1997 Pilot Pen International – Doubles

Doubles
1997 Pilot Pen International
Final
Champions	Mahesh Bhupathi Leander Paes
Runners-up	Sébastien Lareau Alex O'Brien
Score	6–4, 6–7, 6–2
Details
Draw	28
Seeds	8
Events
Singles Doubles
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Byron Black and Grant Connell were the defending champions, but Connell did not compete this year. Black teamed up with Brett Steven and lost in the quarterfinals to Jacco Eltingh and Paul Haarhuis.

Mahesh Bhupathi and Leander Paes won the title by defeating Sébastien Lareau and Alex O'Brien 6–4, 6–7, 6–2 in the final.^[1]

The first four seeds received a bye into the second round.

	Semifinals							Final
	1	Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis	6	3	3
	6	Mahesh Bhupathi Leander Paes	4	6	6
								6	Mahesh Bhupathi Leander Paes	6	6	6
								3	Sébastien Lareau Alex O'Brien	4	7	2
	3	Sébastien Lareau Alex O'Brien	6	6
	8	Marc-Kevin Goellner Andrei Olhovskiy	4	4

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
								1	J Eltingh P Haarhuis	6	6
		J Siemerink S Schalken	4	4				Q	M Norman D Prinosil	2	2
	Q	M Norman D Prinosil	6	6											1	J Eltingh P Haarhuis	2	6	6
	Q	T Ketola S Leblanc	3	6	1											B Black B Steven	6	4	4
		B Black B Steven	6	3	6				B Black B Steven	1	6	6
	WC	T Henman P Korda	6	6				WC	T Henman P Korda	6	3	2
	7/WC	L Jensen M Jensen	4	3																		1	J Eltingh P Haarhuis	6	3	3
																						6	M Bhupathi L Paes	4	6	6
								4	L Lobo J Sánchez	7	4	3
		F Meligeni N Pereira	6	6					F Meligeni N Pereira	5	6	6
		D DiLucia B Shelton	3	4												F Meligeni N Pereira	6	3
		S Davis K Jones	2	5											6	M Bhupathi L Paes	7	6
		S Noteboom F Wibier	6	7					S Noteboom F Wibier	6	0
	WC	N Đorđević C Haggard	4	5				6	M Bhupathi L Paes	7	6
	6	M Bhupathi L Paes	6	7

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
	5	M Philippoussis P Rafter	6	6	4
	WC	V Spadea E Taino	3	7	6			WC	V Spadea E Taino	2	4
		D Ekerot B Hansen-Dent	2	3					TJ Middleton S Sargsian	6	6
		TJ Middleton S Sargsian	6	6												TJ Middleton S Sargsian	3	5
		B MacPhie J Salzenstein	6	7											3	S Lareau A O'Brien	6	7
		P Kilderry N Lapentti	3	6					B MacPhie J Salzenstein	6	4
								3	S Lareau A O'Brien	7	6
																						3	S Lareau A O'Brien	6	6
	8	MK Goellner A Olhovskiy	6	7	7																	8	MK Goellner A Olhovskiy	4	4
		P Cash A Kratzmann	7	5	6			8	MK Goellner A Olhovskiy	w/o
		W Black J Grabb	7	6	3			WC	G Rusedski D Wheaton
	WC	G Rusedski D Wheaton	6	7	6										8	MK Goellner A Olhovskiy	7	7
		O Ogorodov D Pescariu	6	2	4										2	Y Kafelnikov D Vacek	5	5
		S Melville J Tarango	4	6	6				S Melville J Tarango	4	6	6
								2	Y Kafelnikov D Vacek	6	1	7

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