1997 Legg Mason Tennis Classic – Doubles
Grant Connell and Scott Davis were the defending champions, but Connell did not compete this year. Davis teamed up with Kelly Jones and lost in the quarterfinals to Geoff Grant and Mark Merklein.
| Doubles | |
|---|---|
| 1997 Legg Mason Tennis Classic | |
| Champions |  Luke Jensen Murphy Jensen |
| Runners-up |  Neville Godwin Fernon Wibier |
| Final score | 6–4, 6–4 |
Luke Jensen and Murphy Jensen won the title by defeating Neville Godwin and Fernon Wibier 6–4, 6–4 in the final.[1]
Seeds
The top four seeds received a bye to the second round.
- Ellis Ferreira / Patrick Galbraith (Quarterfinals)
- (n/a)
- Luke Jensen / Murphy Jensen (Champions)
- Scott Davis / Kelly Jones (Quarterfinals)
- (n/a)
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Max Mirnyi / 
Kevin Ullyett (First round)- Neville Godwin / Fernon Wibier (Final)
- Kent Kinnear /
Aleksandar Kitinov (Second round)
Draw
Key
- 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
Finals
| Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Neville Godwin Fernon Wibier
| 7 | 7 | ||||||||||
Geoff Grant Mark Merklein
| 6 | 5 | |||||||||||
| 7 | Neville Godwin Fernon Wibier
| 4 | 4 | ||||||||||
| 3 | Luke Jensen Murphy Jensen
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 3 | Luke Jensen Murphy Jensen
| 4 | 7 | 7 | |||||||||
T. J. Middleton Sargis Sargsian
| 6 | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||
Top half
| First Round | Second Round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | E Ferreira P Galbraith
| 6 | 3 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| WC |  T Haas P Korda
| 6 | 6 | WC | T Haas P Korda
| 3 | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||
| WC | Dan Cantwell Jeremy Loomis
| 1 | 3 | 1 | E Ferreira P Galbraith
| 7 | 3 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||
 Ó Ortiz E Ran
| 6 | 7 | 2 | 7 | N Godwin F Wibier
| 6 | 6 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||
| D DiLucia B Shelton
| 7 | 6 | 6 | D DiLucia B Shelton
| 6 | 6 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} G Michibata R Smith
| 6 | 2 | 7 | N Godwin F Wibier
| 7 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | N Godwin F Wibier
| 7 | 6 | 7 | N Godwin F Wibier
| 7 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| G Grant M Merklein
| 6 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | S Davis K Jones
| 3 | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| C Clark Trey Philipps
| 7 | 2 | 0 | M Hilpert D Nainkin
| 6 | 3 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| M Hilpert D Nainkin
| 6 | 6 | 6 | 4 | S Davis K Jones
| 4 | 6 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} B Ellwood M Tebbutt
| 3 | 7 | 4 | G Grant M Merklein
| 6 | 3 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| G Grant M Merklein
| 6 | 6 | 6 | G Grant M Merklein
| 6 | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
 M Bhupathi T Ho
| 6 | 6 | 7 | M Bhupathi T Ho
| 7 | 4 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | M Mirnyi K Ullyett
| 7 | 3 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Bottom half
| First Round | Second Round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| LL | S Bryan C Mamiit
| 3 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| WC | B Bryan M Bryan
| 6 | 6 | WC | B Bryan M Bryan
| 6 | 3 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Q |  G Etlis L Herrera
| 2 | 5 | Q | S Draper J Stoltenberg
| 4 | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Q | S Draper J Stoltenberg
| 6 | 7 | Q | S Draper J Stoltenberg
| 4 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| M Joyce V Spadea
| 7 | 6 | 4 | 3 | L Jensen M Jensen
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| D Flach C Woodruff
| 6 | 7 | 6 | D Flach C Woodruff
| 5 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | L Jensen M Jensen
| 7 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | L Jensen M Jensen
| 4 | 7 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | K Kinnear A Kitinov
| 6 | 6 | TJ Middleton S Sargsian
| 6 | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| WC | P Goldstein K Kim
| 4 | 3 | 8 | K Kinnear A Kitinov
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| TJ Middleton S Sargsian
| 6 | 7 | TJ Middleton S Sargsian
| 7 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| J Salzenstein D Wheaton
| 4 | 5 | TJ Middleton S Sargsian
| 7 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
D Bowen S Simian
| 3 | 6 | 4 | S Campbell G Köves
| 6 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| S Campbell G Köves
| 6 | 4 | 6 | S Campbell G Köves
| 4 | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| LL |  M Martelli G Pozzi
| 6 | 3 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
References
- Cotsonika, Nicholas J. (21 July 1997). "Chang outlast weary Korda to repeat title". The Washington Post. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
In doubles, brothers Luke and Murphy Jensen won the title over Neville Godwin of South Africa and Fernon Wibier of France (sic), 6-4, 6-4.
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