1997 DFS Classic – Doubles

Elizabeth Smylie and Linda Wild were the defending champions but only Wild competed that year with Nathalie Tauziat.

Tauziat and Wild lost in the final 6–2, 6–3 against Katrina Adams and Larisa Savchenko.

Seeds
Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated. The top four seeded teams received byes into the second round.

• # 🇺🇸 Katrina Adams / Larisa Savchenko (champions)

• # 🇫🇷 Nathalie Tauziat / 🇺🇸 Linda Wild (final)

• # Miriam Oremans / 🇺🇸 Lisa Raymond (quarterfinals)

• # Yayuk Basuki / 🇺🇸 Lori McNeil (semifinals)

• # 🇯🇵 Naoko Kijimuta / 🇯🇵 Nana Miyagi (quarterfinals)

• # 🇫🇷 Alexandra Fusai / 🇮🇹 Rita Grande (quarterfinals)

• # 🇮🇹 Silvia Farina / 🇯🇵 Rika Hiraki (first round)

• # 🇺🇸 Debbie Graham / 🇦🇺 Kristine Kunce (second round)