Todd Woodbridge and Mark Woodforde were the defending champions but lost in the semifinals to Mark Philippoussis and Patrick Rafter.
Philippoussis and Rafter won in the final 6–2, 4–6, 7–5 against Sandon Stolle and Cyril Suk.
Seeds The top four seeded teams received byes into the second round.
Draw
Finals
Top half
Bottom half
External links 1997 Stella Artois Championships Doubles draw