1997 Sydney International – Men's doubles
# 1997 Sydney International – Men's doubles

Ellis Ferreira and Jan Siemerink were the defending champions but only Siemerink competed that year with Paul Haarhuis.

Haarhuis and Siemerink lost in the final 6–4, 6–7, 6–3 against Luis Lobo and Javier Sánchez.

## Seeds

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

* n/a
* Paul Haarhuis / Jan Siemerink (final)
* Sébastien Lareau / Alex O'Brien (first round)
* Libor Pimek / Byron Talbot (semifinals)

## 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

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| LL | N Godwin G Stafford | 4 | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | G Connell S Davis | 6 | 6 | 4 | LL | N Godwin G Stafford | 3 | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | P Cash S Stolle | 6 | 6 | 6 | WC | P Cash S Stolle | 6 | 6 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M-K Goellner D Prinosil | 1 | 7 | 2 | | | | | | LL | N Godwin G Stafford | 2 | 6 | 5 | | | | | |
| 3 | S Lareau A O'Brien | 6 | 6 | 4 | | | | | | | L Lobo J Sánchez | 6 | 3 | 7 | | | | | |
| | J Eagle A Florent | 7 | 0 | 6 | | J Eagle A Florent | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Kratzmann M Tebbutt | 6 | 5 | | | L Lobo J Sánchez | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | L Lobo J Sánchez | 7 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | Luis Lobo Javier Sánchez | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| WC | G Doyle P Tramacchi | 7 | 2 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | Paul Haarhuis Jan Siemerink | 4 | 7 | 3 |
| WC | L Jensen M Jensen | 6 | 6 | 4 | WC | G Doyle P Tramacchi | 4 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | C Brandi K Kinnear | 4 | 4 | | 4 | L Pimek B Talbot | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | L Pimek B Talbot | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 4 | L Pimek B Talbot | 5 | 7 | 5 | | | | | |
| | D Macpherson T. J. Middleton | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 2 | P Haarhuis J Siemerink | 7 | 6 | 7 | | | | | |
| Q | J Holmes A Painter | 3 | 4 | | | D Macpherson T. J. Middleton | 7 | 5 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | P Nyborg G Raoux | 4 | 7 | 6 | 2 | P Haarhuis J Siemerink | 6 | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | P Haarhuis J Siemerink | 6 | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
