1997 Stella Artois Championships – Doubles

April 2022 1997 Stella Artois Championships s AUS Mark PhilippoussisAUS Patrick Rafter AUS Sandon StolleCZE Cyril Suk 6–2, 4–6, 7–5 28 singles doubles Queen's Club Championships Todd Woodbridge and Mark Woodforde were the defending champions but lost in the semifinals to Mark Philippoussis and Patrick Rafter. Philippoussis and Rafter won in the final 6–2, 4–6, 7–5 against Sandon Stolle and Cyril Suk. Seeds The top four seeded teams received byes into the second round. 30em AUS Todd Woodbridge / AUS Mark Woodforde (semifinals) BAH Mark Knowles / CAN Daniel Nestor (second round) CAN Sébastien Lareau / USA Alex O'Brien (semifinals) RSA Ellis Ferreira / USA Patrick Galbraith (second round) USA Rick Leach / USA Jonathan Stark (quarterfinals) AUS Mark Philippoussis / AUS Patrick Rafter (champions) AUS Sandon Stolle / CZE Cyril Suk (final) GBR Neil Broad / RSA Piet Norval (quarterfinals) Draw Finals Semifinals Final 175 1 AUS Todd WoodbridgeAUS Mark Woodforde 3 6 3 6 AUS Mark PhilippoussisAUS Patrick Rafter 7 3 6 3 CAN Sébastien LareauUSA Alex O'Brien 3 6   7 AUS Sandon StolleCZE Cyril Suk 6 7   6 AUS Mark PhilippoussisAUS Patrick Rafter 6 4 7 7 AUS Sandon StolleCZE Cyril Suk 2 6 5 Top half First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals   IND M BhupathiIND L Paes 6 6     SWE J BjörkmanNED J Siemerink 4 4     RUS A OlhovskiyNZL B Steven 6 6     CAN G ConnellUSA S Davis 3 4     FRA O DelaîtreFRA G Raoux 5 4   8 GBR N BroadRSA P Norval 7 6     MKD A KitinovPOR N Marques 3 4   WC GBR T HenmanUSA P Sampras 6 6     NED S GroenGER J Knippschild 6 4     BLR M MirnyiZIM K Ullyett 7 6     USA B MacPhieRSA G Muller 5 6   6 AUS M PhilippoussisAUS P Rafter 7 7   1 AUS T WoodbridgeAUS M Woodforde 6 6     IND M BhupathiIND L Paes 3 3     RUS A OlhovskiyNZL B Steven 0r   8 GBR N BroadRSA P Norval 1     4 RSA E FerreiraUSA P Galbraith 6 6 1 WC GBR T HenmanUSA P Sampras 7 4 6   BLR M MirnyiZIM K Ullyett 7 3 5 6 AUS M PhilippoussisAUS P Rafter 6 6 7 1 AUS T WoodbridgeAUS M Woodforde 6 6   8 GBR N BroadRSA P Norval 3 2   WC GBR T HenmanUSA P Sampras 3 6   6 AUS M PhilippoussisAUS P Rafter 6 7   1 AUS T WoodbridgeAUS M Woodforde 6 6 3 6 AUS M PhilippoussisAUS P Rafter 7 3 6 Bottom half First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals 5 USA R LeachUSA J Stark 7 7     RSA M OndruskaRSA C van Rensburg 6 6     AUS W ArthursAUS A Kratzmann 3 5     ZIM B BlackUSA J Gimelstob 6 7   Q GER P BaurVEN 1930 N Pereira 4 6   WC CRO S HiršzonCRO G Ivanišević 6 7   7 AUS S StolleCZE C Suk 6 6   WC USA M ChangJPN S Matsuoka 3 3   Q RSA W BlackRSA N Godwin 6 7 6   FRA J-P FleurianUSA T. J. Middleton 7 5 2 WC GER M-K GoellnerGBR G Rusedski 6 6     AUS P KilderryAUS M Tebbutt 3 2   5 USA R LeachUSA J Stark 7 6     ZIM B BlackUSA J Gimelstob 6 3   WC CRO S HiršzonCRO G Ivanišević 6 3   3 CAN S LareauUSA A O'Brien 7 6   7 AUS S StolleCZE C Suk 6 6   Q RSA W BlackRSA N Godwin 3 2   WC GER M-K GoellnerGBR G Rusedski 4 7 7 2 BAH M KnowlesCAN D Nestor 6 6 6 5 USA R LeachUSA J Stark 4 5   3 CAN S LareauUSA A O'Brien 6 7   7 AUS S StolleCZE C Suk 7 6   WC GER M-K GoellnerGBR G Rusedski 6 3   3 CAN S LareauUSA A O'Brien 3 6   7 AUS S StolleCZE C Suk 6 7   External links 1997 Stella Artois Championships Doubles draw Doubles