1997 Monte Carlo Open – Doubles

Ellis Ferreira and Jan Siemerink were the defending champions, but competed this year with different partners. Ferreira teamed up with Patrick Galbraith and lost in quarterfinals to tournament winners Donald Johnson and Francisco Montana, while Siemerink teamed up with Menno Oosting and lost in first round to Pablo Albano and Àlex Corretja.

Doubles
1997 Monte Carlo Open
Champions	Donald Johnson Francisco Montana
Runners-up	Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis
Score	7–6, 2–6, 7–6
Draw	28 (4WC/2Q)
Seeds	8

Main article: 1997 Monte Carlo Open

Donald Johnson and Francisco Montana won the title by defeating Jacco Eltingh and Paul Haarhuis 7–6, 2–6, 7–6 in the final.^[1][2]

Seeds

The top four seeds received a bye to the second round.

1. Jacco Eltingh / Paul Haarhuis (final)
2. Yevgeny Kafelnikov / Daniel Vacek (semifinals)
3. Ellis Ferreira / Patrick Galbraith (quarterfinals)
4. Luis Lobo / Javier Sánchez (quarterfinals)
5. Jonas Björkman / Nicklas Kulti (semifinals)
6. David Adams / Andrei Olhovskiy (first round)
7. Libor Pimek / Byron Talbot (quarterfinals)
8. Neil Broad / Piet Norval (quarterfinals)

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	Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis	5	6	7
	5	Jonas Björkman Nicklas Kulti	7	2	5
								1	Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis	6	6	6
									Donald Johnson Francisco Montana	7	2	7
		Donald Johnson Francisco Montana	6	6
	2	Yevgeny Kafelnikov Daniel Vacek	1	4

Top half

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
								1	J Eltingh P Haarhuis	6	6
	WC	O Camporese D Nargiso	2	6					M Barnard F Messori	1	4
		M Barnard F Messori	6	7											1	J Eltingh P Haarhuis	6	6
		P Albano À Corretja	7	6											8	N Broad P Norval	3	3
		M Oosting J Siemerink	5	4					P Albano À Corretja	3	5
		D Randall J Waite	3	4				8	N Broad P Norval	6	7
	8	N Broad P Norval	6	6																		1	J Eltingh P Haarhuis	5	6	7
																						5	J Björkman N Kulti	7	2	5
								4	L Lobo J Sánchez	3	6	4
	WC	J Courier M Rosset	7	6				WC	J Courier M Rosset	6	2	1d
		A Gaudenzi S Schalken	6	1											4	L Lobo J Sánchez	6	1	5
		D Ekerot TJ Middleton	2	6	6										5	J Björkman N Kulti	4	6	7
		J Eagle A Florent	6	3	2				D Ekerot TJ Middleton	2	2
		T Kronemann D Macpherson	6	5	5			5	J Björkman N Kulti	6	6
	5	J Björkman N Kulti	3	7	7

Bottom half

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
	6	D Adams A Olhovskiy	5	4
		T Carbonell F Roig	7	6					T Carbonell F Roig	3	3
		D Johnson F Montana	5	6	6				D Johnson F Montana	6	6
	WC	A Medvedev M Stich	7	1	4											D Johnson F Montana	6	6
	WC	A Boetsch C Pioline	7	6	6										3	E Ferreira P Galbraith	4	4
	Q	B Haygarth M Mirnyi	6	7	3			WC	A Boetsch C Pioline
								3	E Ferreira P Galbraith	w	/	o
																							D Johnson F Montana	6	6
	7	L Pimek B Talbot	6	6																		2	Y Kafelnikov D Vacek	1	4
		C Brandi F Wibier	2	4				7	L Pimek B Talbot	6	6
	Q	G Kuerten N Lapentti	6	7				Q	G Kuerten N Lapentti	0	4
		E Couto N Marques	4	5											7	L Pimek B Talbot	4	6
		O Delaître F Santoro	6	6											2	Y Kafelnikov D Vacek	6	7
		P Nyborg S Noteboom	4	4					O Delaître F Santoro	3	6	3
								2	Y Kafelnikov D Vacek	6	4	6

Qualifying

Qualifying seeds

1. Brent Haygarth / Max Mirnyi (qualified)
2. Clinton Ferreira / Aleksandar Kitinov (first round)
3. Gustavo Kuerten / Nicolás Lapentti (qualified)
4. Nebojša Đorđević / Sláva Doseděl (first round)

Qualifiers

1. Brent Haygarth / Max Mirnyi
2. Gustavo Kuerten / Nicolás Lapentti

Qualifying draw

First qualifier

	First round							Qualifying competition
	1	Brent Haygarth Max Mirnyi	2	6	6
	WC	Emilio Benfele Álvarez Sébastien Graeff	6	3	1
								1	Brent Haygarth Max Mirnyi	6	6
								WC	Thomas Enqvist Magnus Larsson	3	3
	WC	Thomas Enqvist Magnus Larsson	6	6
	4	Nebojša Đorđević Sláva Doseděl	3	1

Second qualifier

	First round							Qualifying competition
	2	Clinton Ferreira Aleksandar Kitinov	5	2
	WC	Wayne Ferreira Marcelo Ríos	7	6
								WC	Wayne Ferreira Marcelo Ríos	6	6	2
								3	Gustavo Kuerten Nicolás Lapentti	3	7	6
		Patrick Baur Jens Knippschild	6	2
	3	Gustavo Kuerten Nicolás Lapentti	7	6