1997 ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament – Doubles

David Adams and Marius Barnard were the defending champions but they competed with different partners that year, Adams with Olivier Delaître and Barnard with Piet Norval.

Doubles
1997 ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament
1996 ChampionsSouth Africa David Adams
South Africa Marius Barnard
Final
ChampionsNetherlands Jacco Eltingh
Netherlands Paul Haarhuis
Runners-upBelgium Libor Pimek
South Africa Byron Talbot
Score7–6, 6–4
Events
Singles Doubles
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Barnard and Norval lost in the first round to Hendrik Jan Davids and Menno Oosting.

Adams and Delaître lost in the quarterfinals to Libor Pimek and Byron Talbot.

Jacco Eltingh and Paul Haarhuis won in the final 7–6, 6–4 against Pimek and Talbot.

Seeds

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Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.

  1.   Jacco Eltingh /   Paul Haarhuis (champions)
  2.   Jan Siemerink /   Daniel Vacek (first round)
  3.   Libor Pimek /   Byron Talbot (final)
  4.   Martin Damm /   Andrei Olhovskiy (semifinals)

Draw

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First round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
1   J Eltingh
  P Haarhuis
6 6  
    P Albano
  P Nyborg
4 2   1   J Eltingh
  P Haarhuis
7 6  
WC   R Krajicek
  F Wibier
7 6   WC   R Krajicek
  F Wibier
6 4  
WC   D Prinosil
  M Stich
5 4   1   J Eltingh
  P Haarhuis
6 3 6
4   M Damm
  A Olhovskiy
6 6   4   M Damm
  A Olhovskiy
3 6 3
WC   R Wassen
  J Winnink
3 1   4   M Damm
  A Olhovskiy
7 6  
    T Carbonell
  F Roig
6 6       T Carbonell
  F Roig
6 4  
    J-L de Jager
  M Keil
3 3   1   Jacco Eltingh
  Paul Haarhuis
7 6  
    S Noteboom
  G Raoux
5 6   3   Libor Pimek
  Byron Talbot
6 4  
    D Adams
  O Delaître
7 7       D Adams
  O Delaître
4 7 6
Q   K Braasch
  M Huning
6 5   3   L Pimek
  B Talbot
6 6 7
3   L Pimek
  B Talbot
7 7   3   L Pimek
  B Talbot
6 6  
    H J Davids
  M Oosting
6 6       T Kempers
  T Nijssen
4 1  
    M Barnard
  P Norval
3 4       H J Davids
  M Oosting
3 4  
    T Kempers
  T Nijssen
7 7       T Kempers
  T Nijssen
6 6  
2   J Siemerink
  D Vacek
6 6  

References

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