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1997 Stella Artois Championships – Doubles
AUS Patrick Rafter CZE Cyril Suk
Todd Woodbridge and Mark Woodforde were the defending champions but lost in the semifinals to Mark Philippoussis and Patrick Rafter.
Philippoussis and Rafter won in the final 6–2, 4–6, 7–5 against Sandon Stolle and Cyril Suk.
Seeds
The top four seeded teams received byes into the second round.
- AUS Todd Woodbridge / AUS Mark Woodforde (semifinals)
- BAH Mark Knowles / CAN Daniel Nestor (second round)
- CAN Sébastien Lareau / USA Alex O'Brien (semifinals)
- RSA Ellis Ferreira / USA Patrick Galbraith (second round)
- USA Rick Leach / USA Jonathan Stark (quarterfinals)
- AUS Mark Philippoussis / AUS Patrick Rafter (champions)
- AUS Sandon Stolle / CZE Cyril Suk (final)
- GBR Neil Broad / RSA Piet Norval (quarterfinals)
Draw
Finals
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| RD2-seed1=6 | RD2-team1=AUS Mark Philippoussis AUS Patrick Rafter | RD2-score1-1=6 | RD2-score1-2=4 | RD2-score1-3=7 | RD2-seed2=7 | RD2-team2=AUS Sandon Stolle CZE Cyril Suk | RD2-score2-1=2 | RD2-score2-2=6 | RD2-score2-3=5
Top half
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| RD1-seed05= | RD1-team05=RUS A Olhovskiy NZL B Steven | RD1-score05-1=6 | RD1-score05-2=6 | RD1-score05-3= | RD1-seed06= | RD1-team06=CAN G Connell USA S Davis | RD1-score06-1=3 | RD1-score06-2=4 | RD1-score06-3=
| RD1-seed07= | RD1-team07=FRA O Delaître FRA G Raoux | RD1-score07-1=5 | RD1-score07-2=4 | RD1-score07-3= | RD1-seed08=8 | RD1-team08=GBR N Broad RSA P Norval | RD1-score08-1=7 | RD1-score08-2=6 | RD1-score08-3=
| RD1-seed11= | RD1-team11=MKD A Kitinov POR N Marques | RD1-score11-1=3 | RD1-score11-2=4 | RD1-score11-3= | RD1-seed12=WC | RD1-team12=GBR T Henman USA P Sampras | RD1-score12-1=6 | RD1-score12-2=6 | RD1-score12-3=
| RD1-seed13= | RD1-team13=NED S Groen GER J Knippschild | RD1-score13-1=6 | RD1-score13-2=4 | RD1-score13-3= | RD1-seed14= | RD1-team14=BLR M Mirnyi ZIM K Ullyett | RD1-score14-1=7 | RD1-score14-2=6 | RD1-score14-3=
| RD1-seed15= | RD1-team15=USA B MacPhie RSA G Muller | RD1-score15-1=5 | RD1-score15-2=6 | RD1-score15-3= | RD1-seed16=6 | RD1-team16=AUS M Philippoussis AUS P Rafter | RD1-score16-1=7 | RD1-score16-2=7 | RD1-score16-3=
| RD2-seed01=1 | RD2-team01=AUS T Woodbridge AUS M Woodforde | RD2-score01-1=6 | RD2-score01-2=6 | RD2-score01-3= | RD2-seed02= | RD2-team02=IND M Bhupathi IND L Paes | RD2-score02-1=3 | RD2-score02-2=3 | RD2-score02-3=
| RD2-seed03= | RD2-team03=RUS A Olhovskiy NZL B Steven | RD2-score03-1=0r | RD2-score03-2= | RD2-score03-3= | RD2-seed04=8 | RD2-team04=GBR N Broad RSA P Norval | RD2-score04-1=1 | RD2-score04-2= | RD2-score04-3=
| RD2-seed05=4 | RD2-team05=RSA E Ferreira USA P Galbraith | RD2-score05-1=6 | RD2-score05-2=6 | RD2-score05-3=1 | RD2-seed06=WC | RD2-team06=GBR T Henman USA P Sampras | RD2-score06-1=7 | RD2-score06-2=4 | RD2-score06-3=6
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| RD3-seed01=1 | RD3-team01=AUS T Woodbridge AUS M Woodforde | RD3-score01-1=6 | RD3-score01-2=6 | RD3-score01-3= | RD3-seed02=8 | RD3-team02=GBR N Broad RSA P Norval | RD3-score02-1=3 | RD3-score02-2=2 | RD3-score02-3=
