1997 Shanghai Open – Doubles
| Doubles | |
|---|---|
| 1997 Shanghai Open | |
| 1996 Champions | Mark Knowles Roger Smith |
| Champions | Max Mirnyi Kevin Ullyett |
| Runners-up | Tomas Nydahl Stefano Pescosolido |
| Score | 7–6, 6–7, 7–5 |
Mark Knowles and Roger Smith were the defending champions but lost in the quarterfinals to Ctislav Doseděl and Ján Krošlák.
Max Mirnyi and Kevin Ullyett won in the final 7–6, 6–7, 7–5 against Tomas Nydahl and Stefano Pescosolido.
Seeds
Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.
- Mark Knowles / Roger Smith (quarterfinals)
- David Ekerot / Jeff Tarango (quarterfinals)
- Mahesh Bhupathi / Leander Paes (quarterfinals)
- Bill Behrens / Brian MacPhie (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 | M Knowles R Smith | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Q | S Iwabuchi T Suzuki | 3 | 4 | 1 | M Knowles R Smith | 7 | 4 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||
| C Doseděl J Krošlák | 6 | 6 | C Doseděl J Krošlák | 6 | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| F Messori E Ran | 1 | 2 | C Doseděl J Krošlák | 4 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | M Bhupathi L Paes | 6 | 6 | T Nydahl S Pescosolido | 6 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WC | B Pan J Xia | 2 | 2 | 3 | M Bhupathi L Paes | 6 | 4 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||
| T Nydahl S Pescosolido | 7 | 1 | 7 | T Nydahl S Pescosolido | 1 | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| J Golmard S Matsuoka | 5 | 6 | 5 | Tomas Nydahl Stefano Pescosolido | 6 | 7 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| D Flach T.J. Middleton | 6 | 5 | 2 | Max Mirnyi Kevin Ullyett | 7 | 6 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| A Olhovskiy B Steven | 4 | 7 | 6 | A Olhovskiy B Steven | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| W Black N Pereira | 2 | 2 | 4 | B Behrens B MacPhie | 4 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | B Behrens B MacPhie | 6 | 6 | A Olhovskiy B Steven | 6 | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| M Mirnyi K Ullyett | 7 | 6 | M Mirnyi K Ullyett | 7 | 3 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| K Kinnear S Sargsian | 5 | 3 | M Mirnyi K Ullyett | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| J Gimelstob M Joyce | 1 | 2 | 2 | D Ekerot J Tarango | 4 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | D Ekerot J Tarango | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||