1997 Italian Indoor, Andrea Gaudenzi and Goran Ivanišević were the defending champions but they competed with different partners that year, Gaudenzi with Marc Rosset and Ivanišević with Saša Hiršzon.
| Doubles | |
|---|---|
| 1997 Italian Indoor | |
| Champions |  Pablo Albano  Peter Nyborg |
| Runners-up |  David Adams  Andrei Olhovskiy |
| Score | 6–4, 7–6 |
Gaudenzi and Rosset lost in the first round to Pablo Albano and Peter Nyborg, as did Hiršzon and Ivanišević to David Adams and Andrei Olhovskiy.
Albano and Nyborg won in the final 6–4, 7–6 against Adams and Olhovskiy.
Seeds edit
Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.
Guy Forget / 
Daniel Vacek (quarterfinals)
Libor Pimek / 
Byron Talbot (semifinals)- David Adams /
Andrei Olhovskiy (final) - Marius Barnard / Piet Norval (first round)
Draw edit
Key edit
- 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 |  G Forget D Vacek
| 7 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 S Noteboom F Wibier
| 5 | 6 | 1 | G Forget D Vacek
| 4 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| P Albano P Nyborg
| 6 | 7 | P Albano P Nyborg
| 6 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| WC |  A Gaudenzi M Rosset
| 3 | 6 | P Albano P Nyborg
| 7 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | M Barnard P Norval
| 6 | 6 | 4 | WC | O Camporese D Nargiso
| 6 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||
| H J Davids M Oosting
| 7 | 1 | 6 | H J Davids M Oosting
| 6 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WC | O Camporese D Nargiso
| 7 | 6 | WC | O Camporese D Nargiso
| 7 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||
J-L de Jager M Keil
| 6 | 1 | P Albano P Nyborg
| 6 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| T Kempers T Nijssen
| 7 | 6 | 3 | D Adams A Olhovskiy
| 4 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Q | N Bruno M Martelli
| 6 | 2 | T Kempers T Nijssen
| 7 | 4 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||
 S Hiršzon G Ivanišević
| 6 | 6 | 3 | D Adams A Olhovskiy
| 6 | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | D Adams A Olhovskiy
| 7 | 7 | 3 | D Adams A Olhovskiy
| 6 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||
 D Prinosil P Vízner
| 6 | 6 | 4 | 2 |  L Pimek B Talbot
| 4 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| WC |  A Medvedev M Stich
| 3 | 7 | 6 | WC | A Medvedev M Stich
| 6 | 4 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
 J A Conde J Sánchez
| 4 | 4 | 2 | L Pimek B Talbot
| 3 | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | L Pimek B Talbot
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||