| RD3-seed03=WC | RD3-team03=GBR T Henman USA P Sampras | RD3-score03-1=3 | RD3-score03-2=6 | RD3-score03-3= | RD3-seed04=6 | RD3-team04=AUS M Philippoussis AUS P Rafter | RD3-score04-1=6 | RD3-score04-2=7 | RD3-score04-3=
| RD4-seed01=1 | RD4-team01=AUS T Woodbridge AUS M Woodforde | RD4-score01-1=6 | RD4-score01-2=6 | RD4-score01-3=3 | RD4-seed02=6 | RD4-team02=AUS M Philippoussis AUS P Rafter | RD4-score02-1=7 | RD4-score02-2=3 | RD4-score02-3=6
Bottom half
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| RD1-seed03= | RD1-team03=AUS W Arthurs AUS A Kratzmann | RD1-score03-1=3 | RD1-score03-2=5 | RD1-score03-3= | RD1-seed04= | RD1-team04=ZIM B Black USA J Gimelstob | RD1-score04-1=6 | RD1-score04-2=7 | RD1-score04-3=
| RD1-seed05=Q | RD1-team05=GER P Baur VEN N Pereira | RD1-score05-1=4 | RD1-score05-2=6 | RD1-score05-3= | RD1-seed06=WC | RD1-team06=CRO S Hiršzon CRO G Ivanišević | RD1-score06-1=6 | RD1-score06-2=7 | RD1-score06-3=
| RD1-seed09=7 | RD1-team09=AUS S Stolle CZE C Suk | RD1-score09-1=6 | RD1-score09-2=6 | RD1-score09-3= | RD1-seed10=WC | RD1-team10=USA M Chang JPN S Matsuoka | RD1-score10-1=3 | RD1-score10-2=3 | RD1-score10-3=
| RD1-seed11=Q | RD1-team11=RSA W Black RSA N Godwin | RD1-score11-1=6 | RD1-score11-2=7 | RD1-score11-3=6 | RD1-seed12= | RD1-team12=FRA J-P Fleurian USA T. J. Middleton | RD1-score12-1=7 | RD1-score12-2=5 | RD1-score12-3=2
| RD1-seed13=WC | RD1-team13=GER M-K Goellner GBR G Rusedski | RD1-score13-1=6 | RD1-score13-2=6 | RD1-score13-3= | RD1-seed14= | RD1-team14=AUS P Kilderry AUS M Tebbutt | RD1-score14-1=3 | RD1-score14-2=2 | RD1-score14-3=
| RD2-seed01=5 | RD2-team01=USA R Leach USA J Stark | RD2-score01-1=7 | RD2-score01-2=6 | RD2-score01-3= | RD2-seed02= | RD2-team02=ZIM B Black USA J Gimelstob | RD2-score02-1=6 | RD2-score02-2=3 | RD2-score02-3=
| RD2-seed03=WC | RD2-team03=CRO S Hiršzon CRO G Ivanišević | RD2-score03-1=6 | RD2-score03-2=3 | RD2-score03-3= | RD2-seed04=3 | RD2-team04=CAN S Lareau USA A O'Brien | RD2-score04-1=7 | RD2-score04-2=6 | RD2-score04-3=
| RD2-seed05=7 | RD2-team05=AUS S Stolle CZE C Suk | RD2-score05-1=6 | RD2-score05-2=6 | RD2-score05-3= | RD2-seed06=Q | RD2-team06=RSA W Black RSA N Godwin | RD2-score06-1=3 | RD2-score06-2=2 | RD2-score06-3=
| RD2-seed07=WC | RD2-team07=GER M-K Goellner GBR G Rusedski | RD2-score07-1=4 | RD2-score07-2=7 | RD2-score07-3=7 | RD2-seed08=2 | RD2-team08=BAH M Knowles CAN D Nestor | RD2-score08-1=6 | RD2-score08-2=6 | RD2-score08-3=6
| RD3-seed01=5 | RD3-team01=USA R Leach USA J Stark | RD3-score01-1=4 | RD3-score01-2=5 | RD3-score01-3= | RD3-seed02=3 | RD3-team02=CAN S Lareau USA A O'Brien | RD3-score02-1=6 | RD3-score02-2=7 | RD3-score02-3=
| RD3-seed03=7 | RD3-team03=AUS S Stolle CZE C Suk | RD3-score03-1=7 | RD3-score03-2=6 | RD3-score03-3= | RD3-seed04=WC | RD3-team04=GER M-K Goellner GBR G Rusedski | RD3-score04-1=6 | RD3-score04-2=3 | RD3-score04-3=
| RD4-seed01=3 | RD4-team01=CAN S Lareau USA A O'Brien | RD4-score01-1=3 | RD4-score01-2=6 | RD4-score01-3= | RD4-seed02=7 | RD4-team02=AUS S Stolle CZE C Suk | RD4-score02-1=6 | RD4-score02-2=7 | RD4-score02-3=
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