# 1997 Australian Open – Mixed doubles

Larisa Neiland and Mark Woodforde were the defending champions but only Neiland competed that year with John-Laffnie de Jager.
Neiland and de Jager lost in the final 6–3, 6–7$^{(5–7)}$, 7–5 against Manon Bollegraf and Rick Leach.

## Seeds

Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.
* Lindsay Davenport / Grant Connell (second round)
* Lisa Raymond / Patrick Galbraith (quarterfinals)
* Manon Bollegraf / Rick Leach (champions)
* Helena Suková / Cyril Suk (second round)
* Katrina Adams / Libor Pimek (first round)
* Caroline Vis / Byron Talbot (first round)
* n/a
* Kristie Boogert / Menno Oosting (first 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

### Final

| Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 3 | Manon Bollegraf Rick Leach | 6 | 6$^5$ | 7 |
| | Larisa Neiland John-Laffnie de Jager | 3 | 7$^7$ | 5 |

### 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 | L Davenport G Connell | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | E Likhovtseva A Olhovskiy | 2 | 5 | | 1 | L Davenport G Connell | 6$^4$ | 6 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| ALT | A Lettiere F Montana | 5 | 0 | | | I Spîrlea D Johnson | 7$^7$ | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | I Spîrlea D Johnson | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | I Spîrlea D Johnson | | | | | | | |
| | G Fernández A Florent | 6$^1$ | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | L McNeil B MacPhie | w/o | | | | | | |
| | P Tarabini P Albano | 7$^7$ | 2 | 6$^3$ | | G Fernández A Florent | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | L McNeil B MacPhie | 6 | 6 | | | L McNeil B MacPhie | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | K Adams L Pimek | 2 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | L McNeil B MacPhie | 6$^8$ | 1 |
| 3 | M Bollegraf R Leach | 7$^7$ | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | M Bollegraf R Leach | 7$^{10}$ | 6 |
| | A Fusai D Adams | 6$^4$ | 5 | | 3 | M Bollegraf R Leach | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Oremans H J Davids | 7 | 6 | | | M Oremans H J Davids | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | N Arendt C van Rensburg | 5 | 4 | | | | | | | 3 | M Bollegraf R Leach | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| WC | J Capriati P Cash | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | N Medvedeva J Eltingh | 6 | 3 | 4 | | | | |
| | R McQuillan D Macpherson | 0 | 5 | | WC | J Capriati P Cash | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | N Medvedeva J Eltingh | 6 | 6 | | | N Medvedeva J Eltingh | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | K Boogert M Oosting | 1 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### 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 |
| ALT | L Wild A Kratzmann | 2 | 6 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | N Bradtke J Eagle | 6 | 4 | 6 | WC | N Bradtke J Eagle | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Grabb A Dechaume-Balleret | 7 | 6 | | | A Dechaume-Balleret J Grabb | 3 | 0 | | | | | | | | | |
| | L Golarsa L Lobo | 5 | 0 | | | | | | | WC | N Bradtke J Eagle | 4 | 6 | 4 | | | |
| | L Neiland J-L de Jager | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | L Neiland J-L de Jager | 6 | 2 | 6 | | | |
| | Y Basuki M Barnard | 1 | 4 | | | L Neiland J-L de Jager | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | E Smylie S Draper | 4 | 1 | | 4 | H Suková C Suk | 3 | 6$^2$ | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | H Suková C Suk | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | L Neiland J-L de Jager | 6 | 6 |
| 6 | C Vis B Talbot | 3 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | A Kournikova M Knowles | 4 | 3 |
| | K Po J Waite | 6 | 6 | | | K Po J Waite | 7$^7$ | 4 | 0 | | | | | | | | |
| | N Miyagi K Kinnear | 3 | 2 | | | A Kournikova M Knowles | 6$^1$ | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | A Kournikova M Knowles | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | A Kournikova M Knowles | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | |
| | K-A Guse P Norval | 6 | 5 | 7 | | | | | | 2 | L Raymond P Galbraith | 4 | 6$^4$ | | | | |
| | D Graham P Nyborg | 4 | 7 | 5 | | K-A Guse P Norval | 1 | 0 | | | | | | | | | |
| | R Simpson D Nestor | 3 | 2 | | 2 | L Raymond P Galbraith | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | L Raymond P Galbraith | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |