 | 7 | | | | |
| | C Ferreira J Golmard | 1 | 6 | 6 | WC | M Joyce S Matsuoka | 6 | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 4 | M Damm D Vacek | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | M Damm D Vacek | 6 | 6 |
| 8 | M Mirnyi K Ullyett | 6 | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | W Arthurs A Kratzmann | 4 | 4 |
| | D Flach K Kinnear | 1 | 6 | 6 | | D Flach K Kinnear | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | G Motomura T Shimada | 6 | 2 | | | W Arthurs A Kratzmann | 4 | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
| | W Arthurs A Kratzmann | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | W Arthurs A Kratzmann | 7 | 4 | 6 | | | | |
| | O Delaître L Roux | 7 | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | S Iwabuchi T Suzuki | 5 | 6 | 3 | | | | |
| | S Iwabuchi T Suzuki | 6 | 6 | 6 | | S Iwabuchi T Suzuki | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 2 | R Leach J Stark | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |