1997 French Open – Men's doubles

Yevgeny Kafelnikov and Daniel Vacek successfully defended their title defeated Todd Woodbridge and Mark Woodforde in the final, 7–6(14–12), 4–6, 6–3 to win the men's doubles title at the French Open.

Woobridge and Woodforde (collectively known as The Woodies) attempted their chance to make history to complete all four Grand Slams at once, having won the previous year's Wimbledon, US Open and Australian Open earlier that year. But they lost to Kafelnikov and Vacek, ending their 23-winning match streak. This feat would later achieve by Bob and Mike Bryan in the 2013 Wimbledon Championships.

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 (final)

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

• 🇧🇸 Mark Knowles / 🇨🇦 Daniel Nestor (second round)

• 🇷🇺 Yevgeny Kafelnikov / 🇨🇿 Daniel Vacek (champions)

• 🇨🇦 Sébastien Lareau / 🇺🇸 Alex O'Brien (second round)

• 🇿🇦 Ellis Ferreira / 🇺🇸 Patrick Galbraith (second round)

• 🇺🇸 Rick Leach / 🇺🇸 Jonathan Stark (quarterfinals)

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

• 🇸🇪 Jonas Björkman / 🇸🇪 Nicklas Kulti (second round)

• 🇦🇺 Mark Philippoussis / 🇦🇺 Patrick Rafter (third round)

• 🇨🇿 Martin Damm / 🇷🇺 Andrei Olhovskiy (second round)

• 🇦🇺 Sandon Stolle / 🇨🇿 Cyril Suk (first round)

• 🇬🇧 Neil Broad / 🇿🇦 Piet Norval (second round)

• 🇺🇸 Donald Johnson / 🇺🇸 Francisco Montana (first round)

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

• 🇺🇸 Trevor Kronemann / 🇦🇺 David Macpherson (second round)