Patrick Galbraith and Andrei Olhovskiy were the defending champions, but Galbraith did not compete this year. Olhovskiy teamed up with David Adams and lost in the first round to Karsten Braasch and Jeff Tarango.
| Doubles | |
|---|---|
| 1997 Salem Open | |
| Champions |  Martin Damm Daniel Vacek |
| Runners-up |  Karsten Braasch Jeff Tarango |
| Score | 6–3, 6–4 |
| Draw | 16 (2WC/1Q/1LL) |
| Seeds | 4 |
Martin Damm and Daniel Vacek won the title by defeating Braasch and Tarango 6–3, 6–4 in the final.[1]
Seeds
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Todd Woodbridge / Mark Woodforde (semifinals)
David Adams / 
Andrei Olhovskiy (first round)
Martin Damm / Daniel Vacek (champions)
Brian MacPhie / 
Daniel Nestor (quarterfinals, withdrew)
Draw
editKey
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
Draw
edit| First round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 |  T Woodbridge M Woodforde
| 7 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 C Ferreira D Sapsford
| 6 | 0 | 1 | T Woodbridge M Woodforde
| 6 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| WC | C Chang S Matsuoka
| 6 | 4 | 3 | D Flach H Holm
| 4 | 6 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||
| D Flach H Holm
| 4 | 6 | 6 | 1 | T Woodbridge M Woodforde
| 6 | 3 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | M Damm D Vacek
| 4 | 6 | 6 | 3 | M Damm D Vacek
| 3 | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
| J Eagle A Florent
| 6 | 3 | 1 | 3 | M Damm D Vacek
| w/o | |||||||||||||||||||||
D Prinosil G Raoux
| 6 | 6 | D Prinosil G Raoux
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| LL | M Takada R Tsujino
| 1 | 2 | 3 | M Damm D Vacek
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| W Arthurs A Kratzmann
| 6 | 7 | 3 | K Braasch J Tarango
| 3 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||
N Godwin K Ullyett
| 7 | 5 | 6 | N Godwin K Ullyett
| w/o | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| J Gimelstob P Rafter
| 7 | 3 | 5 | 4 | B MacPhie D Nestor
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| 4 | B MacPhie D Nestor
| 6 | 6 | 7 | N Godwin K Ullyett
| 6 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Q | A Foster LA Wahlgren
| 7 | 6 | K Braasch J Tarango
| 7 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WC |  M Rosset S Simian
| 6 | 4 | Q | A Foster LA Wahlgren
| 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| K Braasch J Tarango
| 6 | 6 | K Braasch J Tarango
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | D Adams A Olhovskiy
| 1 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
References
edit- ^ "Tennis ATP Hong Kong Doubles 1997 Scores". Tennis 24. Retrieved 4 May 2023.