1997 ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament – Doubles

March 2020 1997 ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament s RSA David Adams RSA Marius Barnard NED Jacco Eltingh NED Paul Haarhuis BEL Libor Pimek RSA Byron Talbot 7–6, 6–4 16 4 singles doubles David Adams and Marius Barnard were the defending champions but they competed with different partners that year, Adams with Olivier Delaître and Barnard with Piet Norval. Barnard and Norval lost in the first round to Hendrik Jan Davids and Menno Oosting. Adams and Delaître lost in the quarterfinals to Libor Pimek and Byron Talbot. Jacco Eltingh and Paul Haarhuis won in the final 7–6, 6–4 against Pimek and Talbot. Seeds Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated. NED Jacco Eltingh / NED Paul Haarhuis (champions) NED Jan Siemerink / CZE Daniel Vacek (first round) BEL Libor Pimek / RSA Byron Talbot (final) CZE Martin Damm / RUS Andrei Olhovskiy (semifinals) Draw First round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final 1 NED J EltinghNED P Haarhuis 6 6     ARG P AlbanoSWE P Nyborg 4 2   WC NED R KrajicekNED F Wibier 7 6   WC GER D PrinosilGER M Stich 5 4   4 CZE M DammRUS A Olhovskiy 6 6   WC NED R WassenNED J Winnink 3 1     ESP T CarbonellESP F Roig 6 6     RSA J-L de JagerUSA M Keil 3 3     NED S NoteboomFRA G Raoux 5 6     RSA D AdamsFRA O Delaître 7 7   Q GER K BraaschGER M Huning 6 5   3 BEL L PimekRSA B Talbot 7 7     NED H J DavidsNED M Oosting 6 6     RSA M BarnardRSA P Norval 3 4     NED T KempersNED T Nijssen 7 7   2 NED J SiemerinkCZE D Vacek 6 6   1 NED J EltinghNED P Haarhuis 7 6   WC NED R KrajicekNED F Wibier 6 4   4 CZE M DammRUS A Olhovskiy 7 6     ESP T CarbonellESP F Roig 6 4     RSA D AdamsFRA O Delaître 4 7 6 3 BEL L PimekRSA B Talbot 6 6 7   NED H J DavidsNED M Oosting 3 4     NED T KempersNED T Nijssen 6 6   1 NED J EltinghNED P Haarhuis 6 3 6 4 CZE M DammRUS A Olhovskiy 3 6 3 3 BEL L PimekRSA B Talbot 6 6     NED T KempersNED T Nijssen 4 1   1 NED Jacco EltinghNED Paul Haarhuis 7 6   3 BEL Libor PimekRSA Byron Talbot 6 4   External links 1997 ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament doubles draw Doubles