1997 Newsweek Champions Cup – Doubles

Todd Woodbridge and Mark Woodforde were the defending champions but lost in the semifinals to Mark Philippoussis and Patrick Rafter.

Doubles
1997 Newsweek Champions Cup
Champions	Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor
Runners-up	Mark Philippoussis Patrick Rafter
Score	7–6, 4–6, 7–5

Mark Knowles and Daniel Nestor won in the final 7–6, 4–6, 7–5 against Philippoussis and Rafter.

Seeds

The top four seeded teams received byes into the second round.

1. Todd Woodbridge / Mark Woodforde (final)
2. Jacco Eltingh / Paul Haarhuis (second round)
3. Byron Black / Grant Connell (second round)
4. Ellis Ferreira / Patrick Galbraith (second round)
5. Sébastien Lareau / Alex O'Brien (quarterfinals)
6. Mark Knowles / Daniel Nestor (champions)
7. Jonas Björkman / Nicklas Kulti (quarterfinals)
8. Rick Leach / Jonathan Stark (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

Final

	Semifinals							Final
	1	Todd Woodbridge  Mark Woodforde	4	6	6
		Mark Philippoussis  Patrick Rafter	6	4	7
									Mark Philippoussis  Patrick Rafter	6	6	5
								6	Mark Knowles  Daniel Nestor	7	4	7
	6	Mark Knowles  Daniel Nestor	6	3	6
	Q	Scott Davis  Kelly Jones	4	6	3

Top half

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
								1	T Woodbridge  M Woodforde	6	6	6
		N Broad  P Norval	4	6	7				N Broad  P Norval	3	7	4
		G Forget  M Rosset	6	3	5										1	T Woodbridge  M Woodforde	6	7
	WC	L Jensen  M Jensen	7	6											8	R Leach  J Stark	3	5
	WC	J Courier  C Woodruff	6	4				WC	L Jensen  M Jensen	6	1
		S Stolle  C Suk	6	3	4			8	R Leach  J Stark	7	6
	8	R Leach  J Stark	3	6	6																	1	T Woodbridge  M Woodforde	4	6	6
																							M Philippoussis  P Rafter	6	4	7
								3	B Black  G Connell	6	4
		J Novák  P Vízner	2	3					M Philippoussis  P Rafter	7	6
		M Philippoussis  P Rafter	6	6												M Philippoussis  P Rafter	7	6
		B MacPhie  M Tebbutt	4	4											5	S Lareau  A O'Brien	6	6
		J Grabb  R Reneberg	6	6					J Grabb  R Reneberg	3	6
		T Ho  J Waite	1	5				5	S Lareau  A O'Brien	6	7
	5	S Lareau  A O'Brien	6	7

Bottom half

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
	6	M Knowles  D Nestor	4	7	6
		D Johnson  F Montana	6	5	3			6	M Knowles  D Nestor	7	6
		H J Davids  S Schalken	6	6	6			WC	W Ferreira  G Muller	5	3
	WC	W Ferreira  G Muller	4	7	7										6	M Knowles  D Nestor	7	6
		J Eagle  A Florent	3	2												M-K Goellner  B Talbot	5	4
		M-K Goellner  B Talbot	6	6					M-K Goellner  B Talbot	4	6	6
								4	E Ferreira  P Galbraith	6	3	4
																						6	M Knowles  D Nestor	6	3	6
	7	J Björkman  N Kulti	6	6																		Q	S Davis  K Jones	4	6	3
	Q	M Ondruska  L Paes	2	4				7	J Björkman  N Kulti	6	6
		T Kronemann  D Macpherson	4	4					L Lobo  J Sánchez	3	3
		L Lobo  J Sánchez	6	6											7	J Björkman  N Kulti	6	4
		J Tarango  C van Rensburg	6	4											Q	S Davis  K Jones	7	6
	Q	S Davis  K Jones	7	6				Q	S Davis  K Jones	7	6
								2	J Eltingh  P Haarhuis	6	4

References

• 1997 Newsweek Champions Cup Doubles Draw