1997 Dubai Tennis Championships – Doubles

1997 Dubai Tennis Championships s NED Sander Groen CRO Goran Ivanišević AUS Sandon Stolle CZE Cyril Suk 7–6, 6–3 16 4 singles doubles Byron Black and Grant Connell were the defending champions but did not compete that year. Sander Groen and Goran Ivanišević won in the final 7–6, 6–3 against Sandon Stolle and Cyril Suk. Seeds RSA Ellis Ferreira / USA Patrick Galbraith (semifinals) BEL Libor Pimek / RSA Byron Talbot (first round) AUS Sandon Stolle / CZE Cyril Suk (final) AUS Andrew Kratzmann / CZE Pavel Vízner (first round) Draw First round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final 1 RSA E FerreiraUSA P Galbraith 6 6     USA S CannonBAH R Smith 2 3   WC GER B BeckerGER P Kühnen 5 3     AUS J EagleAUS A Florent 7 6   4 AUS A KratzmannCZE P Vízner 3 4     NED S GroenCRO G Ivanišević 6 6   Q RSA D NainkinNED R Wassen 7 4 6 WC AUS P CashGBR T Henman 6 6 4 WC MAR K AlamiMAR H Arazi 4 7 5d   ARG P AlbanoSWE P Nyborg 6 6 6   RSA M BarnardNED H J Davids 5 3   3 AUS S StolleCZE C Suk 7 6     GER D PrinosilESP J Sánchez 3       IND M BhupathiIND L Paes 2r     CZE J NovákCZE D Rikl 6 5 6 2 BEL L PimekRSA B Talbot 4 7 3 1 RSA E FerreiraUSA P Galbraith 6 6     AUS J EagleAUS A Florent 3 2     NED S GroenCRO G Ivanišević 6 6   Q RSA D NainkinNED R Wassen 4 4     ARG P AlbanoSWE P Nyborg 1 6 3 3 AUS S StolleCZE C Suk 6 1 6   GER D PrinosilESP J Sánchez 6 6     CZE J NovákCZE D Rikl 2 3   1 RSA E FerreiraUSA P Galbraith 6 3 6   NED S GroenCRO G Ivanišević 3 6 7 3 AUS S StolleCZE C Suk 6 5 6   GER D PrinosilESP J Sánchez 1 7 4   NED S GroenCRO G Ivanišević 7 6   3 AUS S StolleCZE C Suk 6 3   External links 1997 Dubai Tennis Championships doubles draw Category:1997 Dubai Tennis Championships Doubles