# 1997 Legg Mason Tennis Classic – Doubles

Grant Connell and Scott Davis were the defending champions, but Connell did not compete this year. Davis teamed up with Kelly Jones and lost in the quarterfinals to Geoff Grant and Mark Merklein.
Luke Jensen and Murphy Jensen won the title by defeating Neville Godwin and Fernon Wibier 6–4, 6–4 in the final.

## Seeds

The top four seeds received a bye to the second round.
* Ellis Ferreira / Patrick Galbraith (quarterfinals)
* (n/a)
* Luke Jensen / Murphy Jensen (champions)
* Scott Davis / Kelly Jones (quarterfinals)
* (n/a)
* Max Mirnyi / Kevin Ullyett (first round)
* Neville Godwin / Fernon Wibier (final)
* Kent Kinnear / Aleksandar Kitinov (second 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 |
| 7 | Neville Godwin Fernon Wibier | 7 | 7 | | | | | |
| | Geoff Grant Mark Merklein | 6 | 5 | | | | | |
| | Geoff Grant Mark Merklein | 6 | 5 | | 7 | Neville Godwin Fernon Wibier | 4 | 4 |
| | | | | | 3 | Luke Jensen Murphy Jensen | 6 | 6 |
| 3 | Luke Jensen Murphy Jensen | 4 | 7 | 7 | 3 | Luke Jensen Murphy Jensen | 6 | 6 |
| | T. J. Middleton Sargis Sargsian | 6 | 6 | 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 |
| | | | | | 1 | E Ferreira P Galbraith | 6 | 3 | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | T Haas P Korda | 6 | 6 | | WC | T Haas P Korda | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | D Cantwell Jeremy Loomis | 1 | 3 | | | | | | | 1 | E Ferreira P Galbraith | 7 | 3 | 6 | | | | |
| | Ó Ortiz E Ran | 6 | 7 | 2 | | | | | | 7 | N Godwin F Wibier | 6 | 6 | 7 | | | | |
| | D DiLucia B Shelton | 7 | 6 | 6 | | D DiLucia B Shelton | 6 | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| | G Michibata R Smith | 6 | 2 | | 7 | N Godwin F Wibier | 7 | 0 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | N Godwin F Wibier | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | 7 | N Godwin F Wibier | 7 | 7 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | G Grant M Merklein | 6 | 5 |
| | | | | | 4 | S Davis K Jones | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | C Clark T Phillipps | 7 | 2 | 0 | | M Hilpert D Nainkin | 6 | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Hilpert D Nainkin | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 4 | S Davis K Jones | 4 | 6 | 2 | | | | |
| | B Ellwood M Tebbutt | 3 | 7 | 4 | | | | | | | G Grant M Merklein | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | |
| | G Grant M Merklein | 6 | 6 | 6 | | G Grant M Merklein | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Bhupathi T Ho | 6 | 6 | 7 | | M Bhupathi T Ho | 7 | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | M Mirnyi K Ullyett | 7 | 3 | 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 | Semifinals |
| LL | S Bryan C Mamiit | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | B Bryan M Bryan | 6 | 6 | | WC | B Bryan M Bryan | 6 | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | G Etlis L Herrera | 2 | 5 | | Q | S Draper J Stoltenberg | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | S Draper J Stoltenberg | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | Q | S Draper J Stoltenberg | 4 | 4 | | | | | |
| | M Joyce V Spadea | 7 | 6 | 4 | | | | | | 3 | L Jensen M Jensen | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | D Flach C Woodruff | 6 | 7 | 6 | | D Flach C Woodruff | 5 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 3 | L Jensen M Jensen | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | L Jensen M Jensen | 4 | 7 | 7 |
| 8 | K Kinnear A Kitinov | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | TJ Middleton S Sargsian | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| WC | P Goldstein K Kim | 4 | 3 | | 8 | K Kinnear A Kitinov | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | TJ Middleton S Sargsian | 6 | 7 | | | TJ Middleton S Sargsian | 7 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Salzenstein D Wheaton | 4 | 5 | | | | | | | | TJ Middleton S Sargsian | 7 | 6 | | | | | |
| | D Bowen S Simian | 3 | 6 | 4 | | | | | | | S Campbell G Köves | 6 | 4 | | | | | |
| | S Campbell G Köves | 6 | 4 | 6 | | S Campbell G Köves | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | LL | M Martelli G Pozzi | 6 | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |