1997 ATP Tour World Championships – Doubles

Rick Leach and Jonathan Stark defeated Mahesh Bhupathi and Leander Paes in the final, 6–3, 6–4, 7–6^(7–3) to win the doubles tennis title at the 1997 ATP Tour World Championships.

Mark Woodforde and Todd Woodbridge were the defending champions, but were eliminated in the round-robin stage.

Draw

Key

• Q = Qualifier
• WC = Wild card
• LL = Lucky loser
• Alt = Alternate
• ITF = ITF entry
• PR = Protected ranking
• SR = Special ranking
• SE = Special exempt
• JE = Junior exempt
• JR = Junior Accelerator Programme entrant
• CO = College Accelerator Programme entrant
• NG = Next Gen Accelerator Program entrant
• w/o = Walkover
• r = Retired
• d = Defaulted

Green group

		Template:Flagicon Woodbridge Template:Flagicon Woodforde	Template:Flagicon Leach Template:Flagicon Stark	Template:Flagicon Lareau Template:Flagicon O'Brien	Template:Flagicon Johnson Template:Flagicon Montana	RR W–L	Set W–L	Game W–L	Standings
1	Template:Flagicon Todd Woodbridge Template:Flagicon Mark Woodforde		6–3, 6–7(4–7), 7–6(7–5)	6–7(4–7), 5–7	6–4, 6–1	2–1	4–3	42–35	3
4	Template:Flagicon Rick Leach Template:Flagicon Jonathan Stark	3–6, 7–6(7–4), 6–7(5–7)		6–4, 3–6, 6–3	6–3, 6–4	2–1	5–3	43–39	1
6	Template:Flagicon Sébastien Lareau Template:Flagicon Alex O'Brien	7–6(7–4), 7–5	4–6, 6–3, 3–6		6–3, 3–6, 6–3	2–1	5–3	42–38	2
8	Template:Flagicon Donald Johnson Template:Flagicon Francisco Montana	4–6, 1–6	3–6, 4–6	3–6, 6–3, 3–6		0–3	1–6	24–39	4

Standings are determined by: 1. number of wins; 2. number of matches; 3. in two-players-ties, head-to-head records; 4. in three-players-ties, percentage of sets won, or of games won; 5. steering-committee decision.

Yellow group

		Template:Flagicon Eltingh Template:Flagicon Haarhuis	Template:Flagicon Ferreira Template:Flagicon Galbraith	Template:Flagicon Bhupathi Template:Flagicon Paes	Template:Flagicon Knowles Template:Flagicon Nestor Template:Flagicon Kronemann Template:Flagicon Macpherson	RR W–L	Set W–L	Game W–L	Standings
2	Template:Flagicon Jacco Eltingh Template:Flagicon Paul Haarhuis		7–6(7–1), 6–7(5–7), 6–2	6–3, 6–2	6–4, 7–6(7–4) (w/ Knowles / Nestor)	3–0	6–1	44–30	1
3	Template:Flagicon Ellis Ferreira Template:Flagicon Patrick Galbraith	6–7(1–7), 7–6(7–5), 2–6		5–7, 4–6	6–2, 6–7(6–8), 7–5 (w/ Knowles / Nestor)	1–2	3–5	43–46	3
5	Template:Flagicon Mahesh Bhupathi Template:Flagicon Leander Paes	3–6, 2–6	7–5, 6–4		6–4, 7–6(7–5) (w/ Kronemann / Macpherson)	2–1	4–2	31–31	2
7 9	Template:Flagicon Mark Knowles Template:Flagicon Daniel Nestor Template:Flagicon Trevor Kronemann Template:Flagicon David Macpherson	4–6, 6–7(4–7) (w/ Knowles / Nestor)	2–6, 7–6(8–6), 5–7 (w/ Knowles / Nestor)	4–6, 6–7(5–7) (w/ Kronemann / Macpherson)		0–2 0–1	1–4 0–2	24–32 10–13	4 5

Standings are determined by: 1. number of wins; 2. number of matches; 3. in two-players-ties, head-to-head records; 4. in three-players-ties, percentage of sets won, or of games won; 5. steering-committee decision.