1997 Nottingham Open – Doubles
# 1997 Nottingham Open – Doubles

Mark Petchey and Danny Sapsford were the defending champions, but did not partner together this year. Petchey partnered Sargis Sargsian, losing in the first round. Sapsford partnered Chris Wilkinson, losing in the final.

Ellis Ferreira and Patrick Galbraith won the title, defeating Sapsford and Wilkinson 4–6, 7–6, 7–6 in the final.

## Seeds

* Ellis Ferreira / Patrick Galbraith (champions)
* Rick Leach / Byron Talbot (first round)
* Jan Siemerink / Cyril Suk (first round)
* Donald Johnson / Francisco Montana (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

### 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 | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | E Ferreira P Galbraith | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | D Adams M Barnard | 1 | 3 | | 1 | E Ferreira P Galbraith | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Gimelstob D Nestor | 7 | 7 | | | J Gimelstob D Nestor | 6 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | N Marques J Tarango | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 1 | E Ferreira P Galbraith | 1 | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| 3 | J Siemerink C Suk | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | N Broad G Muller | 6 | 3 | 2 | | | | | |
| | N Broad G Muller | 6 | 6 | | | N Broad G Muller | 7 | 3 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | G Connell S Davis | 4 | 7 | 6 | | L Jensen M Jensen | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | L Jensen M Jensen | 6 | 5 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | E Ferreira P Galbraith | 4 | 7 | 7 |
| | B Haygarth P Norval | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | WC | D Sapsford C Wilkinson | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| WC | A Boetsch J Courier | 1 | 2 | | | B Haygarth P Norval | 6 | 7 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | K Jones J Waite | 4 | 6 | | 4 | D Johnson F Montana | 7 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | D Johnson F Montana | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | 4 | D Johnson F Montana | 6 | 6 | 4 | | | | | |
| WC | M Petchey S Sargsian | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | WC | D Sapsford C Wilkinson | 7 | 1 | 6 | | | | | |
| Q | M Ondruska G Stafford | 6 | 6 | | Q | M Ondruska G Stafford | 6 | 6 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | D Sapsford C Wilkinson | 6 | 3 | 6 | WC | D Sapsford C Wilkinson | 3 | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | R Leach R Talbot | 2 | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
