Jana Novotná and Arantxa Sánchez Vicario were the defending champions but only Sánchez Vicario competed that year with Mary Joe Fernández.
| Doubles | |
|---|---|
| 1997 Páginas Amarillas Open | |
| 1996 Champions |  Jana Novotná  Arantxa Sánchez Vicario |
| Champions |  Mary Joe Fernández Arantxa Sánchez Vicario |
| Runners-up |  Inés Gorrochategui  Irina Spîrlea |
| Score | 6–3, 6–2 |
Fernández and Sánchez Vicario won in the final 6–3, 6–2 against Inés Gorrochategui and Irina Spîrlea.
Seeds edit
Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated. The top seeded team received a bye into the quarterfinals.
Mary Joe Fernández / 
Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (champions)- Amy Frazier / Kimberly Po (first round)
Rika Hiraki / 
Florencia Labat (quarterfinals)
Patty Schnyder / Linda Wild (quarterfinals)
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 | M J Fernández A Sánchez Vicario
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Å Carlsson A Grossman
| 6 | 6 | Å Carlsson A Grossman
| 3 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| G León García V Ruano-Pascual
| 1 | 3 | 1 | M J Fernández A Sánchez Vicario
| 6 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 |  R Hiraki F Labat
| 6 | 6 |  A Ellwood L Pleming
| 0 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||
 S Cecchini M Serna
| 2 | 4 | 3 | R Hiraki F Labat
| 5 | 7 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| A Ellwood L Pleming
| 6 | 7 | A Ellwood L Pleming
| 7 | 6 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| M Cano A Montero
| 3 | 5 | 1 | Mary Joe Fernández Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
| 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WC | C Martínez Granados E Salvador
| 1 | 2 | Inés Gorrochategui Irina Spîrlea
| 3 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| I Gorrochategui I Spîrlea
| 6 | 6 | I Gorrochategui I Spîrlea
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
C Cristea M Maruska
| 3 | 4 | 4 |  P Schnyder L Wild
| 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | P Schnyder L Wild
| 6 | 6 | I Gorrochategui I Spîrlea
| 7 | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| M-F Cianfagna A Ortuño
| 1 | 1 | C Barclay C Wood
| 6 | 7 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||
 M Murić T Whitlinger-Jones
| 6 | 6 | M Murić T Whitlinger-Jones
| 6 | 6 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| C Barclay C Wood
| 7 | 6 | C Barclay C Wood
| 2 | 7 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | A Frazier K Po
| 5 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||