1997 ATP Tour World Championships – Doubles

Doubles
1997 ATP Tour World Championships
Champions	Rick Leach Jonathan Stark
Runners-up	Mahesh Bhupathi Leander Paes
Final score	6–3, 6–4, 7–6(7–3)

Main article: 1997 ATP Tour World Championships

Mark Woodforde and Todd Woodbridge were the defending champions, but lost in the round robin.

Rick Leach and Jonathan Stark won in the final 6–3, 6–4, 7–6^(7–3), against Mahesh Bhupathi and Leander Paes.

Seeds

2

Draw

Key

• Q = Qualifier
• WC = Wild Card
• LL = Lucky Loser

• Alt = Alternate
• SE = Special Exempt
• PR = Protected Ranking

• w/o = Walkover
• r = Retired
• d = Defaulted

Finals

	Semifinals							Final
	5	Mahesh Bhupathi   Leander Paes	6	6
	6	Sébastien Lareau   Alex O'Brien	4	4
								5	Mahesh Bhupathi   Leander Paes	3	4	63
								4	Rick Leach   Jonathan Stark	6	6	77
	4	Rick Leach   Jonathan Stark	6	6
	2	Jacco Eltingh   Paul Haarhuis	3	4

Green Group

		Woodbridge Woodforde	Leach Stark	Lareau O'Brien	Johnson Montana	RR W–L	Set W–L	Game W–L	Standings
1	Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde		6–3, 6–7(4–7), 7–6(7–5)	6–7(4–7), 5–7	6–4, 6–1	2–1	4–3	42–35	3
4	Rick Leach Jonathan Stark	3–6, 7–6(7–4), 6–7(5–7)		6–4, 3–6, 6–3	6–3, 6–4	2–1	5–3	43–39	1
6	Sébastien Lareau Alex O'Brien	7–6(7–4), 7–5	4–6, 6–3, 3–6		6–3, 3–6, 6–3	2–1	5–3	42–38	2
8	Donald Johnson Francisco Montana	4–6, 1–6	3–6, 4–6	3–6, 6–3, 3–6		0–3	1–6	24–39	4

Standings are determined by: 1) Number of wins; 2) Number of matches; 3) In two-players-ties, head-to-head records; 4) In three-players-ties, percentage of sets won, or of games won; 5) Steering Committee decision.

Yellow Group

		Eltingh Haarhuis	Ferreira Galbraith	Bhupathi Paes	Knowles Nestor Kronemann Macpherson	RR W–L	Set W–L	Game W–L	Standings
2	Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis		7–6(7–1), 6–7(5–7), 6–2	6–3, 6–2	6–4, 7–6(7–4) (w/ Knowles / Nestor)	3–0	6–1	44–30	1
3	Ellis Ferreira Patrick Galbraith	6–7(1–7), 7–6(7–5), 2–6		5–7, 4–6	6–2, 6–7(6–8), 7–5 (w/ Knowles / Nestor)	1–2	3–5	43–46	3
5	Mahesh Bhupathi Leander Paes	3–6, 2–6	7–5, 6–4		6–4, 7–6(7–5) (w/ Kronemann / Macpherson)	2–1	4–2	31–31	2
7 9	Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor Trevor Kronemann David Macpherson	4–6, 6–7(4–7) (w/ Knowles / Nestor)	2–6, 7–6(8–6), 5–7 (w/ Knowles / Nestor)	4–6, 6–7(5–7) (w/ Kronemann / Macpherson)		0–2 0–1	1–4 0–2	24–32 10–13	4 5

Standings are determined by: 1) Number of wins; 2) Number of matches; 3) In two-players-ties, head-to-head records; 4) In three-players-ties, percentage of sets won, or of games won; 5) Steering Committee decision.

External links

• Finals Draw
• Round Robin Draw (Green Group)
• Round Robin Draw (Yellow Group)