1997 Shanghai Open – Doubles

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

Doubles
1997 Shanghai Open
1996 ChampionsThe Bahamas Mark Knowles
The Bahamas Roger Smith
Final
ChampionsBelarus Max Mirnyi
South Africa Kevin Ullyett
Runners-upSweden Tomas Nydahl
Italy Stefano Pescosolido
Score7–6, 6–7, 7–5
Events
Singles Doubles
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Max Mirnyi and Kevin Ullyett won in the final 7–6, 6–7, 7–5 against Tomas Nydahl and Stefano Pescosolido.

Seeds

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

  1.   Mark Knowles /   Roger Smith (quarterfinals)
  2.   David Ekerot /   Jeff Tarango (quarterfinals)
  3.   Mahesh Bhupathi /   Leander Paes (quarterfinals)
  4.   Bill Behrens /   Brian MacPhie (quarterfinals)

Draw

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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  
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