1997 President's Cup – Doubles

The 1997 Tashkent Open was a men's tennis tournament held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan and played on outdoor hard courts. It was the inaugural edition of the tournament, part of the 1997 ATP Tour, and was held from September 8 to September 15.

Doubles
1997 President's Cup
Champions	Vincenzo Santopadre Vincent Spadea[1]
Runners-up	Hicham Arazi Eyal Ran
Score	6–4, 6–7, 6–0

Seeds

Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.

1. Karsten Braasch / Roger Smith (semifinals)
2. Sander Groen / Andrei Pavel (semifinals)
3. Noam Behr / Eyal Erlich (quarterfinals)
4. Vincenzo Santopadre / Vince Spadea (champions)

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

	First round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final[1]
	1	K Braasch R Smith	7	6
		G Cañas J Delgado	6	3				1	K Braasch R Smith	6	6
		I Heuberger R Weidenfeld	6	6					I Heuberger R Weidenfeld	4	4
	Q	A Ivanov D Mazur	2	0											1	K Braasch R Smith	3	6	4
	3	N Behr E Erlich	6	7												H Arazi E Ran	6	3	6
		V Kucenko D Tomashevich	4	6				3	N Behr E Erlich	6	4	4
		H Arazi E Ran	6	6					H Arazi E Ran	2	6	6
	WC	T Khankodjaev A Kokurin	4	2																			H Arazi E Ran	4	7	0
		N Kiefer O Ogorodov	3	7	6																	4	V Santopadre V Spadea	6	6	6
		K Carlsen C Saceanu	6	6	4				N Kiefer O Ogorodov	1	3
	4	V Santopadre V Spadea	6	6				4	V Santopadre V Spadea	6	6
	WC	M Commandeur B Phau	3	0											4	V Santopadre V Spadea	3	6	7
		S Campbell Ģirts Dzelde	7	6											2	S Groen A Pavel	6	4	6
	WC	T Ganiev A-H Makhkamov	6	1					S Campbell Ģirts Dzelde	2	4
	2	S Groen A Pavel	6	6				2	S Groen A Pavel	6	6
		A Stoliarov N Welgreen	1	3