# 1997 Stella Artois Championships – Doubles

Todd Woodbridge and Mark Woodforde were the defending champions but lost in the semifinals to Mark Philippoussis and Patrick Rafter.
Philippoussis and Rafter won in the final 6–2, 4–6, 7–5 against Sandon Stolle and Cyril Suk.

## Seeds

The top four seeded teams received byes into the second round.
* Todd Woodbridge / Mark Woodforde (semifinals)
* Mark Knowles / Daniel Nestor (second round)
* Sébastien Lareau / Alex O'Brien (semifinals)
* Ellis Ferreira / Patrick Galbraith (second round)
* Rick Leach / Jonathan Stark (quarterfinals)
* Mark Philippoussis / Patrick Rafter (champions)
* Sandon Stolle / Cyril Suk (final)
* 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

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde | 3 | 6 | 3 | | | | | |
| 6 | Mark Philippoussis Patrick Rafter | 7 | 3 | 6 | | | | | |
| 6 | Mark Philippoussis Patrick Rafter | 7 | 3 | 6 | 6 | Mark Philippoussis Patrick Rafter | 6 | 4 | 7 |
| | | | | | 7 | Sandon Stolle Cyril Suk | 2 | 6 | 5 |
| 3 | Sébastien Lareau Alex O'Brien | 3 | 6 | | 7 | Sandon Stolle Cyril Suk | 2 | 6 | 5 |
| 7 | Sandon Stolle Cyril Suk | 6 | 7 | | | | | | |

### Top half

| 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 |
| | | | | 1 | T Woodbridge M Woodforde | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Bhupathi L Paes | 6 | 6 | | M Bhupathi L Paes | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Björkman J Siemerink | 4 | 4 | | | | | | 1 | T Woodbridge M Woodforde | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | A Olhovskiy B Steven | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 8 | N Broad P Norval | 3 | 2 | | | | | |
| | G Connell S Davis | 3 | 4 | | A Olhovskiy B Steven | 0$^r$ | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | O Delaître G Raoux | 5 | 4 | 8 | N Broad P Norval | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | N Broad P Norval | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | 1 | T Woodbridge M Woodforde | 6 | 6 | 3 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | 6 | M Philippoussis P Rafter | 7 | 3 | 6 |
| | | | | 4 | E Ferreira P Galbraith | 6 | 6 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Kitinov N Marques | 3 | 4 | WC | T Henman P Sampras | 7 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | T Henman P Sampras | 6 | 6 | | | | | | WC | T Henman P Sampras | 3 | 6 | | | | | |
| | S Groen J Knippschild | 6 | 4 | | | | | | 6 | M Philippoussis P Rafter | 6 | 7 | | | | | |
| | M Mirnyi K Ullyett | 7 | 6 | | M Mirnyi K Ullyett | 7 | 3 | 5 | | | | | | | | | |
| | B MacPhie G Muller | 5 | 6 | 6 | M Philippoussis P Rafter | 6 | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | M Philippoussis P Rafter | 7 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### 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 |
| 5 | R Leach J Stark | 7 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Ondruska C van Rensburg | 6 | 6 | | 5 | R Leach J Stark | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | W Arthurs A Kratzmann | 3 | 5 | | | B Black J Gimelstob | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| | B Black J Gimelstob | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | 5 | R Leach J Stark | 4 | 5 | | | | |
| Q | P Baur N Pereira | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | 3 | S Lareau A O'Brien | 6 | 7 | | | | |
| WC | S Hiršzon G Ivanišević | 6 | 7 | | WC | S Hiršzon G Ivanišević | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 3 | S Lareau A O'Brien | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | S Lareau A O'Brien | 3 | 6 |
| 7 | S Stolle C Suk | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 7 | S Stolle C Suk | 6 | 7 |
| WC | M Chang S Matsuoka | 3 | 3 | | 7 | S Stolle C Suk | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | W Black N Godwin | 6 | 7 | 6 | Q | W Black N Godwin | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| | J-P Fleurian T. J. Middleton | 7 | 5 | 2 | | | | | | 7 | S Stolle C Suk | 7 | 6 | | | | |
| WC | M-K Goellner G Rusedski | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | WC | M-K Goellner G Rusedski | 6 | 3 | | | | |
| | P Kilderry M Tebbutt | 3 | 2 | | WC | M-K Goellner G Rusedski | 4 | 7 | 7 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 2 | M Knowles D Nestor | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |