# 1997 Pilot Pen International – Doubles

Byron Black and Grant Connell were the defending champions, but Connell did not compete this year. Black teamed up with Brett Steven and lost in the quarterfinals to Jacco Eltingh and Paul Haarhuis.
Mahesh Bhupathi and Leander Paes won the title by defeating Sébastien Lareau and Alex O'Brien 6–4, 6–7, 6–2 in the final.

## Seeds

The first four seeds received a bye into the second round.
* Jacco Eltingh / Paul Haarhuis (semifinals)
* Yevgeny Kafelnikov / Daniel Vacek (quarterfinals)
* Sébastien Lareau / Alex O'Brien (final)
* Luis Lobo / Javier Sánchez (second round)
* Mark Philippoussis / Patrick Rafter (first round)
* Mahesh Bhupathi / Leander Paes (champions)
* Luke Jensen / Murphy Jensen (first round)
* Marc-Kevin Goellner / Andrei Olhovskiy (semifinals)

## 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 | Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis | 6 | 3 | 3 | | | | | |
| 6 | Mahesh Bhupathi Leander Paes | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| 6 | Mahesh Bhupathi Leander Paes | 4 | 6 | 6 | 6 | Mahesh Bhupathi Leander Paes | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | 3 | Sébastien Lareau Alex O'Brien | 4 | 7 | 2 |
| 3 | Sébastien Lareau Alex O'Brien | 6 | 6 | | 3 | Sébastien Lareau Alex O'Brien | 4 | 7 | 2 |
| 8 | Marc-Kevin Goellner Andrei Olhovskiy | 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 | J Eltingh P Haarhuis | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Siemerink S Schalken | 4 | 4 | | Q | M Norman D Prinosil | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | M Norman D Prinosil | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 1 | J Eltingh P Haarhuis | 2 | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| Q | T Ketola S Leblanc | 3 | 6 | 1 | | | | | | | B Black B Steven | 6 | 4 | 4 | | | | | |
| | B Black B Steven | 6 | 3 | 6 | | B Black B Steven | 1 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | T Henman P Korda | 6 | 6 | | WC | T Henman P Korda | 6 | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 7/WC | L Jensen M Jensen | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | J Eltingh P Haarhuis | 6 | 3 | 3 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 6 | M Bhupathi L Paes | 4 | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | 4 | L Lobo J Sánchez | 7 | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | F Meligeni N Pereira | 6 | 6 | | | F Meligeni N Pereira | 5 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | D DiLucia B Shelton | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | F Meligeni N Pereira | 6 | 3 | | | | | | |
| | S Davis K Jones | 2 | 5 | | | | | | | 6 | M Bhupathi L Paes | 7 | 6 | | | | | | |
| | S Noteboom F Wibier | 6 | 7 | | | S Noteboom F Wibier | 6 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | N Đorđević C Haggard | 4 | 5 | | 6 | M Bhupathi L Paes | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | M Bhupathi L Paes | 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 |
| 5 | M Philippoussis P Rafter | 6 | 6 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | V Spadea E Taino | 3 | 7 | 6 | WC | V Spadea E Taino | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| | D Ekerot B Hansen-Dent | 2 | 3 | | | TJ Middleton S Sargsian | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | TJ Middleton S Sargsian | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | TJ Middleton S Sargsian | 3 | 5 | | | | |
| | B MacPhie J Salzenstein | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | 3 | S Lareau A O'Brien | 6 | 7 | | | | |
| | P Kilderry N Lapentti | 3 | 6 | | | B MacPhie J Salzenstein | 6 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 3 | S Lareau A O'Brien | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | S Lareau A O'Brien | 6 | 6 |
| 8 | MK Goellner A Olhovskiy | 6 | 7 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | 8 | MK Goellner A Olhovskiy | 4 | 4 |
| | P Cash A Kratzmann | 7 | 5 | 6 | 8 | MK Goellner A Olhovskiy | w/o | | | | | | | | | | |
| | W Black J Grabb | 7 | 6 | 3 | WC | G Rusedski D Wheaton | | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | G Rusedski D Wheaton | 6 | 7 | 6 | | | | | | 8 | MK Goellner A Olhovskiy | 7 | 7 | | | | |
| | O Ogorodov D Pescariu | 6 | 2 | 4 | | | | | | 2 | Y Kafelnikov D Vacek | 5 | 5 | | | | |
| | S Melville J Tarango | 4 | 6 | 6 | | S Melville J Tarango | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 2 | Y Kafelnikov D Vacek | 6 | 1 | 7 | | | | | | | | |