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Jacco Eltingh and Paul Haarhuis were the defending champions but only Haarhuis competed that year with Sjeng Schalken.

Haarhuis and Schalken lost in the quarterfinals to Grant Connell and Todd Martin.

Ellis Ferreira and Jan Siemerink won in the final 2–6, 6–3, 6–2 against Jonas Björkman and Nicklas Kulti.[1]

Seeds

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

  1. Russia Yevgeny Kafelnikov / Russia Andrei Olhovskiy (quarterfinals)
  2. Sweden Jonas Björkman / Sweden Nicklas Kulti (final)
  3. Canada Grant Connell / United States Todd Martin (semifinals)
  4. South Africa Ellis Ferreira / Netherlands Jan Siemerink (champions)
  5. Netherlands Menno Oosting / Czech Republic Cyril Suk (first round)
  6. Sweden Stefan Edberg / Czech Republic Petr Korda (first round)
  7. Argentina Luis Lobo / Spain Javier Sánchez (semifinals)
  8. Czech Republic Jiří Novák / Czech Republic David Rikl (second round)

Draw

Key

Finals

Semifinals Final
          
7 3 2
4 6 6
4 2 6 6
2 6 3 2
3 4 6 3
2 6 1 6

Top half

First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
1 7 7  
  6 1 7   5 6  
  3 6 6 1 4 5  
  3 6 6 7 6 7  
WC 6 3 2   6 3 6
  3 0   7 4 6 7
7 6 6   7 3 2  
4 6 6  
4 6 6  
WC 5 6     1 3  
  7 7   4 7 7  
WC         6 5  
Q w/o     Q 4 1  
  6 2 6   6 6  
5 2 6 2

Bottom half

First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
6 4 2  
  6 6     6 7  
  3 6 7   4 6  
  6 3 6   2 7 2
  3 4   3 6 6 6
Q 6 6   Q 1 2  
3 6 6  
3 4 6 3
8 6 6   2 6 1 6
  2 3   8 3 6  
  6 6 6   6 7  
WC 1 7 1   1 7 5
  6 3 2 2 6 5 7
  0 6 6   6 1  
2 7 6  

References

  1. ^ John Barrett, ed. (1997). International Tennis Federation World of Tennis 1997. London: CollinsWillow. pp. 130, 140. ISBN 9780002187145.

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