1997 European Community Championships – Doubles
| Doubles | |
|---|---|
| 1997 European Community Championships | |
| 1996 Champions | Jonas Björkman Nicklas Kulti |
| Champions | David Adams Olivier Delaître |
| Runners-up | Sandon Stolle Cyril Suk |
| Score | 3–6, 6–2, 6–1 |
Jonas Björkman and Nicklas Kulti were the defending champions but only Kulti competed that year with Daniel Vacek.
Kulti and Vacek lost in the quarterfinals to Hendrik Jan Davids and Marc-Kevin Goellner.
David Adams and Olivier Delaître won in the final 3–6, 6–2, 6–1 against Sandon Stolle and Cyril Suk.
Seeds
Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.
- Nicklas Kulti / Daniel Vacek (quarterfinals)
- Libor Pimek / Byron Talbot (first round)
- Martin Damm / Andrei Olhovskiy (semifinals)
- Marius Barnard / Piet Norval (quarterfinals)
Draw
Key
- Q = Qualifier
- WC = Wild card
- LL = Lucky loser
- Alt = Alternate
- ITF = ITF entry
- PR = Protected ranking
- SR = Special ranking
- SE = Special exempt
- JE = Junior exempt
- JR = Junior Accelerator Programme entrant
- CO = College Accelerator Programme entrant
- NG = Next Gen Accelerator Program entrant
- w/o = Walkover
- r = Retired
- d = Defaulted
| First round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | N Kulti D Vacek | 7 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| P Albano P Nyborg | 5 | 6 | 1 | N Kulti D Vacek | 3 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| H J Davids M-K Goellner | 4 | 6 | 6 | H J Davids M-K Goellner | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WC | S Hiršzon G Ivanišević | 6 | 0 | 2 | H J Davids M-K Goellner | 2 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | M Barnard P Norval | 7 | 5 | 6 | D Adams O Delaître | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| G Forget T Nijssen | 5 | 7 | 4 | 4 | M Barnard P Norval | 6 | 5 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||
| J Eagle A Florent | 2 | 2 | D Adams O Delaître | 2 | 7 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| D Adams O Delaître | 6 | 6 | David Adams Olivier Delaître | 3 | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| S Noteboom F Wibier | 6 | 6 | Sandon Stolle Cyril Suk | 6 | 2 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| LL | W Neefs D Norman | 0 | 4 | S Noteboom F Wibier | 7 | 4 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Q | J-L de Jager M Keil | 6 | 6 | 4 | 3 | M Damm A Olhovskiy | 6 | 6 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | M Damm A Olhovskiy | 7 | 6 | 3 | M Damm A Olhovskiy | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| A Kratzmann P Vízner | 4 | 4 | S Stolle C Suk | w/o | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| S Stolle C Suk | 6 | 6 | S Stolle C Suk | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| WC | F Dewulf J Van Herck | 6 | 6 | 6 | WC | F Dewulf J Van Herck | 2 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | L Pimek B Talbot | 2 | 7 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||