1997 European Community Championships – Doubles

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Doubles
1997 European Community Championships
1996 ChampionsSweden Jonas Björkman
Sweden Nicklas Kulti
Final
ChampionsSouth Africa David Adams
France Olivier Delaître
Runners-upAustralia Sandon Stolle
Czech Republic Cyril Suk
Score3–6, 6–2, 6–1
Events
Singles Doubles
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Jonas Björkman and Nicklas Kulti were the defending champions but only Kulti competed that year with Daniel Vacek.

Kulti and Vacek lost in the quarterfinals to Hendrik Jan Davids and Marc-Kevin Goellner.

David Adams and Olivier Delaître won in the final 3–6, 6–2, 6–1 against Sandon Stolle and Cyril Suk.

Seeds

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

  1. Sweden Nicklas Kulti / Czech Republic Daniel Vacek (quarterfinals)
  2. Belgium Libor Pimek / South Africa Byron Talbot (first round)
  3. Czech Republic Martin Damm / Russia Andrei Olhovskiy (semifinals)
  4. South Africa Marius Barnard / South Africa Piet Norval (quarterfinals)

Draw

Key

First round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
1 Sweden N Kulti
Czech Republic D Vacek
7 7  
  Argentina P Albano
Sweden P Nyborg
5 6   1 Sweden N Kulti
Czech Republic D Vacek
3 4  
  Netherlands H J Davids
Germany M-K Goellner
4 6 6   Netherlands H J Davids
Germany M-K Goellner
6 6  
WC Croatia S Hiršzon
Croatia G Ivanišević
6 0 2   Netherlands H J Davids
Germany M-K Goellner
2 4  
4 South Africa M Barnard
South Africa P Norval
7 5 6   South Africa D Adams
France O Delaître
6 6  
  France G Forget
Netherlands T Nijssen
5 7 4 4 South Africa M Barnard
South Africa P Norval
6 5 6
  Australia J Eagle
Australia A Florent
2 2     South Africa D Adams
France O Delaître
2 7 7
  South Africa D Adams
France O Delaître
6 6     South Africa David Adams
France Olivier Delaître
3 6 6
  Netherlands S Noteboom
Netherlands F Wibier
6 6     Australia Sandon Stolle
Czech Republic Cyril Suk
6 2 1
LL Belgium W Neefs
Belgium D Norman
0 4     Netherlands S Noteboom
Netherlands F Wibier
7 4 5
Q South Africa J-L de Jager
United States M Keil
6 6 4 3 Czech Republic M Damm
Russia A Olhovskiy
6 6 7
3 Czech Republic M Damm
Russia A Olhovskiy
7 6   3 Czech Republic M Damm
Russia A Olhovskiy
     
  Australia A Kratzmann
Czech Republic P Vízner
4 4     Australia S Stolle
Czech Republic C Suk
w/o    
  Australia S Stolle
Czech Republic C Suk
6 6     Australia S Stolle
Czech Republic C Suk
6 6  
WC Belgium F Dewulf
Belgium J Van Herck
6 6 6 WC Belgium F Dewulf
Belgium J Van Herck
2 0  
2 Belgium L Pimek
South Africa B Talbot
2 7 1

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