# 1997 Family Circle Cup – Doubles

Jana Novotná and Arantxa Sánchez Vicario were the defending champions but only Novotná competed that year with Lindsay Davenport.
Davenport and Novotná lost in the final 7–5, 4–6, 6–1 against Mary Joe Fernández and Martina Hingis.

## Seeds

Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated. The top four seeded teams received byes into the second round.
* Lindsay Davenport / Jana Novotná (final)
* Mary Joe Fernández / Martina Hingis (champions)
* Gigi Fernández / Lisa Raymond (semifinals)
* Nicole Arendt / Manon Bollegraf (semifinals)
* Larisa Savchenko / Irina Spîrlea (second round)
* Brenda Schultz-McCarthy / Caroline Vis (second round)
* Lori McNeil / Linda Wild (quarterfinals)
* Conchita Martínez / Patricia Tarabini (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

### Finals

| Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | Lindsay Davenport Jana Novotná | 5 | 6 | 1 |
| 2 | Mary Joe Fernández Martina Hingis | 7 | 4 | 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 | Semifinals |
| | | | | | 1 | L Davenport J Novotná | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| LL | E Gagliardi S Kleinová | 0 | 3 | | | E Likhovtseva A Sugiyama | 2 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | E Likhovtseva A Sugiyama | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 1 | L Davenport J Novotná | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | | |
| | S Farina B Schett | 1 | 3 | | | | | | | 8 | C Martínez P Tarabini | 0 | 6 | 2 | | | | | |
| | M Grzybowska S-T Wang | 6 | 6 | | | M Grzybowska S-T Wang | 7 | 3 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | V Ruano-Pascual P Suárez | 3 | 6 | 4 | 8 | C Martínez P Tarabini | 5 | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | C Martínez P Tarabini | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | L Davenport J Novotná | 6 | 4 | 6 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | N Arendt M Bollegraf | 4 | 6 | 3 |
| | | | | | 4 | N Arendt M Bollegraf | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Grossman K Habšudová | 6 | 2 | 3 | | O Lugina C Wood | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | O Lugina C Wood | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 4 | N Arendt M Bollegraf | 7 | 6 | | | | | | |
| | A Coetzer I Gorrochategui | 6 | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | R Dragomir I Majoli | 6 | 2 | | | | | | |
| | R Dragomir I Majoli | 2 | 6 | 6 | | R Dragomir I Majoli | 6 | 5 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | F Labat B Rittner | 4 | 6 | 4 | 6 | B Schultz-McCarthy C Vis | 1 | 7 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | B Schultz-McCarthy C Vis | 6 | 2 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### 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 | L Savchenko I Spîrlea | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | J Kruger C Papadáki | 3 | 3 | | 5 | L Savchenko I Spîrlea | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | P Hy-Boulais R Simpson | 5 | 7 | 4 | | A Fusai M Paz | w/o | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Fusai M Paz | 7 | 5 | 6 | | | | | | | A Fusai M Paz | 4 | 4 | | | | |
| | K Adams M de Swardt | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | 3 | G Fernández L Raymond | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | A Huber M Seles | 6 | 6 | | | A Huber M Seles | 3 | 5 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 3 | G Fernández L Raymond | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | G Fernández L Raymond | 4 | 4 |
| 7 | L McNeil L Wild | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | M J Fernández M Hingis | 6 | 6 |
| | E Martincová H Nagyová | 2 | 4 | | 7 | L McNeil L Wild | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | S Meier S Pitkowski | 4 | 0 | | | C Morariu T Whitlinger-Jones | 2 | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| | C Morariu T Whitlinger-Jones | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 7 | L McNeil L Wild | 0 | 4 | | | | |
| Q | K Kschwendt M Murić | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | 2 | M J Fernández M Hingis | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | A Lettiere N Miyagi | 0 | 6 | | Q | K Kschwendt M Murić | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 2 | M J Fernández M Hingis | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |