1997 Kroger St. Jude International – Doubles

Mark Knowles and Daniel Nestor were the defending champions but lost in the quarterfinals to Ellis Ferreira and Patrick Galbraith.

Ferreira and Galbraith won in the final 6–3, 3–6, 6–1 against Rick Leach and Jonathan Stark.

Seeds
Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated. All eight seeded teams received byes to the second round.

• # 🇦🇺 Todd Woodbridge / 🇦🇺 Mark Woodforde (semifinals)

• # Byron Black / 🇨🇦 Grant Connell (quarterfinals)

• # Jacco Eltingh /  Paul Haarhuis (quarterfinals)

• # Ellis Ferreira / 🇺🇸 Patrick Galbraith (champions)

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

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

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

• # 🇺🇸 Jim Grabb / 🇺🇸 Richey Reneberg (quarterfinals)