1997 European Community Championships – Doubles

1997 European Community Championships s SWE Jonas Björkman SWE Nicklas Kulti RSA David Adams FRA Olivier Delaître AUS Sandon Stolle CZE Cyril Suk 3–6, 6–2, 6–1 16 4 singles doubles Jonas Björkman and Nicklas Kulti were the defending champions but only Kulti competed that year with Daniel Vacek. Kulti and Vacek lost in the quarterfinals to Hendrik Jan Davids and Marc-Kevin Goellner. David Adams and Olivier Delaître won in the final 3–6, 6–2, 6–1 against Sandon Stolle and Cyril Suk. Seeds Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated. SWE Nicklas Kulti / CZE Daniel Vacek (quarterfinals) BEL Libor Pimek / RSA Byron Talbot (first round) CZE Martin Damm / RUS Andrei Olhovskiy (semifinals) RSA Marius Barnard / RSA Piet Norval (quarterfinals) Draw First round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final 1 SWE N KultiCZE D Vacek 7 7     ARG P AlbanoSWE P Nyborg 5 6     NED H J DavidsGER M-K Goellner 4 6 6 WC CRO S HiršzonCRO G Ivanišević 6 0 2 4 RSA M BarnardRSA P Norval 7 5 6   FRA G ForgetNED T Nijssen 5 7 4   AUS J EagleAUS A Florent 2 2     RSA D AdamsFRA O Delaître 6 6     NED S NoteboomNED F Wibier 6 6   LL BEL W NeefsBEL D Norman 0 4   Q RSA J-L de JagerUSA M Keil 6 6 4 3 CZE M DammRUS A Olhovskiy 7 6     AUS A KratzmannCZE P Vízner 4 4     AUS S StolleCZE C Suk 6 6   WC BEL F DewulfBEL J Van Herck 6 6 6 2 BEL L PimekRSA B Talbot 2 7 1 1 SWE N KultiCZE D Vacek 3 4     NED H J DavidsGER M-K Goellner 6 6   4 RSA M BarnardRSA P Norval 6 5 6   RSA D AdamsFRA O Delaître 2 7 7   NED S NoteboomNED F Wibier 7 4 5 3 CZE M DammRUS A Olhovskiy 6 6 7   AUS S StolleCZE C Suk 6 6   WC BEL F DewulfBEL J Van Herck 2 0     NED H J DavidsGER M-K Goellner 2 4     RSA D AdamsFRA O Delaître 6 6   3 CZE M DammRUS A Olhovskiy         AUS S StolleCZE C Suk w/o       RSA David AdamsFRA Olivier Delaître 3 6 6   AUS Sandon StolleCZE Cyril Suk 6 2 1 External links 1997 European Community Championships doubles draw 1997 Doubles Category:1997 ATP Tour