1997 Heineken Trophy – Men's doubles
# 1997 Heineken Trophy – Men's doubles

Paul Kilderry and Pavel Vízner were the defending champions, but Kilderry did not compete this year. Vízner teamed up with Martin Damm and lost in semifinals to tournament winners Jacco Eltingh and Paul Haarhuis.

Jacco Eltingh and Paul Haarhuis won the title by defeating Trevor Kronemann and David Macpherson 6–4, 7–5 in the final.

## Seeds

* Jacco Eltingh / Paul Haarhuis (champions)
* Jonas Björkman / Nicklas Kulti (quarterfinals)
* Martin Damm / Pavel Vízner (semifinals)
* Menno Oosting / Libor Pimek (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 | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | J Eltingh P Haarhuis | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | F Messori TJ Middleton | 2 | 4 | | 1 | J Eltingh P Haarhuis | w | / | o | | | | | | | | |
| | M Keil L Paes | 4 | 6 | 6 | | M Keil L Paes | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | G Raoux S Schalken | 6 | 3 | 2 | | | | | | 1 | J Eltingh P Haarhuis | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| 3 | M Damm P Vízner | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 3 | M Damm P Vízner | 4 | 2 | | | | |
| WC | M Chang C van Rensburg | 4 | 4 | | 3 | M Damm P Vízner | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | E Benfele Álvarez S Doseděl | 6 | 6 | | Q | E Benfele Álvarez S Doseděl | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | T Nijssen D van Scheppingen | 3 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | J Eltingh P Haarhuis | 6 | 7 |
| | T Kronemann D Macpherson | 4 | 6 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | T Kronemann D Macpherson | 4 | 5 |
| | S Melville C Woodruff | 6 | 4 | $0^r$ | | T Kronemann D Macpherson | 7 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | J Eagle A Florent | 7 | 3 | 6 | | J Eagle A Florent | 6 | 7 | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | M Oosting L Pimek | 6 | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | T Kronemann D Macpherson | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| WC | S Noteboom F Wibier | 4 | 7 | 6 | | | | | | WC | S Noteboom F Wibier | 3 | 4 | | | | |
| | C Brandi F Santoro | 6 | 5 | 4 | WC | S Noteboom F Wibier | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | P Nyborg R Reneberg | 4 | 6 | | 2 | J Björkman N Kulti | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | J Björkman N Kulti | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
