# 1997 Australian Open – Men's doubles

Todd Woodbridge and Mark Woodforde defeated Sébastien Lareau and Alex O'Brien in the final, 4–6, 7–5, 7–5, 6–3 to win the men's doubles tennis title at the 1997 Australian Open. It was the Woodies' second and last Australian Open title.
Stefan Edberg and Petr Korda were the reigning champions, but Edberg did not compete that year. Korda partnered Pat Cash, but lost in the second round to Neil Broad and Piet Norval.

## Seeds

Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.
* Todd Woodbridge / Mark Woodforde (champions)
* Byron Black / Grant Connell (third round)
* Jacco Eltingh / Paul Haarhuis (semifinals)
* Ellis Ferreira / Patrick Galbraith (quarterfinals)
* Mark Knowles / Daniel Nestor (quarterfinals)
* Jonas Björkman / Nicklas Kulti (third round)
* Sébastien Lareau / Alex O'Brien (final)
* Jim Grabb / Richey Reneberg (third round)
* Libor Pimek / Byron Talbot (first round)
* Martin Damm / Andrei Olhovskiy (quarterfinals)
* Rick Leach / Jonathan Stark (semifinals)
* Luis Lobo / Javier Sánchez (third round)
* David Adams / Menno Oosting (first round)
* Unknown (withdrew)
* Jiří Novák / Cyril Suk (second round)
* Neil Broad / Piet Norval (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

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 10 | Martin Damm Andrei Olhovskiy | 3 | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 10 | Martin Damm Andrei Olhovskiy | 3 | 3 | 3 | | | 1 | Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde | 6 | 7 | 5 | 6 | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | 11 | Rick Leach Jonathan Stark | 3 | 6$^2$ | 7 | 1 | | | | | | | |
| 4 | Ellis Ferreira Patrick Galbraith | 5 | 6 | 4 | 6$^5$ | | 11 | Rick Leach Jonathan Stark | 3 | 6$^2$ | 7 | 1 | | | | | | | |
| 11 | Rick Leach Jonathan Stark | 7 | 2 | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 11 | Rick Leach Jonathan Stark | 7 | 2 | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | 1 | Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde | 4 | 7 | 7 | 6 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 7 | Sébastien Lareau Alex O'Brien | 6 | 5 | 5 | 3 |
| 5 | Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor | 3 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 7 | Sébastien Lareau Alex O'Brien | 6 | 5 | 5 | 3 |
| 3 | Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis | 6 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis | 6 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 3 | Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis | 6 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 2 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | 7 | Sébastien Lareau Alex O'Brien | 4 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | | | | | | |
| 7 | Sébastien Lareau Alex O'Brien | 3 | 6 | 6 | 7 | | 7 | Sébastien Lareau Alex O'Brien | 4 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | | | | | | |
| 16 | Neil Broad Piet Norval | 6 | 3 | 4 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Top half
#### Section 1

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| 1 | T Woodbridge M Woodforde | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Kratzmann M Tebbutt | 3 | 6$^6$ | | 1 | T Woodbridge M Woodforde | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | D Flach TJ Middleton | 6 | 6 | | | D Flach TJ Middleton | 0 | 6 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | C Ferreira G Köves | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | 1 | T Woodbridge M Woodforde | 6 | 6 | | | | | | |
| | D Johnson F Montana | 7 | 6$^8$ | 11 | | | | | | | D Johnson F Montana | 1 | 1 | | | | | | |
| | D Ekerot J Tarango | 6$^5$ | 7 | 9 | | D Johnson F Montana | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 15 | J Novák C Suk | 7 | 4 | 6 | 15 | J Novák C Suk | 4 | 6$^3$ | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | HJ Davids S Schalken | 5 | 6 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | T Woodbridge M Woodforde | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| 10 | M Damm A Olhovskiy | 1 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 10 | M Damm A Olhovskiy | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| | B Hansen-Dent B MacPhie | 6 | 3 | 4 | 10 | M Damm A Olhovskiy | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | N Djordjevic A Kitinov | 6 | 7 | | | N Djordjevic A Kitinov | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | J-P Fleurian N Pereira | 3 | 5 | | | | | | | 10 | M Damm A Olhovskiy | 5 | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | G Grant R Smith | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 8 | J Grabb R Reneberg | 7 | 4 | 3 | | | | | |
| | R Bergh G Van Emburgh | 3 | 4 | | | G Grant R Smith | 4 | 6$^4$ | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | J Grabb R Reneberg | 6 | 6 | | 8 | J Grabb R Reneberg | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Crabb T Larkham | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

