1997 Great American Insurance ATP Championships – Doubles

Mark Knowles and Daniel Nestor were the defending champions, but Knowles did not compete this year. Nestor teamed up with Cyril Suk and lost in quarterfinals to Olivier Delaître and Fabrice Santoro.

Doubles
1997 Great American Insurance ATP Championships
Champions	Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde
Runners-up	Mark Philippoussis Patrick Rafter
Score	7–6, 4–6, 6–4
Draw	28 (4WC/2Q)
Seeds	8

Main article: 1997 Great American Insurance ATP Championships

Todd Woodbridge and Mark Woodforde won the title by defeating Mark Philippoussis and Patrick Rafter 7–6, 4–6, 6–4 in an all-Australian final.^[1][2]

Seeds

The first four seeds received a bye into the second round.

1. Todd Woodbridge / Mark Woodforde (champions)
2. Yevgeny Kafelnikov / Daniel Vacek (second round)
3. Sébastien Lareau / Alex O'Brien (semifinals)
4. Daniel Nestor / Cyril Suk (quarterfinals)
5. Ellis Ferreira / Patrick Galbraith (quarterfinals)
6. Rick Leach / Jonathan Stark (first round)
7. Mark Philippoussis / Patrick Rafter (final)
8. Donald Johnson / Francisco Montana (second round)

Draw

Key

• Q = Qualifier
• WC = Wild card
• LL = Lucky loser
• Alt = Alternate
• ITF = ITF entry
• PR = Protected ranking
• SR = Special ranking
• SE = Special exempt
• JE = Junior exempt
• JR = Junior Accelerator Programme entrant
• CO = College Accelerator Programme entrant
• NG = Next Gen Accelerator Program entrant
• w/o = Walkover
• r = Retired
• d = Defaulted

Finals

	Semifinals							Final
	1	Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde	6	6
	3	Sébastien Lareau Alex O'Brien	2	1
								1	Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde	7	4	6
								7	Mark Philippoussis Patrick Rafter	6	6	4
		Olivier Delaître Fabrice Santoro	6	6	4
	7	Mark Philippoussis Patrick Rafter	4	7	6

Top half

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
								1	T Woodbridge M Woodforde	6	4	7
		J Eltingh J Siemerink	7	7					J Eltingh J Siemerink	2	6	5
	Q	B Bryan M Bryan	6	6											1	T Woodbridge M Woodforde	2	7	6
		J Waite F Wibier	0	4												M Bhupathi L Paes	6	6	1
		M Bhupathi L Paes	6	6					M Bhupathi L Paes	7	5	6
	Q	S Draper J Stoltenberg	5	1				8	D Johnson F Montana	5	7	4
	8	D Johnson F Montana	7	6																		1	T Woodbridge M Woodforde	6	6
																						3	S Lareau A O'Brien	2	1
								3	S Lareau A O'Brien	6	6
		D Adams K Ullyett	4	4					T Kronemann D Macpherson	2	4
		T Kronemann D Macpherson	6	6											3	S Lareau A O'Brien	6	7
		J Grabb P Korda	4	2											5	E Ferreira P Galbraith	4	5
		P Albano À Corretja	6	6					P Albano À Corretja	7	4	3
	WC	G Ivanišević C Woodruff	6	6	6			5	E Ferreira P Galbraith	6	6	6
	5	E Ferreira P Galbraith	7	2	7

Bottom half

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
	6	R Leach J Stark	6	4
		O Delaître F Santoro	7	6					O Delaître F Santoro	7	6
		B Black B Steven	5	6					N Broad P Norval	6	3
		N Broad P Norval	7	7												O Delaître F Santoro	6	6
	WC	S Groen G Kuerten	4	6	3										4	D Nestor C Suk	4	2
	WC	T Haas M Ríos	6	4	6			WC	T Haas M Ríos	2	5
								4	D Nestor C Suk	6	7
																							O Delaître F Santoro	6	6	4
	7	M Philippoussis P Rafter	7	6																		7	M Philippoussis P Rafter	4	7	6
	WC	W Ferreira T Henman	5	4				7	M Philippoussis P Rafter	6	6
		J Eagle A Florent	2	7	3				L Jensen M Jensen	4	4
		L Jensen M Jensen	6	6	6										7	M Philippoussis P Rafter	6	6
		J Björkman MK Goellner	6	7												J Björkman MK Goellner	2	3
		M Damm P Vízner	4	6					J Björkman MK Goellner	4	7	7
								2	Y Kafelnikov D Vacek	6	6	6

Qualifying

Qualifying seeds

1. Kelly Jones / Byron Talbot (qualifying competition)
2. Kent Kinnear / Aleksandar Kitinov (first round)
3. Peter Nyborg / Mikael Tillström (qualifying competition)
4. Vince Spadea / Eric Taino (first round)

Qualifiers

1. Scott Draper / Jason Stoltenberg
2. Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan

Qualifying draw

First qualifier

	First round							Qualifying competition
	1	Kelly Jones Byron Talbot	6	6
	WC	Craig Boynton Craig Lindner	3	1
								1	Kelly Jones Byron Talbot	3	4
									Scott Draper Jason Stoltenberg	6	6
		Scott Draper Jason Stoltenberg	6	6
	4	Vince Spadea Eric Taino	3	1

Second qualifier

	First round							Qualifying competition
	2	Kent Kinnear Aleksandar Kitinov	6	4
	WC	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	7	6
								WC	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	7	6
								3	Peter Nyborg Mikael Tillström	6	4
	WC	Chris Groer Andrew Rueb	6	3
	3	Peter Nyborg Mikael Tillström	7	6