title: 1997 Welsh International Open – Doubles
text: # 1997 Welsh International Open – Doubles
  
  Katrina Adams and Mariaan de Swardt were the defending champions but did not compete that year.
  
  Debbie Graham and Kerry-Anne Guse won in the final 6–3, 6–4 against Julie Pullin and Lorna Woodroffe.
  
  ## Seeds
  
  Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.
  
  * Debbie Graham / Kerry-Anne Guse (champions)
  * Ann Grossman / Tami Whitlinger-Jones (quarterfinals)
  * Miho Saeki / Yuka Yoshida (quarterfinals)
  * Sonya Jeyaseelan / Janet Lee (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
  
  | First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | D Graham K-A Guse | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | Q | O Barabanschikova L Richterová | 2 | 0 | | 1 | D Graham K-A Guse | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
  | | S Cecchini V Ruano-Pascual | 6 | 6 | | | S Cecchini V Ruano-Pascual | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
  | | V Martinek S Pitkowski | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | 1 | D Graham K-A Guse | 6 | 7 | | | | |
  | 4 | S Jeyaseelan J Lee | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | A Ellwood M Murić | 3 | 6 | | | | |
  | | R Jensen L Lee | 3 | 0 | | 4 | S Jeyaseelan J Lee | 5 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
  | | A Ellwood M Murić | 6 | 6 | | | A Ellwood M Murić | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
  | | E deLone N Pratt | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | Debbie Graham Kerry-Anne Guse | 6 | 6 |
  | | P Langrová R Zrubáková | 4 | 7 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | Julie Pullin Lorna Woodroffe | 3 | 4 |
  | | S-A Siddall A Wainwright | 6 | 5 | 5 | | P Langrová R Zrubáková | 3 | 5 | | | | | | | | | |
  | | C Cristea D Jones | 0 | 2 | | 3 | M Saeki Y Yoshida | 6 | 1 | r | | | | | | | | |
  | 3 | M Saeki Y Yoshida | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | P Langrová R Zrubáková | 5 | 2 | | | | |
  | | J Pullin L Woodroffe | 3 | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | J Pullin L Woodroffe | 7 | 6 | | | | |
  | | C Barclay C Wood | 6 | 4 | 6 | | J Pullin L Woodroffe | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
  | | S Smith M Tu | 4 | 1 | | 2 | A Grossman T Whitlinger-Jones | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
  | 2 | A Grossman T Whitlinger-Jones | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  