1997 Nokia Open – Doubles
# 1997 Nokia Open – Doubles

Martin Damm and Andrei Olhovskiy were the defending champions, but Olhovskiy did not participate this year. Damm partnered Jiří Novák, losing in the first round.

Mahesh Bhupathi and Leander Paes won the title, defeating Jim Courier and Alex O'Brien 7–5, 7–6 in the final.

## Seeds

* Mahesh Bhupathi / Leander Paes (champions)
* Martin Damm / Jiří Novák (first round)
* Byron Black / Jonathan Stark (first round)
* Richey Reneberg / Cyril Suk (quarterfinals)

## 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 | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | M Bhupathi L Paes | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | B Pan Li Lu | 2 | 2 | | 1 | M Bhupathi L Paes | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Ondruska G Stafford | 7 | 3 | 5 | | B Behrens P McEnroe | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| | B Behrens P McEnroe | 6 | 6 | 7 | | | | | | 1 | M Bhupathi L Paes | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| 3 | B Black J Stark | 6 | 7 | 4 | | | | | | | M Keil TJ Middleton | 4 | 4 | | | | |
| | M Keil TJ Middleton | 7 | 6 | 6 | | M Keil TJ Middleton | 7 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | K Carlsen D Wheaton | 7 | 6 | | | K Carlsen D Wheaton | 5 | 7 | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| WC | J Xia Lu Ling | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | M Bhupathi L Paes | 7 | 7 |
| | L-A Wahlgren C Wilkinson | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | WC | J Courier A O'Brien | 5 | 6 |
| WC | J Courier A O'Brien | 6 | 7 | | WC | J Courier A O'Brien | 6 | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | |
| | M Tillström P Fredriksson | 5 | 7 | 0 | 4 | R Reneberg C Suk | 7 | 3 | 5 | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | R Reneberg C Suk | 7 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | WC | J Courier A O'Brien | w/o | | | | | |
| Q | S Draper P Tramacchi | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | J Eagle A Florent | | | | | | |
| | J Eagle A Florent | 6 | 6 | | | J Eagle A Florent | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Gimelstob D Rikl | 6 | 6 | 7 | | J Gimelstob D Rikl | 4 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | M Damm J Novák | 7 | 4 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
