1997 Australian Open – Men's doubles

Todd Woodbridge and Mark Woodforde defeated Sébastien Lareau and Alex O'Brien in the final, 4–6, 7–5, 7–5, 6–3 to win the men's doubles tennis title at the 1997 Australian Open. It was the Woodies' second and last Australian Open title.

Stefan Edberg and Petr Korda were the reigning champions, but Edberg did not compete that year. Korda partnered Pat Cash, but lost in the second round to Neil Broad and Piet Norval.

Seeds
Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated. • #🇦🇺 Todd Woodbridge / 🇦🇺 Mark Woodforde (champions)

• #🇿🇼 Byron Black / 🇨🇦 Grant Connell (third round)

• #🇳🇱 Jacco Eltingh / 🇳🇱 Paul Haarhuis (semifinals)

• #🇿🇦 Ellis Ferreira / 🇺🇸 Patrick Galbraith (quarterfinals)

• #🇧🇸 Mark Knowles / 🇨🇦 Daniel Nestor (quarterfinals)

• #🇸🇪 Jonas Björkman / 🇸🇪 Nicklas Kulti (third round)

• #🇨🇦 Sébastien Lareau / 🇺🇸 Alex O'Brien (final)

• #🇺🇸 Jim Grabb / 🇺🇸 Richey Reneberg (third round)

• #🇧🇪 Libor Pimek / 🇿🇦 Byron Talbot (first round)

• #🇨🇿 Martin Damm / 🇷🇺 Andrei Olhovskiy (quarterfinals)

• #🇺🇸 Rick Leach / 🇺🇸 Jonathan Stark (semifinals)

• #🇦🇷 Luis Lobo / 🇪🇸 Javier Sánchez (third round)

• #🇿🇦 David Adams / 🇳🇱 Menno Oosting (first round)

• #Unknown (withdrew)

• #🇨🇿 Jiří Novák / 🇨🇿 Cyril Suk (second round)

• #🇬🇧 Neil Broad / 🇿🇦 Piet Norval (quarterfinals)