1997 Shanghai Open – Doubles

Doubles
Doubles
1997 Shanghai Open
1996 Champions	Mark Knowles ; Roger Smith
Final
Champions	Max Mirnyi ; Kevin Ullyett
Runners-up	Tomas Nydahl ; Stefano Pescosolido
Score	7–6, 6–7, 7–5
Events
Singles	Doubles

Mark Knowles and Roger Smith were the defending champions but lost in the quarterfinals to Ctislav Doseděl and Ján Krošlák.

Max Mirnyi and Kevin Ullyett won in the final 7–6, 6–7, 7–5 against Tomas Nydahl and Stefano Pescosolido.

Seeds

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

First round					Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Final

1	M Knowles R Smith	6	6
Q	S Iwabuchi T Suzuki	3	4		1	M Knowles R Smith	7	4	3
	C Doseděl J Krošlák	6	6			C Doseděl J Krošlák	6	6	6
	F Messori E Ran	1	2								C Doseděl J Krošlák	4	5
3	M Bhupathi L Paes	6	6								T Nydahl S Pescosolido	6	7
WC	B Pan J Xia	2	2		3	M Bhupathi L Paes	6	4	3
	T Nydahl S Pescosolido	7	1	7		T Nydahl S Pescosolido	1	6	6
	J Golmard S Matsuoka	5	6	5												Tomas Nydahl Stefano Pescosolido	6	7	5
	D Flach T.J. Middleton	6	5	2												Max Mirnyi Kevin Ullyett	7	6	7
	A Olhovskiy B Steven	4	7	6		A Olhovskiy B Steven	6	6
	W Black N Pereira	2	2		4	B Behrens B MacPhie	4	3
4	B Behrens B MacPhie	6	6								A Olhovskiy B Steven	6	6	6
	M Mirnyi K Ullyett	7	6								M Mirnyi K Ullyett	7	3	7
	K Kinnear S Sargsian	5	3			M Mirnyi K Ullyett	6	6
	J Gimelstob M Joyce	1	2		2	D Ekerot J Tarango	4	4
2	D Ekerot J Tarango	6	6