# 1997 European Indoors – Doubles

Martina Hingis and Helena Suková were the defending champions but they competed with different partners that year, Hingis with Arantxa Sánchez Vicario and Suková with Larisa Savchenko.
Savchenko and Suková lost in the final 4–6, 6–4, 6–1 against Hingis and Sánchez Vicario.

## Seeds

Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.
* Lindsay Davenport / Jana Novotná (semifinals)
* Martina Hingis / Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (champions)
* Mary Joe Fernández / Lisa Raymond (first round)
* Kimberly Po / Natasha Zvereva (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
| First round | First round | First round | First round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | L Davenport J Novotná | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | R Dragomir I Majoli | 2 | 2 | 1 | L Davenport J Novotná | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
| | K Adams M Bollegraf | 7 | | | K Adams M Bollegraf | 3 | 5 | | | | | | | | | |
| | B Schultz-McCarthy I Spîrlea | 6 | r | | | | | 1 | L Davenport J Novotná | 6 | 4 | | | | | |
| 4 | K Po N Zvereva | 7 | 6 | | | | | | L Savchenko H Suková | 7 | 6 | | | | | |
| | A Fusai N Tauziat | 5 | 3 | 4 | K Po N Zvereva | | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | M Maleeva M Serna | 3 | 4 | | L Savchenko H Suková | w/o | | | | | | | | | | |
| | L Savchenko H Suková | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | Larisa Savchenko Helena Suková | 6 | 4 | 1 |
| | C Martínez P Tarabini | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | 2 | Martina Hingis Arantxa Sánchez Vicario | 4 | 6 | 6 |
| Q | A Miller B Rippner | 4 | 4 | | C Martínez P Tarabini | w/o | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Coetzer A Huber | 6 | 7 | | A Coetzer A Huber | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | M J Fernández L Raymond | 2 | 5 | | | | | | C Martínez P Tarabini | 2 | 1 | | | | | |
| | A Sugiyama D Van Roost | 3 | 2 | | | | | 2 | M Hingis A Sánchez Vicario | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | Y Basuki C Vis | 6 | 6 | | Y Basuki C Vis | 1 | 5 | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Appelmans M Oremans | 3 | 4 | 2 | M Hingis A Sánchez Vicario | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | M Hingis A Sánchez Vicario | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

## Qualifying
### Seeds

Both seeds received a bye into the second round.
* Silvia Farina / Barbara Schett (second round)
* Åsa Carlsson / Rita Grande (second round)

### Qualifiers

* Annie Miller / Brie Rippner

### Qualifying draw

| First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| | | | 1 | S Farina B Schett | 5 | | | |
| | | | | A Miller B Rippner | 8 | | | |
| | | | | | | | A Miller B Rippner | 9 |
| | | | | | | WC | S Williams V Williams | 8 |
| | J Kruger C Schneider | 2 | | | | | | | WC | S Williams V Williams | 8 |
| WC | S Williams V Williams | 8 | | | | | | |
| WC | S Williams V Williams | 8 | WC | S Williams V Williams | 9 | | | |
| | | | 2 | Å Carlsson R Grande | 7 | | | |