title: 1997 Paegas Czech Open – Doubles
text: # 1997 Paegas Czech Open – Doubles
  
  The 1997 Paegas Czech Open was a men's tennis tournament played on Clay in Prague, Czech Republic that was part of the International Series of the 1997 ATP Tour. Yevgeny Kafelnikov and Daniel Vacek were the defending champions, but lost in the first round to Petr Luxa and David Škoch.
  
  Mahesh Bhupathi and Leander Paes won the title by defeating Luxa and Škoch 6–1, 6–1 in the final.
  
  ## Seeds
  
  * Yevgeny Kafelnikov / Daniel Vacek (first round)
  * Libor Pimek / Byron Talbot (quarterfinals)
  * (n/a)
  * Neil Broad / Piet Norval (quarterfinals)
  
  ## Draw
  
  ### Key
  
  * Q = Qualifier
  * WC = Wild card
  * LL = Lucky loser
  * Alt = Alternate
  * SE = Special exempt
  * PR = Protected ranking
  * ITF = ITF entry
  * JE = Junior exempt
  * w/o = Walkover
  * r = Retired
  * d = Defaulted
  * SR = Special ranking
  
  ### Draw
  
  | First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Y Kafelnikov D Vacek | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | WC | P Luxa D Škoch | 6 | 4 | 7 | WC | P Luxa D Škoch | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | M Barnard J Waite | 6 | 3 | 6 | | M Barnard J Waite | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | W Arthurs S Noteboom | 3 | 6 | 2 | | | | | | WC | P Luxa D Škoch | 6 | 1 | 6 | | | | |
  | 4 | N Broad P Norval | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | T Carbonell F Roig | 4 | 6 | 3 | | | | |
  | | G Kuerten N Lapentti | 6 | 2 | | 4 | N Broad P Norval | 6 | 5 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
  | Q | R Štěpánek M Tabara | 1 | 4 | | | T Carbonell F Roig | 2 | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
  | | T Carbonell F Roig | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | WC | P Luxa D Škoch | 1 | 1 |
  | WC | M Ríos B Ulihrach | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | M Bhupathi L Paes | 6 | 6 |
  | | D Rikl P Vízner | 6 | 3 | | WC | M Ríos B Ulihrach | 1 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | M Bhupathi L Paes | 6 | 6 | | | M Bhupathi L Paes | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | LL | A Pavel E Ran | 3 | 1 | | | | | | | | M Bhupathi L Paes | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
  | | D Johnson F Santoro | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | D Johnson F Santoro | 4 | 1 | | | | | |
  | WC | Ģ Dzelde U Plamberger | 2 | 0 | | | D Johnson F Santoro | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
  | | J Palmer C van Rensburg | 2 | 2 | | 2 | L Pimek B Talbot | 2 | 7 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
  | 2 | L Pimek B Talbot | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  