Rick Leach and Andrei Olhovskiy were the defending champions, but Olhovskiy did not participate this year. Leach partnered Jonathan Stark, losing in the first round.
| Men's doubles | |
|---|---|
| 1997 Kremlin Cup | |
| Champions |  Martin Damm Cyril Suk |
| Runners-up |  David Adams  Fabrice Santoro |
| Score | 6–4, 6–3 |
| Draw | 16 |
| Seeds | 4 |
Martin Damm and Cyril Suk won the title, defeating David Adams and Fabrice Santoro 6–4, 6–3 in the final.
Seeds edit
Jacco Eltingh / Paul Haarhuis (semifinals)
Yevgeny Kafelnikov / 
Daniel Vacek (semifinals)
Sébastien Lareau / 
Alex O'Brien (first round)- Rick Leach / Jonathan Stark (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
Draw edit
| First round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 |  J Eltingh P Haarhuis
| 6 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| WC |  A Volkov V Voltchkov
| 4 | 5 | 1 | J Eltingh P Haarhuis
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
 K Braasch D Prinosil
| 7 | 6 | K Braasch D Prinosil
| 3 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
 J Sánchez J Tarango
| 6 | 4 | 1 | J Eltingh P Haarhuis
| 4 | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | R Leach J Stark
| 2 | 4 | M Damm C Suk
| 6 | 4 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| M Damm C Suk
| 6 | 6 | M Damm C Suk
| 7 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
 N Broad P Norval
| 6 | 6 | 3 |  B Black W Black
| 6 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| B Black W Black
| 3 | 7 | 6 | M Damm C Suk
| 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| D Adams F Santoro
| 6 | 1 | 6 | D Adams F Santoro
| 4 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
J Gimelstob G Kuerten
| 3 | 6 | 3 | D Adams F Santoro
| 6 | 7 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| WC | A Cherkasov M Mirnyi
| 7 | 6 | WC | A Cherkasov M Mirnyi
| 7 | 5 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3 |  S Lareau A O'Brien
| 5 | 2 | D Adams F Santoro
| 2 | 7 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| M Commandeur A Derepasko
| 1 | 6 | 2 | Y Kafelnikov D Vacek
| 6 | 6 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Q | K Jones S Sargsian
| 6 | 7 | Q | K Jones S Sargsian
| 3 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| J Novák D Rikl
| 3 | 6 | 4 | 2 | Y Kafelnikov D Vacek
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Y Kafelnikov D Vacek
| 6 | 3 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||