1997 Dubai Tennis Championships – Doubles
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Byron Black and Grant Connell were the defending champions but did not compete that year.
| Doubles | ||||
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| 1997 Dubai Tennis Championships | ||||
| Final | ||||
| Champions |  Sander Groen  Goran Ivanišević | |||
| Runners-up |  Sandon Stolle  Cyril Suk | |||
| Score | 7–6, 6–3 | |||
| Details | ||||
| Draw | 16 | |||
| Seeds | 4 | |||
| Events | ||||
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Sander Groen and Goran Ivanišević won in the final 7–6, 6–3 against Sandon Stolle and Cyril Suk.
Seeds
- Ellis Ferreira / Patrick Galbraith (semifinals)
- Libor Pimek / Byron Talbot (first round)
- Sandon Stolle / Cyril Suk (final)
- Andrew Kratzmann / Pavel Vízner (first round)
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 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | E Ferreira P Galbraith | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| S Cannon R Smith | 2 | 3 | 1 | E Ferreira P Galbraith | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WC | B Becker P Kühnen | 5 | 3 | J Eagle A Florent | 3 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| J Eagle A Florent | 7 | 6 | 1 | E Ferreira P Galbraith | 6 | 3 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | A Kratzmann P Vízner | 3 | 4 | S Groen G Ivanišević | 3 | 6 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| S Groen G Ivanišević | 6 | 6 | S Groen G Ivanišević | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Q | D Nainkin R Wassen | 7 | 4 | 6 | Q | D Nainkin R Wassen | 4 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||
| WC | P Cash T Henman | 6 | 6 | 4 | S Groen G Ivanišević | 7 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| WC | K Alami H Arazi | 4 | 7 | 5d | 3 | S Stolle C Suk | 6 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||
| P Albano P Nyborg | 6 | 6 | 6 | P Albano P Nyborg | 1 | 6 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| M Barnard H J Davids | 5 | 3 | 3 | S Stolle C Suk | 6 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | S Stolle C Suk | 7 | 6 | 3 | S Stolle C Suk | 6 | 5 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||
| D Prinosil J Sánchez | 3 | D Prinosil J Sánchez | 1 | 7 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| M Bhupathi L Paes | 2r | D Prinosil J Sánchez | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| J Novák D Rikl | 6 | 5 | 6 | J Novák D Rikl | 2 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | L Pimek B Talbot | 4 | 7 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||