1997 du Maurier Open – Men's doubles

Patrick Galbraith and Paul Haarhuis were the defending champions, but Haarhuis did not compete this year. Galbraith teamed up with Ellis Ferreira and lost in second round to Trevor Kronemann and David Macpherson.

Mahesh Bhupathi and Leander Paes won the title by defeating Sébastien Lareau and Alex O'Brien 7–6, 6–3 in the final.

Seeds
• # 🇷🇺 Yevgeny Kafelnikov / 🇨🇿 Daniel Vacek (quarterfinals)

• # Mark Knowles / 🇨🇦 Daniel Nestor (second round, retired)

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

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

• # 🇺🇸 Rick Leach / 🇺🇸 Jonathan Stark (second round)

• # 🇦🇺 Mark Philippoussis / 🇦🇺 Patrick Rafter (quarterfinals)

• # 🇦🇺 Sandon Stolle / 🇨🇿 Cyril Suk (second round, withdrew)

• # (n/a)

Qualifying seeds
• # 🇲🇰 Aleksandar Kitinov / 🇺🇸 Jeff Salzenstein (qualified)

• # Neville Godwin / 🇦🇲 Sargis Sargsian (qualified)

• # 🇺🇸 Doug Flach / 🇺🇸 Chris Woodruff (qualifying competition)

• # 🇦🇺 Scott Draper / 🇺🇸 Vince Spadea (first round)

Qualifiers
• # 🇲🇰 Aleksandar Kitinov / 🇺🇸 Jeff Salzenstein

• # Neville Godwin / 🇦🇲 Sargis Sargsian