1997 Welsh International Open – Doubles
# 1997 Welsh International Open – Doubles

Katrina Adams and Mariaan de Swardt were the defending champions but did not compete that year.

Debbie Graham and Kerry-Anne Guse won in the final 6–3, 6–4 against Julie Pullin and Lorna Woodroffe.

## Seeds

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

* Debbie Graham / Kerry-Anne Guse (champions)
* Ann Grossman / Tami Whitlinger-Jones (quarterfinals)
* Miho Saeki / Yuka Yoshida (quarterfinals)
* Sonya Jeyaseelan / Janet Lee (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

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | D Graham K-A Guse | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | O Barabanschikova L Richterová | 2 | 0 | | 1 | D Graham K-A Guse | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Cecchini V Ruano-Pascual | 6 | 6 | | | S Cecchini V Ruano-Pascual | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| | V Martinek S Pitkowski | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | 1 | D Graham K-A Guse | 6 | 7 | | | | |
| 4 | S Jeyaseelan J Lee | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | A Ellwood M Murić | 3 | 6 | | | | |
| | R Jensen L Lee | 3 | 0 | | 4 | S Jeyaseelan J Lee | 5 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Ellwood M Murić | 6 | 6 | | | A Ellwood M Murić | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | E deLone N Pratt | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | Debbie Graham Kerry-Anne Guse | 6 | 6 |
| | P Langrová R Zrubáková | 4 | 7 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | Julie Pullin Lorna Woodroffe | 3 | 4 |
| | S-A Siddall A Wainwright | 6 | 5 | 5 | | P Langrová R Zrubáková | 3 | 5 | | | | | | | | | |
| | C Cristea D Jones | 0 | 2 | | 3 | M Saeki Y Yoshida | 6 | 1 | r | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | M Saeki Y Yoshida | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | P Langrová R Zrubáková | 5 | 2 | | | | |
| | J Pullin L Woodroffe | 3 | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | J Pullin L Woodroffe | 7 | 6 | | | | |
| | C Barclay C Wood | 6 | 4 | 6 | | J Pullin L Woodroffe | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Smith M Tu | 4 | 1 | | 2 | A Grossman T Whitlinger-Jones | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | A Grossman T Whitlinger-Jones | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
