# 1997 Kroger St. Jude International – Doubles

Mark Knowles and Daniel Nestor were the defending champions but lost in the quarterfinals to Ellis Ferreira and Patrick Galbraith.
Ferreira and Galbraith won in the final 6–3, 3–6, 6–1 against Rick Leach and Jonathan Stark.

## Seeds

Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated. All eight seeded teams received byes to the second round.
* Todd Woodbridge / Mark Woodforde (semifinals)
* Byron Black / Grant Connell (quarterfinals)
* Jacco Eltingh / Paul Haarhuis (quarterfinals)
* Ellis Ferreira / Patrick Galbraith (champions)
* Mark Knowles / Daniel Nestor (quarterfinals)
* Sébastien Lareau / Alex O'Brien (second round)
* Rick Leach / Jonathan Stark (final)
* Jim Grabb / Richey Reneberg (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

### Final

| Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 4 | Ellis Ferreira Patrick Galbraith | 6 | 3 | 6 |
| 7 | Rick Leach Jonathan Stark | 3 | 6 | 1 |

### 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 | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | B Haygarth S Schalken | 7 | 7 | | | B Haygarth S Schalken | 6 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | T Carbonell F Roig | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 1 | T Woodbridge M Woodforde | 3 | 6 | 7 | | | | |
| | J Björkman D Flach | 7 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 8 | J Grabb R Reneberg | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | |
| WC | M Joyce D Pate | 6 | 7 | 4 | | J Björkman D Flach | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 8 | J Grabb R Reneberg | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | T Woodbridge M Woodforde | 6 | 4 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | E Ferreira P Galbraith | 7 | 6 |
| | | | | | 4 | E Ferreira P Galbraith | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | K Kinnear D Randall | 6 | 7 | | | K Kinnear D Randall | 4 | 7 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | L Jensen M Jensen | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | 4 | E Ferreira P Galbraith | 6 | 7 | 7 | | | | |
| | M Philippoussis P Rafter | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 5 | M Knowles D Nestor | 7 | 6 | 5 | | | | |
| | B MacPhie G Muller | 3 | 4 | | | M Philippoussis P Rafter | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 5 | M Knowles D Nestor | 7 | 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 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| | | | | | 6 | S Lareau A O'Brien | 6 | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | J Gimelstob B Steven | 6 | 6 | | Q | J Gimelstob B Steven | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | P McEnroe C Woodruff | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | Q | J Gimelstob B Steven | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | | |
| WC | B Gilbert S Sargsian | 6 | 2 | | | | | | | 3 | J Eltingh P Haarhuis | 3 | 6 | 3 | | | | | |
| | T Kronemann D Macpherson | 7 | 6 | | | T Kronemann D Macpherson | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 3 | J Eltingh P Haarhuis | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Q | J Gimelstob B Steven | 6 | 7 | 1 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 7 | R Leach J Stark | 7 | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | 7 | R Leach J Stark | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | J-P Fleurian G Raoux | 6 | 6 | 2 | | C van Rensburg J Waite | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | C van Rensburg J Waite | 7 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | 7 | R Leach J Stark | 7 | 7 | | | | | | |
| WC | B Shelton M Washington | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | 2 | B Black G Connell | 6 | 6 | | | | | | |
| | J Frana L Lobo | 6 | 6 | | | J Frana L Lobo | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 2 | B Black G Connell | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |