1997 European Community Championships – Doubles

Jonas Björkman and Nicklas Kulti were the defending champions but only Kulti competed that year with Daniel Vacek.

Doubles
1997 European Community Championships
1996 Champions Jonas Björkman
Nicklas Kulti
Champions David Adams
Olivier Delaître
Runners-up Sandon Stolle
Cyril Suk
Final score3–6, 6–2, 6–1

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. Nicklas Kulti / Daniel Vacek (Quarterfinals)
  2. Libor Pimek / Byron Talbot (First Round)
  3. Martin Damm / Andrei Olhovskiy (Semifinals)
  4. Marius Barnard / Piet Norval (Quarterfinals)

Draw

Key
First Round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
1 N Kulti
D Vacek 		7 7  
  P Albano
P Nyborg 		5 6   1 N Kulti
D Vacek 		3 4  
  H J Davids
M-K Goellner 		4 6 6   H J Davids
M-K Goellner 		6 6  
WC S Hirszon
G Ivanišević 		6 0 2   H J Davids
M-K Goellner 		2 4  
4 M Barnard
P Norval 		7 5 6   D Adams
O Delaître 		6 6  
  G Forget
T Nijssen 		5 7 4 4 M Barnard
P Norval 		6 5 6
  J Eagle
A Florent 		2 2     D Adams
O Delaître 		2 7 7
  D Adams
O Delaître 		6 6     David Adams
Olivier Delaître 		3 6 6
  S Noteboom
F Wibier 		6 6     Sandon Stolle
Cyril Suk 		6 2 1
LL W Neefs
D Norman 		0 4     S Noteboom
F Wibier 		7 4 5
Q J-L de Jager
M Keil 		6 6 4 3 M Damm
A Olhovskiy 		6 6 7
3 M Damm
A Olhovskiy 		7 6   3 M Damm
A Olhovskiy 		     
  A Kratzmann
P Vízner 		4 4     S Stolle
C Suk 		w/o    
  S Stolle
C Suk 		6 6     S Stolle
C Suk 		6 6  
WC F Dewulf
J van Herck 		6 6 6 WC F Dewulf
J van Herck 		2 0  
2 L Pimek
B Talbot 		2 7 1

References
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