Natalia Medvedeva and Larisa Savchenko were the defending champions but only Savchenko competed that year with Helena Suková.
| Women's doubles | |
|---|---|
| 1997 Kremlin Cup | |
| Champions |  Arantxa Sánchez Vicario  Natasha Zvereva |
| Runners-up |  Yayuk Basuki  Caroline Vis |
| Score | 5–3 (default) |
| Seeds | 4 |
Savchenko and Suková lost in the semifinals to Arantxa Sánchez Vicario and Natasha Zvereva.
Sánchez Vicario and Zvereva won the final 5–3 after Yayuk Basuki and Caroline Vis were defaulted.
Seeds
editChampion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.
Arantxa Sánchez Vicario / 
Natasha Zvereva (champions)
Yayuk Basuki / 
Caroline Vis (final)
Larisa Savchenko / 
Helena Suková (semifinals)- Conchita Martínez /
Patricia Tarabini (quarterfinals)
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
| First round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | A Sánchez Vicario N Zvereva
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 O Lugina E Melicharová
| 1 | 0 | 1 | A Sánchez Vicario N Zvereva
| 7 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
 S Farina R Grande
| 6 | 6 | S Farina R Grande
| 5 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Q |  M Maleeva M Serna
| 4 | 4 | 1 | A Sánchez Vicario N Zvereva
| 7 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 |  L Savchenko H Suková
| 6 | 6 | 3 | L Savchenko H Suková
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
 Å Carlsson P Schnyder
| 2 | 1 | 3 | L Savchenko H Suková
| 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
 H Nagyová F Perfetti
| 6 | 7 | H Nagyová F Perfetti
| 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
K Habšudová F Labat
| 3 | 6 | 1 | Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Natasha Zvereva
| 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
 K Po A Sugiyama
| 6 | 4 | 6 | 2 | Yayuk Basuki Caroline Vis
| 3 | d | ||||||||||||||||||||
 E Likhovtseva I Spîrlea
| 1 | 6 | 2 | K Po A Sugiyama
| 6 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||
 Adriana Barna Anca Barna
| 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | C Martínez P Tarabini
| 3 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | C Martínez P Tarabini
| 4 | 6 | 6 | K Po A Sugiyama
| 6 | 3 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||
| M Goloviznina E Kulikovskaya
| 2 | 3 | 2 | Y Basuki C Vis
| 1 | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
 V Csurgo E Tatarkova
| 6 | 6 | V Csurgo E Tatarkova
| 4 | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WC | S Kleinová E Makarova
| 2 | 1 | 2 | Y Basuki C Vis
| 6 | 3 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Y Basuki C Vis
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||