#### Section 2

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| 4 | E Ferreira P Galbraith | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | C Doseděl P Vízner | 3 | 0 | | 4 | E Ferreira P Galbraith | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | P McEnroe S Stolle | 6 | 6$^1$ | 6 | | P McEnroe S Stolle | 5 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | G Ivanišević M Rosset | 3 | 7 | 1 | | | | | | 4 | E Ferreira P Galbraith | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | |
| | K Thorne J Waite | 7 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | S Noteboom F Wibier | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | |
| | B Ellwood P Tramacchi | 6$^1$ | 6 | 4 | | K Thorne J Waite | 6 | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Noteboom F Wibier | 7 | 6 | | | S Noteboom F Wibier | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 13 | D Adams M Oosting | 6$^4$ | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | E Ferreira P Galbraith | 5 | 6 | 4 | 6$^5$ |
| 11 | R Leach J Stark | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | 11 | R Leach J Stark | 7 | 2 | 6 | 7 |
| | T Mitchell G Silcock | 0 | 4 | | 11 | R Leach J Stark | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Petchey A Richardson | 6 | 6 | | | M Petchey A Richardson | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Frana B Shelton | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | 11 | R Leach J Stark | 6 | 6$^6$ | 6 | | | | | | |
| | K Jones S Melville | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 6 | J Björkman N Kulti | 3 | 7 | 1 | | | | | | |
| | T Carbonell À Corretja | 6 | 4 | 4 | | K Jones S Melville | 0$^r$ | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | J Björkman N Kulti | 6 | 6 | | 6 | J Björkman N Kulti | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | B Behrens S Cannon | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Bottom half
#### Section 3

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| 5 | M Knowles D Nestor | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Eagle A Florent | 4 | 3 | | 5 | M Knowles D Nestor | 7 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Draper B Steven | 6 | 6 | | | Scott Draper Brett Steven | 6$^2$ | 6$^5$ | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | T Henman J Siemerink | 3 | 4 | | | | | | 5 | M Knowles D Nestor | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | |
| | W Arthurs J Ireland | 6 | 3 | 29 | | | | | 12 | L Lobo J Sánchez | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | |
| | C Brandi F Messori | 3 | 6 | 27 | | W Arthurs J Ireland | 2 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 12 | L Lobo J Sánchez | 7 | 5 | 6 | 12 | L Lobo J Sánchez | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Fitzgerald P Rafter | 5 | 7 | 4 | | | | | | | | | 5 | M Knowles D Nestor | 3 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 3 |
| | M-K Goellner D Prinosil | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | 3 | J Eltingh P Haarhuis | 6 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 6 |
| | G Kuerten F Meligeni | 3 | 4 | | | M-K Goellner D Prinosil | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | K Kinnear C Woodruff | 7 | 6 | | | K Kinnear C Woodruff | w/o | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Belobrajdic G Doyle | 6$^2$ | 3 | | | | | | | K Kinnear C Woodruff | 0 | 4 | | | | | | | |
| | M Ondruska G Stafford | 6 | 7 | | | | | | 3 | J Eltingh P Haarhuis | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | |
| | K Braasch J Knippschild | 1 | 5 | | | M Ondruska G Stafford | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | J Eltingh P Haarhuis | 7 | 7 | | 3 | J Eltingh P Haarhuis | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Barnard D Randall | 6$^2$ | 6$^5$ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

#### Section 4

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| 7 | S Lareau A O'Brien | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | B Haygarth M Mirnyi | 6 | 3 | 0 | 7 | S Lareau A O'Brien | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Davis D Macpherson | 6 | 6 | | | S Davis D Macpherson | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Gaudenzi D Nargiso | 1 | 4 | | | | | | | 7 | S Lareau A O'Brien | 6 | 6 | | | | | | |
| | T Kempers T Nijssen | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | T Kempers T Nijssen | 3 | 0 | | | | | | |
| | J-L de Jager C van Rensburg | 6 | 3 | 4 | | T Kempers T Nijssen | 6 | 1 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | P Albano P Nyborg | 7 | 6 | | | P Albano P Nyborg | 2 | 6 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 9 | L Pimek B Talbot | 5 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | 7 | S Lareau A O'Brien | 3 | 6 | 6 |
| 16 | N Broad P Norval | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | 16 | N Broad P Norval | 6 | 3 | 4 |
| | M Keil S Leblanc | 5 | 3 | | 16 | N Broad P Norval | 6$^2$ | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | P Cash P Korda | 6 | 6 | | | P Cash P Korda | 7 | 6$^4$ | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Bhupathi L Paes | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | 16 | N Broad P Norval | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | G Muller K Ullyett | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | 2 | B Black G Connell | 6 | 3 | 4 | | | | | |
| | J Holmes A Painter | 3 | 6 | 1 | | G Muller K Ullyett | 5 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | B Black G Connell | 6 | 6 | | 2 | B Black G Connell | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | L Jensen M Jensen | 0 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |