1997 Romanian Open – Doubles
# 1997 Romanian Open – Doubles

David Ekerot and Jeff Tarango were the defending champions, but Ekerot did not compete this year. Tarango teamed up with Roger Smith and lost in the first round to Luis Lobo and Javier Sánchez.

Lobo and Sánchez won the title by defeating Hendrik Jan Davids and Daniel Orsanic 7–5, 7–5 in the final.

## Seeds

* Luis Lobo / Javier Sánchez (champions)
* Donald Johnson / Francisco Montana (semifinals)
* Tomás Carbonell / Francisco Roig (first round)
* Pablo Albano / Àlex Corretja (first round)

## Draw

### Key

* Q = Qualifier
* WC = Wild card
* LL = Lucky loser
* Alt = Alternate
* SE = Special exempt
* PR = Protected ranking
* ITF = ITF entry
* JE = Junior exempt
* w/o = Walkover
* r = Retired
* d = Defaulted
* SR = Special ranking

### Draw

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | L Lobo J Sánchez | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | R Smith J Tarango | 4 | 3 | | 1 | L Lobo J Sánchez | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | A Pavel G Trifu | 6 | 2 | | | A Kratzmann L Pimek | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Kratzmann L Pimek | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | 1 | L Lobo J Sánchez | 7 | 6 | | | | | |
| 4 | P Albano À Corretja | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | C Brandi N Lapentti | 5 | 2 | | | | | |
| | A Berasategui A Martín | 6 | 6 | | | A Berasategui A Martín | 6 | 6 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| | C Brandi N Lapentti | 6 | 6 | | | C Brandi N Lapentti | 7 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | K Kinnear A Kitinov | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | L Lobo J Sánchez | 7 | 7 |
| WC | I Moldovan D Pescariu | 5 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | HJ Davids D Orsanic | 5 | 5 |
| | HJ Davids D Orsanic | 7 | 6 | | | HJ Davids D Orsanic | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | B Coupe P Rosner | 6 | 7 | | | B Coupe P Rosner | 3 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | T Carbonell F Roig | 4 | 5 | | | | | | | | HJ Davids D Orsanic | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| Q | J Alonso E Sánchez | 6 | 6 | 7 | | | | | | 2 | D Johnson F Montana | 6 | 3 | 2 | | | | |
| | B Haygarth G Van Emburgh | 7 | 2 | 5 | Q | J Alonso E Sánchez | 6 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | G Cosac R Sabău | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | D Johnson F Montana | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | D Johnson F Montana | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
