Meredith McGrath and Larisa Savchenko were the defending champions but only Savchenko competed that year with Brenda Schultz-McCarthy.
Savchenko and Schultz-McCarthy lost in the final 4–6, 6–3, 7–6 against Nicole Arendt and Manon Bollegraf.
Seeds Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.
Larisa Savchenko / Brenda Schultz-McCarthy (final) Nicole Arendt / Manon Bollegraf (champions) Yayuk Basuki / Caroline Vis (first round) Sabine Appelmans / Miriam Oremans (first round)
Draw
References
External links 1997 Faber Grand Prix draws