1997 Lipton Championships – Men's doubles

Todd Woodbridge and Mark Woodforde were the two-time defending champions and won in the final 7–6, 7–6 against Mark Knowles and Daniel Nestor.

Seeds
All sixteen seeded teams received byes into the second round.

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

• # Jacco Eltingh / Paul Haarhuis (third round)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

• # 🇧🇪 Libor Pimek / Byron Talbot (second round)

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

• # 🇬🇧 Neil Broad / Piet Norval (semifinals)

• # n/a

• # 🇺🇸 Donald Johnson / 🇺🇸 Francisco Montana (second round)

• # Stephen Noteboom / 🇸🇪 Peter Nyborg (second round)

• # 🇨🇿 Jiří Novák / 🇨🇿 David Rikl (third round)