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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 Champions |  David Adams Marius Barnard |
| Champions |  Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis |
| Runners-up |  Libor Pimek Byron Talbot |
| Score | 7–6, 6–4 |
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 edit
Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.
Jacco Eltingh / Paul Haarhuis (champions)- Jan Siemerink /
Daniel Vacek (first round) 
Libor Pimek / 
Byron Talbot (final)- Martin Damm /
Andrei Olhovskiy (semifinals)
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 | 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||