Meredith McGrath and Larisa Savchenko were the defending champions but only Savchenko competed that year with Brenda Schultz-McCarthy.
| Doubles | |
|---|---|
| 1997 Faber Grand Prix | |
| 1996 Champions |  Meredith McGrath  Larisa Savchenko |
| Champions | Nicole Arendt  Manon Bollegraf |
| Runners-up | Larisa Savchenko Brenda Schultz-McCarthy |
| Score | 4–6, 6–3, 7–6 |
Savchenko and Schultz-McCarthy lost in the final 4–6, 6–3, 7–6 against Nicole Arendt and Manon Bollegraf.
Seeds edit
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 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 | L Savchenko B Schultz-McCarthy
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Q |  A Roesch J Wöhr
| 4 | 4 | 1 | L Savchenko B Schultz-McCarthy
| 6 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||
 E Martincová A-G Sidot
| 2 | 4 |  Å Carlsson F Perfetti
| 1 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Å Carlsson F Perfetti
| 6 | 6 | 1 | L Savchenko B Schultz-McCarthy
| 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 |  Y Basuki C Vis
| 2 | 1 |  F Labat E Likhovtseva
| 2 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
S Farina B Schett
| 6 | 6 | S Farina B Schett
| 3 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
 E Callens A Ellwood
| 5 | 3 | F Labat E Likhovtseva
| 6 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| F Labat E Likhovtseva
| 7 | 6 | 1 | Larisa Savchenko Brenda Schultz-McCarthy
| 6 | 3 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| B Rittner D Van Roost
| 6 | 6 | 2 | Nicole Arendt Manon Bollegraf
| 4 | 6 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| L Golarsa C Singer
| 2 | 4 | B Rittner D Van Roost
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 R Dragomir I Majoli
| 7 | 7 | R Dragomir I Majoli
| w/o | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | S Appelmans M Oremans
| 5 | 6 | R Dragomir I Majoli
| 3 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| E Melicharová H Vildová
| 4 | 4 | 2 | N Arendt M Bollegraf
| 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
 T Križan N van Lottum
| 6 | 6 | T Križan N van Lottum
| 0 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| A Huber W Probst
| 4 | 1 | 2 | N Arendt M Bollegraf
| 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | N Arendt M Bollegraf
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||