title: 1997 Eurocard Open – Doubles
text: # 1997 Eurocard Open – Doubles
  
  Sébastien Lareau and Alex O'Brien were the defending champions, but lost in semifinals to Todd Woodbridge and Mark Woodforde.
  
  Todd Woodbridge and Mark Woodforde won the title by defeating Rick Leach and Jonathan Stark 6–3, 6–3 in the final.
  
  ## Seeds
  
  All seeds received a bye into the second round.
  
  * Todd Woodbridge / Mark Woodforde (champions)
  * Jacco Eltingh / Paul Haarhuis (semifinals)
  * Yevgeny Kafelnikov / Daniel Vacek (second round)
  * Sébastien Lareau / Alex O'Brien (semifinals)
  * Mahesh Bhupathi / Leander Paes (quarterfinals)
  * Rick Leach / Jonathan Stark (final)
  * Ellis Ferreira / Patrick Galbraith (second round)
  * Mark Knowles / Daniel Nestor (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
  
  ### Finals
  
  | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde | 7 | 7 | | | | |
  | 4 | Sébastien Lareau Alex O'Brien | 5 | 5 | | | | |
  | 4 | Sébastien Lareau Alex O'Brien | 5 | 5 | 1 | Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde | 6 | 6 |
  | | | | | 6 | Rick Leach Jonathan Stark | 3 | 3 |
  | 6 | Rick Leach Jonathan Stark | 7 | 6 | 6 | Rick Leach Jonathan Stark | 3 | 3 |
  | 2 | Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis | 6 | 4 | | | | |
  
  ### Top half
  
  | First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | | | | | 1 | T Woodbridge M Woodforde | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | W Black J Grabb | 6 | 6 | | | W Black J Grabb | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | N Broad P Norval | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | 1 | T Woodbridge M Woodforde | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | |
  | | J Björkman P Nyborg | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 8 | M Knowles D Nestor | 4 | 6 | 2 | | | | |
  | | A Olhovskiy P Vízner | 6 | 4 | 4 | | J Björkman P Nyborg | 6 | 3 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
  | | | | | | 8 | M Knowles D Nestor | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
  | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | T Woodbridge M Woodforde | 7 | 7 |
  | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | S Lareau A O'Brien | 5 | 5 |
  | | | | | | 4 | S Lareau A O'Brien | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | WC | A Agassi T Martin | 4 | 2 | | | D Johnson F Montana | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | D Johnson F Montana | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 4 | S Lareau A O'Brien | 5 | 7 | 7 | | | | |
  | LL | J Eagle A Florent | 6 | 5 | | | | | | | 5 | M Bhupathi L Paes | 7 | 6 | 5 | | | | |
  | WC | B Becker MK Goellner | 7 | 7 | | WC | B Becker MK Goellner | 5 | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
  | | | | | | 5 | M Bhupathi L Paes | 7 | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
  
  ### Bottom half
  
  | First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | | | | | 6 | R Leach J Stark | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
  | WC | T Henman P Rafter | 6 | 6 | | WC | T Henman P Rafter | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
  | | K Braasch M Oosting | 4 | 2 | | | | | | 6 | R Leach J Stark | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
  | | P Albano G Kuerten | 4 | 6 | 3 | | | | | | A Kitinov L Pimek | 4 | 1 | | | | | |
  | | A Kitinov L Pimek | 6 | 2 | 6 | | A Kitinov L Pimek | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
  | | | | | | 3 | Y Kafelnikov D Vacek | 5 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
  | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 6 | R Leach J Stark | 7 | 6 |
  | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | J Eltingh P Haarhuis | 6 | 4 |
  | | | | | | 7 | E Ferreira P Galbraith | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
  | WC | N Kiefer D Prinosil | 6 | 3 | 5 | | T Carbonell F Roig | 7 | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
  | | T Carbonell F Roig | 1 | 6 | 7 | | | | | | T Carbonell F Roig | 6 | 4 | 3 | | | | |
  | | D Adams C Suk | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 2 | J Eltingh P Haarhuis | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | |
  | | T Kronemann D Macpherson | 4 | 3 | | | D Adams C Suk | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
  | | | | | | 2 | J Eltingh P Haarhuis | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
  