1997 Sydney International – Men's doubles
| Men's doubles | |
|---|---|
| 1997 Sydney International | |
| 1996 Champions | Ellis Ferreira Jan Siemerink |
| Champions | Luis Lobo Javier Sánchez |
| Runners-up | Paul Haarhuis Jan Siemerink |
| Score | 6–4, 6–7, 6–3 |
Ellis Ferreira and Jan Siemerink were the defending champions but only Siemerink competed that year with Paul Haarhuis.
Haarhuis and Siemerink lost in the final 6–4, 6–7, 6–3 against Luis Lobo and Javier Sánchez.
Seeds
Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.
- n/a
- Paul Haarhuis / Jan Siemerink (final)
- Sébastien Lareau / Alex O'Brien (first round)
- Libor Pimek / Byron Talbot (semifinals)
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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| LL | N Godwin G Stafford | 4 | 7 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| G Connell S Davis | 6 | 6 | 4 | LL | N Godwin G Stafford | 3 | 7 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||
| WC | P Cash S Stolle | 6 | 6 | 6 | WC | P Cash S Stolle | 6 | 6 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
| M-K Goellner D Prinosil | 1 | 7 | 2 | LL | N Godwin G Stafford | 2 | 6 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | S Lareau A O'Brien | 6 | 6 | 4 | L Lobo J Sánchez | 6 | 3 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||
| J Eagle A Florent | 7 | 0 | 6 | J Eagle A Florent | 6 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| A Kratzmann M Tebbutt | 6 | 5 | L Lobo J Sánchez | 7 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| L Lobo J Sánchez | 7 | 7 | Luis Lobo Javier Sánchez | 6 | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WC | G Doyle P Tramacchi | 7 | 2 | 6 | 2 | Paul Haarhuis Jan Siemerink | 4 | 7 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| WC | L Jensen M Jensen | 6 | 6 | 4 | WC | G Doyle P Tramacchi | 4 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||
| C Brandi K Kinnear | 4 | 4 | 4 | L Pimek B Talbot | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | L Pimek B Talbot | 6 | 6 | 4 | L Pimek B Talbot | 5 | 7 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||
| D Macpherson T. J. Middleton | 6 | 6 | 2 | P Haarhuis J Siemerink | 7 | 6 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Q | J Holmes A Painter | 3 | 4 | D Macpherson T. J. Middleton | 7 | 5 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| P Nyborg G Raoux | 4 | 7 | 6 | 2 | P Haarhuis J Siemerink | 6 | 7 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | P Haarhuis J Siemerink | 6 | 6 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||||