The qualifying rounds for the 1997 US Open were played from 20 to 23 August 1997 in the USTA National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows, New York, United States.
| Women's doubles qualifying | |
|---|---|
| 1997 US Open |
Seeds edit
Virág Csurgó / 
Flora Perfetti (first round)
Erika deLone / 
Nicole Pratt (qualifying competition)- Lisa McShea /
Amanda Wainwright (qualified) 
Nino Louarsabishvili / 
Kaoru Shibata (qualifying competition)
Nancy Feber / 
Liezel Horn (qualifying competition)
Karin Kschwendt / 
Nirupama Vaidyanathan (first round)- Elly Hakami / Rebecca Jensen (first round)
Caroline Dhenin / Valda Lake (first round)
Qualifiers edit
Draw edit
First qualifier edit
| First round | Qualifying competition | ||||||||||||
| 1 |  Virág Csurgó Flora Perfetti
| 7 | 65 | 4 | |||||||||
 Ludmila Richterová Pavlina Stoyanova
| 5 | 77 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Ludmila Richterová Pavlina Stoyanova
| 6 | 3 | 6 | ||||||||||
 Nathalie Dechy Sarah Pitkowski
| 3 | 6 | 3 | ||||||||||
| Nathalie Dechy Sarah Pitkowski
| 6 | 2 | 7 | ||||||||||
| 8 | Caroline Dhenin Valda Lake
| 4 | 6 | 5 | |||||||||
Second qualifier edit
| First round | Qualifying competition | ||||||||||||
| 4 |  Nino Louarsabishvili Kaoru Shibata
| 7 | 2 | 6 | |||||||||
| WC |  Jane Chi Kelly Pace
| 5 | 6 | 4 | |||||||||
| 4 | Nino Louarsabishvili Kaoru Shibata
| 77 | 3 | 4 | |||||||||
| WC | Anne Miller Julie Steven
| 64 | 6 | 6 | |||||||||
| WC | Anne Miller Julie Steven
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 6 |  Karin Kschwendt Nirupama Vaidyanathan
| 2 | 3 | ||||||||||
Third qualifier edit
| First round | Qualifying competition | ||||||||||||
| 5 |  Nancy Feber Liezel Horn
| 4 | 6 | 6 | |||||||||
Sylvia Plischke Marlene Weingärtner
| 6 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 5 | Nancy Feber Liezel Horn
| 2 | 66 | ||||||||||
| 3 |  Lisa McShea Amanda Wainwright
| 6 | 78 | ||||||||||
 Olga Barabanschikova Sofia Prazeres
| 4 | 3 | |||||||||||
| 3 | Lisa McShea Amanda Wainwright
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||
Fourth qualifier edit
| First round | Qualifying competition | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Elly Hakami Rebecca Jensen
| 4 | 3 | ||||||||||
| WC | Cristina Moros Julie Scott
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||
| WC | Cristina Moros Julie Scott
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 2 | Erika deLone Nicole Pratt
| 4 | 3 | ||||||||||
 Emmanuelle Gagliardi Katalin Marosi
| 4r | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Erika deLone Nicole Pratt
| 4 | |||||||||||